Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2486%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2486
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[Passed March 9, 2019; in effect ninety days from passage. ]
AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-1-22; and to amend and reenact §30-5-11, §30-5-11a, §30-10-8, §30-10-10, §30-13A-9, §30-13A-12, §30-20-8, §30-20-10, §30-21-7, §30-22-10, §30-23-9, §30-23-15, §30-23-17, §30-23-20, §30-25-8, §30-26-5, §30-26-13, §30-30-8, §30-30-10, §30-30-12, §30-30-14, §30-30-26, §30-31-8, §30-31-9, §30-38-12 and §30-39-6 of said code, all relating to the use of post-criminal conduct in professional and occupational initial licensure decision making; creating a rational nexus requirement between prior criminal conduct and initial licensure decision making; removing offenses described as one of moral turpitude as a basis for license denial unless the underlying crime bears a rational nexus to the occupation requiring licensure, certification or registration; limiting licensure disqualification; authorizing persons to petition licensure boards for a determination as to whether a person’s criminal record precludes licensure; and providing for rulemaking.
(a) Boards or licensing authorities referred to in this chapter may not disqualify an applicant for initial licensure, certification or registration because of a prior criminal conviction that has not been reversed unless that conviction is for a crime that bears a rational nexus to the occupation requiring licensure, certification, or registration.
fARTICLE 5. PHARMACISTS, PHARMACY TECHNICIANS, PHARMACY INTERNS AND PHARMACIES.
(3) Have graduated from high school or obtained Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC) or equivalent;
(7) Not have been convicted of a felony in any jurisdiction within 10 years preceding the date of application for license, which conviction remains unreversed: Provided, That any consideration of prior criminal convictions shall be governed by the provisions of §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code.
(5) Has not been convicted of a felony in any jurisdiction within five years preceding the date of application of license which conviction remains unreversed; Provided; That any consideration of prior criminal convictions shall be governed by §30-1-22.
(a) To be recognized as a surveyor intern by the board, a person who meets the following requirements:
(5) Has not been convicted of a felony in any jurisdiction within five years preceding the date of application of license which conviction remains unreversed; Provided; That any consideration of prior criminal convictions shall be governed by §30-1-22 of this code.
(3) Be a holder of a doctor of philosophy degree or its equivalent or a masters degree in psychology from an accredited institution of higher learning, with adequate course study at such institution in psychology, the adequacy of any such course study to be determined by the board;
(4) When the degree held is a doctor of philosophy degree or its equivalent, at least 1,800 hours must be a predoctoral internship in the performance of any of the psychological services described in §30-21-2(e) of this code, including those activities excluded from the definition of the term practice of psychology in said subdivision (e), and, when the degree held is a masters degree, have at least five years’ experience subsequent to receiving said degree in the performance of any of the psychological services described in said subdivision (e), including those activities excluded from the definition of the term “practice of psychology” in said subdivision (e);
(6) Not have been convicted of a felony Provided, That any consideration of prior criminal convictions shall be governed by the provisions of §30-1-22of this code; and
(c) Any person who is engaged in the practice of psychology in this state, or is engaged in any of the activities described in §30-21-2(e)(1), 30-21-2(e)(2), or §30-21-2(e)(3) of this code, in this state, on the effective date of this article and has been so engaged for a period of two consecutive years immediately prior thereto shall be eligible for a license to engage in the practice of psychology without examination and without meeting the requirements of subdivision (4), subsection (a) of this section, if application for such license is made within six months after the effective date of this article and if such person meets the requirements of subdivisions (1), (2), (3) and (6), subsection (a) of this section: Provided, That an equivalent of a masters degree in psychology may be considered by the board, only for the purpose of this subsection (c), as meeting the requirements of subdivision (3), subsection (a) of this section.
(4) Have obtained a masters degree from a school of social work accredited by the council on social work education that included a concentration of clinically-oriented course work as defined by the board;
(6) Have practiced clinical social work for at least two years in full-time employment, or 3,000 under the supervision of an independent clinical social worker, or clinical supervision that is found by the board to be equivalent;
(4) Have obtained a masters degree from a school of social work accredited by the council on social work education;
(5) Have practiced social work for at least two-years post-masters experience in full-time employment or earned 3,000 hours of post-master’s social work experience;
(1) Obtained a masters degree from a school of social work accredited by the council on social work education that included a concentration of clinically-oriented course work as defined by the board;
(7) Not be an alcohol or drug abuser, as these terms are defined in §27-1A-11: Provided, That an applicant in an active recovery process, which may, in the discretion of the board, be evidenced by participation in an acknowledged substance abuse treatment and/or recovery program may be considered;
(1) Obtained a masters degree from a school of social work accredited by the council on social work education that included a concentration of clinically oriented course work as defined by the board;
(7) Not be an alcohol or drug abuser, as these terms are defined in 27A-1A-11 of this code: Provided, That an applicant in an active recovery process, which may, in the discretion of the board, be evidenced by participation in an acknowledged substance abuse treatment and/or recovery program may be considered;
(B) If the applicant has been convicted of a felony, it is a rebuttable presumption that the applicant is unfit for licensure unless he or she submits competent evidence of sufficient rehabilitation and present fitness to perform the duties of a licensed professional counselor as may be established by the production of:
(B) If the applicant has been convicted of a felony, it is a rebuttable presumption that the applicant is unfit for licensure unless he or she submits competent evidence of sufficient rehabilitation and present fitness to perform the duties of a person licensed to practice marriage and family therapy as may be established by the production of: