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70.48.230 | Transportation and temporary confinement of prisoners. | The jurisdiction having immediate authority over a prisoner is responsible for the transportation expenses. The transporting officer shall have custody of the prisoner within any Washington county while being transported. Any jail within the state may be used for the temporary confinement of the prisoner with the only ... |
70.48.240 | Transfer of felons from jail to state institution—Time limit. | A person imprisoned in a jail and sentenced to a state institution for a felony conviction shall be transferred to a state institution before the forty-first day from the date of sentencing. This section does not apply to persons sentenced for a felony who are held in the facility as a condition of probation or who are... |
70.48.245 | Transfer of persons with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries from jail to department of corrections facility. | When a jail has determined that a person in custody has or may have a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020 or a traumatic brain injury, upon transfer of the person to a department of corrections facility or other jail facility, every reasonable effort shall be made by the transferring jail staff to com... |
70.48.380 | Special detention facilities—Fees for cost of housing. | The legislative authority of a county or city that establishes a special detention facility as defined in RCW 70.48.020 for persons convicted of violating RCW 46.61.502 or 46.61.504 may establish a reasonable fee schedule to cover the cost of housing in the facility. The schedule shall be on a sliding basis that reflec... |
70.48.390 | Fee payable by person being booked. | A governing unit may require that each person who is booked at a city, county, or regional jail pay a fee based on the jail's actual booking costs or one hundred dollars, whichever is less, to the sheriff's department of the county or police chief of the city in which the jail is located. The fee is payable immediately... |
70.48.400 | Sentences to be served in state institutions—When—Sentences that may be served in jail—Financial responsibility of city or county. | Persons sentenced to felony terms or a combination of terms of more than three hundred sixty-five days of incarceration shall be committed to state institutions under the authority of the department of corrections. Persons serving sentences of three hundred sixty-five consecutive days or less may be sentenced to a jail... |
70.48.410 | Financial responsibility for convicted felons. | Persons convicted of a felony as defined by chapter 9A.20 RCW and committed to the care and custody of the department of corrections shall be the financial responsibility of the department of corrections not later than the eighth day, excluding weekends and holidays, following sentencing for the felony and notification... |
70.48.420 | Financial responsibility for persons detained on parole hold. | A person detained in jail solely by reason of a parole hold is the financial responsibility of the city or the county detaining the person until the sixteenth day, at which time the person shall become the financial responsibility of the department of corrections. Persons who are detained in a jail on a parole hold and... |
70.48.430 | Financial responsibility for work release inmates detained in jail. | Inmates, as defined by *RCW 72.09.020 , who reside in a work release facility and who are detained in a city or county jail are the financial responsibility of the department of corrections.
[ 1984 c 235 s 4 .]
*Reviser's note: RCW 72.09.020 was repealed by 1995 1st sp.s. c 19 s 36 .
Effective dates — 1984 c 235: See n... |
70.48.440 | Office of financial management to establish reimbursement rate for cities and counties—Rate until June 30, 1985—Reestablishment of rates. | The office of financial management shall establish a uniform equitable rate for reimbursing cities and counties for the care of sentenced felons who are the financial responsibility of the department of corrections and are detained or incarcerated in a city or county jail. Until June 30, 1985, the rate for the care of ... |
70.48.450 | Local jail reporting form—Information to be provided by city or county requesting payment for prisoners from state. | The department of corrections is responsible for developing a reporting form for the local jails. The form shall require sufficient information to identify the person, type of state responsibility, method of notification for availability for movement, and the number of days for which the state is financially responsibl... |
70.48.460 | Contracts for incarceration services for prisoners not covered by RCW70.48.400through70.48.450. | Nothing in RCW 70.48.400 through 70.48.450 precludes the establishment of mutually agreeable contracts between the department of corrections and counties for incarceration services of prisoners not covered by RCW 70.48.400 through 70.48.450 .
[ 1984 c 235 s 7 .]
