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WV Code § 30-13A-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-9. Surveying License Requirements

(a) The board shall issue a surveying license to an applicant who meets the following requirements:(1) Is of good moral character;(2) Is at least eighteen years of age;(3) Is a citizen of the United States or is eligible for employment in the United States;(4) Holds a high school diploma or its equivalent;(5) Has not been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude; and(6) Has completed all of one of the education, experience and examination requirements set out in section eight of this article.(b) An application for a surveying license shall be made on forms provided by the board and include the following:(1) Name and address of the applicant;(2) Applicant's education and experience;(3) Location and date of passage of all the examinations;(4) Names of five persons for reference, at least three of whom shall be licensees or persons authorized in another jurisdiction to engage in the practice of surveying, and who have knowledge of the applicant's work; and(5) Any other information the board prescribes.(c) An applicant shall pay all the applicable fees.(d) A license to practice surveying issued by the board prior to July 1, 2010, shall for all purposes be considered a license issued under this article: Provided, That a person holding a license to practice surveying issued by the board prior to July 1, 2010, must renew the license pursuant to the provisions of this article.
WV Code § 30-13A-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-11. Exemptions From Licensing

(a) The following persons are exempt from licensure under the provisions of this article:(1) Any employee of a person or firm, when such employee is engaged in the practice of land surveying exclusively for the person or firm, by which employed, or, if a corporation, its parents, affiliates or subsidiaries, and such person, firm, association or corporation does not hold himself, herself or itself out to the public as being engaged in the business of land surveying.(2) Any employee or officer of the United States, this state or any political subdivision thereof, or their agents, when such employee is engaged in the practice of land surveying exclusively for such governmental unit: Provided, That each county surveyor of lands first elected or first appointed after January 1, 2013, pursuant to section 1, article IX of the West Virginia Constitution, shall be a surveyor licensed pursuant to the provisions of this article and such licensee shall be in good standing.(b) The minimum standards for surveys, established by the board, apply notwithstanding the exemptions provided by this section.
WV Code § 30-13A-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-12. Surveyor Intern Requirements

(a) To be recognized as a surveyor intern by the board, a person must meet the following requirements:(1) Is of good moral character;(2) Is at least eighteen years of age;(3) Is a citizen of the United States or is eligible for employment in the United States;(4) Holds a high school diploma or its equivalent;(5) Has not been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude;(6) Has completed one of the education requirements set out in section eight of this article; and(7) Has passed an examination in the fundamentals of land surveying.(b) A surveyor intern must pass the principles and practice of land surveying examination and the West Virginia examination within ten years of passing the fundamentals of land surveying examination. If the examinations are not passed within ten years, then the surveyor intern must retake the fundamentals of land surveying examination.
WV Code § 30-13A-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-13. License From Another State

The board may issue a license to practice surveying in this state to an applicant of good moral character who holds a valid license or other authorization to practice surveying from another state if the applicant demonstrates that:(1) He or she or she holds a license or other authorization to practice surveying in another state which was granted after completion of educational, experience and examinations requirements substantially equivalent to those required in this state;(2) He or she is not currently being investigated by a disciplinary authority of another state, does not have charges pending against his or her license or other authorization to practice surveying and has never had a license or other authorization to practice surveying revoked;(3) He or she has not previously failed an examination for licensure in this state;(4) He or she has paid all the applicable fees; and(5) Has completed such other action as required by the board.
WV Code § 30-13A-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-14. License, Endorsement and Certificate of Authorization Renewal Requirements

(a) A licensee or endorsee wanting to continue in active practice shall, annually or biennially, on or before July 1, renew his or her license or endorsement and pay a renewal fee.(b) A certificate holder wanting to continue in active practice shall, annually or biennially, on or before January 1, renew the certificate and pay a renewal fee.(c) The board shall charge a fee for each a renewal and a late fee for any renewal not paid by the due date.(d) The board shall require as a condition of renewal that each licensee or endorsee complete continuing education.(e) The board may deny an application for renewal for any reason which would justify the denial of an original application for a license, endorsement or certificate of authorization.(f) The board may authorize the waiving of the renewal fee of a licensee or endorsee during the period when he or she is on active duty with any branch of the armed services.
WV Code § 30-13A-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-15. Inactive License Requirements

