West Virginia Statutes
§ 27-1-9 — Mental health facility
"Mental health facility" means any inpatient, residential or outpatient facility for the care and treatment of the mentally ill, intellectually disabled or addicted which is operated, or licensed to operate, by the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification and includes state hospitals as defined in §27-1-6 of this code. The term also includes veterans administration hospitals, but does not include any regional jail, juvenile or adult correctional facility, or juvenile detention facility.
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Legislative History
2024 Reg. Sess., SB300; 2024 Reg. Sess., SB1004; 2010 Reg. Sess., HB4281; 1997 Reg. Sess., SB553; 1978 Reg. Sess., SB167; 1977 Reg. Sess., SB585; 1974 Reg. Sess., HB910
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
State hospital