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WV Code § 30-10-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 10. Veterinarians|§30-10-12. Requirements to Be a Certified Animal Euthanasia Technician

(a) To be eligible to be a certified animal euthanasia technician a person must:(1) Apply at least thirty days prior to the date the next written examinations are scheduled, using a form prescribed by the board;(2) Have a high school diploma or GED;(3) Pay application and examination fees;(4) Complete the certified animal euthanasia technician's program established by the board;(5) Pass the written and practical skills examinations;(6) Pass the prescribed background check; and(7) Complete all the other requirements established by the board.(b) A certified animal euthanasia technician may practice animal euthanasia at a legally operated animal control facility.(c) A person certified as an animal euthanasia technician by the board prior to July 1, 2010, shall for all purposes be considered certified under this article and may renew pursuant to the provisions of this article. (d) A person certified by another state or jurisdiction with certification requirements equivalent to, or exceeding, the certification standards of this state may be issued a certification under this section upon the submission of a completed application and the appropriate fees, as established by the board in legislative rules.
WV Code § 30-10-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 10. Veterinarians|§30-10-13. Requirements for Certified Animal Euthanasia Technicians Program

(a) The board shall create a certified animal euthanasia technician's program. The board shall design this program to teach applicants for certification record keeping and the legal, safety and practical information needed to become a certified animal euthanasia technician.(b) (1) The board shall administer written examinations to an applicant for certification. The written examinations shall test the applicant's knowledge of the following:(A) Animal restraint;(B) Drug enforcement agency regulations;(C) Record keeping requirements for controlled substances;(D) Handling, inventory, security and proper storage of euthanasia drugs, solutions and syringes;(E) The certification process;(F) Legal requirements;(G) Stress management;(H) Approved animal euthanasia drug usage;(I) Jurisprudence; and(J) Other subject areas specified by the board in a legislative rule.(2) The applicant shall pass the written examinations with a minimum correct score, as determined by the board, in order to be eligible to take the practical skills examination provided in subsection (c) of this section.(c) In addition to the written examinations provided under subsection (b) of this section, the board shall administer a practical skills examination to an applicant who has successfully passed the written examinations. The board shall conduct the practical skills examination in a manner that tests an applicant's ability to properly restrain an animal, measure a correct dosage of euthanasia solution, locate an injection site and perform an injection. In order to pass the practical skills examination, an applicant shall exhibit to the board that he or she can locate an injection site and perform an injection and also perform euthanasia correctly and humanely.(d) An applicant who successfully passes the written examinations and the practical skills examination required by this section shall sign a form authorizing the board to make inquiries through the United States Department of Justice, or any other legal jurisdiction or entity, for the purpose of determining the character and reputation of the applicant and other matters relating to the certification of the applicant.
WV Code § 30-10-14 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 10. Veterinarians|§30-10-14. Scope of Practice for an Animal Euthanasia Technician

(a) A certified animal euthanasia technician may euthanize animals assigned to the care of an animal control facility.(b) A certified animal euthanasia technician shall practice euthanasia within the limitations imposed by this article and rules promulgated by the board under this article.(c) A certified animal euthanasia technician may not practice or offer to practice his or her profession outside the direct authority of the animal control facility which employs him or her or otherwise contracts for his or her services.(d) A certified animal euthanasia technician is not qualified and may not indicate that he or she is qualified to act in any capacity relative to animals beyond his or her specified and regulated authority to euthanize animals at the instruction of the animal control facility by which he or she is employed.(e) Annually, before January 15, a certified animal euthanasia technician shall report to the board the number of animals euthanized at his or her facility during the previous calendar year.
WV Code § 30-10-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 10. Veterinarians|§30-10-15. Renewal Requirements

(a) All persons regulated by the article shall annually or biennially before January 1, renew his or her license, registration or certification by completing a form prescribed by the board, paying all applicable fees and submitting any other information required by the board.(b) At least thirty days prior to January 1, the board shall mail to every person regulated by the article an application for renewal.(c) The board shall charge a fee for each renewal and a late fee for any renewal not properly completed and received with the appropriate fee by the due date.(d) The board shall require as a condition of renewal that each licensee, registrant and certificate holder complete continuing education.(e) The board may deny an application for renewal for any reason which would justify the denial of an original application.(f) The board may authorize the waiving of the renewal fee of a licensed veterinarian or registered veterinarian technician during the period when he or she is on active duty with any branch of the armed services or the public health service of the United States or a declared emergency.(g) After July 1, 2010, a previously certified animal euthanasia technician may renew his or her certification without having obtained a high school degree or GED.
WV Code § 30-10-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 10. Veterinarians|§30-10-16. Temporary Permits for a Veterinarian

(a) Upon completion of an application and payment of the applicable fees, the board may issue a temporary permit to a person to practice veterinary medicine in this state who has completed the educational requirements set out in this article, is waiting to take the state examination, and is working under a supervising veterinarian.(b) The temporary permit is valid for a period not to exceed the next scheduled examination date first held following the issuance of the temporary permit and expires the day after the board gives written notice to the permittee of the results.(c) A temporary permit may be revoked by a majority vote of the board without a hearing.
WV Code § 30-10-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 10. Veterinarians|§30-10-17. Exemptions From Article

