West Virginia Code
Article 30. West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act
§16-30-17. No Abrogation of Common Law Doctrine of Medical Necessity

Nothing in this article shall be construed to abrogate the common law doctrine of medical necessity.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 16. Public Health

Article 30. West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act

§16-30-1. Short Title

§16-30-2. Legislative Findings and Purpose

§16-30-3. Definitions

§16-30-4. Executing a Living Will, Medical Power of Attorney, or Combined Medical Power of Attorney and Living Will

§16-30-5. Applicability and Resolving Actual Conflict Between Advance Directives

§16-30-6. Private Decision-Making Process; Authority of Living Will, Medical Power of Attorney Representative and Surrogate

§16-30-7. Determination of Incapacity

§16-30-8. Selection of a Surrogate

§16-30-9. Medical Power of Attorney Representative and Health Care Surrogate Decision-Making Standards

§16-30-10. Reliance on Authority of Living Will; Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment Form, Medical Power of Attorney Representative or Surrogate Decisionmaker; and Protection of Health Care Providers

§16-30-11. Negligence

§16-30-12. Conscience Objections

§16-30-13. Interinstitutional Transfers

§16-30-14. Insurance

§16-30-15. Withholding of Life Support Not Assisted Suicide or Murder

§16-30-16. Preservation of Existing Rights and Relation to Existing Law; No Presumption

§16-30-17. No Abrogation of Common Law Doctrine of Medical Necessity

§16-30-18. Revocation

§16-30-19. Physician S Duty to Confirm, Communicate, and Document Terminal Condition; Medical Record Identification

§16-30-20. Living Wills Previously Executed

§16-30-21. Reciprocity

§16-30-22. Liability for Failure to Act in Accordance With the Directives of a Living Will or Medical Power of Attorney or the Directions of a Medical Power of Attorney Representative or Health Care Surrogate

§16-30-23. Prohibition

§16-30-24. Need for a Second Opinion Regarding Incapacity for Persons With Psychiatric Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability or Addiction

§16-30-25. Portable Orders for Scope of Treatment Form