Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 25-3-2 - Definitions2.1. "Initial Licensure fee" means the fees associated with a temporary permit or issuance of a license which enable one to seek employment and practice social work in West Virginia.2.2 "Active duty" means individuals who are employed full time in the armed forces of the United States and deployed outside of this state, and for six months after discharge from active duty.2.3. "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-2.2.4 "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 (TAnF), Medicaid, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).2.5. "Military families" mean 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.