W. Va. Code § 16-29-1 - Copies of health care records to be furnished to patients

These requirements apply to all licensed, certified, and registered health care providers in West Virginia. 

A patient, his authorized agent or representative, may submit a written request for access to the patient's record. Within a reasonable time after receipt of such request, a provider must furnish a copy of all or a portion of the patient's record (or a copy of reports of a diagnostic procedure, if applicable). If a patient is receiving treatment for psychiatric or psychological problems, the provider need not make the full record available, but must make a summary of the record available to the patient, his authorized agent or representative after the treatment program has been terminated. 

No provider may be required to release a minor patient's records regarding a diagnosis, treatment or the provision of health care for birth control, prenatal care, drug rehabilitation or related services, or venereal disease to a parent or guardian without prior written consent of the minor patient. 

A patient or his authorized agent or representative may enforce any of these provisions, and a health care provider who is in violation of these requirements must pay attorneys fees and costs, including court costs, incurred in the course of such enforcement.