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WV Code § 16-5AA-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 5AA. Medication Administration by Unlicensed Personnel in Nursing Homes|§16-5AA-4. Instruction and Training

(a) The authorizing agencys training curricula shall be based on a nationally recognized model curriculum for certified medication assistants. The authorizing agency shall consult with the West Virginia Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners in developing the training curricula relating to the use of an inhaler or nebulizer. The certification examination must be a national Medication Aide Certification Examination. (b) The program developed by the authorizing agency shall require that a person who applies to act as an approved medication assistive personnel shall:(1) Hold a high school diploma or its equivalent;(2) Be a nurse aide with at least one year of full-time experience;(3) Be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid;(4) Participate in the initial training program as set forth in 16-5AA-1 of this code;(5) Pass a national certification examination as set forth in 16-5AA-1 of this code;(6) Not have a statement on the stated administered nurse aide registry indicating that the staff member has been the subject of finding of abuse or neglect of a long-term care nursing home resident or convicted of the misappropriation of a residents property; and(7) Participate in a retraining program every two years.(c) A nursing home may offer the training program developed by the authorizing agency to its staff members. The training shall be provided by the nursing home through a registered professional nurse.(d) A registered professional nurse who is authorized to train staff members to administer medications in nursing homes shall:(1) Possess a current active license as set forth in 30-7-1 et seq. of this code to practice as a registered professional nurse;(2) Have practiced as a registered professional nurse in a position or capacity requiring knowledge of medications for the immediate two years prior to being authorized to train staff members;(3) Be familiar with the nursing care needs of the residents as described in this article; and(4) Have completed and passed the nursing home trainer/instructor course developed by the authorizing agency.
WV Code § 16-5AA-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 5AA. Medication Administration by Unlicensed Personnel in Nursing Homes|§16-5AA-5. Eligibility Requirements of Nursing Home Staff

In order to administer medication, an approved medication assistive personnel (AMAP) shall:(1) Determine the medication to be administered is in its original container in which it was dispensed by a pharmacist or the physician;(2) Make a written record of assistance of medication with regard to each medication administered, including the time, route, and amount taken;(3) Display the title Approved Medication Assistive Personnel; and(4) Comply with the legislative rules promulgated by the authorizing agency pursuant to 29A-3-1 et seq of this code relating to the provisions of this article, which shall address, at a minimum, the supervision provided by the registered professional nurse to the AMAP.
WV Code § 16-5AA-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 5AA. Medication Administration by Unlicensed Personnel in Nursing Homes|§16-5AA-6. Oversight of Approved Medication Assistive Personnel

A nursing home using an approved medication assistive personnel shall establish an administrative monitoring system and shall comply with the applicable provisions of the legislative rules promulgated pursuant to 16-5O-11 of this code.
WV Code § 16-5AA-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 5AA. Medication Administration by Unlicensed Personnel in Nursing Homes|§16-5AA-7. Withdrawal of Authorization

(a) The registered professional nurse who supervises an approved medication assistive personnel (AMAP) may withdraw authorization for an AMAP to administer medications if the nurse determines that the AMAP is not performing the function in accordance with the training and written instructions.(b) The withdrawal of the authorization shall be documented and relayed to the nursing home and the authorizing agency. The agency shall remove the AMAP from the list of authorized individuals. The department shall maintain a list of the names of persons whose authorization has been withdrawn and the reasons for withdrawal of authorization. The list may be accessed by registered professional nurses and administrative personnel of nursing homes.
WV Code § 16-5AA-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 5AA. Medication Administration by Unlicensed Personnel in Nursing Homes|§16-5AA-8. Fees

The authorizing agency may set and collect any appropriate fees necessary for the implementation of the provisions of this article pursuant to the legislative rules authorized by this article.
WV Code § 16-5AA-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 5AA. Medication Administration by Unlicensed Personnel in Nursing Homes|§16-5AA-9. Limitations on Medication Administration

