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- W. Va. Code § 27-1-6 · State hospital.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1-7 · Administrator and clinical director.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1-8 · Resident of state and county.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1-9 · Mental health facility.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1-10 · Psychologists and psychiatrists.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1-11 · Addiction.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1-12 · Likely to cause serious harm.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1-13 · Chief medical officer.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1-14 · Detained or taken into custody.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1-15 · Computation of time.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1-16 · Incapacitated.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1-17 · Judicial officer.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1A-1 · Statement of policy.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1A-2 · Creation; composition; control of state hospitals.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1A-3 · Appointment of commissioner; qualifications; term; oath; bond; salary and expenses.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1A-4 · Powers and duties of the secretary.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1A-5 · Division of administration; deputy; deputy commissioner; deputy commissioner's qualifications, powers and duties.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1A-6 · Division of professional services; powers and duties of supervisor; liaison with other state agencies.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1A-7 · Division of community services; powers and duties of supervisor.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1A-8 · Superintendents to pay money to State Treasury through department of mental health; appropriations; deficiency; how met.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1A-9 · Transfer of control, records and property from board of control to department of mental health.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1A-10 · Transfer of records and personnel from department of health to division of community services.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1A-11 · Division on alcoholism and drug abuse; powers and duties; definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 27-1A-12 · Independent Informal Dispute Resolution.
- W. Va. Code § 27-2-1 · State hospitals and other facilities; transfer of control and property from Department of Mental Health to Department of Health and Human Resources; civil service coverage.
- W. Va. Code § 27-2-1a · §27-2-1a.
- W. Va. Code § 27-2-1b · §27-2-1b.
- W. Va. Code § 27-2-2 · Superintendents; qualifications and exceptions therefrom; salaries of superintendents and other officers and employees; furnishing of meals, household facilities, etc.
- W. Va. Code § 27-2-3 · Rules as to patients.
- W. Va. Code § 27-2-4 · Forms for committing patients; other records.
- W. Va. Code § 27-2-5 · Reports by superintendents; records of director of health.
- W. Va. Code § 27-2-6 · Moneys received by state hospitals and facilities.
- W. Va. Code § 27-2A-1 · Comprehensive community mental health-intellectual disability centers; establishment, operation and location; access to treatment.
- W. Va. Code § 27-3-1 · Definition of confidential information; disclosure.
- W. Va. Code § 27-3-2 · Authorization of disclosure of confidential information.
- W. Va. Code § 27-4-1 · Authority to receive voluntary patients.
- W. Va. Code § 27-4-2 · Release of voluntary patients.
- W. Va. Code § 27-4-3 · Right to release on application.
- W. Va. Code § 27-4-4 · Admission and treatment of voluntary patients; statement of rights; consent for treatment.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-1 · Appointment of mental hygiene commissioner; duties of mental hygiene commissioner; duties of prosecuting attorney; duties of sheriff; duties of Supreme Court of Appeals; use of certified municipal law-enforcement officers.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-1a · Appointment of attorney to aid prosecutor; certification of performance; fee.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-1b · Pilot projects and other initiatives.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-2 · Institution of proceedings for involuntary custody for examination; custody; probable cause hearing; examination of individual.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-2a · Process for involuntary hospitalization.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-3 · Admission under involuntary hospitalization for examination; hearing; release.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-3a · Legal effect of commitment after determined not to be based on mental illness or addiction.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-4 · Institution of final commitment proceedings; hearing requirements; release.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-5 · Judicial review.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-6 · §27-5-6.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-7 · Hospitalization by agency of the United States.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-8 · §27-5-8.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-9 · Rights of patients.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-10 · Transportation for the mentally ill or persons with substance use disorder.
- W. Va. Code § 27-5-11 · Modified procedures for temporary compliance orders for certain medication dependent persons with prior hospitalizations or convictions; instituting modified mental hygiene procedures; establishing procedures; providing for forms and reports.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6-1 · Dissemination of information.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6A-1 · Qualified forensic evaluator; qualified forensic psychiatrist; qualified forensic psychologist; definitions and requirements.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6A-2 · Competency of defendant to stand trial; cause for appointment of qualified forensic evaluator; written report; observation period; rules.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6A-3 · Competency of defendant to stand trial determination; preliminary finding; hearing; evidence; disposition.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6A-4 · Criminal responsibility or diminished capacity evaluation; court jurisdiction over persons found not guilty by reason of mental illness.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6A-5 · Release of acquittee to less restrictive environment; discharge from jurisdiction of the court; conditional release; and commitment.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6A-6 · Judicial hearing of defendant’s defense other than not guilty by reason of mental illness.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6A-7 · Release of defendant during course of criminal proceedings.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6A-8 · Credit for time; expenses.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6A-9 · Competency to be adjudicated in juvenile court.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6A-10 · Medications and management of court-ordered individuals.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6A-11 · Payment to forensic evaluators.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6A-12 · Development of a strategic plan for a sequential intercept model to divert adults and juveniles with mental illness, developmental disabilities, cognitive disabilities, and substance use disorders away from the criminal justice system into treatment and to promote continuity of care and interventions; directing submission of a report to the Legislature.
- W. Va. Code § 27-6A-13 · Dangerousness Assessment Advisory Board.
- W. Va. Code § 27-7-1 · Discharge.
- W. Va. Code § 27-7-2 · Release of patients on convalescent status.
- W. Va. Code § 27-7-3 · Release as unimproved.
- W. Va. Code § 27-7-4 · Readmission of patients.
- W. Va. Code § 27-7-5 · Return of escapees; veterans.
- W. Va. Code § 27-8-1 · Maintenance of patients; patient assets; reimbursement procedures.
- W. Va. Code § 27-8-2 · §27-8-2.
- W. Va. Code § 27-8-2a · §27-8-2a.
- W. Va. Code § 27-8-2b · Local mental health programs — Separate account for receiving and expending gifts, bequests, donations, fees and miscellaneous income.
- W. Va. Code § 27-8-3 · Care of patients in boarding homes.
- W. Va. Code § 27-9-1 · License; regulations.
- W. Va. Code § 27-9-2 · Forensic group homes.
- W. Va. Code § 27-10-1 · §27-10-1.
- W. Va. Code § 27-10-2 · §27-10-2.
- W. Va. Code § 27-10-3 · §27-10-3.
- W. Va. Code § 27-10-4 · §27-10-4.
- W. Va. Code § 27-10-5 · §27-10-5.
- W. Va. Code § 27-11-1 · §27-11-1.
- W. Va. Code § 27-11-2 · §27-11-2.
- W. Va. Code § 27-11-3 · §27-11-3.
- W. Va. Code § 27-11-4 · §27-11-4.
- W. Va. Code § 27-11-5 · §27-11-5.
- W. Va. Code § 27-12-1 · Malicious making of medical certificate or complaint as to mental condition.
- W. Va. Code § 27-12-2 · Trespass on grounds of state hospitals.
- W. Va. Code § 27-12-3 · Miscellaneous offenses.
- W. Va. Code § 27-13-1 · Laws repealed.
- W. Va. Code § 27-13-2 · Severability.
- W. Va. Code § 27-14-1 · Governor to execute compact.
- W. Va. Code § 27-14-2 · Compact administrator.
- W. Va. Code § 27-14-3 · Supplementary agreements.
- W. Va. Code § 27-14-4 · Financial arrangements.
- W. Va. Code § 27-14-5 · Transmittal of copies of article.