H. B. 2498


(By Delegates Hunt, Linch, Compton, Faircloth,

Jenkins and Riggs)


[Introduced February 1, 1999; referred to the

Committee on Health and Human Resources 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 twenty-nine, relating to authorizing the board of acupuncture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to advertising by licensed acupuncturists.

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


§64-9-29. Board of acupuncture
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The legislative rule filed in the state register on the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, under the authority of section seven, article thirty-six, chapter thirty, of this code, modified by the board of acupuncture
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-nine, relating to the board of acupuncture (advertising by licensed acupuncturists, 32 CSR 5), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Acupuncture to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Advertising by Licensed Acupuncturists.

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