{
  "slug": "wv-department-of-health",
  "register": {
    "slug": "wv-department-of-health",
    "name": "West Virginia Department of Health",
    "local_name": null,
    "abbr": "WV-DOH",
    "jurisdiction": "state",
    "state": "WV",
    "state_name": "West Virginia",
    "country": null,
    "country_code": null,
    "category": "health",
    "agency_type": "department",
    "parent": "wv-government",
    "parent_name": "West Virginia State Government",
    "url": "https://aletheca.com/agencies/wv-department-of-health",
    "website": "https://www.wv.gov/department-of-health",
    "reading_room": null,
    "subject_to_foia": true,
    "law": {
      "id": "wv-foia",
      "citation": "W. Va. Code section 29B-1-1 et seq. (WV FOIA)",
      "statutory_days": 5,
      "business_days": true,
      "appeal_deadline_days": null
    },
    "intake": [
      {
        "channel": "email",
        "detail": "publicrecords@wv.gov",
        "label": "Email",
        "verified": false,
        "verification": "domain-verified",
        "verification_source": "domain in CISA .gov registry (2026-09-03); mailbox local-part unconfirmed",
        "last_checked": "2026-09-03",
        "automatable": false,
        "preferred": true,
        "reliability": "high",
        "instructions": "Email with 'Public Records Request' in subject; include fee waiver language per West Virginia Public Records Act"
      },
      {
        "channel": "portal",
        "detail": "https://www.wv.gov/public-records",
        "label": "State Portal",
        "verified": false,
        "verification": "unverified",
        "verification_source": "portal URL never checked",
        "last_checked": "2026-09-03",
        "automatable": false,
        "preferred": false,
        "reliability": "high",
        "instructions": "If state offers portal, file there and via email."
      },
      {
        "channel": "portal",
        "detail": "https://www.wv.gov/records/request",
        "label": "Web Form",
        "verified": false,
        "verification": "unverified",
        "verification_source": "portal URL never checked",
        "last_checked": "2026-09-03",
        "automatable": false,
        "preferred": false,
        "reliability": "medium",
        "instructions": "Where available."
      }
    ],
    "submission_readiness": {
      "status": "actionable",
      "verified_channels": [],
      "domain_verified_channels": [
        "email"
      ],
      "automatable_channels": [],
      "recommended_channel": "email",
      "checked_at": "2026-09-03",
      "notes": "Route via recommended_channel; confirm endpoint before bulk filing."
    },
    "holdings": [
      "inspection reports",
      "health data",
      "licensing",
      "vital stats"
    ],
    "tips": [
      "Be specific",
      "Cite state law",
      "Ask for rolling production",
      "Request fee waiver in writing"
    ],
    "tracking": "Agency acknowledgment; follow up via email/phone if no tracking system.",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "Imported from AlethecaData. Institutions are real; contact routes are inferred unless marked verified. See /coverage."
  },
  "scorecard": null,
  "components": [],
  "requests": []
}