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W. Va. Code § 60A-8-9 — WV Code / Chapter 60A / Article 8 / Section 9
§60A-8-9. West Virginia Board of Pharmacy powers to promulgate rules.
Status: in_force

The Board of Pharmacy shall promulgate rules not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this article pursuant to chapter twenty-nine-a of this code. Rules which incorporate and set detailed standards for meeting each of the license prerequisites set forth in section seven of this article shall be promulgated in final form by no later than September 14, 1992. All rules promulgated pursuant to this section shall conform to wholesale drug distributor licensing guidelines formally adopted by the food and drug administration at 21 C.F.R. Part 205; and in case of conflict between any rule adopted by the Board of Pharmacy and any food and drug administration wholesale drug distributor guideline, the latter shall control.
W. Va. Code § 64-2-3 — WV Code / Chapter 64 / Article 2 / Section 3
§64-2-3. Board of Risk and Insurance Management.
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 18, 2025, authorized under the authority of §33-30-15 of this code, modified by the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on August 14, 2025, relating to the Board of Risk and Insurance Management (mine subsidence insurance, 115 CSR 01), is authorized.

(b) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 8, 2025, authorized under the authority of §29-12-14 of this code, modified by the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on October 10, 2025, relating to the Board of Risk and Insurance Management (public entities insurance program, 115 CSR 02), is authorized.

(c) The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 21, 2025, authorized under the authority of §29-12-5 of this code, relating to the Board of Risk and Insurance Management (Preferred Medical Liability and High-Risk Medical Liability Program, 115 CSR 06), is authorized.
W. Va. Code § 64-2-4 — WV Code / Chapter 64 / Article 2 / Section 4
§64-2-4. Public Defender Services.
Status: in_force

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on August 19, 2024, authorized under the authority of §29-21-5 of this code, relating to the Public Defender Services (payment of fees and reimbursement of expenses of court-appointed attorneys, 89 CSR 01), is authorized.
W. Va. Code § 27-1A-1 — WV Code / Chapter 27 / Article 1A / Section 1
§27-1A-1. Statement of policy.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this article is to improve the administration of the state hospitals, raise the standards of treatment of the mentally ill and intellectually disabled in the state hospitals, encourage the further development of outpatient and diagnostic clinics, establish better research and training programs, and promote the development of mental health.
W. Va. Code § 17-2A-2 — WV Code / Chapter 17 / Article 2A / Section 2
§17-2A-2. Qualifications; office requirements; devotion of full time to duties; supervisory authority; oath; bond.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall be a person who is experienced in highway planning, finance, construction, maintenance, management and supervision qualifying him or her for the duties of his or her office; shall devote his or her full time and attention to his or her official duties and responsibilities; shall be a resident of West Virginia; shall maintain his or her office headquarters at the state capital; shall be the chief executive officer of the commission and, subject to other provisions of law, shall have direct and full control, management and supervision of the entire state road program and system; and shall, prior to assumption of the duties of his or her office, take and subscribe to the oath prescribed by the Constitution and execute a bond, with surety approved by the commission, in the penal sum of $25,000, which executed oath and bond shall be filed with the Secretary of State. Premiums on the commissioner’s bond shall be paid from commission funds.
W. Va. Code § 49-8-2B — WV Code / Chapter 49 / Article 8 / Section 2B
§49-8-2b. Execution of amendment.
Status: in_force

The Governor is further authorized and directed to execute, with any other state or states legally joining in the same, an amendment to said compact in the form substantially as follows:

(a) This amendment shall provide additional remedies, and shall be binding only as among and between those party states which specifically execute the same.

(b) All provisions and procedures of articles V and VI of the interstate compact on juveniles shall be construed to apply to any juvenile charged with being a delinquent by reason of a violation of any criminal law. Any juvenile, charged with being a delinquent by reason of violating any criminal law shall be returned to the requesting state upon a requisition to the state where the juvenile may be found. A petition in such case shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction in the requesting state where the violation of criminal law is alleged to have been committed. The petition may be filed regardless of whether the juvenile has left the state before or after the filing of the petition. The requisition described in article V of the compact shall be forwarded by the judge of the court in which the petition has been filed.
W. Va. Code § 36A-4-5 — WV Code / Chapter 36A / Article 4 / Section 5
§36A-4-5. Sales, conveyances or leases of or liens upon separate units.
Status: in_force

Units may be sold, conveyed, mortgaged, leased or otherwise dealt with in the same manner as like dealings are conducted with respect to real property and interests therein. Every written instrument dealing with a unit shall specifically set forth the name by which the property is identified and the unit designation identifying the unit involved.
W. Va. Code § 15-1B-7 — WV Code / Chapter 15 / Article 1B / Section 7
§15-1B-7. Appointment, promotion and reduction of noncommissioned officers.
Status: in_force

