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Do Not Resuscitate Act

W. Va. Code § 16-30C-1— Short title
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-2— Legislative findings and purposes
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-3— Definitions
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-4— Applicability
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-5— Presumed consent to cardiopulmonary resuscitation; health care facilities not required to expand to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-6— Issuance of a do-not-resuscitate order; order to be written by a physician, a physician’s assistant, or an advanced practice registered nurse
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-7— Compliance with a do-not-resuscitate order
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-8— Revocation of do not resuscitate order
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-9— Protection of persons carrying out in good faith do not resuscitate order; notification of representative or surrogate decision-maker by physician refusing to comply with do not resuscitate order
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-10— Insurance
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-11— Interinstitutional transfers
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-12— Preservation of existing rights
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-13— Do-not-resuscitate order form; do-not-resuscitate identification; public education
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-14— Not suicide or murder
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-15— Full faith and credit
W. Va. Code § 16-30C-16— Severability