West Virginia Code
Article 4C. Emergency Medical Services Act
§16-4C-15. Powers of Emergency Medical Service Attendants, Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic and Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic During Emergency Communications Failures and Disasters

(a) In the event of a communications failure between the certified emergency medical services agency personnel, as defined in section three of this article, and the physician during an emergency situation, the certified personnel is authorized to deliver the services as authorized in section fourteen of this article.
(b) In the event of a disaster or other occurrence which renders the communication system ineffective for purposes of adequate individual direction between the physician and the certified emergency medical services agency personnel, the personnel may perform the services as authorized pursuant to the provisions of section fourteen and may release immediate control of the patient to any other emergency medical service personnel in order to provide immediate services to other patients affected by the disaster or other occurrence.
(c) In the event that services are provided under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the emergency medical services personnel shall, within five days, provide a report to the commissioner, on the forms prescribed by him or her, of the services performed, the identity of the patient and the circumstances justifying the provision of the services. The commissioner may require any other information deemed necessary.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 16. Public Health

Article 4C. Emergency Medical Services Act

§16-4C-1. Short Title

§16-4C-2. Purposes of Article

§16-4C-3. Definitions

§16-4C-4. Office of Emergency Medical Services Created; Requiring Appointment of a Director of the Office of Emergency Medical Services; Staffing

§16-4C-5. Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; Duties; Composition; Appointment; Meetings; Compensation and Expenses

§16-4C-6. Powers and Duties of Commissioner

§16-4C-6a. Emergency Medical Services Agency Licensure

§16-4C-6b. Establishment of Emergency Medical Services Agency Licensure Fund; Authorized Expenditures; Annual Report

§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-15. Powers of Emergency Medical Service Attendants, Emergency Medical Technicians-Basic and Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic During Emergency Communications Failures and Disasters

§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-19. Obstructing or Causing Bodily Injury to Emergency Medical Service Personnel; Criminal Penalties

§16-4C-20. Service Reciprocity Agreements for Mutual Aid

§16-4C-21. Restriction for Provision of Emergency Medical Services by Out-of-State Emergency Medical Service Personnel or Providers of Emergency Medical Services

§16-4C-22. Transportation of Unconscious or Otherwise Uncommunicative Patients

§16-4C-23. Authority of the Commissioner to Make Rules

§16-4C-24. Emergency Medical Services Equipment and Training Fund; Establishment of Grant Program for Equipment and Training of Emergency Medical Service Providers and Personnel