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70.230.060 | Facility safety and emergency training. | An ambulatory surgical facility shall have a facility safety and emergency training program. The program shall include: (1) On-site equipment, medication, and trained personnel to facilitate handling of services sought or provided and to facilitate the management of any medical emergency that may arise in connection wi... |
70.230.070 | Denial, suspension, or revocation of license—Investigating complaints—Penalties. | (1) The department is authorized to take any of the actions identified in this section against an ambulatory surgical facility's license or provisional license in any case in which it finds that there has been a failure or refusal to comply with the requirements of this chapter or the standards or rules adopted under t... |
70.230.080 | Coordinated quality improvement—Rules. | (1) Every ambulatory surgical facility shall maintain a coordinated quality improvement program for the improvement of the quality of health care services rendered to patients and the identification and prevention of medical malpractice. The program shall include at least the following: (a) The establishment of one or ... |
70.230.090 | Ambulatory surgical facilities—Construction, maintenance, and operation—Minimum standards and rules. | The department shall establish and adopt such minimum standards and rules pertaining to the construction, maintenance, and operation of ambulatory surgical facilities and rescind, amend, or modify such rules, as are necessary in the public interest, and particularly for the establishment and maintenance of standards of... |
70.230.100 | Ambulatory surgical facilities—Surveys. | (1) The department shall make or cause to be made a survey of all ambulatory surgical facilities according to the following frequency: (a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, an ambulatory surgical facility must be surveyed by the department no more than once every eighteen months. (b) An ambulatory surgical ... |
70.230.110 | Ambulatory surgical facilities—Submission of data related to the quality of patient care. | The department shall require ambulatory surgical facilities to submit data related to the quality of patient care for review by the department. The data shall be submitted every eighteen months. The department shall consider the reporting standards of other public and private organizations that measure quality in order... |
70.230.120 | Reports—Discipline of a health care provider for unprofessional conduct—Penalties. | (1) The chief administrator or executive officer of an ambulatory surgical facility shall report to the department when the practice of a health care provider licensed by a disciplining authority under RCW 18.130.040 is restricted, suspended, limited, or terminated based upon a conviction, determination, or finding by ... |
70.230.130 | Written records—Decisions to restrict or terminate privileges of practitioners—Penalties. | Each ambulatory surgical facility shall keep written records of decisions to restrict or terminate privileges of practitioners. Copies of such records shall be made available to the Washington medical commission, the board of osteopathic medicine and surgery, or the podiatric medical board, within thirty days of a requ... |
70.230.140 | Information concerning practitioners—Disclosure. | (1) Prior to granting or renewing clinical privileges or association of any practitioner or hiring a practitioner, an ambulatory surgical facility approved pursuant to this chapter shall request from the practitioner and the practitioner shall provide the following information: (a) The name of any hospital, ambulatory ... |
70.230.150 | Unanticipated outcomes—Notification. | Ambulatory surgical facilities shall have in place policies to assure that, when appropriate, information about unanticipated outcomes is provided to patients or their families or any surrogate decision makers identified pursuant to RCW 7.70.065 . Notifications of unanticipated outcomes under this section do not consti... |
70.230.160 | Complaint toll-free telephone number—Notice. | Every ambulatory surgical facility shall post in conspicuous locations a notice of the department's ambulatory surgical facility complaint toll-free telephone number. The form of the notice shall be approved by the department.
