West Virginia Code § 29-29-7

Liability of permittees and the nonprofit volunteer organization for
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volunteer services.
(a) Any claim arising out of the services provided by a permittee or the nonprofit volunteer
organization pursuant to this article shall be determined in the same manner and by the
same standards as if the permittee was authorized to practice in this state.
(b) The nonprofit youth organization shall carry liability insurance in limits of no less than $1
million per person, and $3 million per occurrence and $50,000 for property damage and this
insurance shall extend to the acts of any nonprofit volunteer permittees providing services
under this article and shall be primary to any other available insuurance.
(c) The liability of nonprofit volunteer permittees shall be limited to the amount of liability
insurance available to them under subsection (b) unless the act or omission giving rise to the
permittee's liability was the result of willful misconduct: Provided, That permittees deputized
by the Superintendent of the West Virginia State Police pursuant to section four of this
article and subsection (e), section twelve, article twlo, chapter fifteen of the code, shall not
be considered an insured under the terms of tshe liability insurance policy provided West
Virginia state agencies through the state Board of Risk and Insurance Management.
(d) The West Virginia appropriate licgensing agency shall not be liable for any harm or claim
arising solely out of the actions of any permittee exempt from obtaining authorization to
practice in this state pursuant to this article.

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