(a) Any person who knowingly and willfully delivers a controlled substance or counterfeit controlled substance in violation of the provisions of section four hundred one, article four of this chapter for an illicit purpose and the use, ingestion or consumption of the controlled substance or counterfeit controlled substance alone or in combination with one or more other controlled substances, proximately causes the death of a person using, ingesting or consuming the controlled substance, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility for a determinate sentence of not less than three nor more than fifteen years.
(b) Any person who, while engaged in the illegal use of a controlled substance with another, who knowingly fails to seek medical assistance for such other person when the other person suffers an overdose of the controlled substance or suffers a significant adverse physical reaction to the controlled substance and the overdose or adverse physical reaction proximately causes the death of the other person, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than five years.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 60A. Uniform Controlled Substances Act
Article 4. Offenses and Penalties
§60A-4-401. Prohibited Acts; Penalties
§60A-4-402. Prohibited Acts B; Penalties
§60A-4-403. Prohibited Acts C; Penalties
§60A-4-404. Penalties Under Other Laws
§60A-4-405. Bar to Prosecution
§60A-4-407. Conditional Discharge for First Offense of Possession
§60A-4-408. Second or Subsequent Offenses
§60A-4-409. Prohibited Acts Transportation of Controlled Substances Into State; Penalties
§60A-4-411. Operating or Attempting to Operate Clandestine Drug Laboratories; Offenses; Penalties
§60A-4-412. Defeating Drug and Alcohol Screening Tests; Penalties
§60A-4-413. Unlawful Production, Manufacture or Possession of Salvia Divinorum
§60A-4-415. Unlawful Manufacture, Delivery, Transport Into State, or Possession of Fentanyl
§60A-4-416. Drug Delivery Resulting in Death; Failure to Render Aid
§60A-4-417. Sale of Dextromethorphan
§60A-4-418. Use of a Minor to Commit a Felony Drug Offense; Penalties