In addition to closing state park lodges and the Hatfield-McCoy Trail on Friday, Gov. Jim Justice issued an executive order suspending a variety of regulations aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.
Here are the suspended regulations:
Vehicle size and weight limitations.
The deadlines for annual vehicle inspections.
The deadlines for renewal and payment of annual fees for video lottery machines.
The deadline to renew permits from Alcohol Beverage Control Administration.
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.
The requirement for telemedicine providers to be licensed in West Virginia, provided that such provider possesses a license within their own state.
The requirement that medical licenses are only valid for two years.
The requirement that an educational permit is only valid for one year.
The requirements for Physician Assistants licensure, reinstatement of licenses, written authorizations from the boards, collaboration limits, and collaborative agreements.
The requirements that boards of examination or registration conduct investigations and adjudication of complaints of professional and occupational misconduct in specific timeframes.
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.
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.
The requirement that physicians biennially furnish proof of completion of 32 hours of continuing medical education prior to renewal.
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.
The requirement that telemedicine be performed by video only.
The procedures for applications for licensure by out-of-state medical practitioners under the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.
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.