Effective dates — 1984 c 235: See note following RCW 70.4... |
70.48.470 | Sex, kidnapping offenders—Notices to offenders, law enforcement officials. | (1) A person having charge of a jail shall notify in writing any confined person who is in the custody of the jail for a conviction of a sex offense or a kidnapping offense as defined in RCW 9A.44.128 of the registration requirements of RCW 9A.44.130 at the time of the inmate's release from confinement, and shall obtai... |
70.48.475 | Release of offender or defendant subject to a discharge review—Required notifications. | (1) A person having charge of a jail, or that person's designee, shall notify the designated crisis responder seventy-two hours prior to the release to the community of an offender or defendant who was subject to a discharge review under RCW 71.05.232 . If the person having charge of the jail does not receive seventy-t... |
70.48.480 | Communicable disease prevention guidelines. | (1) Local jail administrators shall develop and implement policies and procedures for the uniform distribution of communicable disease prevention guidelines to all jail staff who, in the course of their regularly assigned job responsibilities, may come within close physical proximity to offenders or detainees with comm... |
70.48.490 | Delivery and administration of medications and medication assistance by nonpractitioner jail personnel—Conditions.(Effective until June 30, 2027.) | Jails may provide for the delivery and administration of medications and medication assistance for inmates in their custody by nonpractitioner jail personnel, subject to the following conditions: (1) The jail administrator or his or her designee, or chief law enforcement executive or his or her designee, shall enter in... |
70.48.500 | Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Allowed in extraordinary circumstances. | (1) Except in extraordinary circumstances no restraints of any kind may be used on any pregnant woman or youth incarcerated in a correctional facility or any facility covered by this chapter during transportation to and from visits to medical providers and court proceedings during the third trimester of her pregnancy, ... |
70.48.501 | Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Provision of information to staff, women, or youth of childbearing age in custody. | (1) The jail administrator or his or her designee or chief law enforcement executive or his or her designee shall provide notice of the requirements of chapter 181, Laws of 2010 to the appropriate staff at a correctional facility or a facility covered by this chapter. Appropriate staff shall include all medical staff a... |
70.48.502 | Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Limited immunity from liability. | No civil liability may be imposed by any court on the county or its jail officers or employees under RCW 70.48.500 and 70.48.501 except upon proof of gross negligence.
[ 2010 c 181 s 14 .] |
70.48.510 | Unexpected fatality review—Records—Discovery. | (1)(a) A city or county department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer responsible for the operation of a jail shall conduct an unexpected fatality review in any case in which the death of an individual confined in the jail is unexpected. (b) The city or county department of corrections or chief law enforce... |
70.48.520 | Collaboration with managed care organizations. | A department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer responsible for the operation of a jail shall make reasonable efforts to collaborate with managed care organizations, as defined in RCW 71.24.025 , for the purposes of care coordination activities and improving health care delivery and release planning for pe... |
70.48.530 | Release from custody—Information on opioid substance use disorder treatment programs. | When a jail releases any individual from custody, it must provide the individual with information regarding the availability of substance use disorder treatment programs relating to addictions to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, including assessment and services available under RCW 10.31.110 or another program or ... |
70.48.540 | Obtaining a state-issued identicard—Individuals in custody. | (1) By July 1, 2025, using previous experience working with Washington prisons and jails, the department of licensing, in consultation with the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, shall develop a model policy, process, and appropriate forms and informational materials for the department of licensing a... |
70.48.800 | Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Informational packet. | The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, the department of corrections, the department of social and health services, juvenile rehabilitation administration, and the criminal justice training commission shall jointly develop an informational packet on the requirements of chapter 181, Laws of 2010. The ... |
70.48.801 | Jail standards task force. | (1) A joint legislative task force on jail standards is established, with members as provided in this subsection. (a) The president of the senate shall appoint one member from each of the two largest caucuses of the senate. (b) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint one member from each of the two la... |
70.50.010 | Appointment—Salary. | The secretary of health shall appoint and employ an otologist skilled in diagnosis of diseases of the ear and defects in hearing, especially for school children with an impaired sense of hearing, and shall fix the salary of such otologist in a sum not exceeding the salary of the secretary.
[ 1991 c 3 s 340 ; 1979 c 141... |
70.50.020 | Duties. | The otologist shall cooperate with the state department of public instruction, and with the state, county, and city health officers, seeking for the children in the schools who are hard of hearing, or have an impaired sense of hearing, and making otological inspections and examinations of children referred to him or he... |
70.54.005 | Transfer of duties to the department of health. | The powers and duties of the secretary of social and health services under this chapter shall be performed by the secretary of health, except where specified in this chapter.
[ 2025 c 145 s 6 ; 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 250 .]
