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70.97.020
Advance directives.
A facility shall honor an advance directive that was validly executed pursuant to chapter 70.122 RCW and a mental health advance directive that was validly executed pursuant to chapter 71.32 RCW. [ 2005 c 504 s 404 .] Findings — Intent — Severability — Application — Construction — Captions, part headings, subheadings n...
70.97.030
Admission criteria.
A person, eighteen years old or older, may be admitted to an enhanced services facility if he or she meets the criteria in subsections (1) through (4) of this section: (1) The person requires: (a) Daily care by or under the supervision of a mental health professional or nurse; and (b) assistance with three or more acti...
70.97.040
Rights of residents.
Every person who is a resident of an enhanced services facility shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in chapter 70.129 RCW. [ 2021 c 65 s 4 . Prior: 2020 c 312 s 730 ; 2020 c 278 s 3 ; 2013 c 23 s 179 ; 2005 c 504 s 406 .] Effective date — 2021 c 65 s 4: "Section 4 of this act takes effect January 1, 2022."...
70.97.050
Right to refuse antipsychotic medication.
An individual served in a facility has a right to refuse antipsychotic medication. [ 2020 c 278 s 4 ; 2005 c 504 s 407 .] Findings — Intent — Severability — Application — Construction — Captions, part headings, subheadings not law — Adoption of rules — Effective dates — 2005 c 504: See notes following RCW 71.05.027 . A...
70.97.060
Capacity—Supervision—Licensing—Application of state and local rules.
(1)(a) The department shall not license an enhanced services facility that serves any residents under sixty-five years of age for a capacity to exceed sixteen residents. (b) The department may contract for services for the operation of enhanced services facilities only to the extent that funds are specifically provided...
70.97.070
Comprehensive assessments—Individualized behavior support plan.
(1) The enhanced services facility shall complete a comprehensive assessment for each resident within fourteen days of admission, and the assessments shall be repeated upon a significant change in the resident's condition or, at a minimum, every one hundred eighty days if there is no significant change in condition. (2...
70.97.080
Staffing levels—Staff credentials and training—Background checks.
(1) An enhanced services facility must have sufficient numbers of staff with the appropriate credentials and training to provide residents with the following appropriate care and disorder support: (a) Behavioral health support; (b) Medication services; (c) Assistance with the activities of daily living; (d) Skilled nur...
70.97.090
Facilities exempted.
This chapter does not apply to the following residential facilities: (1) Nursing homes licensed under chapter 18.51 RCW; (2) Assisted living facilities licensed under chapter 18.20 RCW; (3) Adult family homes licensed under chapter 70.128 RCW; (4) Facilities approved and certified under chapter 71A.22 RCW; (5) Resident...
70.97.100
Licensing requirements—Information available to public, residents, families.
(1) The department shall establish licensing rules for enhanced services facilities to serve the populations defined in this chapter. (2) No person or public or private agency may operate or maintain an enhanced services facility without a license, which must be renewed annually. (3) A licensee shall have the following...
70.97.110
Enforcement authority—Penalties, sanctions.
(1) In any case in which the department finds that a licensee of a facility, or any partner, officer, director, owner of five percent or more of the assets of the facility, or managing employee failed or refused to comply with the requirements of this chapter or the rules established under them, the department may take...
70.97.120
Enforcement orders—Hearings.
(1) All orders of the department denying, suspending, or revoking the license or assessing a monetary penalty shall become final twenty days after the same has been served upon the applicant or licensee unless a hearing is requested. (2) All orders of the department imposing stop placement, temporary management, emerge...
70.97.130
Unlicensed operation—Application of consumer protection act.
Operation of a facility without a license in violation of this chapter and discrimination against medicaid recipients is a matter vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. Operation of an enhanced services facility without a license in violation of...
70.97.140
Unlicensed operation—Criminal penalty.