(a) A licensee who does not want to continue in active practice shall notify the board in writing and be granted inactive status.(b) A person granted inactive status shall pay an inactive fee and is exempt from the continuing education requirements and cannot practice in this state.(c) When an inactive licensee wants to return to active practice, he or she must complete all the continuing education requirements and pay all the applicable fees as determined by the board.
WV Code § 30-13A-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-16. Delinquent and Expired License Requirements

(a) If a license is not renewed when due, then the board shall automatically place the licensee on delinquent status.(b) The fee for a person on delinquent status shall increase at a rate, determined by the board, for each month or fraction thereof that the renewal fee is not paid, up to a maximum of thirty-six months.(c) Within thirty-six months of being placed on delinquent status, if a licensee wants to return to active practice, he or she must complete all the continuing education requirements and pay all the applicable fees as determined by the board.(d) After thirty-six months of being placed on delinquent status, a license is automatically placed on expired status and cannot be renewed. A person whose license has expired must reapply for a new license.
WV Code § 30-13A-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-17. Retired License Requirements

(a) A licensee who does not want to continue practicing surveying and who has chosen to retire shall notify the board in writing and may be granted retired status.(b) A person granted retired status shall be given the honorific title of "Professional Surveyor, Retired" and cannot practice in this state.
WV Code § 30-13A-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-18. Requirements for When a Person Fails an Examination

(a) Any person failing any of the examinations for surveying is not permitted to work as a licensed surveyor under the provisions of this article until the person has passed all the examinations.(b) A person failing the fundamentals of land surveying examination may still gain experience as required in section eight of this article until he or she passes the examination.(c) A person who has passed the fundamentals of land surveying examination, but failed the principles and practice examination or West Virginia examination may only work as a surveyor intern under the direct supervision of a licensee or a person authorized in another jurisdiction to engage in the practice of surveying until he or she passes all of the examinations.
WV Code § 30-13A-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-19. Display of License, Endorsement and Certificate of Authorization

(a) The board shall prescribe the form for a license, endorsement and certificate of authorization and may issue a duplicate license, endorsement and certificate of authorization upon payment of a fee.(b) A licensee, endorsee and certificate holder shall conspicuously display his or her license, endorsement or certificate of authorization at his or her principal place of practice.
WV Code § 30-13A-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-20. Certificate of Authorization Requirements

(a) Each firm practicing surveying in West Virginia shall have a certificate of authorization.(b) The board shall issue a certificate of authorization to a firm that:(1) Practices surveying in West Virginia;(2) Provides proof that the firm has employed a surveyor-in-charge;(3) Has paid all applicable fees; and(4) Completes such other requirements as specified by the board.
WV Code § 30-13A-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-21. Surveyor-in-Charge Requirements

(a) A firm practicing surveying must operate all surveying activities under the supervision and management of a surveyor-in-charge who shall be a licensee who is licensed in this state.(b) The designated surveyor-in-charge is responsible for the surveying work in this state provided by the firm.(c) A licensee cannot be designated as a surveyor-in-charge for more than one firm without approval of the board.(d) A licensee who performs part-time or consulting surveying services for a firm cannot be designated as a surveyor-in-charge for that firm unless the licensee is an officer, a majority interest holder or owner of the firm.(e) The responsibilities of a surveyor-in-charge include:(1) Renewal of the certificate of authorization;(2) Notification to the board of any change in the surveyor-in-charge;(3) Supervising the firm's employees, including licensees, and other personnel providing surveying services in this state; and(4) Ensuring that the policies of the firm adhere to the provisions of this article.(f) The board may authorize a licensee to supervise the work of an individual that is not an employee of the licensee, nor is employed by the same firm as the licensee. The potential supervisor must apply to the board for this authorization.
WV Code § 30-13A-23 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-23. Procedures for Hearing