(a) An approved medication assistive personnel (AMAP) may not:(1) Administer the first dose of a medication; (2) Perform an injection;(3) Administer irrigations or debriding agents to treat a skin condition or minor abrasions;(4) Act upon verbal medication orders;(5) Transcribe medication orders;(6) Convert or calculate drug dosages;(7) Administer medications to be given "as needed" as ordered by the health care professional, unless the supervising nurse has first performed and documented a bedside assessment, and then the AMAP may administer the medication based on the written order with specific parameters which preclude independent judgment; or(8) Perform health maintenance tasks.(b) An AMAP may not be assigned to both medication administration duty and typical nurse aide duties related to resident care and assistance with activities of daily living simultaneously. When assigned to medication administration, the AMAPs responsibility shall be to administer medication and tasks related to the administration of medication. An AMAP may be assigned to other resident care and assistance with activities of daily living during such times that the AMAP is not engaged in, or scheduled to be engaged in, the administration of medication.
WV Code § 16-5AA-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 5AA. Medication Administration by Unlicensed Personnel in Nursing Homes|§16-5AA-10. Permissive Participation

The provisions of this article are not mandatory upon any nursing home or nursing home employee. A nursing home may not, as a condition of employment, require a nurse aide to become an approved medication assistive personnel (AMAP) or require its health care professionals to use AMAPs.
WV Code § 16-5CC-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 5CC. West Virginia Advisory Council on Rare Diseases|§16-5CC-1. Establishment and Composition of the West Virginia Council on Rare Diseases

(a) There is hereby established the West Virginia Advisory Council on Rare Diseases to advise state agencies on research, diagnosis, treatment, and education relating to rare diseases.(b) The council shall consist of 12 voting members, constituted as follows:(1) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources or his or her designee; and (2) Eleven members who shall be appointed by the Governor as follows:(A) Three physicians licensed and practicing in the state with experience researching, diagnosing, or treating rare diseases;(B) Three persons over the age of 18 who either have a rare disease or are a family member of a person with a rare disease;(C) A registered nurse or advanced practice registered nurse licensed and practicing in the state with experience treating rare disease; (D) A person with an advanced degree in public health or other health-related field; and(E) Three representatives from a patient-based organization or advocacy group for rare disease, with preference given to organizations based in West Virginia. Appointments to the advisory council are for terms of three years. (c) The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the council shall be elected from the councils membership by a simple majority vote of the total membership of the council.(d) Members serve without compensation. Travel expenses may only be reimbursed if travel is related to activities provided for under a grant or private donation.
WV Code § 16-5CC-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 5CC. West Virginia Advisory Council on Rare Diseases|§16-5CC-2. Definitions

As used in this article:"Department" means the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources;"Rare disease" means any disease which affects fewer than 200,000 people in the United States and is known to be substantially under-diagnosed and unrecognized as a result of lack of adequate diagnostic and research information, including diseases known as "orphan diseases" for research purposes; and"Secretary" means the Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
WV Code § 16-5CC-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 5CC. West Virginia Advisory Council on Rare Diseases|§16-5CC-3. Duties of the Advisory Council

The advisory council shall exercise the following duties to the degree that resources are available, including, but not limited to:(1) Coordinate statewide efforts for the study of the incidence of rare disease within the state;(2) Act as the advisory board to the secretary and the West Virginia Legislature on research, treatment, and education relating to rare diseases;(3) Research and identify priorities relating to the quality of, and access to, treatment and services provided to persons with rare diseases in the state;(4) Develop, in conjunction and cooperation with the states medical schools, policy recommendations relating to the quality of, and access to, treatment and services provided to persons with rare diseases in the state; (5) Advise, consult, and cooperate with other offices of the department, other agencies of state government, and patient-based organizations in the development of information and programs of benefit to the public and the health care community relating to the diagnosis, treatment, and awareness of rare diseases;(6) Identify best practices for rare disease care as implemented in other states and at the national level that will improve rare disease care in the state;(7) Develop recommendations for effective strategies to raise public awareness of rare diseases in the state;(8) Develop recommendations for best practices for ensuring that health care providers are sufficiently informed of the most effective strategies for recognizing and treating rare disease; and(9) Report to the Governor, secretary, and West Virginia Legislature not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter on the activities of the advisory council and its findings and recommendations regarding rare disease research and care in West Virginia, including any recommendations for statutory changes and amendments to the structure, organization, and powers and duties of the advisory council. The advisory council shall terminate on January 1, 2023.
WV Code § 16-5CC-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 5CC. West Virginia Advisory Council on Rare Diseases|§16-5CC-4. Powers of the Advisory Council