[ 2007 c 273 s 17 .] |
70.230.170 | Information received by department—Disclosure. | Information received by the department through filed reports, inspection, or as otherwise authorized under this chapter may be disclosed publicly, as permitted under chapter 42.56 RCW, subject to the following provisions: (1) Licensing inspections, or complaint investigations regardless of findings, shall, as requested... |
70.230.190 | Certain ambulatory surgical facilities deemed to have complied with survey requirements of RCW70.230.100. | Any entity that meets the definition of an ambulatory surgical facility in RCW 70.230.010 that had been issued a license on or after July 1, 2009, that was later declared void by a department determination that the entity did not meet the definition of an ambulatory surgical facility shall be deemed to have complied wi... |
70.230.205 | Cease and desist notices—Adjudicative proceedings. | (1) The department may give written notice to cease and desist to any person whom the department has reason to believe is engaged in the unlicensed operation of an ambulatory surgical facility. (2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the requirement to cease and desist unlicensed operation is effective 20 ... |
70.230.210 | Pattern of balance billing protection act violations by ambulatory surgical facility—Fines and disciplinary action. | If the insurance commissioner reports to the department that he or she has cause to believe that an ambulatory surgical facility has engaged in a pattern of violations of RCW 48.49.020 or 48.49.030 or has violated RCW 48.43.732 , and the report is substantiated after investigation, the department may levy a fine upon t... |
70.230.220 | Multistate nurse license—Conditions of employment. | (1) Beginning September 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, individuals that hold a multistate nurse license issued by a state other than Washington and are employed by ambulatory surgical facilities licensed under this chapter shall complete any demographic data surveys required by the board of nursing in rule as a cond... |
70.230.900 | Effective date—2007 c 273. | Except for section 7 of this act, this act takes effect July 1, 2009.
[ 2007 c 273 s 29 .] |
70.230.901 | Implementation—2007 c 273. | The secretary of health may take the necessary steps to ensure that this act is implemented on its effective date.
[ 2007 c 273 s 30 .] |
70.245.010 | Definitions.(Effective until June 30, 2027.) | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Adult" means an individual who is 18 years of age or older. (2) "Attending qualified medical provider" means the qualified medical provider who has primary responsibility for the care of the patient and tre... |
70.245.020 | Written request for medication. | (1) An adult patient who is competent, is a resident of Washington state, and has been determined by the attending qualified medical provider to be suffering from a terminal disease, and who has voluntarily expressed his or her wish to die, may make a written request for medication that the patient may self-administer ... |
70.245.030 | Form of the written request. | (1) A valid request for medication under this chapter shall be in substantially the form described in RCW 70.245.220 , signed and dated by the patient and witnessed by at least two individuals who, in the presence of the patient, attest that to the best of their knowledge and belief the patient is competent, acting vol... |
70.245.040 | Attending qualified medical provider responsibilities. | (1) The attending qualified medical provider shall: (a) Make the determination of whether a patient has a terminal disease, is competent, and has made the request voluntarily; (b) Request that the patient demonstrate Washington state residency under RCW 70.245.130 ; (c) To ensure that the patient is making an informed ... |
70.245.050 | Consulting qualified medical provider confirmation. | Before a patient is qualified under this chapter, a consulting qualified medical provider shall examine the patient and his or her relevant medical records and confirm, in writing, the attending qualified medical provider's diagnosis that the patient is suffering from a terminal disease, and verify that the patient is ... |
70.245.060 | Counseling referral. | If, in the opinion of either the attending qualified medical provider or the consulting qualified medical provider, a patient may be suffering from a psychiatric or psychological disorder or depression causing impaired judgment, the qualified medical provider shall refer the patient for counseling. Medication to end a ... |
70.245.070 | Informed decision. | A person shall not receive a prescription for medication to end his or her life in a humane and dignified manner unless he or she has made an informed decision. Immediately before writing a prescription for medication under this chapter, the attending qualified medical provider shall verify that the qualified patient i... |
70.245.080 | Notification of next of kin. | The attending qualified medical provider shall recommend that the patient notify the next of kin of his or her request for medication under this chapter. A patient who declines or is unable to notify next of kin shall not have his or her request denied for that reason.
[ 2023 c 38 s 9 ; 2009 c 1 s 8 (Initiative Measure... |
70.245.090 | Written and oral requests. | (1) To receive a prescription for medication that the qualified patient may self-administer to end his or her life in a humane and dignified manner, a qualified patient shall have made an oral request and a written request, and reiterate the oral request to his or her attending qualified medical provider at least seven... |
70.245.100 | Right to rescind request. | A patient may rescind his or her request at any time and in any manner without regard to his or her mental state. No prescription for medication under this chapter may be written without the attending qualified medical provider offering the qualified patient an opportunity to rescind the request.
[ 2023 c 38 s 11 ; 200... |
70.245.110 | Waiting period. | At least seven days shall elapse between the patient's initial oral request and the writing of a prescription under this chapter.
