
Bill-LPN 10CSR6
H. B. 2696
(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 continuing competence.
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 (continuing competence, 10 CSR 6), 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 Continuing Competence.

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