Chapter 30, Chapter 30

(a) Effective July 1, 2026, and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person may not engage, or offer to engage, in the practice of genetic counseling to patients in this state without a current, valid license issued by the board. (b) The licensure requirement s…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "West Virginia Medical Practice Act."

(a) Upon receipt of the quarterly report set forth in §60A-9-1 et seq. of this code, the licensing board shall notify the prescriber that he or she has been identified as a potentially unusual or abnormal prescriber. The board may take appropriate action, including, but not limit…

Any party or parties who institute an action as a result of a peer review may be liable for court costs and reasonable attorney's fees, if the defendant substantially prevails and if the action, or the plaintiff's conduct during the litigation of the action, was frivolous, unreas…

(a) A person seeking licensure as a physician assistant shall apply to the Board of Medicine or to the Board of Osteopathic Medicine. The appropriate board shall issue a license to practice as a physician assistant with the collaboration of that board’s licensed physicians or pod…

The boards may propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, to effectuate the provisions of this article.

(a) To exercise the compact privilege, a licensee must: (1) Have graduated from a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. or other programs authorized by commission rule. (2) Hold current NCCPA c…

(a) In addition to the powers and duties of the board as set forth in §30-3-1 et seq. of this code, and in conformity with this article, the board shall: (1) Establish the requirements for licenses and ACS permits; (2) Determine the qualifications of applicants for licenses and p…

As used in this article: "ABMS" means the American Board of Medical Specialties. "ACGME" means the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education. "Administrative medicine" means administration or management related to the practice of medicine or to the delivery of health ca…

(a) The West Virginia Board of Medicine has assumed, carried on, and succeeded to all the duties, rights, powers, obligations, and liabilities heretofore belonging to or exercised by the Medical Licensing Board of West Virginia. All the rules, orders, rulings, licenses, certifica…

Information available from original sources are not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil action merely because they were included in any report or analysis related to improving the quality, delivery, or efficiency of health care or for the purpose of crede…

(a) A temporary license may be issued by the boards to a person applying for a license under this article, if the person meets all of the qualifications for a license but is awaiting the next scheduled meeting of the board for action upon his or her application. (b) The temporary…

Violations of this article constitute unprofessional conduct and may subject violators to sanctions which may be pursued by the boards.

Upon a licensee’s application for a compact privilege, the licensee shall identify to the commission the participating state from which the licensee is applying, in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission, and subject to the following requirements: (1) When app…

(a) The Board shall issue a genetic counseling license to an applicant who: (1) Is at least 21 years of age; (2) Submits an application for licensure to the board on a form approved by the board; (3) Pays the applicable fee, as established in legislative rule; (4) Submits satisfa…

(a) A participating state in which a licensee is licensed shall have exclusive power to impose adverse action against the qualifying license issued by that participating state. (b) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in…

(a) A licensee shall renew biennially, on a schedule established by the appropriate licensing board, by submitting: (1) A complete renewal application; (2) The renewal fee; and (3) An attestation that all continuing education requirements for the reporting period have been met. (…

Every two years the board shall elect from among its members a president and vice president. Regular meetings shall be held as scheduled by the rules of the board. Special meetings and emergency meetings of the board may be called by the joint action of the president and vice pre…

(a) An ACS permit authorizes an individual who has attained Active Candidate Status with the ABGC to practice genetic counseling under the supervision of a qualified supervisor and in accord with the board's legislative rules regarding supervised practice. (b) The Board shall iss…

(a) The board is autonomous and, in accordance with this article, shall determine qualifications of applicants for licenses and other practice credentials to practice medicine and surgery, to practice podiatry, and to practice as a physician assistant in collaboration with physic…

(a) If a license automatically expires and reinstatement is sought within one year of the automatic expiration, then an applicant shall submit: (1) A complete reinstatement application; (2) The applicable fees; (3) Proof that he or she has passed Physician Assistant National Cert…

(a) The participating states hereby create and establish a joint government agency and national administrative body known as the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact Commission. The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states acting jointly and not an instrumentality …

(a) A license issued by the board shall expire on June 30 of odd-numbered years unless sooner suspended, revoked, or surrendered. (b) A licensee shall renew by submitting: (1) A complete renewal application; (2) The renewal fee; (3) Evidence that the renewal applicant is currentl…

The state health officer, in addition to being a member of the board, shall act as its secretary. He or she shall, together with the president of the board, sign all licenses, reports, orders and other documents that may be required by the board in the performance of its duties. …

(a) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and the reporting of the existence of significant investigative information on all licensed physician ass…

(a) A genetic counselor's scope of practice includes the following: (1) Obtaining and evaluating individual patient and patient family member medical histories to determine the genetic risk for genetic or medical conditions and diseases in a patient, his or her offspring, and oth…

(a) The board shall maintain a permanent record of the names of all physicians, podiatrists, and physician assistants, licensed, certified or otherwise lawfully practicing in this state and of all persons applying to be so licensed to practice, along with an individual historical…

