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W. Va. Code § 16-30C-4

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West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 16 — Public Health · Status: effective

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W. Va. Code § 16-30C-4, Applicability, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2367732
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The provisions of this article apply to all persons regardless of whether or not they have completed a living will or medical power of attorney. For the purposes of direction to emergency medical services personnel, a do not resuscitate order does not apply to treatment rendered at the site where trauma has occurred to persons who experience a cardiac or respiratory arrest as the result of severe trauma.