Bill-LPN, Legal

H. B. 2355


(By Delegates Douglas, Hunt, Compton, Faircloth, Linch











and Riggs)


[Introduced March 3, 1997; referred to the Committee on

Government Organization then 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 eight, relating to authorizing the board of licensed practical nurses to promulgate a legislative rule relating to legal standards of nursing practice for the licensed practical nurse.

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


§64-9-8. Board of licensed practical nurses.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the fifteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, under the authority of section five, article seven-a, chapter thirty, of this code, modified by the board of licensed practical nurses to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the board of licensed practical nurses (legal standards of nursing practice for the licensed practical nurse, 10 CSR 3), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Licensed Practical Nurses to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Legal Standards of Nursing Practice for the Licensed Practical Nurse.

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