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.

§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.