[ 2023 c 38 s 12 ; 2009 c 1 s 11 (Initiative Measure No. 1000, approved November 4, 2008).] |
70.245.120 | Medical record documentation requirements. | The following shall be documented or filed in the patient's medical record: (1) All oral requests by a patient for medication to end his or her life in a humane and dignified manner; (2) All written requests by a patient for medication to end his or her life in a humane and dignified manner; (3) The attending qualified... |
70.245.130 | Residency requirement. | Only requests made by Washington state residents under this chapter may be granted. Factors demonstrating Washington state residency include but are not limited to: (1) Possession of a Washington state driver's license; (2) Registration to vote in Washington state; or (3) Evidence that the person owns or leases propert... |
70.245.140 | Disposal of unused medications. | Any medication dispensed under this chapter that was not self-administered shall be disposed of by lawful means.
[ 2009 c 1 s 14 (Initiative Measure No. 1000, approved November 4, 2008).] |
70.245.150 | Reporting of information to the department of health—Adoption of rules—Information collected not a public record—Annual statistical report. | (1)(a) The department of health shall annually review all records maintained under this chapter. (b) The department of health shall require any health care provider upon writing a prescription or dispensing medication under this chapter to file a copy of the dispensing record and such other administratively required do... |
70.245.160 | Effect on construction of wills, contracts, and statutes. | (1) Any provision in a contract, will, or other agreement, whether written or oral, to the extent the provision would affect whether a person may make or rescind a request for medication to end his or her life in a humane and dignified manner, is not valid. (2) Any obligation owing under any currently existing contract... |
70.245.170 | Insurance or annuity policies. | The sale, procurement, or issuance of any life, health, or accident insurance or annuity policy or the rate charged for any policy shall not be conditioned upon or affected by the making or rescinding of a request, by a person, for medication that the patient may self-administer to end his or her life in a humane and d... |
70.245.180 | Authority of chapter—References to practices under this chapter—Applicable standard of care. | (1) Nothing in this chapter authorizes an attending qualified medical provider, consulting qualified medical provider, or any other person to end a patient's life by lethal injection, mercy killing, or active euthanasia. Actions taken in accordance with this chapter do not, for any purpose, constitute suicide, assisted... |
70.245.190 | Immunities—Basis for prohibiting health care provider from participation—Notification—Permissible sanctions. | (1) Except as provided in RCW 70.245.200 and subsection (2) of this section: (a) A person shall not be subject to civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action for participating in good faith compliance with this chapter. This includes being present when a qualified patient takes the prescribed medica... |
70.245.200 | Willful alteration/forgery—Coercion or undue influence—Penalties—Civil damages—Other penalties not precluded. | (1) A person who without authorization of the patient willfully alters or forges a request for medication or conceals or destroys a rescission of that request with the intent or effect of causing the patient's death is guilty of a class A felony. (2) A person who coerces or exerts undue influence on a patient to reques... |
70.245.210 | Claims by governmental entity for costs incurred. | Any governmental entity that incurs costs resulting from a person terminating his or her life under this chapter in a public place has a claim against the estate of the person to recover such costs and reasonable attorneys' fees related to enforcing the claim.
[ 2009 c 1 s 21 (Initiative Measure No. 1000, approved Nove... |
70.245.220 | Form of the request. | A request for a medication as authorized by this chapter shall be in substantially the following form: REQUEST FOR MEDICATION TO END MY LIFE IN A HUMANE AND DIGNIFIED MANNER I, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., am an adult of sound mind. I am suffering from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., which my attending qualified medi... |
70.245.230 | Selection of qualified medical provider. | (1) Subject to the provisions in subsection (2) of this section, a qualified patient may select the attending or consulting qualified medical provider of the qualified patient's choosing. (2)(a) If a qualified patient selects an attending qualified medical provider who is a licensed professional other than a physician,... |
70.245.901 | Short title—2009 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 1000). | This act may be known and cited as the Washington death with dignity act.
[ 2009 c 1 s 26 (Initiative Measure No. 1000, approved November 4, 2008).] |
70.245.903 | Effective dates—2009 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 1000). | This act takes effect one hundred twenty days after the election at which it is approved [March 5, 2009], except for section 24 of this act which takes effect July 1, 2009.