Effective date — Severability — 1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920 . |
70.54.010 | Polluting water supply—Penalty. | Every person who shall deposit or suffer to be deposited in any spring, well, stream, river or lake, the water of which is or may be used for drinking purposes, or on any property owned, leased or otherwise controlled by any municipal corporation, corporation or person as a watershed or drainage basin for a public or p... |
70.54.020 | Furnishing impure water—Penalty. | Every owner, agent, manager, operator or other person having charge of any waterworks furnishing water for public or private use, who shall knowingly permit any act or omit any duty or precaution by reason whereof the purity or healthfulness of the water supplied shall become impaired, shall be guilty of a gross misdem... |
70.54.030 | Pollution of watershed of city in adjoining state—Penalty. | Any person who shall place or cause to be placed within any watershed from which any city or municipal corporation of any adjoining state obtains its water supply, any substance which either by itself or in connection with other matter will corrupt, pollute or impair the quality of said water supply, or the owner of an... |
70.54.040 | Secretary to advise local authorities on sanitation. | The commissioners of any county or the mayor of any city may call upon the secretary of health for advice relative to improving sanitary conditions or disposing of garbage and sewage or obtaining a pure water supply, and when so called upon the secretary shall either personally or by an assistant make a careful examina... |
70.54.050 | Exposing contagious disease—Penalty. | Every person who shall willfully expose himself or herself to another, or any animal affected with any contagious or infectious disease, in any public place or thoroughfare, except upon his or her or its necessary removal in a manner not dangerous to the public health; and every person so affected who shall expose any ... |
70.54.060 | Ambulances and drivers. | (1) The drivers of all ambulances shall be required to take the advanced first aid course as prescribed by the American Red Cross. (2) All ambulances must be at all times equipped with first aid equipment consisting of leg and arm splints and standard twenty-four unit first aid kit as prescribed by the American Red Cro... |
70.54.065 | Ambulances and drivers—Penalty. | Any person violating any of the provisions herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1945 c 65 s 2 ; Rem. Supp. 1945 s 6131-2. Formerly RCW 70.54.060 , part.] |
70.54.070 | Door of public buildings to swing outward—Penalty. | The doors of all theaters, opera houses, school buildings, churches, public halls, or places used for public entertainments, exhibitions or meetings, which are used exclusively or in part for admission to or egress from the same, or any part thereof, shall be so hung and arranged as to open outwardly, and during any ex... |
70.54.080 | Liability of person handling steamboat or steam boiler. | Every person who shall apply, or cause to be applied to a steam boiler a higher pressure of steam than is allowed by law, or by any inspector, officer or person authorized to limit the same; every captain or other person having charge of the machinery or boiler in a steamboat used for the conveyance of passengers on th... |
70.54.090 | Attachment of objects to utility poles—Penalty. | (1) It shall be unlawful to attach to utility poles any of the following: Advertising signs, posters, vending machines, or any similar object which presents a hazard to, or endangers the lives of, electrical workers. Any attachment to utility poles shall only be made with the permission of the utility involved, and sha... |
70.54.120 | Immunity from implied warranties and civil liability relating to blood, blood products, tissues, organs, or bones—Scope—Effective date. | The procurement, processing, storage, distribution, administration, or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products and blood derivatives for the purpose of injecting or transfusing the same, or any of them, or of tissues, organs, or bones for the purpose of transplanting them, or any of them, into the human body is decl... |
70.54.130 | Laetrile—Legislative declaration. | It is the intent of the legislature that passage of RCW 70.54.130 through 70.54.150 shall not constitute any endorsement whatever of the efficacy of amygdalin (Laetrile) in the treatment of cancer, but represents only the legislature's endorsement of a patient's freedom of choice, so long as the patient has been given ... |
70.54.140 | Laetrile—Interference with physician/patient relationship by health facility—Pharmacy quality assurance commission, duties. | No hospital or health facility may interfere with the physician/patient relationship by restricting or forbidding the use of amygdalin (Laetrile) when prescribed or administered by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 18.57 or 18.71 RCW and requested by a patient under his/her care who has requested the substance a... |
70.54.150 | Physicians not subject to disciplinary action for prescribing or administering laetrile—Conditions. | No physician may be subject to disciplinary action by any entity of either the state of Washington or a professional association for prescribing or administering amygdalin (Laetrile) to a patient under his/her care who has requested the substance after having been given sufficient information in writing to make an info... |
70.54.160 | Public restrooms—Pay facilities—Penalty. | (1) Every establishment which maintains restrooms for use by the public shall not discriminate in charges required between facilities used by men and facilities used by women. (2) When coin lock controls are used, the controls shall be so allocated as to allow for a proportionate equality of free toilet units available... |
70.54.180 | Deaf persons access to emergency services—Telecommunication devices. | (1) For the purpose of this section "telecommunication device" means an instrument for telecommunication in which speaking or hearing is not required for communicators. (2) The county legislative authority of each county with a population of eighteen thousand or more and the governing body of each city with a populatio... |
70.54.190 | DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide)—Use—Liability. | No hospital or health facility may interfere with the physician/patient relationship by restricting or forbidding the use of DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide) when prescribed or administered by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 18.57 or 18.71 RCW and requested by a patient under his/her care who has requested the substa... |
70.54.200 | Fees for repository of vaccines, biologics. | The department shall prescribe by rule a schedule of fees predicated on the cost of providing a repository of emergency vaccines and other biologics.
