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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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