West Virginia Code § 60-6-5

Applicability of chapter to certain uses by physicians, druggists and others
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The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent:
(1) A physician from prescribing the use of alcoholic liquors when necessary for a bona fide
patient;
(2) A druggist from selling, upon a prescription properly issued by a physician, alcoholic
liquors for medicinal purposes;
(3) A physician, dentist, or veterinarian, in the legitimate practice of his profession, from
using and administering alcoholic liquors;
(4) Hospitals, sanitariums, or that division of any institution which is regularly conducted as
a hospital, dispensary or infirmary, from using or admianistering alcoholic liquors to bona fide
patients. Institutions and the divisions thereof provided in this section may carry a stock of
alcoholic liquors sufficient for this purpose; l
(5) Religious organizations from using wine for sacramental purposes.

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