{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-50-4","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 16-50-4","heading":"Prescriptive authority for epinephrine auto-injectors; emergency administration.","body":"(a) An authorized health care practitioner may prescribe an epinephrine injector to an authorized entity. A pharmacist may dispense an epinephrine auto-injectors pursuant to a prescription issued in the name of an authorized entity.\n(b) An authorized entity may acquire and stock a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors pursuant to a prescription issued in accordance with this section. The epinephrine auto-injectors shall be stored in accordance with the epinephrine auto-injector's instructions. An authorized entity shall designate employees or agents who are trained pursuant to section three of this article to be responsible for the storage, maintenance and general oversight of epinephrine auto-injectors.\n(c) An individual trained pursuant to section three of this article may, on the premises of or in connection with the authorized entity, use epinephrine auto-injectors to:\n(1) Provide an epinephrine auto-injector to a person who the trained individual in good faith believes is experiencing a severe allergic reaction for that person's immediate self-administration, regardless of whether the person has a prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector or has previously been diagnosed with an allergy; or\n(2) Administer an epinephrine auto-injector to a person who the trained individual in good faith believes is experiencing a severe allergic reaction, regardless of whether the person has a prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector or has previously been diagnosed with an allergy.","path":["CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH.","ARTICLE 50. EPINEPHRINE AUTO-INJECTOR AVAILABILITY AND USE."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/16-50-4/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:23:43Z","sha256":"99b015cbb52bae655a4a4a7a12250b677dbf183450ff4e600dfa77e052c428bf","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-50-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-16-50-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}