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. - No person, partnership, association, corporation, or any local governmental unit...

§16-5B-2. Hospitals and Institutions to Obtain License; Qualifications of Applicant - No person, partnership, association, corporation or any local governmental unit...

§16-5B-3. Application for License - Any person, partnership, association, or corporation, or any local governmental...

§16-5B-4. License Fees - The application of any person, partnership, association, corporation, or local...

§16-5B-5. Inspection - Every building, institution or establishment for which a license has...

§16-5B-5a. Accreditation Reports Accepted for Periodic License Inspections - Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a periodic license...

§16-5B-6. State Director of Health to Issue Licenses; Suspension or Revocation - The state director of health is hereby authorized to issue...

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 Consumer Majorities on Hospital Boards of Directors - [Repealed.]

§16-5B-7. Judicial Review - Any applicant or licensee who is dissatisfied with the decision...

§16-5B-8. State Board of Health to Establish Standards; Director Enforces - The board of health shall have the power to promulgate...

§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 - Any hospital, or other similar institution, required to be licensed...

§16-5B-10. Information Not to Be Disclosed; Exception - Information received by the state department of health under the...

§16-5B-11. Violations; Penalties - Any person, partnership, association or corporation, and any local governmental...

§16-5B-12. Injunction; Severability - Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the...

§16-5B-13. Hospital-Based Paternity Program - (a) Every public and private hospital licensed pursuant to section...

§16-5B-14. The Critical Access Hospital Designation Act - (a) A hospital located in an urban area (Metropolitan Statistical...

§16-5B-15. Hospital Visitation - (a) A public or private hospital licensed pursuant to the...

§16-5B-16. Public Notice Regarding the Closure of a Licensed Health Care Facility or Hospital - (a) Any hospital, extended care facility operated in connection with...

§16-5B-17. Healthcare-Associated Infection Reporting - (a) As used in this section, the following words mean:...

§16-5B-18. Designation of Comprehensive, Primary, Acute, and Thrombectomy Capable Stroke-Ready Hospitals; Reporting Requirements; Rulemaking - (a) A hospital, as that term is defined in §16-5B-1...

§16-5B-19. Hospital Police Departments; Appointment of Hospital Police Officers; Qualifications; Authority; Compensation and Removal; Law-Enforcement Grants; Limitations on Liability - (a) The governing board of a hospital licensed under 16-5B-2...