2005 West Virginia Code - §30-1A-2. — Required application for regulation of professional or occupational group.

§30-1A-2. Required application for regulation of professional or occupational group.
(a) Any professional or occupational group or organization, any individual or any other interested party which proposes the regulation of any unregulated professional or occupational group shall submit an application for regulation to the Joint Standing Committee on Government Organization, as set out in section two-a of this article. The Joint Standing Committee on Government Organization may only accept an application for regulation of a professional or occupational group when the party submitting an application files with the committee a statement of support for the proposed regulation which has been signed by at least ten residents or citizens of the State of West Virginia who are members of the professional or occupational group for which regulation is being sought.
(b) The completed application shall contain:
(1) A description of the occupational or professional group proposed for regulation, including a list of associations, organizations and other groups currently representing the practitioners in this state, and an estimate of the number of practitioners in each group;
(2) A definition of the problem and the reasons why regulation is deemed necessary;
(3) The reasons why certification, registration, licensure or other type of regulation is being requested and why that regulatory alternative was chosen;
(4) A detailed statement of the fee structure conforming with the statutory requirements of financial autonomy as set out in subsection (c), section six, article one, chapter thirty of this code;
(5) A detailed statement of the location and manner in which the group plans to maintain records which are accessible to the public as set out in section twelve, article one, chapter thirty of this code;
(6) The benefit to the public that would result from the proposed regulation; and
(7) The cost of the proposed regulation.