Any patient who receives an emergency medical service and who is unable to give his or her consent to or contract for the service, whether or not he or she has agreed or consented to liability for the service, shall be liable in implied contract to the entity providing the emergency medical service for the cost thereof.
Any person who receives an emergency medical service upon his or her request for the service shall be liable for the cost thereof.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 4C. Emergency Medical Services Act
§16-4C-6. Powers and Duties of Commissioner
§16-4C-6a. Emergency Medical Services Agency Licensure
§16-4C-7. Vehicles, Aircraft and Persons Aboard Them Exempted From Requirements of Article
§16-4C-8. Standards for Emergency Medical Services Personnel
§16-4C-8a. Courtesy Certification of Emergency Medical Services Personnel in Surrounding States
§16-4C-9. Complaints; Investigations; Due Process Procedure; Grounds for Disciplinary Action
§16-4C-10. Procedures for Hearing; Right of Appeal; Judicial Review
§16-4C-11. Liability for Cost of Emergency Medical Service
§16-4C-12. Violations; Criminal Penalties
§16-4C-13. Actions to Enjoin Violations; Injunctive Relief
§16-4C-14. Services That May Be Performed by Emergency Medical Service Personnel
§16-4C-16. Limitation of Liability; Mandatory Errors and Omissions Insurance
§16-4C-17. Limitation of Liability for Failure to Obtain Consent
§16-4C-18. Authority of Emergency Medical Service Personnel in Charge of Emergency Medical Services
§16-4C-20. Service Reciprocity Agreements for Mutual Aid
§16-4C-22. Transportation of Unconscious or Otherwise Uncommunicative Patients