This article may be cited as the "West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act."
W. Va. Code § 16-30-1
Short title
Known as the West Virginia Health Care Decisions Act
The act spans §§ 16–16 (25 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 230 W. Va. 471 - SER AMFM, LLC v. Hon. Charles E. King, etc. (2013)
Most recently applied in Rick Miller, Appointed Wrongful Death Representative for the Estate of Julia Faye Miller v. Life Care Centers of America, Inc., a Foreign Corporation and Casper Operations, Llc, a Foreign Llc, D/B/A Life Care Center of Casper (December 2020)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.