A person operating or maintaining a facility without a license under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and each day of a continuing violation after conviction shall be considered a separate offense. [ 2005 c 504 s 416 .] Findings — Intent — Severability — Application — Construction — Captions, part headings, subh...
70.97.150
Unlicensed operation—Injunction or other remedies.
Notwithstanding the existence or use of any other remedy, the department may, in the manner provided by law, maintain an action in the name of the state for an injunction, civil penalty, or other process against a person to restrain or prevent the operation or maintenance of a facility without a license issued under th...
70.97.160
Inspections.
(1) The department shall make or cause to be made at least one inspection of each facility prior to licensure and an unannounced full inspection of facilities at least once every eighteen months. The statewide average interval between full facility inspections must be fifteen months. (2) Any duly authorized officer, em...
70.97.170
Persons eligible for admittance.
The facility shall only admit individuals: (1) Who are over the age of eighteen; (2) Who meet the resident eligibility requirements described in RCW 70.97.030 ; and (3) Whose needs the facility can safely and appropriately meet through qualified and trained staff, services, equipment, security, and building design. [ 2...
70.97.180
Services of qualified professional.
If the facility does not employ a qualified professional able to furnish needed services, the facility must have a written contract with a qualified professional or agency outside the facility to furnish the needed services. [ 2005 c 504 s 420 .] Findings — Intent — Severability — Application — Construction — Captions,...
70.97.190
Notice of change of ownership or management.
At least sixty days before the effective date of any change of ownership, or change of management of a facility, the current operating entity must provide written notification about the proposed change separately and in writing, to the department, each resident of the facility, or the resident's guardian or representat...
70.97.195
Communication system—Telephones and other equipment.
(1) Each enhanced services facility must be responsive to incoming communications and respond within a reasonable time to phone and electronic messages. (2) Each enhanced services facility must have a communication system, including a sufficient quantity of working telephones and other communication equipment to assure...
70.97.200
Recordkeeping—Compliance with state, federal regulations—Health care information releases.
The facility shall: (1) Maintain adequate resident records to enable the provision of necessary behavior support, care, and services and to respond appropriately in emergency situations; (2) Comply with all state and federal requirements related to documentation, confidentiality, and information sharing, including chap...
70.97.205
Resident contact information—Department requirements and duties.
(1) The department shall require each enhanced services facility to: (a) Create and regularly maintain a current resident roster containing the name and room number of each resident and provide a written copy immediately upon an in-person request from any long-term care ombuds; (b) Create and regularly maintain current...
70.97.210
Standards for fire protection.
(1) Standards for fire protection and the enforcement thereof, with respect to all facilities licensed under this chapter, are the responsibility of the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, who must adopt recognized standards as applicable to facilities for the protection of li...
70.97.220
Exemption from liability.
No facility providing care and behavior support for individuals placed in a facility, or agency licensing or placing residents in a facility, acting in the course of its duties, shall be civilly or criminally liable for performing its duties under this chapter, provided that such duties were performed in good faith and...
70.97.230
Rules for implementation of chapter.
(1) The secretary shall adopt rules to implement this chapter. (2) Such rules shall at the minimum: (a) Promote safe treatment and necessary care of individuals residing in the facility and provide for safe and clean conditions; (b) establish licensee qualifications, licensing and enforcement, and license fees sufficie...
70.97.235
Stop placement orders and limited stop placement orders.
The department shall require an enhanced services facility that is subject to a stop placement order or limited stop placement order under RCW 70.97.110 to publicly post in a conspicuous place at the facility a standardized notice that the department has issued a stop placement order or limited stop placement order for...
70.97.240
Disaster preparedness plan.
(1) Each enhanced services facility shall develop and maintain a comprehensive disaster preparedness plan to be followed in the event of a disaster or emergency, including fires, earthquakes, floods, infectious disease outbreaks, loss of power or water, and other events that may require sheltering in place, evacuations...
70.97.800
Request for proposal.
