W. Va. Code R. § 133-33-6

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 133-33-6 - Administration and Operations

6.1. The Chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (Commission) oversees the administration of the Anatomical Board.

6.2. The Anatomical Board shall have the authority to appoint such officers and agents as may be necessary to carry out its operations. The chairperson of the Anatomical Board (the Chairperson), the administrative staff of the Anatomical Board, and location of the administrative office shall be reviewed at each annual meeting.

6.3. The Anatomical Board shall adopt and transmit to the Commission its Administrative Guidelines. By enacting this rule, the Commission specifically adopts, as its own, the Administrative Guidelines of the Anatomical Board.

6.4. The Administrative Guidelines of the Anatomical Board may be amended by the Anatomical Board. When such changes are made, however, the revised Administrative Guidelines shall be forwarded to the Commission.

6.5. The Anatomical Board is charged under West Virginia Code § 18B-4-8 with keeping a full and complete record of its transactions, indicating (among other things) every dead human body coming under its authority and giving the name, sex, age, date of death, place from which received, and when and from whom received. This record must be open at all times to the Attorney General of West Virginia and to any prosecuting attorney within the state.

6.6. Each institution which receives bodies under the Anatomical Board's authority shall, upon receipt of such body, file with the Anatomical Board a copy of the Death Certificate and a copy of the Donor Registration Form or Relative Release Form. Each institution in possession of bodies under the Anatomical Board's authority shall annually submit to the Anatomical Board the status of each body.

W. Va. Code R. § 133-33-6