Senate Bill No. 522
(By Senators Bowman and Kessler)
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[Introduced February 8, 2006; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization; and then to the Committee on the
Judiciary.]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §30-1-17, relating
to requiring licensed professionals to notify their
licensing boards of any malpractice lawsuits filed against
them.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-1-17, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL STATE BOARDS OF
EXAMINATION OR REGISTRATION REFERRED TO IN
CHAPTER.
§30-1-17. Notice of malpractice suits.
Every professional person licensed
under the provisions of this chapter shall notify his or her board of examination or
registration that a malpractice lawsuit has been filed against
the licensee.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require every
professional licensed in this state to notify their professional
licensing board when a malpractice lawsuit has been filed against
the licensee.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.