BILL-Osteopaty, Licensing
Senate Bill No. 205

(By Senators Manchin, Anderson, Grubb and Minard)

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[Introduced January 31, 1994; 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 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 thirty-six, relating to authorizing the board of osteopathy to promulgate legislative rules relating to licensing, disciplinary and complaint procedures for osteopathic physicians.

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 thirty-six, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-9-36. Board of osteopathy.
The legislative rules filed in the state register on the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, modified by the board of osteopathy to meet the objections of thelegislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, relating to the board of osteopathy (licensing, disciplinary and complaint procedures for osteopathic physicians), are authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Osteopathy to promulgate legislative rules relating to licensing, disciplinary and complaint procedures for osteopathic physicians.

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