WEST VIRGINIA CODE
WVC 16 - 4 - 7
§16-4-7. False report or information.
Any physician or other person required to make reports of a
venereal disease hereunder, or who is required to report the
failure of any patient to return for further treatment, who fails
or refuses to make any such reports, or who knowingly reports a
person under a false or fictitious name or address, or who makes
any other statements on any report which he has reason to believe
are untrue, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be
punished as hereinafter provided; and each report that should
have been made, and each name that should have been given, and
each address that should have been given, or has been wrongfully
reported or given, shall be a separate offense; and a second
conviction of a physician for failure to comply with any
provision of this section shall be sufficient ground and reason
for the director of health, upon the recommendation of the
medical licensing board, to revoke the license of such physician.
Any person suffering with a venereal disease, whose name is
required to be reported hereunder, who gives to the physician or
person required to make reports herein required a false or
fictitious name or address, or who shall fail or refuse to answer
any proper question required to be reported hereunder, or who
makes any false statement in answer to any such question, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as hereinafter
provided.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session