Bill-Optometry, Expanded 14CSR2
H. B. 4225

(By Delegates Mahan, Wills, Cann, Kominar,
Faircloth and Riggs)

[Introduced January 25, 2002; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend and reenact section fifteen, article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the board of optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to expanded prescriptive authority.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section fifteen, article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

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

§64-9-15. Board of optometry.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the fifteenth day of August, two thousand, under the authority of section three, 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 the twenty-seventh day of November, two thousand, relating to the board of optometry (rules of the board, 14 CSR 1), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand one, authorized under the authority of section two-a, 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 the seventh day of January, two thousand two, relating to the board of optometry (expanded prescriptive authority, 14 CSR 2), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Expanded Prescriptive Authority.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.