Requiring all hospitals and medical offices to send a notice to all former or current patients when they turn 18, informing them that if they have had any negative or adverse side effects of a procedure that was performed on them as a child to contact the hospital or office to inform them of the issue

HB 2672 requires all hospitals and medical offices in West Virginia to send a notice to former or current patients who were under 18 during a medical or surgical procedure when those patients turn 18. The notice informs them that they should contact the provider if they experience negative or adverse effects from the procedure. This bill amends the West Virginia Medical Practice Act to mandate this notice requirement, applying to all patients who had procedures as minors. The West Virginia Board of Medicine will create rules to implement this policy.