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West Virginia Poison Center
History
• Established in 1979 by then WV Governor, U.S. Senator Jay
Rockefeller
• Recognized by the State of West Virginia as West Virginia’s
only poison center-April 1986
• Established in WV Code W.Va. Code W. Va. Code §18B-11B-1
et seq. (HB 4651)-2006
• 1st certification as a Regional Poison Center by the American
Association of Poison Control Centers-September 1986
• Re-certification granted: 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017
• Moved from borrowed space to the Robert C. Byrd Health
Sciences Center, West Virginia University Charleston Division-
1993
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