West Virginia Code
Article 4. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
§16-4-20. Communication of Disease; Certificate

It shall be unlawful for any person suffering with an infectious venereal disease to perform any act which exposes another person to infection with said disease, or knowingly to infect or expose another person to infection with such disease; and no physician, health officer or other person shall give any certificate showing a person to be free from a venereal disease, but such certificate shall simply state the results of tests and examinations that may have been made, and what tests were made to arrive at the results stated.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 16. Public Health

Article 4. Sexually Transmitted Diseases

§16-4-1. Diseases Designated as Sexually Transmitted

§16-4-2. Investigations by Local Health Officers

§16-4-3. Medical Clinics and Detention Houses

§16-4-4. Evidence of Infection

§16-4-5. Examination of Convicts; Liability for Expenses

§16-4-6. Reports by Physicians

§16-4-7. False Report or Information

§16-4-8. Blanks and Fees for Reports

§16-4-9. Treatment

§16-4-10. Minors

§16-4-11. Precautions as to Exposure to Disease

§16-4-12. Persons Not Under Treatment

§16-4-13. Sources of Infection

§16-4-14. Issuance of Warrant or Order as to Custody

§16-4-15. Form and Execution of Warrant

§16-4-16. Hearing on Warrant; Detention

§16-4-17. Release From Detention

§16-4-18. Employment of Infected Person

§16-4-19. Voluntary Submission to Examination and Treatment; Charges; Disposition of Money Collected

§16-4-20. Communication of Disease; Certificate

§16-4-21. Quarantine

§16-4-22. Physicians to Furnish Statement of Qualifications and Facilities for Treatment of Venereal Diseases

§16-4-23. Costs and Expenses of Enforcement; Jointly Established Places of Detention

§16-4-24. Offenses by Druggists

§16-4-25. Advertisements Concerning Venereal Disease, etc.; Penalty; Exceptions

§16-4-26. Offenses Generally; Penalties; Jurisdiction of Justices; Complaints

§16-4-27. Additional Power and Authority of Local Health Officers

§16-4-28. Detention Places

§16-4-29. Detention and Treatment

§16-4-30. Continuous Jurisdiction