Historical Rule Suspensions — COVID-19
State of Emergency effective March 16, 2020 to remain in effect until terminated by subsequent Proclamation
The following rules have been suspended either wholly or partially. Please see the suspension memorandum from the Agency for guidance.
| Title/Series | Agency | Rule Name | Suspended Provisions | Date Suspended | Date Lifted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 175-04 | Alcohol Beverage Control Commission | Sale of Wine | §6.6.b. | March 18, 2020 | July 29, 2021 |
| 78-26 | DHHR, Human Services | Pilot Program for Drug Screening of Applicants for Cash Assistance | Entire Rule | March 20, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 78-02 | DHHR, Human Services | Child Placing Agencies Licensure | See Memo | March 23, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 153-30 | Secretary of State | Use Of Digital Signatures, State Certificate Authority And State Repository | Entire Rule | March 23, 2020 | April 14, 2022 |
| 78-03 | DHHR, Human Services | Minimum Licensing Requirements for Residential Child Care and Treatment Facilities for Children and Transitioning Adults in West Virginia | See Memo | March 23, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 153-52 | Secretary of State | Freedom of Information Act Database | 2.2. | March 23, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 19-03 | Registered Professional Nurses | Requirements for Registration and Licensure and Conduct Constituting Professional Misconduct | §§3.1.a.4., 4.2, 7.1.d., 7.1.e., 7.2.c., 11.1 | March 23, 2020 | June 1, 2021 |
| 19-03 | Registered Professional Nurses | Requirements for Registration and Licensure and Conduct Constituting Professional Misconduct | See Memos | September 22, 2021 | January 1, 2023 |
| 19-08 | Registered Professional Nurses | Limited Prescriptive Authority for Nurses in Advanced Practice | §3.1.b. | March 23, 2020 | June 1, 2021 |
| 19-11 | Registered Professional Nurses | Continuing Education and Competence | §3.1.2. | March 23, 2020 | June 1, 2021 |
| 30-02 | Respiratory Care | Establishment of Fees | 2.2.1, 2.2.3 | March 25, 2020 | September 19, 2022 |
| 30-03 | Respiratory Care | Continuing Education Requirements | Entire Rule | March 25, 2020 | September 19, 2022 |
| 30-09 | Respiratory Care | Student Temporary Permits | 2.1.1, 2.3.1, 3.1.6 | March 25, 2020 | September 19, 2022 |
| 78-01 | DHHR, Human Services | Child Care Centers Licensing | See Memo | March 24, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 78-18 | DHHR, Human Services | Family Child Care Facility Licensing Requirements | See Memo | March 24, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 78-19 | DHHR, Human Services | Family Child Care Home Registration Requirements | See Memo | March 24, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 78-20 | DHHR, Human Services | Informal and Relative Family Child Care Home Registration Requirements | See Memo | March 24, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 78-21 | DHHR, Human Services | Out-of-School Time Child Care Center | See Memo | March 24, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 11-01A | Medicine | Licensing and Disciplinary Procedures: Physicians, Podiatric Physicians and Surgeons | 4.3, 4.5.h., 10.1, 10.2, 10.4, 10.10, 10.11 | March 26, 2020 | July 12, 2021 |
| 11-01B | Medicine | Disciplinary and Complaint Procedures, Continuing Education, Physician Assistants | 2.1.f, 3.2, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 11.5, 11.9, 11.10, 11.12, 13.2.d, 13.4, 13.5, 13.6, 13.7, 13.8, 14.2, 14.3, 14.6, 14.7, 14.10, 20 | March 26, 2020 | July 12, 2021 |
| 11-03 | Medicine | Board Organization and Meeting Procedure: Complaint and Contested Case Hearing Procedures | 8, 10.16, 11.2, 18.1, 18.2 | March 26, 2020 | December 19, 2022 |
| 11-05 | Medicine | Dispensing of Legend Drugs by Practitioners | 3.6, 3.8 | March 26, 2020 | July 12, 2021 |
| 11-06 | Medicine | Continuing Education for Physicians and Podiatrists | 2.12, 3.1, 3.2, 5.6, 5.7, 5.7.a.b.c. | March 26, 2020 | July 12, 2021 |
| 11-07 | Medicine | Formation and Approval of Professional Limited Liability Companies | 3.4, 3.5 | March 26, 2020 | July 12, 2021 |
| 11-12 | Medicine | Permitting and Disciplinary Procedures: Educational Permits for Graduate Medical Interns, Residents and Fellows | 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 7.2 | March 26, 2020 | July 12, 2021 |
| 24-01 | Osteopathic Medicine | Licensing Procedures for Osteopathic Physicians | See Memo | March 26, 2020 | April 6, 2021 |
| 24-02 | Osteopathic Medicine | Osteopathic Physician Assistants | See Memo | March 26, 2020 | August 9, 2022 |
| 24-05 | Osteopathic Medicine | Fees for Services Rendered by the Board of Osteopathy | See Memo | March 26, 2020 | August 9, 2022 |
