West Virginia Code Chapter 16. Public Health § 16-5H-5. Exemptions

(1) A facility that does not prescribe or dispense controlled substances for the treatment of chronic pain;

(2) A hospital licensed in this state, a facility located on the campus of a licensed hospital that is owned, operated or controlled by that licensed hospital, and an ambulatory health care facility as defined by section two, article two-d, chapter sixteen of this code that is owned, operated or controlled by a licensed hospital;

(3) A physician practice owned or controlled, in whole or in part, by a licensed hospital or by an entity that owns or controls, in whole or in part, one or more licensed hospitals;

(4) A hospice program licensed in this state;

(5) A nursing home licensed in this state;

(6) An ambulatory surgical facility as defined by section two, article two-d, chapter sixteen of this code; and

(7) A facility conducting clinical research that may use controlled substances in studies approved by a hospital-based institutional review board or an institutional review board accredited by the association for the accreditation of human research protection programs.