Senate Bill No. 376
(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Minard,
Snyder, Boley and Minear)
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[Introduced January 25, 2002; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources;
and then to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section fifteen, 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 optometry to promulgate a
legislative rule relating to expanded prescriptive authority.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section fifteen, 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.
§64-9-15. Board of optometry.
(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
fifteenth day of August, two thousand, under the authority of
section three, article eight, chapter thirty of this code,
modified by the board of optometry to meet the objections of the
legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the
state register on the twenty-seventh day of November, two
thousand, relating to the board of optometry (rules of the
board, 14 CSR 1), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand one, authorized under
the authority of section two-a, article eight, chapter thirty,
of this code, modified by the board of optometry to meet the
objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and
refiled in the state register on the seventh day of January, two thousand two, relating to the board of optometry (expanded
prescriptive authority, 14 CSR 2), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of
Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Expanded
Prescriptive Authority.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.