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Ex. WV-007 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 7-20 (Mar. 19, 2020), sec. 14; WV-067 (EO 23-21, July 20, 2021)

Suspension of regulatory statutes for the duration of the State of Emergency (medical licensure and telemedicine, physician assistants, vehicle size and weight, annual vehicle inspection deadlines, video lottery and ABCA renewal deadlines, agency hearing deadlines)

Governor Jim Justice · West Virginia (State)

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Jurisdiction
West Virginia
Level
State
Authority
W. Va. Code 15-5-6 (suspension of regulatory statutes)
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19
End
Section 15 (video lottery fees) terminated Nov. 16, 2020 (EO 81-20); Section 14 (vehicle inspection deadlines) terminated Oct. 1, 2021 (EO 23-21, Ex. WV-067); remainder kept in force by EO 12-21 paragraph 2(a) (Apr. 20, 2021) (read as 2020-11-16)
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to Nov. 16, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersCourts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • Board of Medicine and Board of Osteopathic Medicine licensees
  • telemedicine providers
  • physician assistants
  • motor carriers
  • vehicle owners
  • ABCA licensees
  • state agencies and political subdivisions holding hearings
Functions reached
  • TM telehealth
  • HR credentialing
  • DM motor-vehicle inspections
  • DR drivers (size and weight)
  • CRT agency hearings
  • BA alcohol licensing
Collection
West Virginia WV

Operative words

the following statutory regulations are to be suspended for the duration of the State of Emergency: 1. Requirement that any medical provider 'hold an active, unexpired license' issued by the Board of Medicine...; 2. Requirement for telemedicine providers to be licensed in West Virginia..., provided that such provider possesses a license within their own state;... 11. Requirement that telemedicine be performed by video only (W. Va. Code 30-14-12d(c));... 13. Vehicle size and weight limitations (W. Va. Code 17C-17-1, 11); 14. Deadlines for annual vehicle inspections (W. Va. Code 17C-16-1, et seq.);... 16. Deadline to renew permits from Alcohol Beverage Control Administration...; and 17. Any 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.

Enforcement

Suspension of statutes; enforcement by the boards and agencies named

Notes

In force in the third quarter of 2021 (EO 12-21 paragraph 2(a)); EO 23-21 of July 20, 2021 recites it and ends only the vehicle-inspection suspension effective Oct. 1, 2021. Insurance Commissioner 20-EO-03 ordered workers' compensation insurers to review this order's telemedicine suspensions.

Retrieval note

Read by OCR; the Governor's file name carries a March 21 date but the order is dated the Nineteenth day of March.

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