§26-10-1. Authority of Commissioner of Public Institutions to Establish; Exonerating Persons From Payment
Notwithstanding any limitation contained in this chapter or any provision therein to the contrary, the commissioner of public institutions is authorized to establish and charge the inmate or patient reasonable fees for the maintenance of each person admitted to a hospital, home or sanitarium under his jurisdiction and control: Provided, That the commissioner of public […]
§26-11-1. Management by Director of Health
The director of health or his or her successor shall manage, direct, control and govern the Andrew S. Rowan memorial home, Denmar hospital, heretofore established and known as Denmar state hospital, Hopemont hospital, heretofore known as Hopemont state hospital, Pinecrest hospital, John Manchin, Sr., health care center, established as the Fairmont emergency hospital and formerly […]
§26-11-2. Supervision of Each Facility by Administrator; Qualifications of Administrator; Clinical Director
Each facility provided for in this article shall have a chief executive officer denominated an "administrator." The administrator shall be the person having the fiscal responsibility of the facility and the authority to manage and administer the financial, business and personnel affairs of the facility under the direction of the director of health. The administrator […]
§26-11-3. Guidelines for Admissions; Fees for the Maintenance of Persons
Pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the board of health, the director of health shall prescribe guidelines for the admission of persons to the facilities provided for in this article, with precedence given to those persons who are unable to pay. The director may establish and charge reasonable fees for the maintenance of persons […]
§26-11-4. Transfer of Residents; Rules and Regulations for Maintenance of Patients
The director of health may transfer residents between the facilities administered by the board of health or its successor, except as otherwise provided by article five, chapter twenty- seven of this code. The director may accept transfer of residents from correctional institutions, subject to the provisions of chapter twenty-eight of this code. The director shall […]
§26-8-1. Continuation; Management; Superintendent; Qualifications of Superintendent; Division of Fiscal, Administrative and Clinical Duties; Certain Persons Exempted From Qualification Requirements
(a) The hospitals heretofore established and known, respectively, as Welch emergency hospital and Fairmont emergency hospital shall be continued and shall be managed, directed and controlled as prescribed in article eleven, chapter twenty-six of this code: Provided, That the hospital established as Fairmont emergency hospital and later renamed the Marion health care hospital shall henceforth […]
§26-8-2. Patients; Expenses; Disposition of Receipts
The Department of Health and Human Resources shall admit to the hospitals, under its rules, persons requiring hospital care and shall treat free of charge persons accidentally injured in this state while engaged in their usual employment, but preference at all times shall be given to persons accidentally injured: Provided, That the executive director of […]
§26-8-3. Admission of Deformed, Crippled or Defective Children
The state commissioner of public institutions shall prescribe rules and regulations for the admission of deformed, crippled or otherwise defective children to said hospitals for surgical or orthopedic treatment and care. The rules and regulations shall provide for the treatment and care of such children at said hospitals free of charge, when it is shown […]
§26-9-1. Establishment and Continuation; Name and Location; Management; Superintendent; Qualifications of Superintendent; Division of Fiscal, Administrative and Clinical Duties; Certain Persons Exempted From Qualification Requirements
(a) Hopemont State Hospital, heretofore established, shall be continued as a hospital for both chronically ill and infirm, which hospital shall be managed, directed and controlled as prescribed in article one, chapter twenty-five of this code. The chief executive officer thereof shall be the superintendent, who shall be a college graduate and have a minimum […]
§26-9-2. Eligibility for Admission of Patients
All persons meeting requirements for admission to Denmar State Hospital pursuant to the provisions of section two, article six of this chapter, or requirements for admission to Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home, pursuant to the provisions of section two, article three of this chapter, shall be eligible for admission to Hopemont State Hospital pursuant to […]