§27-5-1. Appointment of Mental Hygiene Commissioner; Duties of Mental Hygiene Commissioner; Duties of Prosecuting Attorney; Duties of Sheriff; Duties of Supreme Court of Appeals; Use of Certified Municipal Law-Enforcement Officers
(a) Appointment of mental hygiene commissioners. The chief judge in each judicial circuit of this state shall appoint a competent attorney and may, if necessary, appoint additional attorneys to serve as mental hygiene commissioners to preside over involuntary hospitalization hearings. Mental hygiene commissioners shall be persons of good moral character and of standing in their […]
§27-5-1a. Appointment of Attorney to Aid Prosecutor; Certification of Performance; Fee
If, in any case, the prosecuting attorney and his assistants in a county in which there is a state mental health hospital are unable to act due to a burdensome number of cases brought under this article, the circuit court shall appoint some competent practicing attorney to act in that case. The court shall certify […]
§27-5-1b. Pilot Projects and Other Initiatives
(a) Duties of the Department of Health and Human Resources. The Secretary shall, in collaboration with designees of the Supreme Court of Appeals, the Sheriffs Association, the Prosecuting Attorneys Association, the Public Defender Services, the Behavioral Health Providers Association, Disability Rights of West Virginia, and a designee of the Dangerousness Assessment Advisory Board, undertake an […]