West Virginia Legislature
2025 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 404
By Senator Woodrum
[Introduced February 13, 2025; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Board of Respiratory Care to promulgate a legislative rule relating to criteria for licensure.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
## ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules.
The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 30, 2024, authorized under the authority of §30-34-6 of this code, relating to the Board of Respiratory Care (criteria for licensure, 30 CSR 01), is authorized with the amendments set forth below:
On page 1, subsection 2.4 by deleting the subsection in its entirety.
And,
On page 1, paragraph 3.1.2., by striking out the words "On or after July 1, 2022 holds" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Holds".
And,
On page 1, paragraph 3.1.3., by striking out the words "Prior to July 1, 2022 holds" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Holds".
And,
On page 2, subsection 3.3, by deleting the subsection in its entirety.
And,
On page 2, subsection 4.1, after the words "Respiratory therapists" by striking out the words "licensed prior to July 1, 2022,".
And,
On page 2, subsection 4.2, by striking out the subsection in its entirety.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Respiratory Care to promulgate a legislative rule relating to criteria for licensure.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.