The following persons are exempt from licensing under the provisions of this article:(a) An employee of the federal government performing his or her official duties, as defined by the employing agency;(b) A student of a veterinary school working under the direct supervision of a licensed veterinarian;(c) A person advising with respect to or performing acts which the board has prescribed by legislative rule as accepted livestock management practices;(d) The owner of an animal, the owner's employees, or persons assisting the owner without any fee or compensation, caring for and treating the animal, except where the ownership of the animal was transferred for the purpose of circumventing the provisions of this article;(e) A member of the faculty of a veterinary school performing his or her regular duties and functions, including lecturing, giving instructions or demonstrations, at a veterinary school or in connection with a board approved continuing education course or seminar;(f) A person selling or applying a pesticide, insecticide or herbicide;(g) A person engaging in bona fide scientific research which reasonably requires experimentation involving animals;(h) A person engaging in bona fide scientific research in consultation with a licensed veterinarian in this state;(i) A person treating or relieving a living animal in the case of an emergency for no fee or other compensation;(j) A person who disposes of the carcass of a dead animal; and(k) Veterinary assistants acting under the general supervision of a licensed veterinarian.
WV Code § 30-10-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 10. Veterinarians|§30-10-18. Display of License, Permit, Registration and Certificate

(a) The board shall prescribe the form for a license, permit, registration and certificate and may issue a duplicate upon payment of a fee.(b) Any person regulated by this article shall conspicuously display his or her license, permit, registration or certification at his or her principal business location.
WV Code § 30-10-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 10. Veterinarians|§30-10-20. Procedures for Hearing; Right of Appeal

(a) Hearings shall be 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, the administrative law judge shall prepare a proposed written order containing findings of fact and conclusions of law at the conclusion of a hearing. 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 director 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, permittee, registrant or certificate holder has violated 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 § 30-10-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 10. Veterinarians|§30-10-21. Judicial Review; Appeal to Supreme Court of Appeals

Any licensee, permittee, registrant 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 § 30-10-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 10. Veterinarians|§30-10-22. 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 this article, the board may bring its information to the attention of an appropriate law-enforcement official who may cause criminal proceedings to be brought.(b) Any person violating a provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or confined in jail not more than six months, or both fined and confined.
WV Code § 30-10-23 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 10. Veterinarians|§30-10-23. Single Act Evidence of Practice

In any action brought or in any proceeding initiated under this article, evidence of the commission of a single act prohibited by this article is sufficient to justify a penalty, injunction, restraining order or conviction without evidence of a general course of conduct.
WV Code § 30-12-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 12. Architects|§30-12-1. Board of Architects

In order to safeguard the life, health, property and public welfare of the people of this state and to protect the people against the unauthorized, unqualified and improper practice of architecture, the West Virginia board of architects, heretofore created, shall continue in existence and shall consist of seven members, five of whom shall be architects, appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and two of whom shall be lay members, not of the same political party affiliation, appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each member who is an architect shall have been engaged in the active practice of his profession in the State of West Virginia for not fewer than ten years previous to his appointment. The members of the board in office on the date this article takes effect, in the year one thousand nine hundred ninety, shall, unless sooner removed, continue to serve until their respective terms expire and until their successors have been appointed and have qualified. Each member shall be appointed for a term of five years.The board shall pay each member the same compensation and expense reimbursement as is paid to members of the Legislature for their interim duties as recommended by the citizens legislative compensation commission and authorized by law for each day or portion thereof engaged in the discharge of official duties.Pursuant to the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, the board, in addition to the authority, powers and duties granted to it by this article, has the authority to promulgate rules relating to the regulation of the practice of architecture and may include rules pertaining to the registration of architects. Any disciplinary proceedings held by the board shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the administrative procedures act for contested cases pursuant to the provisions of article five of said chapter.
WV Code § 30-12-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 12. Architects|§30-12-2. Definitions

The following words as used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:(1) "Architect" means any person who engages in the practice of architecture as hereinafter defined.(2) "Board" means the West Virginia board of architects established by section one of this article.(3) "Direct supervision" means that degree of supervision by a person overseeing the work of another person whereby the supervisor has both control over and detailed professional knowledge of the work prepared under his or her supervision.(4) "Good moral character" means such character as will enable a person to discharge the fiduciary duties of an architect to his client and to the public for the protection of health, safety and welfare. Evidence of inability to discharge such duties include the commission of an offense justifying discipline under section eight of this article.(5) "Practice of architecture" means rendering or offering to render those services, hereinafter described, in connection with the design and construction, enlargement or alteration of a building or group of buildings and the space within and surrounding such buildings, which have as their principal purpose human occupancy or habitation; the services referred to include planning, providing preliminary studies, designs, drawings, specifications and other technical submissions and administration of construction contracts.(6) "Registered architect" means an architect holding a current registration.(7) "Registration" means the certificate of registration issued by board.(8) "Technical submissions" means designs, drawings, specifications, studies and other technical reports prepared in the course of practicing architecture.
WV Code § 30-12-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 12. Architects|§30-12-3. Fees

