West Virginia Code 29-29-5 – Powers and duties of nonprofit youth organization
(a) Before the nonprofit youth organization may issue a nonprofit volunteer permit to an applicant, the organization shall:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 29-29-5
- Applicant: means any emergency medical service applicant, law-enforcement applicant or medical services applicant, that is registered as a volunteer of the nonprofit organization, making application for a nonprofit volunteer permit under the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 29-29-3
- organization: means any nonprofit organization, including any subsidiary, affiliated or other related entity within its corporate or business structure, that has been chartered by the United States Congress to help train young people to do things for themselves and others, and that has established an area of at least six thousand contiguous acres within West Virginia in which to provide adventure or recreational activities for these young people and others. See West Virginia Code 29-29-3
- permit: means a permit issued to an applicant pursuant to the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 29-29-3
(1) Gather and maintain the following information for each applicant:
(A) The applicant's name, position, address and phone number;
(B) A copy of the applicant's authorization to practice from all jurisdictions in which the applicant is authorized to practice;
(2) Require documentation that the applicant has received at least two hours of instruction provided by the nonprofit youth organization, which may be accomplished by webinar, video conference or other remote means of instruction;
(3) No more than one hundred twenty days prior to any volunteer services being performed, require documentation from all jurisdictions in which the applicant authorized to practice stating that the applicant's authorization to practice is valid, in good standing and unrestricted and without limitation or condition; and
(4) Require a written acknowledgment signed by the applicant that the rules, regulations and procedures established by the nonprofit youth organization have been received and reviewed.
(b) All information and documentation maintained and gathered pursuant to this section shall be maintained in a safe and secure manner, which may be electronically, by the nonprofit youth organization for a period of ten years from the date a permit is issued to the applicant.
(c) The nonprofit youth organization providing emergency medical services shall have a license to operate an emergency medical services agency pursuant to section six-a, article four-c, chapter sixteen of this code and the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health may make such adjustments to the licensing standards to reflect the nature of the services provided by the permittees and the size, scope and interests being served by any event or program of such organization.