for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses*
*Note: All registered nurses may complete this training for independent study in the subject area of legal aspects of professional nursing, however, pursuant to West Virginia Code 30-7-15d (a) (1), only Advanced Practice Registered Nurses may sign death certificates after completing this training.
Death certificate training is only required if you are going to sign death certificates.
This presentation is
required reading. Please click the link above. You must go through and attest to viewing the presentation in order to have your name on the death certificate training course completion list. It is a large presentation and could possibly take a couple of minutes to download on a slow connection.
Adobe Reader is required for viewing the document.
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After completing the presentation:
Contact the Department of Health Bureau for Public Health for questions on the electronic registration of vital events via WV DAVE
at Help Desk at 304-558-2931 Option 6, 8:30 AM ET to 5:00 PM ET Monday – Friday excluding state holidays.
For more information on the WV DAVE system, email wvdave@wv.gov..
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