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Code of West Virginia, 1931
Official Recodification - Enacted December 31, 1930 - Effective January 1, 1931
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15-2-15 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Interference With Members; Refusal to Give Information; Penalty Any person of who shall at any time intercept, molest or interfere with any officer or member of the department of public safety while on duty, or any state, co… Proofed
15-2-16 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Impersonation of Member; Penalty Any person who shall falsely represent himself to be an officer or member of the department of he public safety, or to be under the order or direction of any of… Proofed
15-2-17 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Acting by Members for Private Person; Bribery; General Penalty If any officer or member of the department of public safety of shall hire himself to any person, firm or corporation to guard his private property; or shall dem… Proofed
15-2-18 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Bribery by Third Persons; Penalty If any person, firm or corporation shall give or offer to give any money or other thing of value to any officer or member of the department of public safety as … Proofed
15-2-19 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Suspension or Removal of Members The superintendent may suspend or remove from the service any member of the department of public safety for any of the following causes, to-wit: Refusing to obe… Proofed
15-2-20 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Board of Commissioners; Charges Against Member of Department of Public Safety; Appeals The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint two persons, who shall be residents of this State, as members of the board of comm… Proofed
15-2-21 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Copy of Charges for Accused Member; Decision When Board Equally Divided In all cases before a trial shall be had the accused shall be served with a copy of the charges an given a reasonable opportunity to defend himself against such… Proofed
15-2-22 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Compensation of Commissioners Each member of the board of commissioners, except the governor, shall be allowed the sum of ten dollars per day for each and every day necessarily employed in t… Proofed
15-2-23 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Control of Department Expenditures The board of control shall make and prescribe rules and regulations respecting the payment of the expenses of the officers and members of the department of publ… Proofed
15-2-24 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Salaries of Members Payable Monthly All salaries authorized herein to be paid to the officers and members of the department of public afety shall be paid monthly upon proper requisitions and warra… Proofed
15-2-25 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Transportation of Members and Prisoners Whenever any officer or member of the department of public safety shall present evidence of his official character to any railroad is conductor, manager or offi… Proofed
15-2-26 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Duties of Superintendent as to Statistics, Aliens and Labor Conditions The superintendent of the department of public safety is authorized from time to time to collect statistics and distribute information throughout the State, and… Proofed
15-2-27 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Death or Disability Fund There is hereby created a death or disability fund for the benefit of members of the department of public safety, or any dependent of a member or former member … Proofed
15-2-28 Ch. 15 — PUBLIC SAFETY Department of Public Safety Death or Disability Commission There is hereby created a death or disability commission, which shall be composed of the members of the state board of control and the superintendent of the dep… Proofed
16-1-1 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH State Department of Health Persons Included in Department There shall be a state department of health, which shall consist of a commissioner of health, whose office shall be located at the seat of government; a public … Proofed
16-1-2 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH State Department of Health Commissioner of Health The commissioner of health shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, and shall be a physician, a graduate of a reput… Proofed
16-1-3 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH State Department of Health Public Health Council; Violation of its Regulations The public health council shall consist of the commissioner of health and six other members, who shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and … Proofed
16-1-4 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH State Department of Health Inspectors, Examiners and Employees Inspectors, examiners or other persons appointed by the commissioner of health may be appointed at such time or times as by him deemed necessary; and they shall… Proofed
16-1-5 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH State Department of Health Divisions of Department; Directors There shall be in the state department of health the following divisions: Division of communicable diseases; Division of sanitary engineering; Division of … Unreviewed
16-1-6 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH State Department of Health General Duties of State Department of Health The state department of health shall have the authority to enforce all the laws of the State concerning the public health, and shall take care to protect the li… Proofed
16-1-7 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH State Department of Health Supervision Over Local Sanitation The public health council shall consult with and advise the authorities of cities and towns, and persons having, or about to have, systems of water supply, drai… Proofed
16-1-8 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH State Department of Health Supervision of State Tuberculosis Sanitariums ; Suppression of Tuberculosis The state department of health shall have the advisory medical supervision of the Hopemont, m Rutherford and Denmar sanitariums, and the state board of control … Proofed
16-1-9 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH State Department of Health State Laboratory; Branches The state department of health may establish and maintain a state hygienic laboratory as an aid in performing the duties imposed upon the depart ment by law, an… Unreviewed
16-1-10 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH State Department of Health Expenditures of State Department of Health The state department of health shall have power to expend annually, for the purpose of performing the duties imposed or authorized al by law, such sum as may be… Proofed
16-1-11 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH State Department of Health Disposition of Moneys Received by State Commissioner of Health; Report to Auditor The state commissioner of health, as secretary of the public health council, shall receive and account for all moneys required to be paid to the state public he… Proofed
16-1-12 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH State Department of Health Authority of State Health Officers to Administer Oaths and Take Affidavits The commissioner of health, other members of the state public health council, and directors of divisions shall have power to administer oaths and take and certi… Proofed
