House 4302

West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4302

BY Delegate D. Smith

[Introduced; referred

to the Committee on.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-9-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to licensure by reciprocity.

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 Optometry.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 23, 2025, authorized under the authority of §30-8-6 of this code, modified by the Board of Optometry to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on September 18, 2025, relating to the Board of Optometry (licensure by reciprocity, 14 CSR 08), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to licensure by reciprocity.

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