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Chapter 16. Public Health
Chapter 16. Public Health
Article 1. State Public Health System
Article 1A. Uniform Credentialing for Health Care Practitioners
Article 1B. Skilled Nursing Facilities for Veterans of the United States Armed Forces
Article 1C. Health Care Provider Transparency Act
Article 2. Local Boards of Health
Article 2A. Alternative Method of Organizing Local Health Agencies
Article 2B. Family Planning and Child Spacing
Article 2C. Home Health Services
Article 2D. Certificate of Need
Article 2E. Birthing Centers
Article 2F. Parental Notification of Abortions Performed on Unemancipated Minors
Article 2G. Special Supplementary Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (Wic)
Article 2H. Primary Care Support Program
Article 2I. Women's Right to Know Act
Article 2J. Preventive Care Pilot Program
Article 2K. Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, "Pace"
Article 2L. Provider Sponsored Networks
Article 2M. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Article 2N. Neonatal Abstinence Centers
Article 2O. Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act
Article 3. Prevention and Control of Communicable and Other Infectious Diseases
Article 3A. Repository of Information on Medical Treatment for Certain Hazardous Materials; Request for Information; Penalties; Enforcement
Article 3B. Pertussis
Article 3C. AIDS-Related Medical Testing and Records Confidentiality Act
Article 3D. Tuberculosis Testing, Control, Treatment and Commitment
Article 4. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Article 4A. Prenatal Examination
Article 4B. Autopsies on Bodies of Deceased Persons
Article 4C. Emergency Medical Services Act
Article 4D. Automated External Defibrillators
Article 4E. Uniform Maternal Screening Act
Article 4F. Expedited Partner Therapy
Article 5. Vital Statistics
Article 5A. Cancer Control
Article 5B. Hospitals and Similar Institutions
Article 5C. Nursing Homes
Article 5D. Assisted Living Residences
Article 5E. Registration and Inspection of Service Providers in Legally Unlicensed Health Care Homes
Article 5F. Health Care Financial Disclosure
Article 5G. Open Hospital Proceedings
Article 5H. Chronic Pain Clinic Licensing Act
Article 5I. Hospice Licensure Act
Article 5J. Clinical Laboratories Quality Assurance Act
Article 5K. Early Intervention Services for Children With Developmental Delays
Article 5L. Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
Article 5M. Osteoporosis Prevention Education Act
Article 5N. Residential Care Communities
Article 5O. Medication Administration by Unlicensed Personnel
Article 5P. Senior Services
Article 5Q. The James "Tiger" Morton Catastrophic Illness Fund
Article 5R. The Alzheimer's Special Care Standards Act
Article 5S. Older West Virginians Act
Article 5T. Office of Drug Control Policy
Article 5U. Arthritis Prevention Education Act
Article 5V. Emergency Medical Services Retirement System Act
Article 5W. West Virginia Official Prescription Program Act
Article 5X. Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable Act
Article 5Y. Medication-Assisted Treatment Program Licensing Act
Article 5Z. Coalition for Diabetes Management
Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants
Article 7. Pure Food and Drugs
Article 8. Electrologists
Article 8A. Narcotic Drugs
Article 8B. Dangerous Drugs Act
Article 9. Offenses Generally
Article 9A. Tobacco Usage Restrictions
Article 9B. Implementing Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
Article 9C. State Tobacco Growers' Settlement Board
Article 9D. Enforcement of Statutes Implementing Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
Article 9E. Delivery Sales of Tobacco
Article 9F. Counterfeit Cigarettes
Article 10. Uniform Determination of Death Act
Article 11. Sexual Sterilization
Article 12. Sanitary Districts for Sewage Disposal
Article 13. Sewage Works and Stormwater Works
Article 13A. Public Service Districts
Article 13B. Community Improvement Act
Article 13C. Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund Act
Article 13D. Regional Water and Wastewater Authority Act
Article 13E. Community Enhancement Act
Article 14. Barbers and Cosmetologists
Article 15. State Housing Law
Article 16. Housing Cooperation Law
Article 17. National Defense Housing
Article 18. Slum Clearance
Article 19. Anatomical Gift Act
Article 20. Air Pollution Control
Article 21. Blood Donations
Article 22. Detection and Control of Phenylketonuria, Galactosemia, Hypothyroidism, and Certain Other Diseases in Newborn Children
Article 22A. Testing of Newborn Infants for Hearing Impairments
Article 22B. Birth Score Program
Article 23. Transfusion of Blood; Transplanting Human Organs or Tissue
Article 24. State Hemophilia Program
Article 25. Detection of Tuberculosis, High Blood Pressure and Diabetes
Article 26. West Virginia Solid Waste Management Board
Article 27. Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Waste Materials
Article 27A. Ban on Construction of Nuclear Power Plants
Article 28. Assistance to Korean and Vietnam Veterans Exposed to Certain Chemical Defoliants or Herbicides or Other Causative Agents, Including Agent Orange
Article 29. Health Care Records
Article 29A. West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority Act
Article 29B. Health Care Authority
Article 29C. Indigent Care
Article 29D. State Health Care
Article 29E. Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability
Article 29F. Uninsured and Underinsured Pilot Programs
Article 29G. West Virginia Health Information Network
Article 29H. Interagency Health Council
Article 29I. West Virginia Health Care Authority Revolving Loan and Grant Fund
Article 30. West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act
Article 30A. Medical Power of Attorney
Article 30B. Health Care Surrogate Act
Article 30C. Do Not Resuscitate Act
Article 31. Community Right to Know
Article 32. Asbestos Abatement
Article 33. Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control Act
Article 34. Licensure of Radon Mitigators, Testers, Contractors and Laboratories
Article 35. Lead Abatement
Article 36. Needlestick Injury Prevention
Article 37. Body Piercing Studio Business
Article 38. Tattoo Studio Business
Article 39. Patient Safety Act
Article 40. Statewide Birth Defects Information System
Article 41. Oral Health Improvement Act
Article 42. Comprehensive Behavioral Health Commission
Article 43. Engine Coolant and Antifreeze
Article 44. The Pulse Oximetry Newborn Testing Act
Article 45. Tanning Facilities
Article 46. Access to Opioid Antagonists Act
Article 47. Alcohol and Drug Overdose Prevention and Clemency Act
Article 48. West Virginia Able Act
Article 49. West Virginia Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening Act
Article 50. Epinephrine Auto-Injector Availability and Use
Article 51. Right to Try Act
Article 52. Coalition for Responsible Pain Management
Article 53. Establishing Additional Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities
Article 54. Opioid Reduction Act
Article 54. State Advisory Coalition on Palliative Care
Article 56. Tobacco Cessation Therapy Access Act
Article 57. Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act
Article 58. Family Planning Access Act