(a) Hearings are governed by the provisions of section eight, article one of this chapter.(b) The board may conduct the hearing or elect to have an administrative law judge conduct the hearing.(c) If the hearing is conducted by an administrative law judge, at the conclusion of a hearing he or she shall prepare a proposed written order containing findings of fact and conclusions of law. The proposed order may contain proposed disciplinary actions if the board so directs. The board may accept, reject or modify the decision of the administrative law judge.(d) Any member or the executive secretary of the board has the authority to administer oaths, examine any person under oath and issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum.(e) If, after a hearing, the board determines the licensee or certificate holder has violated provisions of this article, a formal written decision shall be prepared which contains findings of fact, conclusions of law and a specific description of the disciplinary actions imposed.
WV Code § 30-13A-24 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-24. Judicial Review

Any licensee or certificate holder adversely affected by a decision of the board entered after a hearing may obtain judicial review of the decision in accordance with section four, article five, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, and may appeal any ruling resulting from judicial review in accordance with article six, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code.
WV Code § 30-13A-25 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-25. Criminal Proceedings; Penalties

(a) When, as a result of an investigation under this article or otherwise, the board has reason to believe that a person has knowingly violated the provisions of this article, the board may bring its information to the attention of the appropriate law-enforcement officer who may cause appropriate criminal proceedings to be brought.(b) If a court of law finds that a person knowingly violated this article, any order of the board or any final decision of the board, then the person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined no less than $100 and no more than $1,000 for each violation, confinement in a regional correctional facility for up to thirty days for each violation, or both fined and confined.
WV Code § 30-13A-26 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 13A. Land Surveyors|§30-13A-26.

Repealed.Acts, 2010 Reg. Sess., Ch. 148.
WV Code § 30-14-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 14. Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons|§30-14-1. License Required

It is unlawful for any person to practice or offer to practice medicine and surgery as an osteopathic physician and surgeon in this state without a license or permit issued by the West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine: Provided, That any license heretofore issued under the laws of this state, authorizing its holder to practice osteopathy and surgery, shall in no way be affected by the enactment of this article; except that the holder of every such license shall be subject to all of the provisions of this article respecting the requirements and obligations herein prescribed for the continuance in force of such license.
WV Code § 30-14-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 14. Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons|§30-14-2. Definitions

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) is the body responsible for accrediting the majority of graduate medical education programs for physicians (both medical doctors and doctors of osteopathic medicine), including medical internship, residency, and fellowship programs;"Accredited osteopathic college" means a college of osteopathy and surgery which requires as a minimum prerequisite for admission preprofessional training of at least two years of academic work in specified scientific subjects, as prescribed by the board or by the college accrediting agency of the American Osteopathic Association, in an accredited college of arts and sciences and which requires for graduation a course of study approved by the board in accordance with the minimum standards established by the American Osteopathic Association;"American Osteopathic Association" (AOA) is the entity that serves as the primary certifying body for osteopathic physicians and is the accrediting agency for osteopathic graduate medical education. Prior to the implementation of a single accreditation system for graduate medical education in the United States of America under the ACGME, which began in 2015 and will be fully implemented by July 1, 2020, the AOA also served as the accrediting body for osteopathic graduate medical education programs in the United States of America;"Approved program of post-graduate clinical training" means a program of clinical training approved by, or subject to approval by, the American Osteopathic Association or approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education for the purposes of intern or resident training;"Board" means the West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine: Provided, That where used elsewhere in the code, the West Virginia Board of Osteopathy and Board of Osteopathy shall also mean the West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine;"License" means legal authorization issued by the board to a fully qualified osteopathic physician to engage in the regular practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery;"Osteopathy" means that system of the healing art which places the chief emphasis on the structural integrity of the body mechanism as being the most important single factor in maintaining the well-being of the organism in health and disease;"Permit" means a limited, legal authorization issued by the board to an osteopathic physician to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state while serving under special circumstances of public need or while undergoing post-graduate clinical training as a prerequisite to licensure;"Reciprocal endorsement" means a duly authenticated verification of the board, addressed to a board or agency of another country, state, territory, province, or the District of Columbia, vouching that a license issued to an osteopathic physician and surgeon pursuant to the laws of this state is currently valid and not suspended or revoked for any cause or causes specified in this article.
WV Code § 30-14-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 14. Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons|§30-14-4. Application for License or Educational Permit

