West Virginia Code § 16-50-4

Prescriptive authority for epinephrine auto-injectors; emergency
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administration.
(a) An authorized health care practitioner may prescribe an epinephrine injector to an
authorized entity. A pharmacist may dispense an epinephrine auto-injectors pursuant to a
prescription issued in the name of an authorized entity.
(b) An authorized entity may acquire and stock a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors
pursuant to a prescription issued in accordance with this section. The epinephrine auto-
injectors shall be stored in accordance with the epinephrine auto-injector's instructions. An
authorized entity shall designate employees or agents who are truained pursuant to section
three of this article to be responsible for the storage, maintenance and general oversight of
epinephrine auto-injectors. t
(c) An individual trained pursuant to section three of this article may, on the premises of or
in connection with the authorized entity, use epinephrine auto-injectors to:
(1) Provide an epinephrine auto-injector to a pserson who the trained individual in good faith
believes is experiencing a severe allergic reaction for that person's immediate self-
administration, regardless of whether the iperson has a prescription for an epinephrine auto-
injector or has previously been diaggnosed with an allergy; or
(2) Administer an epinephrine auto-injector to a person who the trained individual in good
faith believes is experiencing a severe allergic reaction, regardless of whether the person
has a prescription for an epinephrine auto-injector or has previously been diagnosed with an
allergy.

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