{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-2c-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-2C-1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this article:\n\"Home health services\" shall mean and include, but not be limited to, the following services furnished to an individual who is under the care of a physician, such services to be provided on a visiting basis in a place of residence used as the individual's home: (1) Part-time or intermittent nursing care provided by or under the supervision of a registered professional nurse; (2) physical, occupational or speech therapy; (3) medical social services under the direction of a physician; (4) part-time or intermittent services of a home health aide.\n\"Department\" shall mean the state department of health.\n\"Local boards\" shall mean local health boards established pursuant to the provisions of article two or two- a of this chapter.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 2C. HOME HEALTH SERVICES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-2C-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:05Z","sha256":"863ed36aecd2009e6eeca56394dd0055e2f1e78608a574a1055e119195ea24e3","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-2b-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-2c-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}