To the extent that funds are specifically appropriated for this purpose, the department must issue a request for a proposal for enhanced services facility services by June 1, 2014, and complete the procurement process by January 1, 2015. [ 2013 c 338 s 3 .]
70.100.010
"Eye protection areas" defined.
As used in this chapter: "Eye protection areas" means areas within vocational or industrial arts shops, science or other school laboratories, or schools within state institutional facilities as designated by the state superintendent of public instruction in which activities take place involving: (1) Hot molten metals o...
70.100.020
Wearing of eye protection devices required—Furnishing of—Costs.
Every person shall wear eye protection devices when participating in, observing, or performing any function in connection with any courses or activities taking place in eye protection areas of any private or public school, college, university, or other public or private educational institution in this state, as designa...
70.100.030
Standard requirement for eye protection devices.
Eye protection devices, which shall include plano safety spectacles, plastic face shields or goggles, shall comply with the U.S.A. Standard Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection, Z87.1-1968 or later revisions thereof. [ 1969 ex.s. c 179 s 3 .]
70.100.040
Superintendent of public instruction to circulate instruction manual to public and private educational institutions.
The superintendent of public instruction, after consulting with the department of labor and industries, and the division of vocational education shall prepare and circulate to each public and private educational institution in this state within six months of the date of passage of this chapter, a manual containing inst...
70.104.010
Declaration.
The department of health has responsibility to protect and enhance the public health and welfare. As a consequence, it must be concerned with both natural and artificial environmental factors which may adversely affect the public health and welfare. Dangers to the public health and welfare related to the use of pestici...
70.104.020
"Pesticide" defined.
For the purposes of this chapter pesticide means, but is not limited to: (1) Any substance or mixture of substances intended to prevent, destroy, control, repel, or mitigate any insect, rodent, nematode, snail, slug, fungus, weed and any other form of plant or animal life or virus, except virus on or in a living human ...
70.104.030
Powers and duties of department of health.
(1) The department of health may investigate all suspected human cases of pesticide poisoning and such cases of suspected pesticide poisoning of animals that may relate to human illness. The department shall establish time periods by rule to determine investigation response time. Time periods shall range from immediate...
70.104.040
Pesticide emergencies—Authority of department of agriculture not infringed upon.
(1) In any case where an emergency relating to pesticides occurs that represents a hazard to the public due to toxicity of the material, the quantities involved or the environment in which the incident takes place, such emergencies including but not limited to fires, spillage, and accidental contamination, the person o...
70.104.050
Investigation of human exposure to pesticides.
The department of health shall investigate human exposure to pesticides according to the degree of risk that the exposure presents to the individual and the greater population as well as the level of funding appropriated in the operating budget, and in order to carry out such investigations shall have authority to secu...
70.104.055
Pesticide poisonings—Reports.
(1) Any attending physician or other health care provider recognized as primarily responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of a patient or, in the absence of a primary health care provider, the health care provider initiating diagnostic testing or therapy for a patient shall report a case or suspected case of pestic...
70.104.057
Pesticide poisonings—Medical education program.
The department of health, after seeking advice from the state board of health, local health officers, and state and local medical associations, shall develop a program of medical education to alert physicians and other health care providers to the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and reporting of pesticide poisonings. [...
70.104.060
Technical assistance, consultations and services to physicians and agencies authorized.
In order effectively to prevent human illness due to pesticides and to carry out the requirements of this chapter, the department of health is authorized to provide technical assistance and consultation regarding health effects of pesticides to physicians and other agencies, and is authorized to operate an analytical c...
70.104.110
Pesticide application safety committee—Report to the legislature.(Expires July 1, 2035.)
(1) The pesticide application safety committee is established. Appointments to the committee must be made as soon as possible after the legislature convenes in regular session. The committee is composed of the following members: (a) One member from each of the two largest caucuses of the house of representatives, appoi...
70.108.010
Legislative declaration.
