What can a practitioner in West Virginia be disciplined for?
Enforcement · part of The Practice Perimeter
Unprofessional conduct by any physician or podiatrist in referring a patient to any clinical laboratory or pharmacy in which the physician or podiatrist has a proprietary interest unless the physician or podiatrist discloses in writing such interest to the patient is a ground for discipline. The written disclosure shall indicate that the patient may choose any clinical laboratory for purposes of having any laboratory work or assignment performed or any pharmacy for purposes of purchasing any prescribed drug.
W. Va. Code §30-3-14(c)(7) · verified Sep 3, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
The rest of what West Virginia says on this
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The board may deny an application for a license or other authorization to practice medicine and surgery or podiatry in this state and may discipline a physician or podiatrist licensed or otherwise lawfully practicing in this state who, after a hearing, has been adjudged by the board as unqualified.
W. Va. Code §30-3-14(c) · verified Sep 3, 2026
The board shall initiate an investigation if it receives notice that three or more judgments, or any combination of judgments and settlements resulting in five or more unfavorable outcomes arising from medical professional liability, have been rendered or made against the physician or podiatrist within a five-year period. The board may not consider any judgments or settlements as conclusive evidence of professional incompetence or conclusive lack of qualification to practice.
W. Va. Code §30-3-14(a)(2) · verified Sep 3, 2026
The board may initiate investigations as to professional incompetence or other reasons for which a licensed physician or podiatrist may be adjudged unqualified based upon criminal convictions; complaints by citizens, pharmacists, physicians, podiatrists, peer review committees, hospital administrators, professional societies, or others; or unfavorable outcomes arising out of medical professional liability.
W. Va. Code §30-3-14(a)(2) · verified Sep 3, 2026
The board may deny an application for a license and may discipline a physician or podiatrist adjudged unqualified due to making or filing a report that the person knows to be false; intentionally or negligently failing to file a report or record required by state or federal law; willfully impeding or obstructing the filing of a report or record required by state or federal law; or inducing another person to do any of the foregoing.
W. Va. Code §30-3-14(c)(5) · verified Sep 3, 2026
It is unlawful for any person who does not hold an active, unexpired license issued pursuant to the article, or who is not practicing under the licensure exceptions set forth in the section, to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery or podiatry in the state, to represent that he or she is a physician, surgeon or podiatrist authorized to practice, or to use any title, word or abbreviation to indicate or induce others to believe that he or she is licensed; and a person found to be engaging in the practice of medicine who has never been licensed by the board, holds a license classified as expired for more than ninety days, or holds a license placed in inactive status, revoked, suspended or surrendered, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned in a correctional facility for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both.
W. Va. Code §30-3-13(a), (h) · verified Sep 8, 2026
Whenever it finds any person unqualified because of any of the grounds set forth in §30-3-14(c), the board may enter an order denying the application for a license, administering a public reprimand, suspending, limiting, or restricting the license or other authorization to practice medicine and surgery for not more than five years, or revoking the license or other authorization to practice medicine and surgery, or to prescribe or dispense controlled substances, for any period of time, including for the life of the licensee.
W. Va. Code §30-3-14(j)(1)–(4) · verified Sep 8, 2026
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