{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-9-6-10","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 9-6-10","heading":"Mandatory reporting to medical examiner or coroner; postmortem investigation.","body":"(a) Any person or official who is required under §9-6-9 of this code to report cases of suspected abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation, and who has probable cause to believe that a vulnerable adult or facility resident has died as a result of abuse or neglect, shall report that fact to the appropriate medical examiner or coroner.\n(b) Upon the receipt of such a report, the medical examiner or coroner shall cause an investigation to be made and shall report the findings to the local law-enforcement agency, the local prosecuting attorney, the department’s local adult protective services agency, and, if the institution making a report is a hospital, nursing home, or other residential facility, to the administrator of the facility, the state and regional long-term care ombudsman, and the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification.","path":["CHAPTER 9. HUMAN SERVICES.","ARTICLE 6. SOCIAL SERVICES FOR ADULTS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/9-6-10/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:21:14Z","sha256":"41c25e1fc925441270ad745263131876437bd502e4c5ca704f81ececfce5d35f","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-9-6-9a","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-9-6-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}