West Virginia Statutes
§ 16B-16-4 — Access to records
West Virginia § 16B-16-4
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Bluebook
W. Va. Code § 16B-16-4 (2026).
Text
(a)The Foster Care Ombudsman is allowed access to any foster child's, foster parents' or kinship parents' records, including medical records reasonably necessary to any investigation, without fee.
(b)The Foster Care Ombudsman is allowed access to all records of any foster family home, state agency, child-placing agency, or residential care facility that is reasonably necessary for the investigation of a complaint, including, but not limited to, incident reports; dietary records; policies and procedures that a foster family home, a state agency, a child-placing agency, or a residential care facility are required to maintain under federal or state law; admission agreements; staffing schedules; or any document depicting the actual staffing pattern.
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Legislative History
2024 Reg. Sess., SB300
Nearby Sections
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§ 16B-1-1
Legislative Findings§ 16B-10-1
Short title§ 16B-10-11
Rules§ 16B-10-12
Advisory Committee§ 16B-10-2
Definitions§ 16B-10-5
Instruction and training§ 16B-10-8
Withdrawal of authorization§ 16B-10-9
Fees§ 16B-11-1
Name of act§ 16B-11-2
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West Virginia § 16B-16-4, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/wv/16B/16B-16-4.