Senate Bill No. 230
(By Senator Manchin)
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[Introduced March 1, 1993; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources; and then
to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section eighteen, 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 examiners for registered
professional nurses to promulgate legislative rules relating
to limited prescriptive authority for nurses in advanced
practice.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eighteen, 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.
§64-9-18. Board of examiners for registered professional nurses.
(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
thirteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred eighty-
three, relating to the board of examiners for registeredprofessional nurses (qualifications of graduates of foreign
nursing schools for admission to the professional nurse licensing
examination), are authorized.
(b) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
third day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety, modified
by the board of examiners for registered professional nurses to
meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review
committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-eighth
day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety, relating to
the board of examiners for registered professional nurses
(announcement of advanced nursing practice), are authorized.
(c) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the
tenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-two,
modified by the board of examiners for registered professional
nurses to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making
review committee and refiled in the state register on the
nineteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred
ninety-three, relating to the board of examiners for registered
professional nurses (limited prescriptive authority for nurses in
advanced practice), are authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of
Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses to promulgate
legislative rules relating to limited prescriptive authority for
nurses in advanced practice.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.