Bill-Social, Qual 25CSR1
H. B. 4241

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

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

A BILL to amend article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-three, relating to authorizing the board of social work examiners to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the qualifications for licensure as a social worker.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty- three, to read as follows:

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

§64-9-23. Board of social work examiners.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-fourth day of July, two thousand one, under the authority of section three, article thirty, chapter thirty, of this code, modified by the board of social work examiners to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the eleventh day of October, two thousand one, relating to the board of social work examiners (qualifications for licensure as a social worker, 25 CSR 1), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Social Work Examiners to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Qualifications for Licensure as a Social Worker.

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