Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 194-5-2 - Definitions2.1. Board means the West Virginia Massage Therapy Licensure Board.2.2. MTLB-LIW means the Massage Therapy Licensure Board waiver form to request a waiver of the licensing fee for low income individuals as authorized by W. Va. Code subsection § 30-1-23.2.3. MTLB-MFW means the Massage Therapy Licensure Board waiver form to request a waiver of the initial licensing fee for military service members and their spouses as described in W. Va. Code subsection § 30-1-23.2.4. "Initial" means obtaining a license in West Virginia for the practice of massage therapy for the first time.2.5. "Local labor market" means every county in West Virginia, and any county outside of West Virginia if any portion of that county is within fifty miles of the border of West Virginia, pursuant to W.Va. Code § 21-1C-2.2.6. "Low-income individual" means an individual in the local labor market as defined in W. Va. Code § 21-1C-2, 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.2.7. "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.