{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-4-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-4-4","heading":"Evidence of infection.","body":"The following are prima facie grounds and reasons for suspecting that a person is infected with a sexually transmitted disease:\n(a) Being a person who has been convicted in any court, or before a police judge, or before a magistrate, upon any charge growing out of sexual behavior;\n(b) Being a person reported by a physician as infected with a sexually transmitted disease, where the person is afterwards reported as having failed to return for treatment; and\n(c) Being a person designated in a sexually transmitted disease report as having a sexual exposure to the infected person reported.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 4. SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-4-4/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:11Z","sha256":"79c751cf6a35ece16e135865d4e13d59174edd91c490d653243a07ee8d1c2f72","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-4-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-4-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}