WEST virginia legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2540

By Delegates Ellington, Summers, Rohrbach, Cooper, Hollen, Sobonya, Rowan, Atkinson and Longstreth

[Introduced February 17, 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 permitting a person to practice certain professions for limited time for a charitable function.

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:

§30-1-21. Exemption from licensure for professional practice for a charitable function.

A person holding an unrestricted license granted by another jurisdiction to practice a profession licensed under this chapter may serve as a volunteer in a noncompensated role for a charitable function for a period not to exceed seven days. The person shall contact the appropriate board and notify the board of the activity.  The board may not charge a fee to permit this charitable practice.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit a person to practice his or her profession for seven days for a charitable function.

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