West Virginia Statutes
§ 27-1A-2 — Creation; composition; control of state hospitals
West Virginia § 27-1A-2
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Bluebook
W. Va. Code § 27-1A-2 (2026).
Text
There shall be a state department of mental health, to be known as the department of mental health. It shall be a corporation and, as such, shall have a seal and may contract and be contracted with. The department shall consist of a director of mental health, supervisors of divisions of the department, and such other employees as are needed to carry out its functions. The department shall supervise and control the state hospitals.
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Legislative History
1965 Reg. Sess., HB586; 1957 Reg. Sess., SB182
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 § 27-1A-2, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/wv/27/27-1A-2.