West Virginia Statutes
§ 27-1-5 — Physician
West Virginia § 27-1-5
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Bluebook
W. Va. Code § 27-1-5 (2026).
Text
A "physician" is a person licensed under the laws of this state to practice medicine or a medical officer of the government of the United States while in this state in the performance of his official duties.
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Legislative History
1965 Reg. Sess., HB586
Nearby Sections
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§ 27-1-1
Definitions§ 27-1-10
Psychologists and psychiatrists§ 27-1-11
Addiction§ 27-1-12
Likely to cause serious harm§ 27-1-13
Chief medical officer§ 27-1-14
Detained or taken into custody§ 27-1-15
Computation of time§ 27-1-16
Incapacitated§ 27-1-17
Judicial officer§ 27-1-2
Mental illness§ 27-1-3
Intellectual disability§ 27-1-4
Inebriate§ 27-1-5
Physician§ 27-1-6
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Bluebook (online)
West Virginia § 27-1-5, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/wv/27/27-1-5.