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2009 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 16. PUBLIC HEALTH
ARTICLE 30C. DO NOT RESUSCITATE ACT.
§16-30C-4 Applicability.
§16-30C-4. Applicability.The provisions of this article apply to all persons regardless of whether or not they have completed a living will or medical power of attorney. For the purposes of direction to emergency medical services personnel, a do not resuscitate order does not apply to treatment rendered at the site where trauma has occurred to persons who experience a cardiac or respiratory arrest as the result of severe trauma.
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