The legislature hereby declares it to be the public interest, and for the protection of the health, welfare and property of the residents of the state of Washington to provide for the orderly and lawful conduct of outdoor music festivals by assuring that proper sanitary, health, fire, safety, and police measures are pr...
70.108.020
Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the indicated meanings: (1) "Applicant" means the promoter who has the right of control of the conduct of an outdoor music festival who applies to the appropriate legislative authority for a license to hold an outdoor music festival. (2) "Issui...
70.108.030
Permits—Required—Compliance with rules and regulations.
No person or other legal entity shall knowingly allow, conduct, hold, maintain, cause to be advertised or permit an outdoor music festival unless a valid permit has been obtained from the issuing authority for the operation of such music festival as provided for by this chapter. One such permit shall be required for ea...
70.108.040
Application for permit—Contents—Filing.
Application for an outdoor music festival permit shall be in writing and filed with the clerk of the issuing authority wherein the festival is to be held. Said application shall be filed not less than ninety days prior to the first scheduled day of the festival and shall be accompanied with a permit fee in the amount o...
70.108.050
Approval or denial of permit—Corrections—Procedure—Judicial review.
Within fifteen days after the filing of the application the issuing authority shall either approve or deny the permit to the applicant. Any denial shall set forth in detail the specific grounds therefor. The applicant shall have fifteen days after the receipt of such denial or such additional time as the issuing author...
70.108.060
Reimbursement of expenses incurred in reviewing request.
Any local agency requested by an applicant to give written approval as required by RCW 70.108.040 may within fifteen days after the applicant has filed his or her application apply to the issuing authority for reimbursement of expenses reasonably incurred in reviewing such request. Upon a finding that such expenses wer...
70.108.070
Cash deposit—Surety bond—Insurance.
After the application has been approved, the promoter shall deposit with the issuing authority, a cash deposit or surety bond. The bond or deposit shall be used to pay any costs or charges incurred to regulate health or to clean up afterwards outside the festival grounds or any extraordinary costs or charges incurred t...
70.108.080
Revocation of permits.
Revocation of any permit granted pursuant to this chapter shall not preclude the imposition of penalties as provided for in this chapter and the laws of the state of Washington. Any permit granted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to conduct a music festival shall be summarily revoked by the issuing authority ...
70.108.090
Drugs prohibited.
No person, persons, partnership, corporation, association, society, fraternal or social organization to whom a music festival permit has been granted shall, during the time an outdoor music festival is in operation, knowingly permit or allow any person to bring upon the premises of said music festival, any narcotic or ...
70.108.100
Proximity to schools, churches, homes.
No music festival shall be operated in a location which is closer than one thousand yards from any schoolhouse or church, or five hundred yards from any house, residence or other human habitation unless waived by occupants. [ 1971 ex.s. c 302 s 29 .]
70.108.110
Age of patrons.
No person under the age of sixteen years shall be admitted to any outdoor music festival without the escort of his or her parents or legal guardian and proof of age shall be provided upon request. [ 1971 ex.s. c 302 s 30 .]
70.108.120
Permits—Posting—Transferability.
Any permit granted pursuant to this chapter shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the site of the outdoor music festival and such permit shall be not transferable or assignable without the consent of the issuing authority. [ 1971 ex.s. c 302 s 31 .]
70.108.130
Penalty.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person who willfully fails to comply with the rules, regulations, and conditions set forth in this chapter or who aids or abets such a violation or failure to comply is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, violation of ...
70.108.140
Inspection of books and records.
The department of revenue shall be allowed to inspect the books and records of any outdoor music festival during the period of operation of the festival and after the festival has concluded for the purpose of determining whether or not the tax laws of this state are complied with. [ 1972 ex.s. c 123 s 4 .]
70.108.150
Firearms—Penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any person, except law enforcement officers, to carry, transport, or convey, or to have in his or her possession or under his or her control any firearm while on the site of an outdoor music festival. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon ...
