2009 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 60A. UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT
ARTICLE 10. METHAMPHETAMINE LABORATORY ERADICATION ACT.
§60A-10-9 Persons mandated to report suspected injuries related to methamphetamine production; failure to report; penalty.

§60A-10-9. Persons mandated to report suspected injuries related to methamphetamine production; failure to report; penalty.
(a) When any medical, dental or mental health professional, Christian Science practitioner, religious healer or emergency medical services personnel has reason to believe that an injury is the direct result of exposure to the production of methamphetamine such person shall immediately, and not more than forty-eight hours after such suspicion arises, report the circumstances or cause a report to be made to a state, county or local law-enforcement agency.

(b) Any person required by this section to report a suspected methamphetamine-related injury who knowingly and intentionally fails to do so or knowingly and intentionally prevents another person acting reasonably from doing so shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned in jail not more than ten days, or both fined and imprisoned.