The following criteria shall be met before the State Police activate the Purple Alert:

1. (1) The person is believed to have a cognitive impairment;
2. (2) The person is believed to be missing, regardless of circumstance;
3. (3) An individual who has knowledge that the person is missing has submitted a missing person’s report to the State Police or other appropriate law-enforcement agency;
4. (4) The missing person may be in danger of death or serious bodily injury;
5. (5) The missing person is domiciled or believed to be located in the State of West Virginia;
6. (6) The missing person is, or is believed to be, at a location that cannot be determined by an individual familiar with the missing person, and the missing person is incapable of returning to his or her residence without assistance;
7. (7) There is sufficient information available to indicate that a Purple Alert would assist in locating the missing person; and
8. (8) The missing cognitively impaired person does not qualify for a Silver Alert or a Missing Endangered Child Alert.