WEST virginia legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2272

By Delegate Soboyna

[Introduced February 9, 2017; referred to the committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Continuing Education.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-9-1. Board of Optometry.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 26, 2016, authorized under the authority of section six, article eight, chapter thirty of this code, modified by the Board of Optometry to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on October 3, 2016, relating to the Board of Optometry (Continuing Education, 14 CSR 10), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Continuing Education.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.