Noncommissioned officers shall be appointed and promoted and may be reduced in accordance with applicable federal laws and regulations: Provided, however, That in active service of the state, in cases requiring immediate example, a noncommissioned officer may be reduced to the ranks by his immediate commander, subject to appeal to, and review and approval by, the appointing officer.
W. Va. Code § 7-11-3 — WV Code / Chapter 7 / Article 11 / Section 3
§7-11-3. Number of members; quorum; qualifications; appointment; term; disqualifications.
Status: in_force

The commission shall consist of eleven members, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Each member of said commission shall be a bona fide resident of the county and shall own real estate within such county. The term of the commission members shall be for three years and until their successors have been appointed and have qualified: Provided, That the county court in appointing the members of the first commission shall appoint three members for a term of one year; four members for a term of two years and four members for a term of three years. The order of the county court shall fix the date on which the term of such commission members shall begin. The members of any board of park and recreation commissioners heretofore created under the former provisions of this article shall continue in office as members of the parks and recreation commission of such county until their terms expire and their successors have been appointed and have qualified. Any member of the commission who shall cease to be a bona fide resident of the county or a freeholder thereof, shall thereby be disqualified as a member of said commission and his office shall become vacant. When a vacancy occurs on said commission by reason of death, resignation, change of residence from the county, failure to remain a freeholder of the county, or expiration of term, the county court shall appoint a successor or successors to fill out the unexpired term of the member of the commission whose term has been vacated.
W. Va. Code § 30-4B-1 — WV Code / Chapter 30 / Article 4B / Section 1
§30-4B-1. Unlawful acts.
Status: in_force

(a) It is unlawful for any person, other than a dentist or other dental practitioner, to sell, offer for sale or furnish any dental prosthesis or other dental laboratory service to any person who is not a dentist or other dental practitioner.

(b) It is unlawful for any person to perform dental laboratory services without a work authorization: Provided, That this subsection does not apply to a dentist or other dental practitioner, or to their employees working under their direct supervision, performing dental laboratory services as a part of their own dental practice and for their own dental patients.

(c) It is unlawful for any dental laboratory to perform any dental laboratory service without the issuance of a work authorization by a dentist or other dental practitioner.

(d) It is unlawful for any dental laboratory or dentist who fabricates a full upper or full lower set of prosthetic dentures not to affix upon the dentures, in a nonremovable manner, the name of the patient, the initials of the dentist's state of practice and license identification.

(e) It is unlawful for any dental laboratory either directly or indirectly:

(1) To advertise that it is engaged in the business of performing dental laboratory services;

(2) To advertise it performs dental laboratory services for members of the public;

(3) To advertise a price for the performance of dental laboratory services; or

(4) To advertise techniques used or materials employed by it in the performance of dental laboratory services: Provided, That this subsection does not prevent dental laboratories from advertising in dental journals or in other professional dental publications or from communicating directly to a dentist and other dental practitioner or from listing the dental laboratory in business and telephone directories if the business and telephone directory announcements are limited to name, address and telephone number and do not occupy more than the number of lines necessary to disclose the information, or from displaying the trade name and address of the dental laboratory on the door of its place of business or on name plates or door plates exhibited on the interior or exterior of the place of business.
W. Va. Code § 46B-3-5 — WV Code / Chapter 46B / Article 3 / Section 5
§46B-3-5. Consumer's right to ownership of the goods.
Status: in_force

When the consumer has paid all periodic payments required by a rent-to-own transaction together with any other charges authorized by law which have been lawfully imposed in the transaction, he or she shall have exclusive ownership of the goods: Provided, That the consumer, after the initial payment, may obtain ownership before the scheduled end of the rent-to-own transaction by paying:

(1) A portion of the periodic payments, which have not yet become payable, subject to any limitation provided by this chapter;

(2) All periodic payments and other charges authorized by law which have already become due and which may be lawfully imposed in the transaction; and

(3) The amount of any documentary or other fee charged by a governmental entity to transfer ownership or proof of ownership.
W. Va. Code § 11-15-14 — WV Code / Chapter 11 / Article 15 / Section 14
§11-15-14. When separate records of sales required.
Status: in_force

(a) Any vendor engaged in a business subject to this tax, who is at the same time engaged in some other kind of business, occupation or profession, not taxable under this article, shall keep records to show separately the transactions used in determining the tax base taxed under this article.

