Senate Bill No. 336

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Bowman, Macnaughtan ,

Boley and Buckalew)

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[Introduced January 30, 1998; referred to the

Committee on Health and Human Resources;

then to the Committee on Finance;

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 twenty, relating to authorizing the board of social work examiners to promulgate a legislative rule relating to 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, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-9-20. Board of social work examiners.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, 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 eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, 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 Qualifications for Licensure As a Social Worker.

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