[ 1981 c 284 s 2 .]
Reviser's note: Although 1981 c 284 directs this section be added to chapter 74.04 RCW, codification here is considered more appropriate. The "departm... |
70.54.220 | Practitioners to provide information on prenatal testing and cord blood banking. | All persons licensed or certified by the state of Washington to provide prenatal care or to practice medicine shall provide information to all pregnant women in their care regarding: (1) The use and availability of prenatal tests; and (2) Using objective and standardized information: (a) The differences between and pot... |
70.54.222 | Cord blood banks—Regulation—Application of consumer protection act—Definitions. | (1) A cord blood bank advertising, offering to provide, or providing private cord blood banking services to residents in this state must: (a) Have all applicable licenses, accreditations, and other authorizations required under federal and Washington state law to engage in cord blood banking; (b) Include, in any advert... |
70.54.230 | Cancer registry program. | The secretary of health may contract with either a recognized regional cancer research institution or regional tumor registry, or both, which shall hereinafter be called the contractor, to establish a statewide cancer registry program and to obtain cancer reports from all or a portion of the state as required in RCW 70... |
70.54.240 | Cancer registry program—Reporting requirements. | (1) The department of health shall adopt rules as to which types of cancer shall be reported, who shall report, and the form and timing of the reports. A patient's usual occupation or, if the patient is retired, the primary occupation of the patient before retirement must be reported. (2) Every health care facility and... |
70.54.250 | Cancer registry program—Confidentiality. | (1) Data obtained under RCW 70.54.240 shall be used for statistical, scientific, medical research, and public health purposes only. (2) The department and its contractor shall ensure that access to data contained in the registry is consistent with federal law for the protection of human subjects and consistent with cha... |
70.54.260 | Liability. | Providing information required under RCW 70.54.240 or 70.54.250 shall not create any liability on the part of the provider nor shall it constitute a breach of confidentiality. The contractor shall, at the request of the provider, but not more frequently than once a year, sign an oath of confidentiality, which reads sub... |
70.54.270 | Rule making. | The department shall adopt rules to implement RCW 70.54.230 through 70.54.260 , including but not limited to a definition of cancer.
[ 1990 c 280 s 6 .]
Intent — 1990 c 280: See note following RCW 70.54.230 . |
70.54.280 | Bone marrow donor recruitment and education program—Generally—Target minority populations—Report. | The department of health shall establish a bone marrow donor recruitment and education program to educate residents of the state about: (1) The need for bone marrow donors; (2) The procedures required to become registered as a potential bone marrow donor, including procedures for determining a person's tissue type; (3)... |
70.54.290 | Bone marrow donor recruitment and education program—State employees to be recruited. | The department of health shall make special efforts to educate and recruit state employees to volunteer as potential bone marrow donors. Such efforts shall include, but not be limited to, conducting a bone marrow donor drive to encourage state employees to volunteer as potential bone marrow donors. The drive shall incl... |
70.54.300 | Bone marrow donor recruitment and education program—Private sector and community involvement. | In addition to educating and recruiting state employees, the department of health shall make special efforts to encourage community and private sector businesses and associations to initiate independent efforts to achieve the goals of chapter 109, Laws of 1992.
[ 1992 c 109 s 4 .]
Findings — 1992 c 109: See note follow... |
70.54.305 | Bone marrow donation—Status as minor not a disqualifying factor. | A person's status as a minor may not disqualify him or her from bone marrow donation.
