WEST virginia Legislature
2025 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2345
By Delegates Cooper, Toney, and Clay
[Introduced ; referred to the Committee on]
A BILL to amend and reenact §17E-1-18 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to commercial driver's license; and requiring that a state employee with a commercial driver’s license have a current medical evaluation certification and may not have a medical waiver.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
## ARTICLE 1. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.
The commissioner shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this article: Provided, That the commissioner shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. that require a state employee with a commercial driver's license to have a current medical evaluation certification and that the state employee is not entitled to a medical waiver from this requirement.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require that a state employee with a commercial driver’s license have a current medical evaluation certification and may not have a medical waiver.
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