H. B. 2555

(By Delegates Hunt, Linch, Compton, Faircloth,

Jenkins and Riggs)


[Introduced February 1, 1999; referred to the Committee

on Government Organizatio 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 massage therapy licensure board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to massage therapy licensure.

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. Massage therapy licensure board
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The legislative rule filed in the state register on the seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, under the authority of section six, article thirty-seven, chapter thirty, of this code, modified by the massage therapy licensure board to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-second day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the massage therapy licensure board (massage therapy licensure, 194 CSR 1), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Massage Therapy Licensure Board to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Massage Therapy Licensure.

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