Bill Text: WV HB2540 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Permitting a person to practice certain professions for limited time for a charitable function
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-03-10 - To Health and Human Resources [HB2540 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2017-HB2540-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2017 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2540
By Delegates Ellington, Summers, Rohrbach, Cooper, Hollen, Sobonya, Rowan, Atkinson and Longstreth
[Introduced February 17,
2017; Referred
to the Committee on Government Organization.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-1-21, relating to permitting a person to practice certain professions for limited time for a charitable function.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §30-1-21, to read as follows:
§30-1-21. Exemption from licensure for professional practice for a charitable function.
A person holding an unrestricted license granted by another jurisdiction to practice a profession licensed under this chapter may serve as a volunteer in a noncompensated role for a charitable function for a period not to exceed seven days. The person shall contact the appropriate board and notify the board of the activity. The board may not charge a fee to permit this charitable practice.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit a person to practice his or her profession for seven days for a charitable function.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
