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WV Code § 30-7C-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7C. Dialysis Technicians|§30-7C-8. Fees

All fees and other moneys collected by the board pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be kept in a separate special fund called the Dialysis Technician Fund to be established for the board in the state Treasury and shall be used for the administration of this article. No part of this special fund reverts to the General Fund of this state. The costs and all expenses incurred under this article are to be paid from this special fund. No compensation or expense incurred under this article is a charge against the General Fund of this state.
WV Code § 30-7C-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7C. Dialysis Technicians|§30-7C-10. Disciplinary Proceeding; Grounds for Discipline of a Dialysis Technician

(a) The Board may, in accordance with rules promulgated under the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, refuse to approve a dialysis technician.(b) The Board may deny, revoke or suspend its certification of a dialysis technician in accordance with the provisions of this article, or to otherwise impose discipline upon proof that he or she:(1) Is or was guilty of fraud or deceit in procuring or attempting to procure approval to be a dialysis technician;(2) Has been convicted of a felony;(3) Is unfit or incompetent by reason of negligence, habits or other causes;(4) Is habitually intemperate or is addicted to the use of alcohol or habit-forming drugs;(5) Is mentally incompetent;(6) Is guilty of conduct derogatory to the morals or standing of the practice;(7) Is practicing or attempting to practice as a dialysis technician without Board approval; or(8) Has willfully or repeatedly violated any of the provisions of this article.(c) After following procedures to be determined by the board in rules, the discipline may include any of the following:(1) Summary suspension of the right to practice or reprimand of the dialysis technician;(2) Probation of the dialysis technician for a specified period of time, with or without limitations and conditions;(3) Suspension of the dialysis technician for a specified period of time; or(4) Permanent revocation of dialysis technician privileges.(d) The Board may establish a committee that has the authority to resolve disciplinary matters through a formal consent agreement with a licensee, permitting the licensee to voluntarily agree to disciplinary action in lieu of a formal evidentiary hearing.
WV Code § 30-7C-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7C. Dialysis Technicians|§30-7C-11. Prohibited Acts; Penalties

(a) No individual, firm, corporation, facility or association of individuals may:(1) Sell or fraudulently obtain or furnish any national dialysis technician certification credential or documentation of successful completion of a dialysis technician training program or aid or abet therein;(2) Act as a dialysis technician unless authorized by the provisions of this article;(3) Use in connection with his or her name any designation tending to imply that he or she is a dialysis technician unless authorized by the provisions of this article; or(4) Otherwise violate any provision of this article.(b) An individual violating a provision of subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than $1,000.(c) It is unlawful for any individual to practice as a dialysis technician who is listed on the nurse aide abuse registry with a substantiated finding of abuse, neglect or misappropriation of property.
WV Code § 30-7C-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7C. Dialysis Technicians|§30-7C-12. Judicial Review; Appeal to Supreme Court of Appeals

(a) Any individual, firm, corporation, facility or association of individuals adversely affected by a decision of the board rendered after a hearing held in accordance with the provisions of this article is entitled to a judicial review of the decision. All of the pertinent provisions of section four, article five, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code apply to and govern the judicial review with like effect as if the provisions of section four of this article were set forth in this section.(b) The judgment of the circuit court is final unless reversed, vacated or modified on appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals in accordance with the provisions of section one, article six, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
WV Code § 30-7C-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7C. Dialysis Technicians|§30-7C-13. Injunction or Other Relief Against Unlawful Acts

(a) The practice of dialysis technician by an individual who has not met the requirements of this article is declared to be inimical to the public health and welfare and to be a public nuisance.(b) Whenever, in the judgment of the board, an individual has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in, the practice of dialysis technician without holding a valid certification under this article, or has engaged, is engaging or is about to engage in any act which constitutes, or will constitute, a violation of this article, the board may make application to the appropriate court having equity jurisdiction for an order enjoining the practices or acts, and upon a showing that the individual has engaged, is engaging or is about to engage, in any such practices or acts, an injunction, restraining order, or other order as the court considers appropriate shall be entered by the court.(c) The remedy provided in this section is in addition to, and not in lieu of, all other penalties and remedies provided in this article.
WV Code § 30-7D-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7D. Medication Assistive Persons|§30-7D-1. Pilot Program