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the board is authorized and empowered to establish by legislative rule in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code a schedule of fees to be charged to applicants. The board shall charge for: Examination, reexamination, renewal of certificates, restoration of expired certificates, reciprocal registration and for any other matters deemed appropriate by the board.(b) Until such time as the board establishes otherwise, the fees previously set by legislative rule remain in effect.
WV Code § 30-12-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 12. Architects|§30-12-4. Registration Qualifications

Every person applying to the board for initial registration shall submit an application accompanied by the fee established in accordance with section three of this article with satisfactory evidence that such person holds an accredited professional degree in architecture or has completed such other education as the board considers equivalent to an accredited professional degree and with satisfactory evidence that such person has completed such practical training in architectural work as the board requires. If an applicant is qualified, the board shall, by means of a written examination, examine the applicant on such technical and professional subjects as prescribed by it. None of the examination materials are public records as defined in article one, chapter twenty-nine-b of this code. The board may exempt from such written examination an applicant who holds certification issued by the national council of architectural registration boards. The board may adopt as its own rules governing practical training and education those guidelines published from time to time by the national council of architectural registration boards. The board may also adopt the examinations and grading procedures of the national council of architectural registration board and the accreditation decisions of the national architectural accrediting board. The board shall issue its registration to each applicant who is found to be of good moral character and who satisfies the requirements set forth in this section. The registration is effective upon issuance.
WV Code § 30-12-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 12. Architects|§30-12-5. Registration Renewal

The board shall mail each year to every registered architect an application for renewal of registration. The application, properly filled out and accompanied by the renewal fee established in accordance with section three of this article, shall be returned to the board on or before the date established by the board. After verification of the facts stated in the renewal application, the board shall issue a registration which is valid for one year, expiring on June 30 of each year. Any holder of a registration who fails to renew his or her application on or before the prescribed date, before again engaging in the practice of architecture within the state, is required to apply for reinstatement, pay the prescribed fee and, in circumstances considered appropriate by the board, may be required to be reexamined.
WV Code § 30-12-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 12. Architects|§30-12-6. Certificate of Registration

Every registered architect having a place of business or employment within the state shall display his or her certificate of registration in a conspicuous place in such place of business or employment. A new certificate of registration, to replace a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate, shall be issued by the board upon payment of a fee established in accordance with section three of this article and such certificate shall be stamped or marked "duplicate."
WV Code § 30-12-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 12. Architects|§30-12-7. Seal

(a) Every registered architect shall have a seal of a design authorized by the board by rule. All technical submissions prepared by such architect, or under his or her direct supervision, shall be stamped with the impression of his or her seal. No architect holding a registration may impress his or her seal on any technical submissions unless they were prepared under his or her direct supervision: Provided, That in the case of the portions of such technical submissions prepared under the direct supervision of persons consulting with or employed by the architect, the architect may sign or seal those portions of the technical submission if the architect has reviewed such portions and has coordinated their preparation.(b) No public official charged with the enforcement duties of a municipal building inspector may accept or approve any technical submissions involving the practice of architecture unless the technical submissions have been stamped as required by this section or by a registered engineer or the applicant has certified thereon the applicability of a specific exception under section twelve of this article permitting the preparation of such technical submissions by a person not registered thereunder. A building permit issued with respect to technical submissions which do not conform with the requirements of this section is invalid.
WV Code § 30-12-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 12. Architects|§30-12-8. Disciplinary Powers

The board may revoke, suspend or annul a registration, or impose a civil penalty in an amount not more than $2,000 for each violation, upon satisfactory proof to the board that any person has violated the provisions of this article or any rules promulgated by the board under this article. In hearing matters arising under this section, the board may take into account suitable evidence of reform.
WV Code § 30-12-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 30. Professions and Occupations|Article 12. Architects|§30-12-9. Disciplinary Proceedings

Charges against any person involving any matter coming within the jurisdiction of the board shall be in writing and shall be filed with the board. Such charges, at the discretion of the board, shall be heard within a reasonable time after being so filed. The accused person has the right at such hearing to appear personally, with or without counsel, to cross-examine adverse witnesses and to produce evidence and witnesses in his or her defense. The board shall set the time and place for such hearing and shall cause a copy of the charges, together with a notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing, to be sent by registered mail to the accused person, at his or her latest place or residence or business known to the board, at least thirty days before such date. If after such hearing the board finds the accused person has violated any of the provisions of this article or any of the rules promulgated by the board, it may issue any order described in section eight of this article. If the board finds no such violation, then it shall enter an order dismissing the charges. If the order revokes, suspends or annuls an architect's registration, the board shall so notify, in writing, the Secretary of State and the clerk of the municipality in the state wherein such architect has a place of business, if any.The board may reissue a registration to any person whose registration has been revoked. Application for the reissuance of the registration shall be made in such a manner as the board may direct and shall be accompanied by a fee established in accordance with section three of this article.