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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


                1st cer fica on as a Regional Poison Center by the American

                   Associa on of Poison Control Centers‐September 1986


                Re‐cer fica on 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


                Established in WV Code W. Va. Code §18B‐11B‐1 et seq. (HB

                   4651)‐2006
















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