West Virginia Motorcycle Laws

Emergency Response:

§55-7-15. 

No person, including a person licensed to practice medicine or dentistry, who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of an accident or to a victim at the scene of a crime, without remuneration, shall be liable for any civil damages as the result of any act or omission in rendering such emergency care.

Automatic External Defibrillator:

An entity providing an early defibrillation program shall:

1. Register the program with the office of emergency medical services, pursuant to article four-c of this chapter, identifying the placement of AEDs, training of AED operators, preplanned EMS system coordination, designation of a medical director, maintenance of AED equipment and reports of AED utilization;
2. Require the operator of an AED to receive appropriate training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, referred to as “CPR”, in the operation of an AED and in the determination of advance directives from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, any other nationally recognized course in CPR and AED, or an AED and CPR training program approved by the office of emergency medical services;
3. Maintain and test the AED in accordance with the manufacturer’s guidelines, and keep written records of this maintenance and testing;
4. Designate a medical director for the coordination of the program, which shall include, but not limited to, training, coordinating with EMS, creating AED deployment strategies and reviewing each operation of an AED;
5. Notify the local EMS system and public safety answering point or other appropriate emergency dispatch center of the existence of an entity’s early defibrillation program, the location of the program and the program’s plan for coordination with the EMS system;
6. Provide that an operator of an AED who renders emergency care or treatment on a person experiencing cardiac arrest shall activate the EMS system as soon as possible and shall report the use of an AED to the program medical director; and
7. Comply with the guidelines of the West Virginia office of emergency medical services regarding data collection and reporting.

A person is not liable for civil damages as a result of any act or omission in rendering emergency medical care or treatment involving the use of an AED if the care or treatment does not amount to gross negligence and the following conditions are met:

1. The person, entity, certified trainer or medical director of the early defibrillation program is in compliance with the provisions of section three of this article; and
2. he person is an operator of an AED who gratuitously and in good faith rendered emergency medical care, pursuant to the requirements of section three of this article, other than in the ordinary course of the person’s employment or profession.