HCR 46 - Study of Optometry
Monday, 23 March 2009 00:00
This resolution was passed by the House Health and Human Resouces Committee on March 23 for an interim study on the issue.

You can view HCR 46 here.
 
Altercation in the East Wing
Sunday, 22 March 2009 00:00
March 22, 2009
Settlement resolves wrongful firing claim
Staff writer

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A settlement of nearly $100,000 has been paid to former West Virginia Public Employees Grievance Board administrative law judge Tom Gillooly to resolve his wrongful firing claim.

Gillooly was fired without explanation by the board in August, one month after he had raised questions with the West Virginia State Bar about two other board ALJs, Brenda Gould and Denise Spatafore, having inactive status as lawyers.
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Eye Care Specialists Spar Over Scope of Practice
Thursday, 19 March 2009 00:00
A bill working its way through the Legislature would give optometrists more authority to prescribe medication and perform minor surgeries, much to the chagrin of ophthalmologists.

Story by Walt Williams
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CHARLESTON  -- Eye-care specialists are at odds over a proposed law that would give the state’s optometrists more authority to prescribe medications and perhaps perform some minor surgeries.

The proposal has pitted the West Virginia’s optometrists against nearly the rest of the state’s medical community, which has lined up in opposition to the legislation. However, optometrists said they are seeking what already is available to their counterparts in a majority of states. The legislation’s opponents are mischaracterizing the bill by claiming it would give them the authority to perform eye surgery.

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