Death Certificate Education

​​​for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses*


*Note: All registered nurses may complete this training for 1.5 contact hours of continuing education 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.

Introduction and Objectives ​

This presentation is required reading. Please click the link above. You must go through and attest to viewing the presentation in order to receive your continuing education credits. It is a large presentation and could possibly take a couple of minutes to download on a slow connection.


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West Virginia RN Board
5001 MacCorkle Ave, SW, South Charleston, WV 25309 (304) 744-0900