Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 16-9-2 - Definitions2.1. "Board" means the West Virginia Board of Physical Therapy.2.2. "BOPT-LIW" means the Board of Physical Therapylow income waiver form used to request a waiver of the initial licensing fee for low income individuals, as authorized in W.Va. Code § 30-1-23;2.3. "Initial license" means an individual applying for a physical therapy, physical therapy assistant, or athletic trainer license in West Virginia for the first time;2.4 "Local labor market" means every county in West Virginia, and any county outside of West Virginia if any portion of that county is within 50 miles of the border of West Virginia, pursuant to W.Va. Code § 21-1C-2;2.5. "Low-income individual" means an individual in the local labor market, whose household adjusted gross income is below 130 percent of the federal poverty line. This term also includes any person enrolled in a state or federal public assistance program including, but not limited to, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, Medicaid, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program;2.6. "Military families" means any person who serves as an active member of the armed forces of the United States, the National Guard, or a reserve component as described in 38 U. S. C. § 101, honorably discharged veterans of those forces, and their spouses. This term also includes surviving spouses of deceased service members who have not remarried; and2.7. "BOPT-MFW" means the Board of Physical Therapy Military Family Waiver form used to request a waiver of the initial licensing fee for military service members and their spouses as described in W. Va. Code § 30-1-23.