West Virginia Code 16-3C-8 – Administrative implementation
(a) The commissioner of the bureau shall immediately implement and enforce the provisions of this article, and shall adopt rules to the extent necessary for further implementation of the article. The rules proposed by the bureau pursuant to this article may include procedures for taking appropriate action with regard to health care facilities or health care providers which violate this article or the rules promulgated hereunder. The provisions of the state administrative procedures act apply to all administrative rules and procedures of the bureau pursuant to this article, except that in case of conflict between the state administrative procedures act and this article, the provisions of this article shall control.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 16-3C-8
- Bureau: means the Bureau for Public Health. See West Virginia Code 16-3C-1
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health. See West Virginia Code 16-3C-1
- HIV: means the human immunodeficiency virus identified as the causative agent of AIDS. See West Virginia Code 16-3C-1
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
(b) The bureau shall promulgate rules to assure adequate quality control for all laboratories conducting HIV tests and to provide for a reporting and monitoring system for reporting to the bureau all positive HIV tests results.