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WV Health Care Laws

Legislation

  • Health Care Decisions Act

  • DNR Act

  • H.B. 2944 End-of-Life Care of Residents in Nursing Homes

  • WV Health Care Decisions Act - PowerPoint slides

  • Management of Intractable Pain Act - H. B. 4275

  • Uniform Determination of Death Act

  • H.B. 2815 (Continuing Education for End-of-Life Care)

  • H.B. 2839 Management of Pain Act

Policies

  • Model Policy for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain

  • Joint Policy Statement on Pain Management at the End of Life

Advance Care Planning Forms and Tools

  • Assessing Decision-Making Capacity

  • Assessing Decision-Making Capacity Flowchart

  • Mature Minor and Emancipated Minor

  • “Job Description” for Medical Power of Attorney Representative and Healthcare Surrogate in West Virginia

  • Medical Power of Attorney Duties

  • Family Conversations - How to Talk with Your Family and Friends About Future Health Care Decisions

  • POST Update: Respecting Patients' Wishes at the End of Life

  • Possible Directives for the Special Directives or Limitations section of the Living Will

  • Annotated Bibliography on Outcomes with Feeding Tubes

New Advance Care Bulletins

  • DHHR's Obligation to Serve as Health Care Surrogate

  • OHFLAC Memo Addressing DNR Issues

  • Warning Against Special Directive Attachment

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