Relating to authorizing the Board of Optometry to promulgate a legislative rule relating to oral pharmaceutical certificates.

This bill authorizes West Virginia's Board of Optometry to create and implement a specific rule about oral pharmaceutical certificates. It formally approves a rule the Board had previously proposed (documented as 14 CSR 02), which addresses optometrists' authority to prescribe certain medications orally. The rule was modified after feedback from the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in 2025. This change directly affects optometrists and the Board of Optometry by establishing clear regulatory procedures for prescribing practices. The bill does not create new policy but confirms the Board's authority to enforce an existing rule.