(b) In the event the person fails to keep separate records there shall be levied upon the person a tax based upon the entire gross proceeds of both or all of the person's businesses.
W. Va. Code § 31-14-9 — WV Code / Chapter 31 / Article 14 / Section 9
§31-14-9. Purchase of securities and stock by other corporations, fiduciaries and financial institutions.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any provision in their respective charters or trust indentures, any domestic corporation, including without implied limitation, any public utility company or insurance or casualty company; all foreign corporations licensed to do business in this state; all trusts or other fiduciaries and any financial institution as defined in section one of this article are hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of any bonds, notes, debentures, securities or other evidences of indebtedness created by, or the shares of the capital stock of any corporation organized under the provisions of this article and, while owners of such stock, to exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of owners, including the right to vote said stock, all without the approval of any regulatory authority of the state; except, however, that the amount of the capital stock of such corporation which may be acquired by any member pursuant to the authority granted herein shall not exceed ten percent of the loan limit of such member. A financial institution which does not become a member of the corporation shall not be permitted to acquire any shares of the capital stock of the corporation. The amount of capital stock of such corporation which any member is authorized to acquire pursuant to the authority granted herein is in addition to the amount of capital stock in corporations which such member may otherwise be authorized to acquire.
W. Va. Code § 17C-1-28 — WV Code / Chapter 17C / Article 1 / Section 28
§17C-1-28. Division.
Status: in_force

"Division" means the Division of Motor Vehicles of this state acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. Wherever in this chapter reference is made to "the department of motor vehicles" or "the department", unless a different meaning is clearly required, the reference shall be deemed to be a reference to the Division of Motor Vehicles.
W. Va. Code § 36B-1-201 — WV Code / Chapter 36B / Article 1 / Section 201
§36B-1-201. Applicability to new common interest communities.
Status: in_force

PART II. APPLICABILITY.

Except as provided in sections 1-202 and 1-203, this chapter applies to all common interest communities created within this state after the effective date of this chapter. The provisions of chapter fifty-three, acts of the Legislature, one thousand nine hundred sixty-three, chapter one hundred twenty-nine, acts of the Legislature, one thousand nine hundred eighty, and chapter thirty-eight, acts of the Legislature, one thousand nine hundred eighty-four, do not apply to common interest communities created after the effective date of this chapter.
W. Va. Code § 30-13-2 — WV Code / Chapter 30 / Article 13 / Section 2
§30-13-2. General provisions.
Status: in_force

In order to safeguard life, health and property and to promote the public welfare, the practice of engineering in this state is hereby declared to be subject to regulation in the public interest. It is unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice engineering in this state, as defined in the provisions of this article, or to use in connection with his or her name or otherwise assume or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he or she is a registered or licensed engineer, unless the person has been duly registered or exempted under the provisions of this article. Engineering is hereby declared a learned profession and its practitioners are held accountable to the state and the public by professional standards in keeping with the ethics and practice of other learned professions in this state. The practice of engineering is a privilege granted by the state.
W. Va. Code § 48-27-1101 — WV Code / Chapter 48 / Article 27 / Section 1101
§48-27-1101. Rules of practice and procedure; forms to be provided; operative date.
Status: in_force

(a) Pleadings, practice and procedure in domestic violence matters before the court are governed by the rules of practice and procedure for domestic violence civil proceedings promulgated by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.

(b) The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals shall prescribe forms which are necessary and convenient for proceedings pursuant to this article and the court shall distribute such forms to the clerk of the circuit court, the secretary-clerk of the family court and the clerk of magistrate court of each county within the state.
W. Va. Code § 33-15-23 — WV Code / Chapter 33 / Article 15 / Section 23
§33-15-23. Copayments for certain services.
Status: in_force

(a) A policy, provision, contract, plan, or agreement subject to this article may not impose a copayment, coinsurance, or office visit deductible amount charged to the insured for services rendered for each date of service by a licensed occupational therapist, licensed occupational therapist assistant, licensed speech-language pathologist, licensed speech-language pathologist assistant, licensed physical therapist, or a licensed physical therapist assistant that is greater than the copayment, coinsurance, or office visit deductible amount charged to the insured for the services of a primary care physician or an osteopathic physician.

