2005 West Virginia Code - §18-10A-15. — Establishment of a central registry of traumatic spinal cord or traumatic head injury; acute care facility required to report spinal cord or head injury.

§18-10A-15. Establishment of a central registry of traumatic spinal cord or traumatic head injury; acute care facility required to report spinal cord or head injury.

(a) The director shall establish and maintain a central registry of persons who sustain spinal cord injury or severe head injury other than through disease, whether or not permanent disability results, in order to facilitate the provisions of appropriate rehabilitative services by the division or other state agencies to such persons.
(b) The current acute care facility shall report to the director by the most expeditious means within seven days after identification of any person sustaining such an injury. The report shall contain the name and residence of the person and the name of the current acute care facility.