[ 2009 c 1 s 28 (Initiative Measure No. 1000, approved November 4, 2008).] |
70.250.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Advanced diagnostic imaging services" means magnetic resonance imaging services, computed tomography services, positron emission tomography services, cardiac nuclear medicine services, and similar new imagi... |
70.250.030 | Implementation of evidence-based best practice guidelines or protocols. | (1) No later than September 1, 2009, all state purchased health care programs shall, except for state purchased health care services that are purchased from or through health carriers as defined in RCW 48.43.005 , implement evidence-based best practice guidelines or protocols applicable to advanced diagnostic imaging s... |
70.250.040 | Application of section 135(a) of the medicare improvements for patients and providers act of 2008. | Any current or future time frames, procedures, rules, regulations, or guidance regarding accreditation requirements for advanced diagnostic imaging services established in, or promulgated pursuant to, section 135(a) of the medicare improvements for patients and providers act of 2008, shall also be applicable to any per... |
70.250.050 | Robert Bree collaborative—Duties—Membership. | (1) Consistent with the authority granted in RCW 41.05.013 , the authority shall convene a collaborative, to be known as the Robert Bree collaborative. The collaborative shall identify health care services for which there are substantial variation in practice patterns or high utilization trends in Washington state, wit... |
70.250.060 | Sexual and reproductive health services—Review and recommendations for improvement—Report to legislature and governor. | (1) No later than January 1, 2020, the collaborative shall begin a review to identify, define, and endorse guidelines for the provision of high quality sexual and reproductive health services in clinical settings throughout Washington. This shall include the development of specific clinical recommendations to improve s... |
70.250.900 | Effective date—2009 c 258. | 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 takes effect immediately [April 28, 2009].
[ 2009 c 258 s 5 .] |
70.255.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Authority having jurisdiction" means the local organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of the state fire code. (2) "Director" means the director of fire protection app... |
70.255.020 | Prohibition on the distribution or offer to sell novelty lighters. | (1) A person may not distribute or offer to sell a novelty lighter within this state if the director determines the novelty lighter is prohibited for sale or distribution under this chapter. (2) This section does not apply if the novelty lighters are in interstate commerce and not intended for distribution in this stat... |
70.255.030 | Civil penalty—Jurisdiction. | (1) The authority having jurisdiction may impose a civil penalty for a violation of this chapter. The civil penalty may not exceed: (a) For a wholesale dealer that distributes or offers to sell novelty lighters to retail dealers or consumers, a written warning for the first violation and a monetary penalty of five hund... |
70.255.040 | Manufacturers must cease sale or distribution. | (1) On July 26, 2009, manufacturers must immediately cease the sale or distribution of novelty lighters in this state. (2) On July 26, 2009, wholesalers and retail dealers have a maximum of ninety days to reduce their current inventory of novelty lighters. In no instance may wholesalers and retail dealers sell or distr... |
70.265.010 | Finding. | The legislature finds that it is in the interests of the people of the state of Washington to be able to establish public hospital capital facility areas as quasi-municipal corporations and independent taxing units existing within the boundaries of counties composed entirely of islands that receive medical services fro... |
70.265.020 | Definitions. | (1) "Hospital capital facilities" include both real and personal property including land, buildings, site improvements, equipment, furnishings, collections, and all necessary costs related to acquisition, financing, design, construction, equipping, and remodeling. (2) "Other capital health care facilities" means nursin... |
70.265.030 | Establishing a public hospital capital facility area—Process. | (1)(a) Upon receipt of a completed petition to both establish a public hospital capital facility area and submit a ballot proposition under RCW 70.265.070 to finance public hospital capital facilities and other capital health care facilities, the legislative authority of the county in which a proposed public hospital c... |
70.265.040 | Petition for formation of a public hospital capital facility area less than the entire county—Process. | Any petition for the formation of a public hospital capital facility area may describe an area less than the entire county in which the petition is filed, the boundaries of which must follow the then existing precinct boundaries and not divide any voting precinct; and in the event that a petition is filed containing no... |
70.265.050 | Governing body. | The governing body of the public hospital capital facility area must consist of three members of the county legislative authority from each county in which the public hospital capital facility area is located. In counties that have more than three members of their legislative body, the three members who serve on the go... |
