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Article 1. Children's Home
§26-1-1. West Virginia Children's Home - The West Virginia Children's Home, heretofore established, shall be continued,...
§26-1-2. Admission of Children - The state department of welfare shall admit to the home...
§26-1-3. Superintendent; Establishment of Rules - The commissioner of welfare shall appoint a superintendent of the...
Article 3. Home for Aged and Infirm Men and Women
§26-3-1. Establishment; Name; Management; Superintendent - The West Virginia home for aged and infirm men and...
§26-3-2. Admission of Inmates - Any man or woman shall be eligible for admission to...
§26-3-3. Transfer of Inmates of State Hospitals - The state commissioner of public institutions shall have authority to...
§26-3-4. Transfer of Inmates From the Industrial School for Boys - The state commissioner of public institutions shall also have the...
§26-3-5. How Expenses to Be Paid - The pay for the care and accommodation of any person...
Article 5. Jackie Withrow Hospital
§26-5-1. Continuation; Management; Superintendent; Qualifications of Superintendent; Division of Fiscal, Administrative and Clinical Duties; Certain Persons Exempted From Qualification Requirements - (a) The tuberculosis sanitarium heretofore established at Beckley, for the...
Article 5A. Tuberculosis Control
§26-5A-5a. Return of Escapees From State Tuberculosis Institutions - If any person confined in a state tuberculosis institution by...
Article 8. Emergency Hospitals
§26-8-1. Continuation; Management; Superintendent; Qualifications of Superintendent; Division of Fiscal, Administrative and Clinical Duties; Certain Persons Exempted From Qualification Requirements - (a) The hospitals heretofore established and known, respectively, as Welch...
§26-8-2. Patients; Expenses; Disposition of Receipts - The Department of Health and Human Resources shall admit to...
§26-8-3. Admission of Deformed, Crippled or Defective Children - The state commissioner of public institutions shall prescribe rules and...
Article 9. Hopemont State Hospital
§26-9-1. Establishment and Continuation; Name and Location; Management; Superintendent; Qualifications of Superintendent; Division of Fiscal, Administrative and Clinical Duties; Certain Persons Exempted From Qualification Requirements - (a) Hopemont State Hospital, heretofore established, shall be continued as...
§26-9-2. Eligibility for Admission of Patients - All persons meeting requirements for admission to Denmar State Hospital...
Article 10. Hospitals, Homes and Sanitaria Fees
§26-10-1. Authority of Commissioner of Public Institutions to Establish; Exonerating Persons From Payment - Notwithstanding any limitation contained in this chapter or any provision...
Article 11. State Extended Care and Emergency Facilities
§26-11-1. Management by Director of Health - The director of health or his or her successor shall...
§26-11-2. Supervision of Each Facility by Administrator; Qualifications of Administrator; Clinical Director - Each facility provided for in this article shall have a...
§26-11-3. Guidelines for Admissions; Fees for the Maintenance of Persons - Pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the board of...
§26-11-4. Transfer of Residents; Rules and Regulations for Maintenance of Patients - The director of health may transfer residents between the facilities...