70.108.160
Preparations—Completion requirements.
All preparations required to be made by the provisions of this chapter on the music festival site shall be completed thirty days prior to the first day scheduled for the festival. Upon such date or such earlier date when all preparations have been completed, the promoter shall notify the issuing authority thereof, and ...
70.108.170
Local regulations and ordinances not precluded.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as precluding counties, cities and other political subdivisions of the state of Washington from enacting ordinances or regulations for the control and regulation of outdoor music festivals nor shall this chapter repeal any existing ordinances or regulations. [ 1972 ex.s. c 123...
70.110.010
Short title.
This chapter may be known and cited as the "Flammable Fabrics Act". [ 1973 1st ex.s. c 211 s 1 .]
70.110.020
Legislative finding.
The legislature hereby finds and declares that fabric related burns from children's sleepwear present an immediate and serious danger to the infants and children of this state. The legislature therefore declares it to be in the public interest, and for the protection of the health, property, and welfare of the resident...
70.110.030
Definitions.
As used in this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other form of business enterprise, and every officer thereof. (2) "Children's sleepwear" means any prod...
70.110.040
Compliance required.
(1) It shall be unlawful to manufacture for sale, sell, or offer for sale any new and unused article of children's sleepwear which does not comply with the standards established in the Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear (DOC FF 3-71), 36 F.R. 14062 and the Flammable Fabrics Act, 15 U.S.C. 1191-1204. ...
70.110.050
Attorney general or prosecuting attorneys authorized to bring actions to restrain or prevent violations.
The attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of any county within the state may bring an action in the name of the state against any person to restrain and prevent any violation of this chapter. [ 1973 1st ex.s. c 211 s 5 .]
70.110.070
Strict liability.
Any person who violates RCW 70.110.040 shall be strictly liable for fabric-related burns. [ 1973 1st ex.s. c 211 s 7 .]
70.110.080
Personal service of process—Jurisdiction of courts.
Personal service of any process in an action under this chapter may be made upon any person outside the state if such person has violated any provision of this chapter. Such person shall be deemed to have thereby submitted himself or herself to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state within the meaning of RCW 4.28...
70.110.900
Provisions additional.
The provisions of this chapter shall be in addition to and not a substitution for or limitation of any other law. [ 1973 1st ex.s. c 211 s 9 .]
70.111.010
Findings—Purpose—Intent.
(1) The legislature finds all of the following: (a) The disability and death of infants resulting from injuries sustained in crib accidents are a serious threat to the public health, welfare, and safety of the people of this state. (b) Infants are an especially vulnerable class of people. (c) The design and constructio...
70.111.020
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Infant" means any person less than thirty-five inches tall and less than three years of age. (2) "Crib" means a bed or containment designed to accommodate an infant. (3) "Full-size crib" means a full-size ...
70.111.030
Unsafe cribs—Prohibition—Definition—Penalty.
(1) No commercial user may remanufacture, retrofit, sell, contract to sell or resell, lease, sublet, or otherwise place in the stream of commerce, on or after June 6, 1996, a full-size or nonfull-size crib that is unsafe for any infant using the crib. (2) A crib is presumed to be unsafe pursuant to this chapter if it d...
70.111.040
Exemption.
Any crib that is clearly not intended for use by an infant is exempt from the provisions of this chapter, provided that it is accompanied at the time of remanufacturing, retrofitting, selling, leasing, subletting, or otherwise placing in the stream of commerce, by a notice to be furnished by the commercial user declari...
70.111.060
Civil actions.
Any person may maintain an action against any commercial user who violates RCW 70.111.030 to enjoin the remanufacture, retrofit, sale, contract to sell, contract to resell, lease, or subletting of a full-size or nonfull-size crib that is unsafe for any infant using the crib, and for reasonable attorneys' fees and costs...
70.111.070
Remedies.