In order to carry out the duties described in this article, the advisory council has the following powers:(1) To pursue and accept gifts, grants, and bequests of funds from individuals, foundations, corporations, federal government, government agencies, and other organizations or institutions to fund the activities of the advisory council;(2) To schedule and conduct meetings;(3) To the degree that funds are available, publish findings, recommendations, and reports on diagnosis, treatment, research, and education for rare diseases for the use and benefit of the department, other agencies of the state, the medical community, general public, and organizations representing the patients affected.
WV Code § 16-5CC-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 5CC. West Virginia Advisory Council on Rare Diseases|§16-5CC-5. Duties and Powers of the Secretary

The secretary at his or her discretion may provide the advisory council with administrative support reasonably necessary for the advisory council to carry out its duties. In addition, the secretary may make and sign any agreements and may do and perform any acts that are necessary to receive, accept, or secure gifts, grants, and bequests of funds in the name of the advisory council.
WV Code § 16-5CC-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 5CC. West Virginia Advisory Council on Rare Diseases|§16-5CC-6. Rare Disease Advisory Council Fund

There is hereby created a special revenue account in the State Treasury to be known as the Rare Disease Advisory Council Information Fund into which gifts, grants, and bequests may be received for the use of the advisory council to carry out its duties as specified in 16-5CC-3 of this code. The advisory council has the discretion to expend such moneys in this fund from collections as may be reasonable to carry out the duties of the advisory council as are consistent with the terms of the gifts, grants, or bequests providing those moneys. The presence of funds in this special revenue account does not preclude the Legislature from appropriating such funds as it may deem necessary for the use and mission of the advisory council.
WV Code § 16-6-2 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants|§16-6-2. Regulations by State Board of Health Should This Be Secretary of the Department of Health and ; Enforcement of Orders and Laws Respecting Pure Food

The West Virginia board of health shall make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as in their judgment are necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. The director of the state department of health shall enforce any orders made by the board of health and any laws of the state respecting pure food, so far as they relate to hotels and restaurants.
WV Code § 16-6-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants|§16-6-3. Hotel and Restaurant Defined; Hotels and Restaurants Not Subject to Provisions of Article

For the purpose of this article, every building where food and lodging are usually furnished to guests and payment required therefor shall be deemed a hotel, and every place where food without lodging is usually furnished to guests and payment required therefor shall be deemed a restaurant. But the provisions of this article, except those of sections twenty and twenty-two, shall not apply to any hotel wherein there are fewer than ten bed chambers, nor to any hotel known as a "summer hotel" which is not open for guests from November fifteenth to May fifteenth. The provisions of this article shall not apply to temporary food sales, not exceeding two weeks in length, by religious, educational, charitable or nonprofit organizations.
WV Code § 16-6-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants|§16-6-4. Application for Inspection of Hotel or Restaurant; Temporary Permit; Certificate of Inspection; Fee

Every person, firm or corporation proposing to operate a hotel or restaurant shall apply to the director of health for an inspection and certificate thereof, and said inspector shall inspect the premises described in such application as soon thereafter as may be practicable; but if it be impracticable to do so within ten days after receiving such application, said director may issue to such applicant a temporary permit which shall be valid until a regular inspection is made. Only one certificate or permit shall be issued where a hotel and restaurant are combined and operated in the same building and under the same management. Each certificate or permit shall expire on June 30 next following its issuance, and no hotel or restaurant shall be maintained and operated in this state without the certificate of inspection thereof as herein prescribed, which certificate shall be posted in the main public room of such hotel or restaurant, and shall show the date of each inspection and the notations relating thereto by the director of health. No such certificate shall be transferable. The fee for such inspection and certificate or permit shall be, for a hotel, $2.25 additional for each bedroom in excess of seven; and for a restaurant, $2.25 additional for each five chairs or stools, or spaces where persons are fed, in excess of ten, but no fee shall exceed $10. Such director shall, on the first of each month, pay into the State Treasury all fees collected for inspections during the preceding month. Every certificate of inspection or permit under this article shall be made and issued in duplicate.
WV Code § 16-6-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants|§16-6-5. Form and Content of Application for Inspection; Payment of Fee

The applicant for inspection of a hotel or restaurant shall file with the department of health a written application, in form to be prescribed by the director of health, which shall set forth the name and address of the owner of the building or property to be occupied, and of the agent of any such owner; the name and address of the lessee and manager, if any, of the hotel or restaurant; the location of such hotel or restaurant and a full description of the building or property to be occupied and such other matters as may be required by the director of health. The fee for inspection shall be paid to the director of health when the application is filed by him
WV Code § 16-6-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants|§16-6-6. Contents of Certificate and Permit; Posting

