H. B. 2888


(By Delegates Beane, Kuhn, Perdue, Tucker, Talbott,

Leggett and Caruth)

(Originating in the Committee on Government Organization)


[February 6, 2003]



A BILL to amend article fourteen, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section sixteen, relating to continuation of the board of osteopathy.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article fourteen, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section sixteen, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 14. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.

§30-14-16. Continuation of board.
The West Virginia board of osteopathy shall continue to exist, pursuant to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code , until the first day of July, two thousand six, unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished pursuant to the provisions of that article.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to continue the West Virginia Board of Osteopathy until July 1, 2006, pursuant to the West Virginia Sunset Law.

This section is new therefore Strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.