Remedies available under this chapter are in addition to any other remedies or procedures under any other provision of law that may be available to an aggrieved party. [ 1996 c 158 s 8 .]
70.111.900
Short title.
This chapter may be known and cited as the infant crib safety act. [ 1996 c 158 s 2 .]
70.112.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Advisory board" means the family medicine education advisory board created in RCW 70.112.080 . (2) "Affiliated" means established or developed in cooperation with the schools of medicine. (3) "Health profes...
70.112.020
Education in family medicine—Department in school of medicine—Residency programs—Financial support.
(1) There is established a statewide medical education system for the purpose of training resident physicians in family medicine. (2) The deans of the schools of medicine shall be responsible for implementing the development and expansion of residency programs in cooperation with the medical profession, hospitals, and ...
70.112.060
Funding of residency programs.
(1) The moneys appropriated for these statewide family medicine residency programs shall be in addition to all the income of the schools of medicine and shall not be used to supplant funds for other programs under the administration of the schools of medicine. (2) The allocation of state funds for the residency program...
70.112.070
Report to the department of health—Report to the legislature.
(1) Each family medicine residency program shall annually report the following information to the department of health: (a) The location of the residency program and whether the program, or any portion of the program, is located in a health professional shortage area as defined in RCW 70.112.010 ; (b) The number of res...
70.112.080
Family medicine education advisory board.
(1) There is created a family medicine education advisory board, which must consist of the following twelve members: (a) One member appointed by the dean of the school of medicine at the University of Washington school of medicine; (b) One member appointed by the dean of the school of medicine at the Pacific Northwest ...
70.112.090
Advisory board—Duties.
The advisory board shall consider and provide recommendations on the selection of the areas within the state where affiliate residency programs could exist, the allocation of funds appropriated under this chapter, and the procedures for review and evaluation of the residency programs. [ 2015 c 252 s 7 .] Intent — 2015 ...
70.114.010
Legislative declaration—Fees for use of housing.
The legislature finds that the migrant labor housing project constructed on property purchased by the state in Yakima county should be continued until June 30, 1981. The employment security department is authorized to set day use or extended period use fees, consistent with those established by the department of parks ...
70.114.020
Migrant labor housing facility—Employment security department authorized to contract for continued operation.
The employment security department is authorized to enter into such agreements and contracts as may be necessary to provide for the continued operation of the facility by a state agency, an appropriate local governmental body, or by such other entity as the commissioner may deem appropriate and in the state's best inte...
70.114A.010
Findings—Intent.
The legislature finds that there is an inadequate supply of temporary and permanent housing for migrant and seasonal workers in this state. The legislature also finds that unclear, complex regulations related to the development, construction, and permitting of worker housing inhibit the development of this much needed ...
70.114A.020
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Agricultural employee" means any person who renders personal services to, or under the direction of, an agricultural employer in connection with the employer's agricultural activity. (2) "Agricultural employer" means any person engaged in agricultural ...
70.114A.030
Application of chapter.
Chapter 220, Laws of 1995, applies to temporary worker housing that consists of five or more dwelling units, or any combination of dwelling units, dormitories, or spaces that house ten or more occupants. [ 1995 c 220 s 3 .]
70.114A.040
Responsibilities of department.
The department is designated the single state agency responsible for encouraging the development of additional temporary worker housing, and shall be responsible for coordinating the activities of the various state and local agencies to assure a seamless, nonduplicative system for the development and operation of tempo...
70.114A.045
Housing operation standards—Departments' agreement—Enforcement.
By December 1, 1999, the department and the department of labor and industries shall jointly establish a formal agreement that identifies the roles of each of the two agencies with respect to the enforcement of temporary worker housing operation standards. The agreement shall, to the extent feasible, provide for inspec...
70.114A.050
Housing on rural worksites.
Temporary worker housing located on a rural worksite, and used for workers employed on the worksite, shall be considered a permitted use at the rural worksite for the purposes of zoning or other land use review processes, subject only to height, setback, and road access requirements of the underlying zone. [ 1995 c 220...
