H. B. 4098
(By Delegates Douglas, Kuhn, Varner, Butcher, Hatfield, Leggett,
and Border)
[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization]
[Introduced January 18,2002]
A BILL to amend and reenact section seventeen, article seven,
chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to continuing the
board of examiners for registered professional nurses;
deleting severability language.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section seventeen, article seven, chapter thirty of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSES.
§30-7-17.
Severability. Continuation of board.
If any provision of this article or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder of the article and the application of such provision to other persons
or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of
this code, the board of examiners for registered professional
nurses shall continue to exist until the first day of July, two
thousand ten, unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished
pursuant to that article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is continue the Board of
Registered Professional Nurses until July 1, 2010, pursuant to the
West Virginia Sunset Law. This bill is recommended by the Joint
Committee on Government Operations for passage during the 2002
Regular Session of the Legislature.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.