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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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