
Senate Bill No. 379
(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 seventeen, article nine,
chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
authorizing the board pharmacy to promulgate a legislative rule relating to continuing education for the licensure of
pharmacists.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seventeen, 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.
§64-9-17. Board of pharmacy.

(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
eighteenth day of August, two thousand, under the authority of
section nineteen, article five, chapter thirty of this code,
modified by the board of pharmacy to meet the objections of the
legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the
state register on the fourth day of January, two thousand one,
relating to the board of pharmacy (rules of the board of
pharmacy for the uniform controlled substances act, 15 CSR 2),
is authorized, with the following amendment:

On page one of the rule, section two, following subsection
2.1, by inserting a new subsection, designated subsection 2.2,
to read 'The federal regulations are available on the internet at www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_00/21cfrv9_00.html.'

(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the
tenth day of October, two thousand one, authorized under the
authority of section three-a, article five, chapter thirty, of
this code, modified by the board of pharmacy to meet the
objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and
refiled in the state register on the eleventh day of January,
two thousand two, relating to the board of pharmacy (continuing
education for the licensure of pharmacists, 15CSR3), is
authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of
Pharmacy to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Continuing
Education for the Licensure of Pharmacists.

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