Every such certificate shall show that the hotel or restaurant is equipped and conducted according to law, and shall be kept posted in some conspicuous place in such hotel or restaurant. Every such permit shall show, according to the fact, why it is granted, and that the hotel or restaurant is, according to law, permitted to be kept, and it shall be kept posted in like manner.
WV Code § 16-6-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants|§16-6-7. Certificate or Permit Prerequisite to License

No license to keep a hotel or restaurant, or certificate for such license, shall hereafter be authorized or issued unless there be first filed with the county commission to which application therefor is made, a certificate of inspection or permit, granted by the director of health, as provided in this article. Every such license shall bear on its face a reference to such certificate of inspection or permit.
WV Code § 16-6-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants|§16-6-8. Annual Inspection of Hotels and Restaurants; Powers and Duties of Director of Health

The director of health shall inspect or cause to be inspected, at least once annually, every hotel and restaurant in the state. For that purpose he or any person designated by him shall have the right of entry and access at any reasonable time to inspect kitchens where food is prepared, pantry and storage rooms pertaining thereto, dining rooms, lunch counters, and every place where articles pertaining to the serving of the public are kept or prepared. The said director shall prohibit the use of any article not in keeping with cleanliness and good sanitary conditions. He shall also have the right to enter any and all parts of a hotel at all reasonable hours to make such inspection, and every person in the management or control thereof shall afford free access to every part of the hotel and render all assistance necessary to enable the director to make full, thorough and complete examination thereof, but the privacy of any guest in any room occupied by him shall not be invaded without his consent.
WV Code § 16-6-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants|§16-6-9. Alterations and Changes by Owner; Penalty for Refusal or Failure to Make

Whenever, upon such inspection, it shall be found that any such hotel or restaurant is not equipped or operated in the manner and under the conditions required by the provisions of this article, the director of health shall notify the owner, manager or agent in charge of such hotel or restaurant of such changes or alterations as, in the judgment of the director, may be necessary to effect a complete compliance with said provisions. Such owner, manager or agent shall thereupon make such alterations or changes as may be necessary to put such buildings and premises in a condition, and operate it in a manner, that will fully comply with the requirements of this article: Provided, That due time after receiving such notice shall be allowed for conforming to the requirements thereof, which time shall be specified in the notice. Should the changes or alterations directed by such notice not be made in the time specified therein, the said director shall proceed against the person or persons in default in any court having jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this article against him or them. Every person, firm or corporation which shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined $5 for each and every day such failure or refusal may continue. If such failure or refusal shall continue for thirty days after the time specified in the notice from the director for conforming to the requirements thereof, the director may proceed in the circuit court of the county wherein such hotel or restaurant is located, for an order closing it. After such order is issued, the building or property shall not again be used as a hotel or restaurant until a certificate or permit therefor shall have been issued by the director, and any disobedience of such order may be punished as other contempts of court. Reasonable notice shall be given of the application for such order.
WV Code § 16-6-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants|§16-6-10. Notices by Director of Health

All notices given under this article shall be in writing and shall either be delivered in person or sent by registered mail.
WV Code § 16-6-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants|§16-6-11. Lighting; Plumbing; Ventilation

Every hotel and restaurant in this state shall be properly lighted by day and by night, shall be properly plumbed and ventilated, and shall be conducted in every department with strict regard for the health, comfort and safety of its guests. Such proper plumbing and draining shall be done and maintained according to approved sanitary principles. Such proper ventilation shall be construed to require at least one door and one window in every sleeping room, which window shall permit easy access to the outside of the building, light well or court. No room shall be used as a sleeping room which does not open to the outside of the building or light wells, air shafts or courts.
WV Code § 16-6-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants|§16-6-12. Water Closets

In every city, town or village where a system of waterworks and sewerage is maintained for public use, every hotel therein shall be equipped with suitable water closets for the accommodation of guests, which water closets shall be connected by proper plumbing with such sewer system, and so constructed that they may be flushed with water in such manner as to prevent sewer gas or effluvia arising therefrom. All lavatories, bathtubs, sinks, drains, closets and urinals in such hotels shall be furnished and equipped in similar manner.
WV Code § 16-6-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 16. Public Health|Article 6. Hotels and Restaurants|§16-6-13. Privies

[Repealed.]