West Virginia · statute · W. Va. Code ch. 16 · 1,455 active provisions
It is the policy of this state to promote the physical and mental health of all of its citizens and to prevent disease, injury, and disability whenever possible. The state recognizes its responsibility to assist in the provision of essential public health services and establishes by this article a state public health s…
As used in this article: (1) "Basic public health services" means those services that are necessary to protect the health of the public; (2) "Bureau" means the Bureau for Public Health in the department; (3) "Combined local board of health" means one form of organization for a local board of health and means a board of…
(a) The secretary may establish a state public health system. (b) As necessary for the effective, efficient, and economical operation of the system, the secretary may from time to time delegate, assign, transfer, or combine responsibilities or duties to or among employees of the department. (c) Within the limits of app…
(a) The secretary may propose legislative rules in accordance with the provisions of §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code that include: (1) Land usage endangering the public health: Provided, That no rules may be promulgated or enforced restricting the subdivision or development of any parcel of land within which the individu…
The Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health may be designated the state health officer. The commissioner and the state health officer shall be appointed by the secretary. The commissioner shall be a person holding a doctorate degree in public health administration unless designated the state health officer. The st…
(a) The commissioner is the chief executive, administrative and fiscal officer of the Bureau for Public Health and has the following powers and duties: (1) To supervise and direct the fiscal and administrative matters of the bureau, and in that regard and in accordance with law, employ, fix the compensation of, and dis…
(a) The commissioner serves on the following advisory councils, boards, and commissions: (1) The Advisory Committee on Cancer (Cancer Registry); (2) The Air Quality Board; (3) The Appalachian States Low-level Radioactive Waste Commission; (4) The Child Fatality Review Team; (5) The Childhood Immunization Advisory Commi…
(a) The Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health, in partnership with the Bureau for Medical Services and the Alzheimer's Association, shall, in its existing public health programs and services, educate health care professionals on the importance of early detection and timely diagnosis of cognitive impairment and d…
(a) The Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health, in consultation with the State Health Officer, shall, in its existing public health programs and services, to educate health care professionals on evaluating and treating Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatri…
No person, firm, company, corporation, institution or association, whether public or private, county or municipal, may install or establish any system or method of drainage, water supply, or sewage or excreta disposal without first obtaining a written permit to install or establish the system or method from the commiss…
(a) The secretary shall regulate public water systems as prescribed in this section. (b) The secretary shall establish by legislative rule, in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code: (1) The maximum contaminant levels to which all public water systems shall conform in order to prevent adverse effects on the heal…
Individual systems with surface water discharge may be considered for approval for a permit pursuant to section nine of this article under the following conditions: (1) To correct existing failures when other means of treatment and disposal have proven ineffective; (2) on a tract, lot or parcel of land that equals or e…
(a) An existing public water utility that draws and treats water from a surface water supply source or a surface water influenced groundwater supply source shall submit to the commissioner an updated or completed source water protection plan for each of its public water system plants with such intakes to protect its pu…
(a) The commissioner shall continue the Wellhead and Source Water Protection Grant Program. (b) The fund heretofore created to provide funds for the Wellhead and Source Water Protection Grant Program is continued in the State Treasury and shall be known as the Wellhead and Source Water Protection Grant Fund. The fund s…
The Bureau for Public Health shall endeavor to engage the Centers for Disease Control and other federal agencies for the purpose of creating, organizing and implementing a medical study to assess any long-term health effects resulting from the chemical spill that occurred on January 9, 2014, and which exposed the publi…
(a) The secretary, working in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Protection and the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, shall compile an inventory of all potential sources of significant contamination contained within a public water system's zone of critical concern and identify thos…
(a) The commissioner shall grant certification to a public water systems operator or wastewater operator certified by another jurisdiction, if the applicant: (1) Is actively seeking, has been offered or has accepted employment which requires a certified operator in West Virginia; (2) Submits a completed application in…
(a) The commissioner shall receive and account for all moneys required to be paid as fees to the bureau for permits, licenses, or registrations, pursuant to the provisions of this code and legislative rules. (b) Subject to the provisions set forth in §12-2-2 of this code, there is continued in the State Treasury a sepa…
(a) The commissioner may assess and charge reasonable fees for the provision of services provided by the bureau: Provided, That no individual may be denied health care services by the bureau because of the inability of the individual to pay for services. The fees shall be deposited into a special revolving fund in the…
(a) The commissioner may accept, receive, and receipt for federal moneys and other moneys, either public or private, for and on behalf of this state or any county or municipality of this state, for public health purposes, or for the establishment or construction of public health facilities, whether the work is to be do…
(a) Subject to the provisions set forth in §12-2-2 of this code, there is continued in the State Treasury a separate account which shall be designated the “hospital services revenue account.” The secretary shall deposit promptly into the account any fees received by a facility owned and operated by the department from…
Repealed. Acts, 2010 Reg. Sess., Ch. 32.
The commissioner may provide technical and specialized instruction for employees of the bureau. The commissioner may pay out of federal funds and such state funds as are available to match such federal funds, any required tuition or enrollment fees.
(a) The secretary, the commissioner, any officer or employee of the department designated by the secretary, or any other individual designated by the secretary may hold investigations, inquiries and hearings concerning matters covered by the laws of this state pertaining to public health and within the authority and th…
Repealed. Acts, 2012 Reg. Sess., Ch. 118.