{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-21-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-21-1","heading":"Donations by seventeen year old minors without parental permission.","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person seventeen years of age or older may donate blood without the permission or authorization of a parent or guardian and any person sixteen years of age may donate blood with the permission or authorization of a parent or legal guardian: Provided, That a parent or guardian may not be liable for any medical expense which may occur as a result of a minor donating blood under the provisions of this section: Provided, however, That nothing herein may be construed as permitting a minor of age seventeen or older, or a minor of age sixteen, to give blood for compensation in any form.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 21. BLOOD DONATIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-21-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:35Z","sha256":"9e56702a32ca2664d5c2eda0a5f23374f7d5fa5fc6aa22b54840e17f3813ed00","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-20-1","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-21-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}