70.114A.060
Inspection of housing.
The secretary of the department or authorized representative may inspect housing covered by chapter 220, Laws of 1995, to enforce temporary worker housing rules adopted by the state board of health prior to July 25, 1999, or the department, or when the secretary or representative has reasonable cause to believe that a ...
70.114A.065
Licensing, operation, and inspection—Rules.
The department and the department of labor and industries shall adopt joint rules for the licensing, operation, and inspection of temporary worker housing, and the enforcement thereof. These rules shall establish standards that are as effective as the standards developed under the Washington industrial safety and healt...
70.114A.070
Technical assistance.
The department of commerce shall contract with private, nonprofit corporations to provide technical assistance to any private individual or nonprofit organization wishing to construct temporary or permanent worker housing. The assistance may include information on state and local application and approval procedures, in...
70.114A.081
Temporary worker building code—Rules—Guidelines—Exceptions—Enforcement—Variations.
(1) The department shall adopt by rule a temporary worker building code in conformance with the temporary worker housing standards developed under the Washington industrial safety and health act, chapter 49.17 RCW, and the following guidelines: (a) The temporary worker building code shall provide construction standards...
70.114A.100
Rules—Compliance with federal act.
Any rules adopted under chapter 220, Laws of 1995, pertaining to an employer who is subject to the migrant and seasonal agricultural worker protection act (96 Stat. 2583; 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1801 et seq.), must comply with the housing provisions of that federal act. [ 1995 c 220 s 10 .]
70.114A.110
Cherry harvest temporary labor camps—Rule making—Definition—Conditions for occupation—Application.
(1) The department and the department of labor and industries are directed to engage in joint rule making to establish standards for cherry harvest temporary labor camps. These standards may include some variation from standards that are necessary for longer occupancies, provided they are as effective as the standards ...
70.114A.901
Effective date—1995 c 220.
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately [May 3, 1995]. [ 1995 c 220 s 14 .]
70.115.050
Retail sale of hypodermic syringes, needles—Duty of retailer.
On the sale at retail of any hypodermic syringe, hypodermic needle, or any device adapted for the use of drugs by injection, the retailer shall satisfy himself or herself that the device will be used for the legal use intended. [ 1981 c 147 s 5 .]
70.115.060
Retailers not required to sell hypodermic syringes.
Nothing contained in chapter 213, Laws of 2002 shall be construed to require a retailer to sell hypodermic needles or syringes to any person. [ 2002 c 213 s 3 .]
70.122.010
Legislative findings.
The legislature finds that adult persons have the fundamental right to control the decisions relating to the rendering of their own health care, including the decision to have life-sustaining treatment withheld or withdrawn in instances of a terminal condition or permanent unconscious condition. The legislature further...
70.122.020
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions contained in this section shall apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Adult person" means a person who has attained the age of majority as defined in RCW 26.28.010 and 26.28.015 , and who has the capacity to make health care decisions. (2) "Attending physicia...
70.122.030
Directive to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment.
(1) Any adult person may execute a directive directing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in a terminal condition or permanent unconscious condition. The directive shall be signed by the declarer and acknowledged before a notary public or other individual authorized by law to take acknowledgment...
70.122.040
Revocation of directive.
(1) A directive may be revoked at any time by the declarer, without regard to the declarer's mental state or competency, by any of the following methods: (a) By being canceled, defaced, obliterated, burned, torn, or otherwise destroyed by the declarer or by some person in the declarer's presence and by the declarer's d...
70.122.051
Liability of health care provider.(Effective until June 30, 2027.)
(1) For the purposes of this section, "provider" means a physician, *advanced registered nurse practitioner, health care provider acting under the direction of a physician or an *advanced registered nurse practitioner, or health care facility, as defined in this chapter or in chapter 71.32 RCW, and its personnel. (2) A...