W. Va. Code R. § 6-2-8
The licensee or registrant, or a licensee's or registrant's agents, assistants or employees shall get permission from a medical examiner or other qualified law enforcement official before removing or cremating a body when they have information of or suspect a crime or intentional violence in connection with the cause of death.
A licensee or registrant or his or her agents who have information of a possible crime shall immediately file a formal report of that information to a proper law enforcement officer, if the possible crime has not yet been reported. If the body is to be embalmed, the license or registrant or his or her agents shall also notify the embalmer prior to embalming the body.
A licensee or registrant or his or her agents shall not knowingly do any act that would conceal evidence of a crime.
W. Va. Code R. § 6-2-8