2026 Regular Session
Link to Bill History on Legacy Website (Click Here)Summary: Board of Optometry rule relating to Board of Optometry
PDF: sb350 intr.pdf
DOCX: SB350 INTR.docx
West Virginia Legislature
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 350
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 Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Board of Optometry.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 9. Authorization for miscellanous 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 (the Board of Optometry, 14 CSR 01), is authorized.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Board of Optometry.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.