Whosoever publishes, delivers or distributes or causes to be published, delivered or distributed in any manner whatsoever, in this state, any advertisement concerning a venereal disease, lost manhood, lost vitality, impotency, sexual weakness, seminal emissions, varicocele, self-abuse or excessive sexual indulgence, and calling attention to a medicine, article or preparation that may be used therefor, or to a person or persons from whom, or an office or place at which, information, treatment or advice relating to such disease, infirmity, habit or condition may be obtained, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $300, or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as to prevent legitimate and legal public notices, placards, etc., issued under the direction of the state department of health or as to prevent sending out literature by either the state department of health or the United States Public Health Service.
Structure West Virginia Code
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
§16-4-11. 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
§16-4-23. 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