WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced Senate Bill 388
By Senator Woodrum [Introduced January 20, 2023; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]
 14 CSR 12 2023R2407S 2023R2408H
1 A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to
2 authorizing the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to optometric
3 telehealth practice.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF MISCELLANEOUS
AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.
§64-9-1. Board of Optometry.
1 The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 30, 2022, authorized under the
2 authority of §30-1-26 of this code, modified by the Board of Optometry to meet the objections of
3 the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 28,
4 2022, relating to the Board of Optometry (optometric telehealth practice, 14 CSR 12), is
5 authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to optometric telehealth practice.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 64-9-1