Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2522%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&billtype=B&houseorig=H&i=2522
Timestamp: 2017-12-18 01:09:14
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House Bill 2522
By Delegates Ellington, Summers, Rohrbach
Sobonya, Dean, Cooper, Hollen and Rowan
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §30-7F-1, §30-7F-2, §30-7F-3, §30-7F-4, §30-7F-5, §30-7F-6, §30-7F-7, §30-7F-8, §30-7F-9, §30-7F-10 and §30-7F-11, all relating to the establishment and operation of an interstate compact for licensure of nurses; setting forth findings; setting forth the purposes for the compact; defining terms; providing eligibility requirements; requiring a nurse to designate a state of principal license; providing licensure requirements; establishing a licensure process; providing for fees; providing requirements for renewal of a license; providing for joint investigation of nurses by member boards; establishing the effect of disciplinary actions; creating the commission to administer the compact; setting forth commission composition; establishing the authority of the commission; providing immunity; establishing commission rule making authority; providing for judicial review; providing for state enforcement; providing the commission may intervene in proceedings; providing for legal enforcement of compact rules and provisions; providing for termination or withdrawal of a member state; setting forth provisions for resolution of disputes; establishing provisions for state eligibility; setting forth the circumstances under which the compact will become effective; providing for amending the compact; setting forth procedures for states to withdraw from the Compact; providing process to amend the Compact; and establishing provisions related to severability.
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §30-7F-1, §30-7F-2, §30-7F-3, §30-7F-4, §30-7F-5, §30-7F-6, §30-7F-7, §30-7F-8, §30-7F-9, §30-7F-10 and §30-7F-11, all to read as follows:
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit the entering into an interstate licensure compact for registered nurses and practical nurses.