[ 2000 c 116 s 1 .] |
70.54.310 | Semiautomatic external defibrillator—Duty of acquirer—Immunity from civil liability. | (1) As used in this section, "defibrillator" means a semiautomatic external defibrillator as prescribed by a physician licensed under chapter 18.71 RCW or an osteopath licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW. (2) A person or entity who acquires a defibrillator shall ensure that: (a) Expected defibrillator users receive reason... |
70.54.315 | Semiautomatic external defibrillators—Fitness centers. | (1) The owner of a fitness center shall acquire and maintain at least one semiautomatic external defibrillator on premises. (2) The fitness center must comply with the requirements of RCW 70.54.310 , including instruction of personnel on the use of the defibrillator, maintenance of the defibrillator, and notification o... |
70.54.320 | Electrology and tattooing—Findings. | The legislature finds and declares that the practices of electrology and tattooing involve an invasive procedure with the use of needles and instruments which may be dangerous when improperly sterilized presenting a risk of infecting the client with blood-borne pathogens such as HIV and Hepatitis B. It is in the intere... |
70.54.330 | Electrology and tattooing—Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 70.54.320 , 70.54.340 , and 70.54.350 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Electrologist" means a person who practices the business of electrology for a fee. (2) "Electrology" means the process by which hair is permanently removed through the utilizati... |
70.54.340 | Electrology, body art, body piercing, and tattooing—Rules, sterilization requirements. | The secretary of health shall adopt by rule requirements, in accordance with nationally recognized professional standards, for precautions against the spread of disease, including the sterilization of needles and other instruments, including sharps and jewelry, employed by electrologists, persons engaged in the practic... |
70.54.350 | Electrology and tattooing—Practitioners to comply with rules—Penalty. | (1) Any person who practices electrology or tattooing shall comply with the rules adopted by the department of health under *RCW 70.54.340 . (2) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
[ 2001 c 194 s 4 .]
*Reviser's note: RCW 70.54.340 was amended by 2009 c 412 s 19, adding body art and body piercing to its appli... |
70.54.355 | Scleral tattooing prohibited—Penalties—Enforcement. | (1) A person may not perform or offer to perform scleral tattooing on another person. (2) A person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each violation, as determined by the court. (3)(a) The attorney general may receive, investigate, and prosecute complaints aga... |
70.54.370 | Meningococcal disease—Students to receive informational materials. | (1) Except for community and technical colleges, each degree-granting public or private postsecondary residential campus that provides on-campus or group housing shall provide information on meningococcal disease to each enrolled matriculated first-time student. Community and technical colleges must provide the informa... |
70.54.400 | Retail restroom access—Customers with medical conditions—Penalty.(Effective until June 30, 2027.) | (1) For purposes of this section: (a) "Customer" means an individual who is lawfully on the premises of a retail establishment. (b) "Eligible medical condition" means: (i) Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or any other inflammatory bowel disease; (ii) Irritable bowel syndrome; (iii) Any condition requiring use of an... |
70.54.410 | Unintended pregnancies—Sexual health education funding. | (1) To reduce unintended pregnancies, state agencies may apply for sexual health education funding for programs that are medically and scientifically accurate, including, but not limited to, programs on abstinence, the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, and the prevention of unintended pregnancies. The state ... |
70.54.420 | Accountable care organization pilot projects—Report to the legislature. | (1) The administrator shall within available resources appoint a lead organization by January 1, 2011, to support at least one integrated health care delivery system and one network of nonintegrated community health care providers in establishing two distinct accountable care organization pilot projects. The intent is ... |
70.54.430 | First responders—Emergency response service—Contact information. | (1) When requested by first responders during an emergency, employees of companies providing personal emergency response services must provide to first responders the name, address, and any other information necessary for first responders to contact subscribers within the jurisdiction of the emergency. (2) Companies pr... |
70.54.440 | Epinephrine autoinjectors—Prescribing to certain entities—Training—Liability—Incident reporting. | (1) An authorized health care provider may prescribe epinephrine autoinjectors in the name of an authorized entity for use in accordance with this section, and pharmacists, *advanced registered nurse practitioners, and physicians may dispense epinephrine autoinjectors pursuant to a prescription issued in the name of an... |
70.54.450 | Maternal mortality review panel—Duties—Confidentiality, testimonial privilege, and liability—Identification of maternal deaths—Reports—Data-sharing agreements. | (1) For the purposes of this section, "maternal mortality" or "maternal death" means a death of a woman while pregnant or within one year of the end of a pregnancy, from any cause. (2) A maternal mortality review panel is established to conduct comprehensive, multidisciplinary reviews of maternal deaths in Washington t... |
70.54.470 | Medical debt—Limits on sale or assignment. | (1) No health care provider or health care facility may sell or assign medical debt to any person licensed under chapter 19.16 RCW until at least one hundred twenty days after the initial billing statement for that medical debt has been transmitted to the patient or other responsible party. (2) For the purposes of this... |
