{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-30c-13","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-30C-13","heading":"Do-not-resuscitate order form; do-not-resuscitate identification; public education.","body":"(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall implement the statewide distribution of do-not-resuscitate forms as described in section six of this article.\n(b) Do-not-resuscitate identification as set forth in this article may consist of either a medical condition bracelet or necklace with the inscription of the patient's name, date of birth in numerical form and \"WV do-not-resuscitate\" on it. Such identification shall be issued only upon presentation of a properly executed do-not-resuscitate order form as set forth in section six of this article, a physician orders for scope of treatment form in which a qualified physician has documented a do-not-resuscitate order, or a do-not-resuscitate order properly executed in accordance with a health care facility's written policy and procedure.\n(c) The secretary shall be responsible for establishing a system for the distribution of the do-not-resuscitate identification bracelets and necklaces.\n(d) The secretary shall develop and implement a statewide educational effort to inform the public of their right to accept or refuse cardiopulmonary resuscitation and to request their physician to write a do-not-resuscitate order for them.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 30C. DO NOT RESUSCITATE ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-30C-13/","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":"a7f9f7e1c5cdb8e7e24eb4f6bad64c4a0480effac899ce5ec4da55acdda74a68","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-30c-12","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-30c-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}