COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2048
(By Delegates Staton, Pino, Givens,
Tillis, Riggs and Trump)
(Originating in the House Committee on the Judiciary)
[February 14, 1997]
A BILL to amend and reenact sections six and thirteen, article one,
chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, all relating to professions
and occupations; providing that when a person applies for a
license or certificate of registration, the applicant's
social security number shall be recorded on the application;
and requiring each board to include the social security
numbers of licensees or registrants on its roster of licensed
or registered practitioners.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That sections six and thirteen, article one, chapter thirty of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL STATE BOARDS OF
EXAMINATION OR REGISTRATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER.
§30-1-6. Application for license or registration; examination fee.
(a) Every applicant for license or registration under the
provisions of this chapter shall apply for such license or
registration in writing to the proper board and shall transmit with
his or her application an examination fee which the board is
authorized to charge for an examination or investigation into the
applicant's qualifications to practice.
(b) Each board referred to in this chapter is authorized to
establish by rule a deadline for application for examination which
shall be no less than ten nor more than ninety days prior to the
date of the examination.
(c) Boards may set by rule fees relating to the licensing or
registering of individuals, which shall be sufficient to enable the
boards to carry out effectively their responsibilities of licensure
or registration and discipline of individuals subject to their
authority: Provided, That when any board proposes to promulgate a
rule regarding fees for licensing or registration, that board shall
notify its membership of the proposed rule by mailing a copy of the
proposed rule to the membership at the time that the proposed rule
is filed with the secretary of state for publication in the state
register in accordance with section five, article three, chapter
twenty-nine-a of this code.
(d) In addition to any other information required, the
applicant's social security number shall be recorded on the application.
§30-1-13. Roster of licensed or registered practitioners.
The secretary of every such board shall also prepare and
maintain a complete roster of the names, social security numbers
and office addresses of all persons licensed, or registered, and
practicing in this state the profession or occupation to which such
board relates, arranged alphabetically by name and also by the
counties in which their offices are situated. The board may call
for and require a registration whenever it deems it necessary or
expedient to secure an accurate roster.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require boards of
examination or registration that are responsible for issuing
professional licenses or certificates of registration for various
occupations to record the licensee's social security number on the
application for a license or certificate of registration. The bill
would also require boards to include the social security numbers of
licensees or registrants on its roster of licensed or registered
practitioners. This requirement is mandated by §317 of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996. The intent of the requirement is to enable the collection
and use of social security numbers for use in child support
enforcement.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.