{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-30c-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-30C-4","heading":"Applicability.","body":"The provisions of this article apply to all persons regardless of whether or not they have completed a living will or medical power of attorney. For the purposes of direction to emergency medical services personnel, a do not resuscitate order does not apply to treatment rendered at the site where trauma has occurred to persons who experience a cardiac or respiratory arrest as the result of severe trauma.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 30C. DO NOT RESUSCITATE ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-30C-4/","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":"1d34224038fabdf67691ff7ac14a189fa32a0b493d820afdea04706333fa1bbf","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-30c-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-30c-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}