§26-1-3. Superintendent; Establishment of Rules
The commissioner of welfare shall appoint a superintendent of the children's home. The superintendent shall establish and post rules for operation of the home, subject to approval of the commissioner.
§26-3-1. Establishment; Name; Management; Superintendent
The West Virginia home for aged and infirm men and women is hereby established at Sweet Springs, Monroe county, West Virginia, to be known as Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home, and shall be managed, directed and controlled as provided in article one, chapter twenty-five of this code. The chief executive officer thereof shall be a […]
§26-3-2. Admission of Inmates
Any man or woman shall be eligible for admission to said home who: (1) Has attained the age of sixty years;
§26-3-3. Transfer of Inmates of State Hospitals
The state commissioner of public institutions shall have authority to transfer any person from Weston State Hospital, Spencer State Hospital and Huntington State Hospital to the Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home who is qualified for admission under the provisions of this article. The said commissioner shall also have authority to transfer any such person to […]
§26-3-4. Transfer of Inmates From the Industrial School for Boys
The state commissioner of public institutions shall also have the power and authority to transfer, from time to time, any number of inmates of the industrial school for boys at Pruntytown, to the Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home, if, in the opinion of the commissioner, the maintenance of boys at this institution will promote their […]
§26-3-5. How Expenses to Be Paid
The pay for the care and accommodation of any person who may be admitted to the home, except as to those transferred from state hospitals and from the industrial school for boys, shall be provided by the county department of public assistance of the county which recommended his or her admission; and said county department […]
§26-5-1. Continuation; Management; Superintendent; Qualifications of Superintendent; Division of Fiscal, Administrative and Clinical Duties; Certain Persons Exempted From Qualification Requirements
(a) The tuberculosis sanitarium heretofore established at Beckley, for the care and treatment of persons afflicted with tuberculosis, shall be continued and shall be known as the Jackie Withrow hospital, and shall be managed, directed and controlled as prescribed in article one, chapter twenty-five and in section eight, article one, chapter sixteen of this code: […]
§26-1-1. West Virginia Children's Home
The West Virginia Children's Home, heretofore established, shall be continued, and shall be managed, directed and controlled by the state department of welfare.
§26-1-2. Admission of Children
The state department of welfare shall admit to the home children surrendered or otherwise placed in its custody in any manner authorized by law; and the children shall be kept, maintained and educated therein until they can be placed by legal authority in suitable homes elsewhere.