Senate 270

West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 270

BY Senator Rucker

[Introduced on January 15, 2026; referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to clinical laboratory practitioner licensure.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5. Authorization for Department of health to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-5-1. Department of Health.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 24, 2025, authorized under the authority of §16-1-4 of this code, modified by the Department of Health to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on October 17, 2025, relating to the Department of Health (clinical laboratory practitioner licensure, 64 CSR 57), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health to promulgate a legislative rule relating to clinical laboratory practitioner licensure.

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