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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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