{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-30-24","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-30-24","heading":"Need for a second opinion regarding incapacity for persons with psychiatric mental illness, intellectual disability or addiction.","body":"For persons with psychiatric mental illness, intellectual disability or addiction who have been determined by their attending physician or a qualified physician to be incapacitated, a second opinion by a qualified physician or qualified psychologist that the person is incapacitated is required before the attending physician is authorized to select a surrogate. The requirement for a second opinion does not apply in those instances in which the medical treatment to be rendered is not for the person's psychiatric mental illness.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 30. WEST VIRGINIA HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-30-24/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:39Z","sha256":"da60fb9b3af024559e11e0f7f655d4a1e2cd2c2c15453d268978c6a1c457ab91","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-30-23","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-30-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}