Bill-RN 19CSR9
H. B. 2711


(By Delegates Mahan, Wills, Cann, Kominar,

Faircloth and Riggs)


[Introduced March 2, 2001; referred to the

Committee on the Judiciary.]


A BILL to amend and reenact section eleven, article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the board of examiners of registered professional nurses to promulgate a legislative rule relating to disciplinary action.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section eleven, article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-9-11. Board of examiners of registered professional nurses.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, under the authority of section four, article seven, chapter thirty of this code, modified by the board of examiners of registered professional nurses to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, relating to the board of examiners of registered professional nurses (policies and criteria for the evaluation and accreditation of colleges, departments or schools of nursing, 19 CSR 1), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the third day of August, two thousand, authorized under the authority of section four, article one, chapter thirty, of this code, modified by the board of examiners of registered professional nurses to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-first day of February, two thousand one, relating to the board of examiners of registered professional nurses, 19 CSR 9), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Examiners of Registered Professional Nurses to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Disciplinary Action.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.