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W. Va. Code § 16-4C-11

Liability for cost of emergency medical service

Known as the Emergency Medical Services Act

The act spans §§ 16-4C-1 to 16-4C-9 (30 sections).

Any patient who receives an emergency medical service and who is unable to give his or her consent to or contract for the service, whether or not he or she has agreed or consented to liability for the service, shall be liable in implied contract to the entity providing the emergency medical service for the cost thereof.

Any person who receives an emergency medical service upon his or her request for the service shall be liable for the cost thereof.

Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.