West Virginia Code 16-46-1 – Purpose and findings
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(a) The purpose of this article is to prevent deaths in circumstances involving individuals who have overdosed on opiates.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 16-46-1
- Overdose: means an acute condition, including, but not limited to, life-threatening physical illness, coma, mania, hysteria or death, which is the result of the consumption or use of opioid drugs. See West Virginia Code 16-46-2
(b) The Legislature finds that permitting licensed health care providers to prescribe opioid antagonists to initial responders as well as individuals at risk of experiencing an overdose, their relatives, friends or caregivers may prevent accidental deaths as a result of opiate-related overdoses.