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Executive Order 10-20

Suspension of regulatory statutes (election administration; registered nurse and APRN licensure, CRNA supervision, prescriptive authority; agency hearing deadlines) and amendment of EO 7-20

Governor Jim Justice · West Virginia (State)

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Jurisdiction
West Virginia
Level
State
Authority
W. Va. Code 15-5-6
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23
End
Sections 9 and 10 reinstated Mar. 26, 2020 (EO 12-20); sections 1-6 terminated and sections 7, 8 and 11 left to Board discretion 12:01 a.m. Apr. 20, 2021 (EO 12-21 paragraph 3) (read as 2020-03-26)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to Mar. 26, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersCourts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • county election officials
  • Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses licensees
  • state agencies and political subdivisions
Functions reached
  • HR credentialing (out-of-state nurses)
  • CRT agency hearings
  • EVT elections (poll workers, absentee voting)
Collection
West Virginia WV

Operative words

the following statutory regulations are to be suspended for the duration of the State of Emergency:... 7. Requirement that any person practicing or offering to practice as a registered nurse (RN) or advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) have a license issued by the West Virginia Board of Registered Professional Nurses (W. Va. Code 30-7-2)... provided the RN or APRN is licensed in another state;... 12. Any statute or rule that prescribes time limits or deadlines by which state agencies or political subdivisions or agencies thereunder must hold hearings... provided, that where a deadline is constitutional, the agency shall conduct the hearing telephonically, through other remote technology, or in compliance with any court order.

Enforcement

Suspension of statutes; enforcement in Board discretion after Apr. 20, 2021

Notes

Sections 7, 8 and 11 remained operative in the third quarter of 2021 in the discretion of the Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses (EO 12-21 paragraph 3).

Retrieval note

Read by OCR. EO 11-20 (Mar. 25, 2020; respiratory care, court reporters and notaries, fishing licenses) and EO 12-20 (Mar. 26, 2020; reinstating CRNA and APRN provisions) were read in the Secretary of State copies (DocIDs 89564, 89607) and are not saved as exhibits.

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