70.54.475 | Medical debt—Consumer credit reporting agencies—Application of consumer protection act. | (1) A medical debt is void and unenforceable if a person, health care provider, health care facility, or licensed collection agency violates this section by furnishing information regarding the medical debt to a consumer credit reporting agency. (2) The legislature finds that the practices covered by this section are m... |
70.54.480 | Drayage truck operators—Access to restroom facilities. | (1) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (a) "Drayage truck operator" means the driver of any in-use on-road vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 33,000 pounds operating on or transgressing through port or intermodal rail yard... |
70.54.490 | Posting of health and safety information—Format and accessibility. | The department of health shall post and periodically revise on its website information about substance use trends, overdose symptoms and response, and the secure storage of prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, and firearms and ammunition. The information must be provided or otherwise made accessible to sch... |
70.54.500 | Motor carriers—Access to restroom facilities. | (1) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (a) "Consignee" means a person or business who takes delivery of property, cargo, or materials transported in interstate or intrastate commerce from a motor carrier. (b) "Motor carrier" includes "common c... |
70.54.505 | Baby diaper changing stations—Public buildings—Penalties. | (1) A public building in which a public restroom is required must provide a baby diaper changing station in at least one restroom that is accessible to women and one restroom that is accessible to men, or in one gender-neutral restroom. If multiple restrooms accessible to women, restrooms accessible to men, or gender-n... |
70.54.510 | Communicable disease control policy. | (1) It is the policy of the state that public health responses to address communicable diseases be guided by the best available science on the safety and efficacy of evidence-based measures to control the spread of such diseases, including immunizations and vaccines. (2) Consistent with the policy in subsection (1) of ... |
70.56.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Adverse health event" or "adverse event" means the list of serious reportable events adopted by the national quality forum in 2002, in its consensus report on serious reportable events in health care. The d... |
70.56.020 | Notification of adverse health events—Notification and report required—Rules. | (1) The legislature intends to establish an adverse health events and incident notification and reporting system that is designed to facilitate quality improvement in the health care system, improve patient safety, assist the public in making informed health care choices, and decrease medical errors in a nonpunitive ma... |
70.56.030 | Department of health—Duties—Rules. | (1) The department shall: (a) Receive and investigate, where necessary, notifications and reports of adverse events, including root cause analyses and corrective action plans submitted as part of reports, and communicate to individual facilities the department's conclusions, if any, regarding an adverse event reported ... |
70.56.040 | Contract with independent entity—Duties of independent entity—Establishment of notification and reporting system—Annual reports to governor, legislature. | (1) To the extent funds are appropriated specifically for this purpose, the department shall contract with a qualified, independent entity to receive notifications and reports of adverse events and incidents, and carry out the activities specified in this section. In establishing qualifications for, and choosing the in... |
70.56.050 | Confidentiality of notifications and reports. | (1)(a) When notification of an adverse event under RCW 70.56.020 (2)(a) or of an incident under RCW 70.56.040 (5), or a report regarding an adverse event under RCW 70.56.020 (2)(b) is made by or through a coordinated quality improvement program under RCW 43.70.510 or 70.41.200 , or by a peer review committee under RCW ... |
70.56.900 | Findings—Intent—Part headings and subheadings not law—Severability—2006 c 8. | See notes following RCW 5.64.010 . |
70.58.230 | Permits for burial, removal, etc., required—Removal to another district without permit, notice to registrar, fee. | It is unlawful for any person to inter; deposit in a vault, grave, or tomb; perform alkaline hydrolysis or natural organic reduction as defined in RCW 68.04.310 ; or otherwise dispose of, or disinter or remove from one registration district to another, or hold for more than three business days after death, the human re... |
70.58.260 | Burial grounds—Duties of individual in charge of the premises. | It is unlawful for any person in charge of any premises in which bodies of deceased persons are interred, cremated, or otherwise permanently disposed of, to permit the final disposition, or other disposition of any body upon such premises unless it is accompanied by a burial, removal, or transit permit as provided in t... |
70.58A.005 | Purpose. | (1) Protection of public health requires a vital records system that provides proof of vital life events and gathers population health data for assessment, evaluation, research, and other public health purposes. An efficient and effective vital records system is a foundational public health service to support a healthy... |
70.58A.010 | Definitions.(Effective until June 30, 2027.) | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6025.SL ) ***
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Adult" means a person who is at least eighteen years of age, or an emancipated minor under chapter 13.64 RCW. (2) "Amendment" means a change to a certification item... |
70.58A.020 | Rule-making authority. | (1) The secretary shall have charge of the state vital records system and shall adopt rules to ensure implementation of the vital records system and this chapter. (2) The secretary may adopt rules to set fees for services related to the vital records system including, but not limited to, expediting requests, verificati... |
70.58A.030 | Appointment of the state registrar. | The secretary shall appoint the state registrar in accordance with RCW 43.70.020 and 43.70.150 .
