West Virginia Code § 16-22A-1

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The physician or midwife in attendance at, or present immediately after, a live birth shall
perform, or cause to be performed, a test for hearing loss in the infant unless the infant's
parents refuse under subsection (c), section three of this article to have the testing
performed. For any infant delivered at a nonlicensed facility, including home births, the
physician or other health care provider shall inform the parents of the neede to obtain testing
within the first month of life. The director of the division of health shall prescribe the test or
tests to be administered in accordance with this article. r

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