(a) A physician assistant may not practice independent of a collaborating physician. (b) A physician assistant may practice in collaboration with physicians in any practice setting pursuant to a practice notification which has been filed with, and activated by, the appropriate bo…

(a) The board may receive or initiate complaints, conduct investigations, and conduct hearings to determine whether a violation of this article or any rule has occurred. (b) All hearings and procedures related to denial of a license, and all complaints, investigations, hearings, …

(a) The commission shall exercise its rulemaking powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Commission rules shall become binding as of the date specified by the commission for each rule. (b) The commission shall promulgate reasona…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to practice or offer to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this state without a license, issued under the provisions of this article, or advertise or use any title or description tending to convey or give the impression that they are a denti…

(a) It is unlawful for any person, other than a dentist or other dental practitioner, to sell, offer for sale or furnish any dental prosthesis or other dental laboratory service to any person who is not a dentist or other dental practitioner. (b) It is unlawful for any person to …

(a) No dentist may induce central nervous system anesthesia without first having obtained an anesthesia permit for the level of anesthesia being induced. (b) The applicant for an anesthesia permit shall pay the appropriate permit fees and renewal fees, submit a completed board-ap…

(a) The board shall issue a dental hygienist license to an applicant who meets the following requirements: (1) Is at least 18 years of age; (2) Does not have any criminal convictions which would bar the applicant’s licensure pursuant to §30-1-24 of this code; (3) Is a graduate wi…

If a death, any serious complication or any injury occurs which may have resulted from the administration of general anesthesia/deep conscious sedation, conscious sedation/moderate sedation, anxiolysis/minimal sedation, or relative analgesia/minimal sedation, the licensee perform…

(1) Perform a complete prophylaxis, including the removal of any deposit, accretion or stain from supra and subgingival, the surface of a tooth or a restoration; (2) Apply a medicinal agent to a tooth for a prophylactic purpose; (3) Take a radiograph for interpretation by a denti…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person providing information to the board or to the subcommittee may be held, by reason of having provided the information, to be civilly liable under any law unless the information was false and the person providing information …

(a) The board shall perform an onsite evaluation of Class 3 and 4 applicants dental facilities, equipment, techniques and personnel prior to issuing a permit. The board may conduct further on-site evaluations. (b) The board may inspect Class 2 applicants facilities.

(a) All persons regulated by this article shall annually or biannually, renew his or her board authorization by completing a form prescribed by the board and submitting any other information required by the board. (b) The board shall charge a fee for each renewal of a board autho…

(a) The board shall prescribe the form for a board authorization, and may issue a duplicate upon payment of a fee. (b) Any person regulated by this article shall conspicuously display his or her board authorization at his or her principal place of practice.

Upon the recommendation of the subcommittee, the board shall issue permits to applicable dentists. An anesthesia permit shall be renewed annually: Provided, That the permittee meets the requirements of this article and has not been subject to disciplinary action prohibiting issua…

(a) The board may issue a dental intern or dental resident permit to an applicant who has been accepted as a dental intern or dental resident by a licensed hospital or dental school in this state which maintains an established dental department under the supervision of a licensed…

A dentist whose application has been denied for failure to satisfy the requirements in the application procedure or the on-site evaluation shall wait thirty days from the date of the denial prior to reapplying and shall submit to another on-site evaluation prior to receiving a pe…

(a) There is continued a special volunteer dentist and dental hygienist license for dentists and dental hygienists retired or retiring from the active practice of dentistry and dental hygiene who wish to donate their expertise for the care and treatment of indigent and needy pati…

The board shall require an initial application fee and an annual renewal fee for Class 2, Class 3 and 4 Permits. Permits expire annually. The board shall renew permits for the use of anesthesia after the permittee satisfies the application for renewal.

Violations of any of the provisions of this article, whether intentional or unintentional, may result in the revocation or suspension of the dentist's permit to administer anesthesia; multiple or repeated violations or gross infractions, such as practicing anesthesia without a va…

(a) Dental corporations and professional limited liability companies are continued. (b) One or more dentists licensed by the board may organize and become a shareholder or shareholders of a dental corporation, or member or members of a professional limited liability company, domi…

(a) The board shall appoint a subcommittee to carry out the review and on-site inspection of any dentist applying for or renewing a permit under this article. (b) The subcommittee shall make a recommendation for issuing or revoking a permit under this article. (c) This subcommitt…

(a) A licensee against whom disciplinary action has been taken under the provisions of this article shall be afforded an opportunity to demonstrate the qualifications to resume practice. The application for reinstatement shall be in writing and subject to the procedures specified…

(a) If the board obtains information that any person has engaged in, is engaging in or is about to engage in any act which constitutes or will constitute a violation of the provisions of this article, the rules promulgated pursuant to this article or a final order or decision of …