{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-47-3","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-47-3","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this article:\n(1) \"Overdose\" means an acute condition, including, but not limited to, life-threatening physical illness, coma, mania, hysteria or death, which is the result of the consumption or use of a controlled substance or alcohol.\n(2) \"Emergency medical assistance\" means medical services provided to a person who may be experiencing an overdose by a health care professional licensed, registered or certified under chapter thirty or chapter sixteen of this code acting within his or her lawful scope of practice.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 47. ALCOHOL AND DRUG OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND CLEMENCY ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-47-3/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:42Z","sha256":"3ab9a30b7e2109ee56bc21a1495878e5e34d4dd0064633a821a419a6521a5904","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-47-2","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-47-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}