West Virginia Code
Chapter 16. Public Health
Article 30C. Do Not Resuscitate Act

§16-30C-1. Short Title - The article may be cited as the "Do Not Resuscitate...

§16-30C-2. Legislative Findings and Purposes - (a) Findings. -- The Legislature hereby finds that: (1) Although...

§16-30C-3. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires...

§16-30C-4. Applicability - The provisions of this article apply to all persons regardless...

§16-30C-5. Presumed Consent to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Health Care Facilities Not Required to Expand to Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - Every person shall be presumed to consent to the administration...

§16-30C-6. Issuance of a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order; Order to Be Written by a Physician, a Physician S Assistant, or an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - (a) An attending physician, a physicians assistant, or an advanced...

§16-30C-7. Compliance With a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order - (a) Health care providers shall comply with the do-not-resuscitate order...

§16-30C-8. Revocation of Do Not Resuscitate Order - (a) At any time a person in a health care...

§16-30C-9. Protection of Persons Carrying Out in Good Faith Do Not Resuscitate Order; Notification of Representative or Surrogate Decision-Maker by Physician Refusing to Comply With Do Not Resuscitate Order - (a) No health care provider, health care facility, or individual...

§16-30C-10. Insurance - (a) No policy of life insurance shall be legally impaired,...

§16-30C-11. Interinstitutional Transfers - If a person with a do-not-resuscitate order is transferred from...

§16-30C-12. Preservation of Existing Rights - (a) Nothing in this article shall impair or supersede any...

§16-30C-13. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order Form; Do-Not-Resuscitate Identification; Public Education - (a) The secretary of the Department of Health and Human...

§16-30C-14. Not Suicide or Murder - The withholding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation from a person in accordance...

§16-30C-15. Full Faith and Credit - It is the intention of the Legislature to recognize that...

§16-30C-16. Severability - The provisions of this article are severable and if any...