A BILL to amend and reenact section eight, 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 medicine to promulgate a legislative rule relating to licensing, disciplinary and complaint procedures for physicians and podiatrists.

§64-9-8. Board of medicine.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, under the authority of section seven, article three, chapter thirty of this code, relating to the board of medicine (fees for services rendered by the board of medicine, 11 CSR 4), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, two thousand, authorized under the authority of section seven, article three, chapter thirty, of this code, modified by the board of medicine to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the thirteenth day of February, two thousand one, relating to the board of medicine (licensing, disciplinary and complaint procedures: physicians and podiatrists, 11 CSR 1A), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Medicine to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Licensing, Disciplinary and Complaint Procedures for Physicians and Podiatrists.

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