SUSPENSION OF
SEVERAL STATUTORY RULES
Also during the briefing, Gov. Justice announced that he has also issued
an Executive Order, mandating the suspension of several statutory
regulations. These include:
- Suspending the
requirement that any medical provider "hold an active,
unexpired license" issued by the Board of Medicine, with
the exception of those with pending complaints, investigations,
consent orders, board orders, or pending disciplinary proceedings.
- Suspending the
requirement for telemedicine providers to be licensed in West
Virginia, provided that such provider possesses a license within
their own state.
- Suspending the
requirement that medical licenses are only valid for two years.
- Suspending the requirement
that an educational permit is only valid for one year.
- Suspending the
requirements for Physician Assistants licensure, reinstatement of
licenses, written authorizations from the boards, collaboration
limits, and collaborative agreements.
- Suspending the
requirements that boards of examination or registration conduct
investigations and adjudication of complaints of professional and
occupational misconduct in specific timeframes.
- Suspending the
requirement that any person to practice or offer to practice
medicine or surgery as an osteopathic physician or surgeon
"hold an active, unexpired license" issued by the Board of
Osteopathic Medicine, with the exception of those with pending
complaints, investigations, consent orders, board orders, or pending
disciplinary proceedings.
- Suspending the
requirement for post-graduate training that will no longer be
available after July 1, 2020 and the requirement that individuals
graduating from ACGME programs have to complete 40 hours of
Continuing Medical Education prior to licensure.
- Suspending the
requirement that physicians biennially furnish proof of completion
of 32 hours of continuing medical education prior to renewal.
- Suspending the
requirement that the first educational permit issued be valid for a
period of 15 months and subsequent educational permits issued
to the same person may be valid for not more than 12 months.
- Suspending the
requirement that telemedicine be performed by video only.
- Suspending the procedures
for applications for licensure by out-of-state medical practitioners
under the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.
- Suspending vehicle size
and weight limitations.
- Suspending the deadlines
for annual vehicle inspections.
- Suspending the deadlines
for renewal and payment of annual fees for video lottery machines.
- Suspending the deadline
to renew permits from Alcohol Beverage Control Administration.
- Suspending any other
statute or rule that prescribes time limits or deadlines by which
state agencies or political subdivisions or agencies thereunder must
hold hearings, and allowing abeyance of such hearings or for such
hearings to be conducted by telephonic means, at the sole discretion
of the applicable state agency or political subdivision or agencies
thereunder.
Click here to view the Executive Order on the Governor's website
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