(b) The policy, provision, contract, plan, or agreement shall clearly state the availability of occupational therapy, speech-language therapy, and physical therapy coverage and all related limitations, conditions, and exclusions.
W. Va. Code § 20-2-10 — WV Code / Chapter 20 / Article 2 / Section 10
§20-2-10. Destruction, etc., of signs posted under chapter.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful and shall constitute a misdemeanor offense for any person to destroy, tear down, shoot at, deface or erase any printed matter or signs placed or posted by or under the authority of this chapter: Provided, however, That this section shall not apply to the owner, his agents, tenants or lessees, of the lands on which such signs or printed matter are posted. Each such sign so destroyed, torn down, shot at, defaced or erased shall be considered a separate offense under this section.
W. Va. Code § 16-7-10 — WV Code / Chapter 16 / Article 7 / Section 10
§16-7-10. Adulterated articles to be forfeited and destroyed.
Status: in_force

All articles adulterated in violation of the provisions of this act shall be forfeited by the owner and destroyed by the state department of health.
W. Va. Code § 27-1-4 — WV Code / Chapter 27 / Article 1 / Section 4
§27-1-4. Inebriate.
Status: in_force

An "inebriate" person is anyone over the age of eighteen years who is incapable or unfit to properly conduct himself or herself, or his or her affairs, or is dangerous to himself or herself or others, by reason of periodical, frequent or constant drunkenness, induced either by the use of alcoholic or other liquors, or of opium, morphine, or other narcotic or intoxicating or stupefying substance.
W. Va. Code § 64-10-4 — WV Code / Chapter 64 / Article 10 / Section 4
§64-10-4. Office of Miners' Health, Safety, and Training.
Status: in_force

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on September 24, 2024, authorized under the authority of §22A-1-6 of this code, relating to the Office of Miners' Health, Safety, and Training (submission and approval of a comprehensive Mine Safety Program for coal mining operations in the State of West Virginia, 56 CSR 08), is authorized.
W. Va. Code § 60-4-4 — WV Code / Chapter 60 / Article 4 / Section 4
§60-4-4. Purchase and resale of alcoholic liquors and ethyl alcohol by wholesale druggists.
Status: in_force

The commission may grant to wholesale druggists license to purchase alcoholic liquors at wholesale from or through the commission for the purpose of resale within the state. Such wholesale druggists shall have the right to purchase ethyl alcohol, for nonbeverage purposes, at wholesale, and for resale to pharmacists, or druggists or drugstores employing a duly licensed pharmacist, having a regular place of business, or to other persons licensed to purchase ethyl alcohol from the commission, from distillers, manufacturers, jobbers or other wholesale druggists, whether within or without the state, and whether the seller has a permit or license from the commission to sell same, and ship and transport or cause same to be shipped and transported to their places of business, upon filing with the commission at the time of or prior to such purchase a copy of the purchase order for same, together with a statement in writing showing approximately when, and in what manner the ethyl alcohol so purchased will be shipped or transported to their places of business.
W. Va. Code § 10-2A-16 — WV Code / Chapter 10 / Article 2A / Section 16
§10-2A-16. Sinking fund.
Status: in_force

At or before the issuance of any such bonds, the board shall, by resolution, provide for a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds and the interest thereon, and the payment of the charges of banks or trust companies for making payment of such bonds, and interest, out of the net revenues of said athletic establishment, and shall set aside and pledge a sufficient amount of the net revenues of the athletic establishment to be paid by the board into such sinking fund at intervals to be determined by resolution adopted prior to the issuance of the bonds, for: (a) The interest upon such bonds as the same becomes due; (b) the necessary fiscal agency charges for paying bonds and interest; (c) the payment of the bonds as they fall due, or if all bonds mature at one time, the maintenance of a proper sinking fund for the payment thereof at such time; and (d) a margin for safety and for the payment of premium upon bonds retired by call or purchase as herein provided for, which margin, together with unused surplus of such margin carried forward from the preceding year, shall equal ten per cent of all other amounts so required to be paid into the sinking fund. Such required payments shall constitute a first charge upon all the net revenues of the athletic establishment. Net revenues as used herein shall mean the revenues of the athletic establishment remaining after the payment of reasonable expense of operation, repairs, maintenance, insurance and all other reasonable costs of maintaining and operating the same required to be paid from the revenues thereof. After the payment into the sinking fund as herein required, the board may at any time in its discretion transfer all or any part of the balance of the net revenues, after reserving an amount deemed by the board sufficient for operation, repairs, maintenance and depreciation for an ensuing period of not less than twelve months, into the sinking fund or into a fund for extensions, improvements and additions to such athletic establishment. All amounts for sinking fund and interest, as and when set apart for the payment of same, shall be remitted to the West Virginia Municipal Bond Commission at such periods as shall be designated in the resolution, but in any event at least thirty days previous to the time interest or principal payments become due, to be retained and paid out by said commission, consistent with provisions of this article and the order pursuant to which such bonds have been issued. The West Virginia Municipal Bond Commission is hereby authorized to act as fiscal agent for the administration of such sinking fund under any resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article and shall invest all sinking funds as provided by general law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments of principal and interest on any bonds owned by the United States or any governmental agency or department thereof may be made by the board directly thereto.