Committee approves substitute for SB 458 to clarify medical licensure language
March 04, 2025 | 2025 Legislature WV, West Virginia
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The Senate Committee on Government Organization on an undisclosed January day approved a committee substitute for Senate Bill 458 that revises state licensure language to clarify which medical graduates may practice without clinical supervision.
Committee counsel told members the substitute removes a reference to Article 3E of Chapter 30 and instead specifies that a person "[is] licensed to practice medicine, pediatric medicine, or osteopathic medicine without clinical supervision after successfully completing a graduate medical education program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association, or the Council on Podiatric Medical Education, or Colleges on Podiatric Medicine." Counsel said the wording had been reviewed and agreed to by stakeholders, including the Board of Medicine and its executive director, Mr. Spangler.
The substitute also removes a previously proposed "1 year" requirement and deletes redundant language referencing training "in the United States," counsel said. Senator from Cabell asked whether the substitute reflected the amendment moved the previous day; counsel responded that the committee substitute largely adopts the prior amendment "in principle." Senator from Summers clarified that an earlier amendment related to a hand examination and dentists was not incorporated in the committee substitute.
With no further questions, the committee voted to agree to the language of the committee substitute and then voted to report the committee substitute to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass.
Why it matters: The substitute narrows and clarifies which graduates of accredited programs may practice without clinical supervision; the change also resolves stakeholder concerns and removes redundant temporal and geographic language.
Background and process: Committee counsel characterized the change as a clarification of existing licensure language for the Chapter 30 boards and said stakeholders reviewed the substitute. The committee’s actions were procedural: agreeing to the substitute and reporting it to the full Senate with a recommendation of passage. No floor vote or final enactment is recorded here.
Committee action: The committee agreed to the committee substitute and voted to report SB 458 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass.
Committee counsel told members the substitute removes a reference to Article 3E of Chapter 30 and instead specifies that a person "[is] licensed to practice medicine, pediatric medicine, or osteopathic medicine without clinical supervision after successfully completing a graduate medical education program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association, or the Council on Podiatric Medical Education, or Colleges on Podiatric Medicine." Counsel said the wording had been reviewed and agreed to by stakeholders, including the Board of Medicine and its executive director, Mr. Spangler.
The substitute also removes a previously proposed "1 year" requirement and deletes redundant language referencing training "in the United States," counsel said. Senator from Cabell asked whether the substitute reflected the amendment moved the previous day; counsel responded that the committee substitute largely adopts the prior amendment "in principle." Senator from Summers clarified that an earlier amendment related to a hand examination and dentists was not incorporated in the committee substitute.
With no further questions, the committee voted to agree to the language of the committee substitute and then voted to report the committee substitute to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass.
Why it matters: The substitute narrows and clarifies which graduates of accredited programs may practice without clinical supervision; the change also resolves stakeholder concerns and removes redundant temporal and geographic language.
Background and process: Committee counsel characterized the change as a clarification of existing licensure language for the Chapter 30 boards and said stakeholders reviewed the substitute. The committee’s actions were procedural: agreeing to the substitute and reporting it to the full Senate with a recommendation of passage. No floor vote or final enactment is recorded here.
Committee action: The committee agreed to the committee substitute and voted to report SB 458 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass.
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