Senate 366

West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 366

BY Senator Rucker

[Introduced January 15, 2026; referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Board of Physical Therapy to promulgate a legislative rule relating to general provisions for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.

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 Physical Therapy.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 24, 2025, authorized under the authority of §30-20-6 of this code, modified by the Board of Physical Therapy to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on October 21, 2025, relating to the Board of Physical Therapy (general provisions for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant, 16 CSR 01), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Physical Therapy to promulgate a legislative rule relating to general provisions for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant.

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