West Virginia Code 16-4C-22 – Transportation of unconscious or otherwise uncommunicative patients
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(a) Emergency medical service personnel shall transport critically ill or injured, unconscious or otherwise uncommunicative patients to the medical facility designated by the medical command physician.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 16-4C-22
- Emergency medical service personnel: means any person certified by the commissioner to provide emergency medical services as set forth by legislative rule. See West Virginia Code 16-4C-3
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Medical command: means the issuing of orders by a physician from a medical facility to emergency medical service personnel for the purpose of providing appropriate patient care. See West Virginia Code 16-4C-3
- Patient: means any person who is a recipient of the services provided by emergency medical services. See West Virginia Code 16-4C-3
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
(b) No person may have the right to direct emergency medical service personnel to transport a patient to a specific medical facility unless the person is the legal guardian, parent of a minor or has power of attorney for the critically injured or ill patient.