{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-4-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-4-1","heading":"Diseases designated as sexually transmitted.","body":"Sexually transmitted diseases, as designated by the secretary of the Department of Health in rules proposed for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, are declared to be infectious, contagious, communicable and dangerous to the public health. If a conflict exists between a provision of this article and a provision of article three-c of this chapter, the provision of article three-c prevails.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 4. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-4-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:10Z","sha256":"f57a1f2715cc16bbbcbdbccb9dfdf35e1f1fe9084c895a7e402f16fade48dc7c","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-3d-9","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-4-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}