ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 722
(By Senators Wooton, Craigo, Jackson,
Walker, White, Buckalew and Scott)
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[Passed March 10, 1998; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend article five-e, chapter forty-nine of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
six, relating to authorizing the director of the division of
juvenile services, or his or her designee, to consent to
medical treatment of any juvenile in the director's custody.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article five-e, chapter forty-nine of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section six,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5E. DIVISION OF JUVENILE SERVICES.
§49-5E-6. Director authorized to consent to treatment of
juveniles in custody of the division.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the director, or his or her designee, is hereby authorized to
consent to the medical treatment of any juvenile in the legal or
physical custody of the director or the division.