 [Repealed.]
WV Code § 30-7D-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7D. Medication Assistive Persons|§30-7D-2. Definitions

 [Repealed.]
WV Code § 30-7D-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7D. Medication Assistive Persons|§30-7D-3. Certificate Required

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WV Code § 30-7D-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7D. Medication Assistive Persons|§30-7D-4. Designated Facilities

 [Repealed.]
WV Code § 30-7D-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7D. Medication Assistive Persons|§30-7D-5. Qualifications

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WV Code § 30-7D-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7D. Medication Assistive Persons|§30-7D-6. Scope of Work

 [Repealed.]
WV Code § 30-7D-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7D. Medication Assistive Persons|§30-7D-7. Renewal of Certifications

 [Repealed.]
WV Code § 30-7D-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7D. Medication Assistive Persons|§30-7D-8. Disciplinary Actions

 [Repealed.]
WV Code § 30-7D-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7D. Medication Assistive Persons|§30-7D-9. Offenses and Penalties

 [Repealed.]
WV Code § 30-7D-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7D. Medication Assistive Persons|§30-7D-10. Injunction

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WV Code § 30-7D-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7D. Medication Assistive Persons|§30-7D-11. Medication Assistive Person Advisory Committee

 [Repealed.]
WV Code § 30-7D-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7D. Medication Assistive Persons|§30-7D-12. Applicability of Article

 [Repealed.]
WV Code § 30-7D-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7D. Medication Assistive Persons|§30-7D-13. Rulemaking Authority

 [Repealed.]
WV Code § 30-7E-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7E. Nurse Health Programs|§30-7E-1. Definitions

For the purposes of this article, the following words and terms have the meanings ascribed to them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.(1) “Board” means the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses.(2) “Major mental illness” means a diagnosis of a mental disorder within the axis of psychotic or affective or mood, alcohol or chemical abuse or alcohol or chemical dependency as stipulated in the International Code of Diagnosis.(3) “Nurse” means those health care professionals licensed by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses.(4) “Nurse health program” means a program meeting the requirements of this article.(5) “Qualifying illness” means the diagnosis of alcohol or substance abuse, alcohol or substance dependency or major mental illness.
WV Code § 30-7E-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7E. Nurse Health Programs|§30-7E-3. Discretionary Authority of Boards to Designate Programs

The West Virginia Board of Examiners of Registered Professional Nurses has the sole discretion to designate nurse health programs for licensees of the board and no provision of this article may be construed to entitle any nurse to the creation or designation of a nurse health program for any individual qualifying illness or group of qualifying illnesses.
WV Code § 30-7F-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7F. Nurse Licensure Compact|§30-7F-1. Findings and Declaration of Purpose

(a) The party states find that:(1) The health and safety of the public are affected by the degree of compliance with and the effectiveness of enforcement activities related to state nurse licensure laws;(2) Violations of nurse licensure and other laws regulating the practice of nursing may result in injury or harm to the public;(3) The expanded mobility of nurses and the use of advanced communication technologies as part of our nation’s health care delivery system require greater coordination and cooperation among states in the areas of nurse licensure and regulation;(4) New practice modalities and technology make compliance with individual state nurse licensure laws difficult and complex;(5) The current system of duplicative licensure for nurses practicing in multiple states is cumbersome and redundant for both nurses and states; and(6) Uniformity of nurse licensure requirements throughout the states promotes public safety and public health benefits.(b) The general purposes of this compact are to:(1) Facilitate the states’ responsibility to protect the public’s health and safety;(2) Ensure and encourage the cooperation of party states in the areas of nurse licensure and regulation;(3) Facilitate the exchange of information between party states in the areas of nurse regulation, investigation and adverse actions;(4) Promote compliance with the laws governing the practice of nursing in each jurisdiction;(5) Invest all party states with the authority to hold a nurse accountable for meeting all state practice laws in the state in which the patient is located at the time care is rendered through the mutual recognition of party state licenses;(6) Decrease redundancies in the consideration and issuance of nurse licenses; and(7) Provide opportunities for interstate practice by nurses who meet uniform licensure requirements.
WV Code § 30-7F-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7F. Nurse Licensure Compact|§30-7F-4. Applications for Licensure in a Party State

