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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 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 Campus-
1993
Established in WV Code W. Va. Code §18B-11B-1 et seq. (HB
4651)-2006
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