| 143-01 | Personnel | Administrative Rule of the WV Division of Personnel | 4.7, 4.8, 4.9.e, 6.2, 6.4.c, 7.3.d, 7.3.e, 8.2.a.1, 8.2.a.3, 9.2.a, 9.3.a, 9.5, 9.5.e, 9.5.g, 10.1.b, 10.4, 12.4, 13, 14.2, 14.3.h, 14.4.f.3, 14.4.j, 14.f.6, 14.4.g, 14.8.c.1,B,C; 14.8.d.2 | March 26, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 29-01 | Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology | Licensure of Speech-Pathology and Audiology | See Memos | March 24, 2020 | June 8, 2021 |
| 91-04 | Motor Vehicles | Examination and Issuance of Driver's License | See Memo | April 1, 2020 / October 27, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 26-04 | Veterinary Medicine | Standards of Practice | 5.1.c.1 | April 2, 2020 | June 8, 2022 |
| 14-10 | Optometry | Continuing Education | 3.2.c | April 2, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 19-01 | Registered Professional Nurses | Policies, Standards and Criteria for the Evaluation and Accreditation of Colleges, Departments or Schools of Nursing | 8.3 | April 3, 2020 | June 1, 2021 |
| 64-48 | DHHR, Public Health | Emergency Medical Services | 6.7.1.e, 6.7.1.f, 6.7.1.k | April 6, 2020 | July 2, 2021 |
| 64-56 | DHHR, Public Health | Infectious Medical Waste | 4.2, 4.4, 4.4.a, 4.5, 4.6.e, 4.13, 4.14, 4.16.c, 6.2.d, 6.2.e, 8.2, 9.2.b, 12.4, 12.5, 12.7, 13.4 | April 7, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 56-19 | Miners' Health, Safety and Training | Substance Abuse Screening, Standards and Procedures | See Memo | April 7, 2020 | March 16, 2022 |
| 64-09 | DHHR, Public Health | Sewage Systems | §4.4 | April 10, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 36-11 | Coal Mine Health and Safety | Underground Mine Foreman-Fire Boss Required, Assistants, Certification, The Reopening Of Abandoned Mines And The De-Energization Of Self-Propelled Electric Coal Feeders, Performance Requirements | 4(c) | April 17, 2020 | July 23, 2020 |
| 48-02 | Miner Training, Education and Certification | Governing the Safety Training Program for Prospective Underground Coal Miners in WV | 2.7.a, 2.7.b, 2.7.e, 2.8.b, 2.8.e | April 17, 2020 | December 19, 2022 |
| 48-03 | Miner Training, Education and Certification | Rules and Regulations Governing the Safety Training Program for Prospective Surface Coal Miners in WV | 2.7.a, 2.7.b, 2.7.e, 2.8.b, 2.8.e | April 17, 2020 | December 19, 2022 |
| 48-04 | Miner Training, Education and Certification | Initial Training Program for Prospective Mine Rescue Team Members and Additional Mine Rescue Requirements | 2.1.c | April 17, 2020 | December 19, 2022 |
| 48-07 | Miner Training, Education and Certification | Rules and Regulations Governing the Standards for Certification of Coal Mine Electricians | 6.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.4 | April 17, 2020 | December 19, 2022 |
| 19-13 | Registered Professional Nurses | Dialysis Technicians | See Memos | April 9, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 174-02 | Real Estate Commission | Schedule of Fees | 2.17.b | April 22, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 176-01 | Alcohol Beverage Control Commission-Beer | Nonintoxicating Beer Licensing and Operations Procedures | 6.3.h.1.A | April 23, 2020 | July 29, 2021 |
| 64-18 | DHHR, Public Health | General Sanitation | 3.1.a.2, 4.1, 4.1.b | April 24, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 61-33 | Agriculture | Rural Rehabilitation Loan Program | §§9, 10, 14, 15 | April 30, 2020 | January 1, 2022 |
| 64-17 | DHHR, Public Health | Food Establishments | 3.1, 3.1.b | May 8, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 149-02 | Crime Delinquency and Correction | Law Enforcement Training and Certification Standards | See Memos | May 22, 2020 / October 2, 2020 / March 10, 2021 | June 30, 2020 / December 31, 2020 |
| 190-05 | Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board | Requirements for Registration and Renewal of Appraisal Management Companies | See Memo | June 17, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 61-30 | Agriculture | Hemp Products | §§4.1, 4.3, 4.4.b, 5.4 | July 1, 2020 | December 31, 2020 |
| 192-02 | Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Meetings and Bylaws | §3.1.c | July 16, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 5-11 | Dentistry | Continuing Education Requirements | See Memos | August 3, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 191-03 | Family Protection Services Board | Perpetrator Intervention Programs Licensure | §10.a. | September 3, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 27-01 | Counseling | Licensing Rule | §7.7 | October 28, 2020 | July 22, 2022 |
| 64-21 | DHHR, Public Health | Child Care Centers | §4.1 | November 20, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 64-80 | DHHR, Public Health | Body Piercing Studio Business | §§3.1.b, 4.2 | November 20, 2020 | January 1, 2023 |
| 61-29 | Agriculture | Industrial Hemp | §§3.12.b, 6.11.b | December 4, 2020 | March 31, 2021 |
| 175-02 | Alcohol Beverage Control Commission | Private Club Licensing | §5.1.1.f. | August 27, 2021 | July 1, 2022 |
| 190-03 | Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board | Renewal of Licensure or Certification | See Memo | September 28, 2021 | January 1, 2023 |
