W. Va. Code R. § 64-96-6 - Confidentiality

6.1. All information, records of the Infant and Maternal Mortality Review Team, and opinions expressed by members of the Review Team are confidential as described in W. Va. Code '48-25A-3.

6.2. Proceedings, records and opinions of the Infant and Maternal Mortality Review Team are confidential, in accordance with W. Va. Code '49-7-1, and are not subject to discovery, subpoena or introduction into evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding. Nothing in this subsection is to be construed to limit or restrict the right to discover or use in any civil or criminal proceeding anything that is available from another source and entirely independent of the proceedings of the Infant and Maternal Mortality Review Team.

6.3. Members of the Infant and Maternal Mortality Review Team may not be questioned in any civil or criminal proceeding regarding information presented in or opinions formed as a result of a meeting of the team. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prevent a member of the Infant and Maternal Mortality Review Team from testifying to information obtained independently of the team or which is public information.

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W. Va. Code R. § 64-96-6