WV State Agencies & Bureaus

Bureau for Medical Services
The State Medicaid Agency
Health Care Authority -- Certificate of Need
The Health Care Authority, created under Chapter 16 of the West Virginia Code, has been given responsibility for constraining the rising cost of health care and assuring reasonable access to quality health care services for West Virginians.
Infectious Medical Waste Program
The WV Infectious Medical Waste Program strives “to provide effective controls for the management of infectious medical waste and to insure the protection of the public health, safety and welfare, as well as the environment in West Virginia.
Insurance Commission
The Consumer Services Division is responsible for resolving conflicts between insurance consumers and insurance companies in the state of West Virginia.
Office of the Attorney General
The WV Office of Attorney General's Consumer Protection and Antitrust Divisions are “responsible for enforcing the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act, the West Virginia Antitrust Act, and the Preneed Funeral Contracts Act.
Office of Social Services Adult Protective Services
The Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Social Services, is the agency within West Virginia that is responsible for providing protective services for adults, ages eighteen and older.
Public Health Sanitation Division
For a list of the County Sanitarians in West Virginia, clink on the link listed here and then scroll down the page to select the Local Health Department Office's link.
Public Health Sanitation Division Food Sanitation
The WV Public Health Sanitation Division is “responsible for developing, administering, and implementing a statewide program designed and dedicated to the eradication, control, and constant improvement of environmental and public health sanitation factors that may, through direct or indirect causes, adversely affect the health and well-being of people.
State Fire Marshal