H. B. 2499
(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 the standards of practice
of acupuncture 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.
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 (standards of practice of acupuncture by
licensed acupuncturists, 32 CSR 6), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the
Board of Acupuncture to promulgate a legislative rule
relating to the Standards of Practice of Acupuncture by
Licensed Acupuncturists.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.