West Virginia § 18B-16-6 Nursing Education and Workforce Development Programs

West Virginia Statutes

§ 18B-16-6 — Nursing Education and Workforce Development Programs

West Virginia § 18B-16-6

Ch. 18BHIGHER EDUCATION

Art. 16HEALTH CARE EDUCATION

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Bluebook

W. Va. Code § 18B-16-6 (2026).

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(a)There is hereby created within the commission an office of nursing education and workforce development for the purpose of addressing the issues of education, recruitment, and retention of nurses in West Virginia. The commission is the state’s designated nursing workforce center.

(b)The duties of the office shall include, but are not limited to:

(1)Promoting and coordinating, through the schools of nursing in the state’s institutions of higher education, opportunities for nurses prepared at the certificate, associate degree, and bachelor degree levels to obtain higher degrees;

(2)Supporting initiatives for expansion of nursing programs;

(3)Administering the nursing scholarship program designed to benefit nurses who practice or teach in state nursing programs as provided in §18C-

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(a) There is hereby created within the commission an office of nursing education and workforce development for the purpose of addressing the issues of education, recruitment, and retention of nurses in West Virginia. The commission is the state’s designated nursing workforce center.

(b) The duties of the office shall include, but are not limited to:

(1) Promoting and coordinating, through the schools of nursing in the state’s institutions of higher education, opportunities for nurses prepared at the certificate, associate degree, and bachelor degree levels to obtain higher degrees;

(2) Supporting initiatives for expansion of nursing programs;

(3) Administering the nursing scholarship program designed to benefit nurses who practice or teach in state nursing programs as provided in §18C-3-4 of this code;

(4) Gathering, quantifying, and disseminating dependable data on current nursing educational programs and workforce capacities; and

(5) Performing other activities necessary or expedient to accomplish the purposes and implement the provisions of this section and §18C-3-4 of this code.

Legislative History

2024 Reg. Sess., HB5175; 2023 Reg. Sess., HB3192; 2015 Reg. Sess., SB255; 2014 Reg. Sess., SB208; 2013 Reg. Sess., SB52; 2012 Reg. Sess., SB457; 2001 Reg. Sess., HB2573; 1998 Reg. Sess., HB4300; 1995 Reg. Sess., SB161; 1995 Reg. Sess., HB213