WEST virginia legislature

2018 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4364

By Delegates Hill, Summers, Rohrbach, Butler, Sobonya, Criss, Frich, Longstreth, Atkinson and Fleischauer

[Introduced January 30, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then Government Organization.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-1-20, relating to registration period for nurse aide registrants.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 1. STATE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM.

§16-1-20. Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification to modify registration period for nurse aide registrants.

To the extent permitted by federal law, the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification shall modify the Nurse Aide Program so that:

(1) An individual’s registration expires every other year on June 30;

(2) The initial registration period for a nurse aide is for a period of one to two years so that the registration expires on the second June 30 occurring after the initial approval; and

(3) Each reregistration is renewed for a period beginning on the date of renewal and expiring on the second June 30 following the date of renewal.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make the registration for a nurse aide expire every other year on June 30.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.