Bill Text: WV HB4293 | 2026 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to authorizing the Board of Medicine to promulgate a legislative rule relating to continuing education for physicians and podiatric physicians.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-01-30 - To House Judiciary [HB4293 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2026-HB4293-Introduced.html

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West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4293

BY Delegate D. Smith

[Introduced ; referred

to the Committee on the ]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Board of Medicine to promulgate a legislative rule relating to continuing education for physicians and podiatric physicians.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules.

§64- 9 - 1. Board of Medicine.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 25, 2025, authorized under the authority of §30-3-7 of this code, relating to the Board of Medicine (continuing education for physicians and podiatric physicians, 11 CSR 06), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Medicine to promulgate a legislative rule relating to continuing education for physicians and podiatric physicians.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.