[ 2019 c 148 s 4 .] |
70.58A.040 | Duties of the state registrar. | (1) The state registrar shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and shall: (a) Administer the operation and maintenance of the vital records system to preserve the security, integrity, and confidentiality of state vital records and vital statistics established under RCW 43.70.130 and 43.70.150 and t... |
70.58A.050 | Appointment of local and deputy registrars. | (1) Under the direction and control of the state registrar, the local health officer of each health jurisdiction is and shall serve as local registrar. (2) Subject to the approval of the state registrar, each local registrar shall appoint a sufficient number of deputy registrars to perform the duties prescribed by this... |
70.58A.060 | Vital records system security requirements—Fraud detection—Data validation. | (1) A person may not prepare or issue any vital record that purports to be an original, certification of, or copy of a vital record except as authorized in this chapter. (2) All certifications of vital records must include security features to deter alteration, counterfeiting, or simulation without ready detection. (3)... |
70.58A.070 | Mandatory use of prescribed forms, reporting of data required for registration. | (1) Forms prescribed by the state registrar must be used in reporting, registering, and issuing certifications and informational copies, and preserving vital records, or in otherwise carrying out the purpose of this chapter. (2) Reports must contain the data required for registration. No report may be held to be comple... |
70.58A.100 | Live birth of child of known parentage—Reporting and registration requirements. | (1) A facility representative or midwife shall prepare and submit a report of live birth for each live birth at which that person attended that occurs in this state to the department within ten calendar days after the birth occurs. The facility representative or midwife shall: (a) Include all data and evidence required... |
70.58A.110 | Live birth of child of unknown parentage—Reporting and registration requirements. | (1) When a child is found for whom no record of live birth is known to be on file, within ten calendar days of the child being found, a report of a live birth must be filed with the department in a manner prescribed by the state registrar. (2) If the child is identified at a later date and another live birth record is ... |
70.58A.120 | Delayed report of live birth—Registration requirements. | (1) An individual requesting a delayed report of live birth shall submit to the state registrar a completed and signed delayed report of live birth. Each report must include documentary evidence establishing the facts of the live birth and any applicable fees. The completed delayed report of live birth must be signed a... |
70.58A.130 | Court-ordered registration of a delayed report of live birth—Petition and hearing requirements—Burden and standard of proof. | (1) If the state registrar denies a delayed report of live birth under the provisions of RCW 70.58A.120 , the individual requesting the delayed report of live birth may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for an order establishing a record of the name, date, and place of the live birth, and parentage of the indi... |
70.58A.200 | Reports of death—Filing and registration requirements. | (1)(a) Reports of death and fetal death must comply with the requirements of this section. (b) For the purposes of this section, "death" includes "fetal death" as defined in RCW 70.58A.010 . (2) A complete report of death must be filed with the local registrar in the local health jurisdiction where the death occurred f... |
70.58A.210 | Final disposition of human remains—Issuance of burial-transit and disinterment permits. | (1)(a) Reports of death and fetal death must comply with the requirements of this section. (b) For the purposes of this section, "death" includes "fetal death" as defined in RCW 70.58A.010 . (2) If a report of death is completed and filed in accordance with this chapter, the local registrar shall issue a burial-transit... |
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