WEST virginia legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2502

By Delegates Ellington, Summers, Rohrbach and Criss

[Introduced February 16, 2017; Referred
to the Committee on Government Organization.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-1-21, relating to reciprocity of occupational licenses with other states.

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 §30-1-21, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL STATE BOARDS OF EXAMINATION OR REGISTRATION REFERRED TO IN CHAPTER.

§30-1-21. Reciprocity.

(a) Notwithstanding the licensure requirements of each profession in this chapter, a person, who has obtained and maintained for three years an unrestricted license granted by another state to practice a profession licensed under this chapter and has not received a complaint for the three most recent years, meets the educational and experience requirements to apply for licensure.

(b)  The board may perform a criminal background and interview the applicant to determine his or her character.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit a licensed professional in another state to apply for licensure in West Virginia, if certain conditions are met.

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