NEWS -

2010 Upcoming Board Meetings:
March 9th, June 8th, September 7th, December 7th
Meetings convene at 11:00 a.m. Location: 106 Dee Drive, Suite 1, Charleston, WV 25311

Effective March 17, 2009:  In compliance with 30-34-8.c of the WV Code, the West Virginia Board of Respiratory Care requires all licensees to maintain a valid credential with the National Board of Respiratory Care.  You may be required to submit proof of valid credentials upon renewal of your license.  All new applicants are required to submit proof of valid credentials.

NEWS -

2010 Upcoming Board Meetings:
March 9th, June 8th, September 7th, December 7th
Meetings convene at 11:00 a.m. Location: 106 Dee Drive, Suite 1, Charleston, WV 25311

Effective March 17, 2009:  In compliance with 30-34-8.c of the WV Code, the West Virginia Board of Respiratory Care requires all licensees to maintain a valid credential with the National Board of Respiratory Care.  You may be required to submit proof of valid credentials upon renewal of your license.  All new applicants are required to submit proof of valid credentials.

(Passed March 10, 1995, in effect ninety days from passage.)

An act to amend chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated article thirty-four, relating to creating a self-supporting state board for respiratory care practitioners; requiring a license to practice; defining the scope of practice and related terms; specifying board composition, powers, responsibilities and operating procedures; establishing criteria and fees for issuing, renewing and reinstating full and limited licenses and temporary permits; creating misdemeanor penalties for non-licensure and other acts; exempting certain categories from licensure; providing a grandfather clause; setting standards for disciplinary action, license revocation and suspension and due process; and delineating exceptions.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated article thirty-four, to read as follows:

ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

H. B. 2726
(By Delegates Staton, Leach, Compton,
Douglas, Hatfield, Beane and L. White)

(Passed March 1, 1999, in effect ninety days from passage.)

An act to amend and reenact sections one, two, eight, twelve and fifteen, article thirty-four, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, all relating to changing the definitions used with regard to respiratory therapists to bring the code into compliance with the references used by the National Board of Respiratory Care.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That sections one, two, eight, twelve and fifteen, article thirty-four, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows: