Bill-LPN 10CSR3
H. B. 2695
(By Delegates Mahan, Wills, Cann, Kominar,
Faircloth and Riggs)
[Introduced March 2, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization 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
seventeen, relating to authorizing the board of examiners for
licensed practical nurses to promulgate a legislative rule
relating to legal standards of nursing practice for the
licensed practical nurse.
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
seventeen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO
PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-9-17. Board of examiners for licensed practical nurses.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
twenty-first day of March, two thousand, under the authority of section five, article seven-a, chapter thirty, of this code,
modified by the board of examiners for licensed practical nurses to
meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee
and refiled in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of
April, two thousand, relating to the board of examiners for
licensed practical nurses (legal standards of nursing practice for
the licensed practical nurse, 10 CSR 3), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of
Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses to promulgate a legislative
rule relating to Legal Standards of Nursing Practice for the
Licensed Practical Nurse.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.