(a) Upon application for a multistate license, the licensing board in the issuing party state shall ascertain, through the coordinated licensure information system, whether the applicant has ever held, or is the holder of, a license issued by any other state, whether there are any encumbrances on any license or multistate licensure privilege held by the applicant, whether any adverse action has been taken against any license or multistate licensure privilege held by the applicant and whether the applicant is currently participating in an alternative program.(b) A nurse may hold a multistate license, issued by the home state, in only one party state at a time.(c) If a nurse changes primary state of residence by moving between two party states, the nurse must apply for licensure in the new home state, and the multistate license issued by the prior home state will be deactivated in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission.(1) The nurse may apply for licensure in advance of a change in primary state of residence.(2) A multistate license shall not be issued by the new home state until the nurse provides satisfactory evidence of a change in primary state of residence to the new home state and satisfies all applicable requirements to obtain a multistate license from the new home state.(d) If a nurse changes primary state of residence by moving from a party state to a nonparty state, the multistate license issued by the prior home state will convert to a single-state license, valid only in the former home state.
WV Code § 30-7F-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7F. Nurse Licensure Compact|§30-7F-6. Coordinated Licensure Information System and Exchange of Information

(a) All party states shall participate in a coordinated licensure information system of all licensed registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical/vocational nurses (LPNs/VNs). This system will include information on the licensure and disciplinary history of each nurse, as submitted by party states, to assist in the coordination of nurse licensure and enforcement efforts.(b) The commission, in consultation with the administrator of the coordinated licensure information system, shall formulate necessary and proper procedures for the identification, collection and exchange of information under this compact.(c) All licensing boards shall promptly report to the coordinated licensure information system any adverse action, any current significant investigative information, denials of applications (with the reasons for such denials) and nurse participation in alternative programs known to the licensing board regardless of whether such participation is deemed nonpublic or confidential under state law.(d) Current significant investigative information and participation in nonpublic or confidential alternative programs shall be transmitted through the coordinated licensure information system only to party state licensing boards.(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all party state licensing boards contributing information to the coordinated licensure information system may designate information that may not be shared with nonparty states or disclosed to other entities or individuals without the express permission of the contributing state.(f) Any personally identifiable information obtained from the coordinated licensure information system by a party state licensing board shall not be shared with nonparty states or disclosed to other entities or individuals except to the extent permitted by the laws of the party state contributing the information.(g) Any information contributed to the coordinated licensure information system that is subsequently required to be expunged by the laws of the party state contributing that information shall also be expunged from the coordinated licensure information system.(h) The compact administrator of each party state shall furnish a uniform data set to the compact administrator of each other party state, which shall include, at a minimum:(1) Identifying information;(2) Licensure data;(3) Information related to alternative program participation; and(4) Other information that may facilitate the administration of this compact, as determined by commission rules.(i) The compact administrator of a party state shall provide all investigative documents and information requested by another party state.
WV Code § 30-7F-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7F. Nurse Licensure Compact|§30-7F-10. Effective Date, Withdrawal and Amendment