16-1-13 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH State Department of Health Appeals From Orders of Public Health Council Any person aggrieved by any order of the public health council or of any of its officers or agents may, within thirty days from the time such order takes effect… Proofed
16-2-1 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Local Health Officers County and Municipal Health Officers; County Board of Health; Reports by Physicians It shall be the duty of the state public health council, upon the recommendation of the county court of the county, to appoint in each county of this State a le… Unreviewed
16-2-2 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Local Health Officers Full-Time County and Municipal Health Officers; Full-Time Public Health Nurse; Levy The county court of any county or the municipal council or other governing body of any municipality shall have the power and such authority to provide for a ful… Proofed
16-2-3 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Local Health Officers Counties May Combine in Employment of Officers and Installation and Maintenance of Equipment Any two or more counties may combine to cooperate with the state department of health, either by special vote or by vote of their respective boards of health, a… Proofed
16-2-4 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Local Health Officers State Health Department May Supplant Local Health Authority; Removal of Delinquent Local Officer When, in the opinion of the public health council, any local health authority shall fail or refuse to enforce necessary laws and regulations to prevent and cont… Proofed
16-3-1 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Prevention and Control of Communicable and Infectious Diseases State Department of Health May Establish Quarantine and Control Epidemics The state department of health is empowered to establish and strictly maintain quarantine a such places as it may deem proper, and forbid and prevent the assemb… Proofed
16-3-2 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Prevention and Control of Communicable and Infectious Diseases Powers of County and Municipal Boards of Health to Establish Quarantine; Penalty for Violation The county board of health of any county may declare quarantine therein, or any particular district or place therein, whenever in their judgment it is necessary… Proofed
16-3-3 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Prevention and Control of Communicable and Infectious Diseases Communicable Diseases on Vessels or Trains The state department of health, its as agents and employees, and the local boards of health, in the absence of the state department, its agents and employees, w… Proofed
16-3-4 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Prevention and Control of Communicable and Infectious Diseases Compulsory Vaccination; Offenses; Penalties The county court of any county or the municipal council or other governing body of any city, town or village in this State, whenever in their judgment it is nec… Proofed
16-3-5 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Prevention and Control of Communicable and Infectious Diseases Free Serum or Vaccine Preventives Disease The state commissioner of health shall purchase vaccine lymph, diphtheria anti toxin, tetanus antitoxin and such other form of serum or vaccine preventatives of… Proofed
16-3-6 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Prevention and Control of Communicable and Infectious Diseases Nuisances Affecting Public Health The state commissioner of health or any county or municipal health officer shall inquire into and investigate all nuisances affecting the public health within h… Approved
16-3-7 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Prevention and Control of Communicable and Infectious Diseases Inflammation of the Eyes of the New-Born Any inflammation, swelling, or unusual on redness in either one or both eyes of any infant, either apart from, or together with any unnatural discharge from th… Proofed
16-3-8 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Prevention and Control of Communicable and Infectious Diseases Same; Duty of Those Assisting at Childbirth to Report Cases; Treatment It shall be by the duty of any physician, surgeon, obstetrician, midwife, nurse, maternity home or hospital of any nature, parent, relative and persons attendan… Proofed
16-3-9 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Prevention and Control of Communicable and Infectious Diseases Same; Duties of Local Health Officer It shall he the duty of the local health officer to investigate, or have investigated, every such case reported to him in pursuance of law, and any other cases … Proofed
16-3-10 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Prevention and Control of Communicable and Infectious Diseases Same; Use of Silver Nitrate Drops as Prophylactic; Birth Report It shall be unlawful for any physician, or midwife practicing midwifery, to neglect or otherwise fail to instill or have instilled, immediately upon its birth, … Proofed
16-3-11 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Prevention and Control of Communicable and Infectious Diseases Same; Duty of Clerk of County Court It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county court of each county, on or before the fifteenth day of each month, to certify to the prosecuting attorney of hi… Proofed
16-3-12 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Prevention and Control of Communicable and Infectious Diseases Same; Duties of Public Health Council It shall be the duty of the public health council: (a) To enforce the provisions of sections seven to thirteen, inclusive, of this article; (b) To promulgate su… Proofed
16-3-13 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Prevention and Control of Communicable and Infectious Diseases Same; Offenses; Penalties Whoever, being a physician, surgeon, midwife, obstetrician, nurse, manager or person in charge of a maternity home or hospital, parent, relative, or person atte… Proofed
16-4-1 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Venereal Diseases Venereal Diseases; Definition and Nature; Prostitution Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid, herein designated as venereal diseases, are hereby declared to be infectious, contagious, communicable, and dangerous to the… Proofed
16-4-2 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Venereal Diseases Investigations by Local Health Officers It shall be the duty of all municipal and county health officers to use every available means to ascertain the existence of, and to investigate all cases of, sy… Proofed
16-4-3 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Venereal Diseases Medical Clinics and Detention Houses In order to carry out the provisions of the last section, any health officer may, if he be municipal health officer, with the consent of the municipal council o… Unreviewed
16-4-4 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Venereal Diseases Evidence of Infection The following shall be prima facie grounds and reasons for suspecting that such persons are infected with a venereal disease, that is, with syphilis, goneorrhe… Proofed
16-4-5 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Venereal Diseases Examination of Convicts When any person has been tried and convicted in any pro-lice court, or in any criminal or circuit court, or before a justice of the peace, upon any charge or of… Proofed
16-4-6 Ch. 16 — PUBLIC HEALTH Venereal Diseases Reports by Physicians It shall be the duty of every practicing physician or other person who makes a diagnosis in, or treats a case of, syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid, to make two… Proofed
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