{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-60-6-5","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 60-6-5","heading":"Applicability of chapter to certain uses by physicians, druggists and others.","body":"The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent:\n(1) A physician from prescribing the use of alcoholic liquors when necessary for a bona fide patient;\n(2) A druggist from selling, upon a prescription properly issued by a physician, alcoholic liquors for medicinal purposes;\n(3) A physician, dentist, or veterinarian, in the legitimate practice of his profession, from using and administering alcoholic liquors;\n(4) Hospitals, sanitariums, or that division of any institution which is regularly conducted as a hospital, dispensary or infirmary, from using or administering alcoholic liquors to bona fide patients. Institutions and the divisions thereof provided in this section may carry a stock of alcoholic liquors sufficient for this purpose;\n(5) Religious organizations from using wine for sacramental purposes.","path":["CHAPTER 60. STATE CONTROL OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.","ARTICLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/60-6-5/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:14Z","sha256":"d3b66894616d03ed7e4dff73fc5dcb385cae3b9eda58204f82ec73dc95d3bbea","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-60-6-4","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-60-6-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}