West Virginia Code
Article 5B. Hospitals and Similar Institutions
§16-5B-5a. Accreditation Reports Accepted for Periodic License Inspections

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a periodic license inspection shall not be conducted by the Department of Health and Human Resources for a hospital if the hospital has applied for and received an exemption from that requirement: Provided, That no exemption granted diminishes the right of the Department of Health and Human Resources to conduct complaint inspections.
The Department of Health and Human Resources shall grant an exemption from a periodic license inspection during the year following accreditation if a hospital applies by submitting evidence of its accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations or the American Osteopathic Association, or any accrediting organization approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and submits a complete copy of the accrediting organizations accreditation report.
If the accreditation of a hospital is for a period longer than one year, the Department of Health and Human Resources may conduct at least one license inspection of the hospital after the first year of accreditation and before the accreditation has expired and may conduct additional license inspections if needed. Hospitals receiving a three-year accreditation shall conduct annual self-evaluations using the current year accreditation manual for hospitals unless the Department of Health and Human Resources informs the hospital that the hospital will be inspected by the Department of Health and Human Resources. Hospitals are not required to conduct self-evaluations for any calendar year during which they are inspected by the Department of Health and Human Resources. These self-evaluations shall be completed and placed on file in the hospital by March 31 of each year. Hospitals shall make the results of the self-evaluation available to the Department of Health and Human Resources if requested.
Accreditation reports filed with the Department of Health and Human Resources shall be treated as confidential in accordance with 16-5B-10 of this code.

Structure West Virginia Code

West Virginia Code

Chapter 16. Public Health

Article 5B. Hospitals and Similar Institutions

§16-5B-1. Health Facilities and Certain Other Facilities Operated in Connection Therewith to Obtain License; Exemptions; Meaning of Hospital, etc.

§16-5B-2. Hospitals and Institutions to Obtain License; Qualifications of Applicant

§16-5B-3. Application for License

§16-5B-4. License Fees

§16-5B-5. Inspection

§16-5B-5a. Accreditation Reports Accepted for Periodic License Inspections

§16-5B-6. State Director of Health to Issue Licenses; Suspension or Revocation

§16-5B-6a. Consumer Majorities on Hospital Boards of Directors

§16-5B-7. Judicial Review

§16-5B-8. State Board of Health to Establish Standards; Director Enforces

§16-5B-9. Hospitals and Similar Institutions Required to Supply Patients, Upon Request, With One Specifically Itemized Statement of Charges Assessed to Patient, at No Cost to Patient

§16-5B-10. Information Not to Be Disclosed; Exception

§16-5B-11. Violations; Penalties

§16-5B-12. Injunction; Severability

§16-5B-13. Hospital-Based Paternity Program

§16-5B-14. The Critical Access Hospital Designation Act

§16-5B-15. Hospital Visitation

§16-5B-16. Public Notice Regarding the Closure of a Licensed Health Care Facility or Hospital

§16-5B-17. Healthcare-Associated Infection Reporting

§16-5B-18. Designation of Comprehensive, Primary, Acute, and Thrombectomy Capable Stroke-Ready Hospitals; Reporting Requirements; Rulemaking

§16-5B-19. Hospital Police Departments; Appointment of Hospital Police Officers; Qualifications; Authority; Compensation and Removal; Law-Enforcement Grants; Limitations on Liability