(a) This compact shall become effective and binding on the earlier of the date of legislative enactment of this compact into law by no less than twenty-six states or December 31, 2018. All party states to this compact, that also were parties to the prior Nurse Licensure Compact, superseded by this compact, (“prior compact”), shall be deemed to have withdrawn from said prior compact within six months after the effective date of this compact.(b) Each party state to this compact shall continue to recognize a nurse’s multistate licensure privilege to practice in that party state issued under the prior compact until such party state has withdrawn from the prior compact.(c) Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same. A party state’s withdrawal shall not take effect until six (6) months after enactment of the repealing statute.(d) A party state’s withdrawal or termination shall not affect the continuing requirement of the withdrawing or terminated state’s licensing board to report adverse actions and significant investigations occurring prior to the effective date of such withdrawal or termination.(e) Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to invalidate or prevent any nurse licensure agreement or other cooperative arrangement between a party state and a nonparty state that is made in accordance with the other provisions of this compact.(f) This compact may be amended by the party states. No amendment to this compact shall become effective and binding upon the party states unless and until it is enacted into the laws of all party states.(g) Representatives of nonparty states to this compact shall be invited to participate in the activities of the commission, on a nonvoting basis, prior to the adoption of this compact by all states.
WV Code § 30-7F-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 7F. Nurse Licensure Compact|§30-7F-11. Construction and Severability

This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the Constitution of any party state or of the United States, or if the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held to be contrary to the Constitution of any party state, this compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining party states and in full force and effect as to the party state affected as to all severable matters.
WV Code § 30-8-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 8. Optometrists|§30-8-1. Unlawful Acts

(a) It is unlawful for any person to practice or offer to practice optometry in this state without a license or permit issued under the provisions of this article, or advertise or use any title or description tending to convey the impression that they are an optometrist unless the person has been duly licensed or permitted under the provisions of this article.(b) A business entity may not render any service or engage in any activity which, if rendered or engaged in by an individual, would constitute the practice of optometry, except through a licensee or permittee.(c) A licensee may not practice optometry as an employee of any commercial or mercantile establishment.(d) A licensee may not practice optometry on premises not separate from premises whereon eyeglasses, lenses, eyeglass frames or any other merchandise or products are sold by any other person. For the purposes of this section, any room or suite of rooms in which optometry is practiced shall be considered separate premises if it has a separate and direct entrance from a street or public hallway or corridor within a building, which corridor is partitioned off by partitions from floor to ceiling.(e) A person who is not licensed under this article as an optometrist may not characterize himself or herself as an "optometrist" or "doctor of optometry" nor may a person use the designation "OD".
WV Code § 30-8-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 8. Optometrists|§30-8-2. Applicable Law

The practice of optometry and the Board of Optometry are subject to the provisions of article one of this chapter, the provisions of this article and the board's rules.
WV Code § 30-8-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 8. Optometrists|§30-8-3. Definitions

As used in this article:(a) "Appendages" means the eyelids, the eyebrows, the conjunctiva and the lacrimal apparatus.(b) "Applicant" means any person making application for a license, certificate or temporary permit under the provisions of this article.(c) "Board" means the West Virginia Board of Optometry.(d) "Business entity" means any firm, partnership, association, company, corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity owned by licensees that practices optometry.(e) "Certificate" means a prescription certificate issued under section fifteen of this article.(f) "Certificate holder" means a person authorized to prescribe certain drugs under section fifteen of this article.(g) "Examination, diagnosis and treatment" means a method compatible with accredited optometric education and professional competence pursuant to this article.(h) "License" means a license to practice optometry.(i) "Licensee" means an optometrist licensed under the provisions of this article.(j) "Ophthalmologist" means a physician specializing in ophthalmology licenced in West Virginia to practice medicine and surgery under article thereof this chapter or osteopathy under article fourteen of this chapter.(k) "Permittee" means a person holding a temporary permit.(l) "Practice of optometry" means the examining, diagnosing and treating of any visual defect or abnormal condition of the human eye or its appendages within the scope established in this article or associated rules.(m) "Temporary permit" or "permit" means a permit issued to a person who has graduated from an approved school, has taken the examination prescribed by the board, and is awaiting the results of the examination.