Children & Families Bureau

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) has been officially reorganized into three distinct departments as of January 1, 2024, following House Bill 2006. This legislation, passed in the 2023 Legislative Session, aimed to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of health and human services in the state. The newly organized departments include the West Virginia Department of Human Services (DoHS), led by Cabinet Secretary Alex J. Mayer, the West Virginia Department of Health (DH), headed by Arvin Singh, and the West Virginia Department of Health Facilities (DHF) under the leadership of Michael J. Caruso. This structural change is part of a broader initiative to modernize and improve the delivery of essential health services to the citizens of West Virginia. Generated from the website

The West Virginia Office of Laboratory Services, also known as State Hygienic Laboratory, has been a branch of the WV Bureau for Public Health since 1913. It promotes and strives to protect West Virginia's public health by supporting state and local infectious disease control efforts through diagnostic testing, preventing metabolic disorders detectable at birth, and assuring the quality of testing in clinical and environmental laboratories. Its services include training of laboratory personnel in West Virginia; providing quality control materials for county health department laboratories; approving clinical laboratories which perform prenatal syphilis serology in West Virginia; and approving clinical laboratories which perform AIDS-related testing on West Virginia patients. It also provides administration of the program for licensing clinical laboratory personnel. The West Virginia Office of Laboratory Services, located in South Charleston, W.Va., is operated by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.

The West Virginia RN Board is a state agency dedicated to promoting and safeguarding public health by regulating registered professional nurses and dialysis technicians. With a mission to ensure the highest standards of education and training, the board conducts primary source verification for RN and APRN licensees, offering a free service to verify licenses and facilitate endorsement to other State Boards of Nursing.Generated from the website