(a) Each applicant for examination by the board, with the exception of assistants to osteopathic physicians and surgeons, as hereinafter provided, shall submit an application therefor on forms prepared and furnished by the board.(b) Each applicant for a license shall furnish evidence, verified by oath and satisfactory to the board, establishing that the applicant has satisfied the following requirements:(1) The applicant is 18 years of age or over;(2) The applicant has graduated from an accredited osteopathic college; (3) The applicant has successfully completed a minimum of one year of post-doctoral, clinical training in a program approved by the American Osteopathic Association or the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. (c) Each applicant for an educational permit shall furnish evidence, verified by oath and satisfactory to the board, establishing that the applicant has satisfied the following requirements:(1) The applicant is 18 years of age or over;(2) The applicant has graduated from an accredited osteopathic college; and(3) The applicant is under contract as an intern or resident in an approved program of post-graduate clinical training.(d) The board may not issue a license or permit to any person until the applicant has paid the application fee established by legislative rule of the board.(e) In order to give timely effect to the amendments to this section and 30-14-10 of this article, the board is authorized to propose a legislative rule consistent with these amendments as an emergency rule under the provisions of 29A-3-15 of this code.
WV Code § 30-14-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 14. Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons|§30-14-5. Examination

In order to receive a license to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery, an applicant must satisfactorily complete a standard, national examination, specified through legislative rule of the board or an examination administered by the licensing authority of another state and approved by the board as equivalent to the national examination or to the former West Virginia state examination.The examination for a license to practice medicine and surgery as an osteopathic physician and surgeon shall cover substantive and clinical knowledge in all the essential branches of medicine and surgery including anatomy, physiology, chemistry, pharmacology, pathology, public health--preventive medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, osteopathic medicine, materia medica principles and practice of osteopathy. The list of subjects may be expanded or regrouped at the discretion of the board.
WV Code § 30-14-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 14. Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons|§30-14-6. Issuance of License Without Examination; Fee

The board may at its discretion issue a license without examination to an applicant who has been licensed by the national board of examiners for osteopathic physicians and surgeons, and to an applicant who has been licensed by examination in any country, state, territory, province or the District of Columbia, provided the requirements for licensure in the country, state, territory, province or the District of Columbia in which the applicant is licensed are deemed by the board to have been equivalent to requirements for licensure in this state at the date such license was issued. The board may also at its discretion issue a license without examination to an osteopathic physician and surgeon who is a graduate of an accredited osteopathic college and who has passed the examination for admission into the medical corps of any of the armed services of the United States or the United States Public Health Service. But no license shall be issued under the provisions of this section until the person applying therefor shall have paid to the board a reasonable fee, the amount of such reasonable fee to be set by the board rules, and any other fees applicable to investigation.
WV Code § 30-14-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 14. Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons|§30-14-7. Reciprocal Endorsement Fee

For the issuance of any reciprocal endorsement, the board shall collect a reasonable fee, the amount of such reasonable fee to be set by the board rules.
WV Code § 30-14-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 14. Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons|§30-14-8. Temporary Permits

A temporary permit to practice in areas where medical services are needed, as determined by the board, may be granted by the board to a qualified applicant eligible for licensure who applies for examination during the period between examinations or regular meetings of the board. A temporary permit may also be granted by the board to a qualified applicant eligible for licensure by national boards or reciprocity for a period of thirty days, in which time applicant must appear before one of the board members for an interview for permanent licensure. Such temporary permit shall be effective until its holder has either been granted or denied a license at the next regular meeting of the board. Such permit shall be subject to revocation when, in the opinion of the board, the terms and conditions prescribed in the permit have been violated.