70.265.060 | Authority to construct, acquire, purchase, maintain, add to, and remodel facilities—Interlocal agreements—Legal title. | A public hospital capital facility area may construct, acquire, purchase, maintain, add to, and remodel public hospital capital facilities, and the governing body of the public hospital capital facility area may, by interlocal agreement or otherwise, contract with a county, city, town, or public hospital district to de... |
70.265.070 | Financing—Bonds authorized. | (1) A public hospital capital facility area may contract indebtedness or borrow money to finance public hospital capital facilities and other capital health care facilities and may issue general obligation bonds for such purpose not exceeding an amount, together with any existing indebtedness of the public hospital cap... |
70.265.080 | Dissolution of public hospital capital facility area. | (1) A public hospital capital facility area may be dissolved by a majority vote of the governing body when all obligations under any general obligation bonds issued by the public hospital capital facility area have been discharged and any other contractual obligations of the public hospital capital facility area have e... |
70.265.090 | Limitations on legal challenges. | Unless commenced within thirty days after the date of the filing of the certificate of the canvass of an election on the proposition of creating a new public hospital capital facility area pursuant to this chapter, no lawsuit whatever may be maintained challenging in any way the legal existence of the public hospital c... |
70.265.100 | Treasurer—Duties—Funds—Surety bonds. | (1) The treasurer of the county in which a public hospital capital facility area is located shall be treasurer of the public hospital capital facility area, except that the commission of the public hospital district in which the facility area is located by resolution may designate some other person having experience in... |
70.265.110 | Contracting with other entities to provide hospital facilities or hospital services. | Any public hospital capital facility area may contract or join with any public hospital district, publicly owned hospital, nonprofit hospital, legal entity, or individual to acquire, own, operate, manage, or provide any hospital or other health care facilities or hospital services or other health care services to be us... |
70.290.010 | Definitions. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2242-S.SL ) ***
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Association" means the Washington vaccine association. (2) "Covered lives" means all persons under the age of nineteen in Washington state who are: (a) Covered un... |
70.290.020 | Washington vaccine association—Creation. | There is created a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Washington vaccine association. The association is formed for the purpose of collecting and remitting adequate funds from health carriers and third-party administrators for the cost of vaccines provided to certain children in Washington state.
[ 2010 c 174 s 2... |
70.290.030 | Composition of association—Board of directors—Duties. | (1) The association is comprised of all health carriers issuing or renewing health benefit plans in Washington state and all third-party administrators conducting business on behalf of residents of Washington state or Washington health care providers and facilities. Third-party administrators are subject to registratio... |
70.290.040 | Estimate of program cost for upcoming year—Assessment collection—Surplus assessments—Start-up funding. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2242-S.SL ) ***
(1) The secretary shall estimate the total nonfederal program cost for the upcoming calendar year by October 1, 2010, and October 1st of each year thereafter. Additionally, the secretary shall subtract any amounts needed to serve children enrolled in state purchased health ca... |
70.290.050 | Selection of vaccines to be purchased—Committee. | (1) The board of the association shall establish a committee for the purposes of developing recommendations to the board regarding selection of vaccines to be purchased in each upcoming year by the department. The committee must be composed of at least five voting board members, including at least three health carrier ... |
70.290.060 | Additional duties and powers of the association and secretary—Penalty—Rules. | In addition to the duties and powers enumerated elsewhere in this chapter: (1) The association may, pursuant to either vote of its board of directors or request of the secretary, audit compliance with reporting obligations established under the association's plan of operation. Upon failure of any entity that has been a... |
70.290.070 | Board shall submit financial report to the secretary. | The board of directors of the association shall submit to the secretary, no later than one hundred twenty days after the close of the association's fiscal year, a financial report in a form approved by the secretary.
[ 2010 c 174 s 7 .] |
70.290.075 | Third-party administrators—Registration and reporting. | (1) A third-party administrator must register with the association. Registrants must report a change of legal name, business name, business address, or business telephone number to the association within ten days after the change. (2) The association must establish data elements and procedures for the registration of t... |
70.290.080 | Limitation of liability. | No liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature, shall arise against any member of the board of the association, against an employee or agent of the association, or against any health care provider for any lawful action taken by them in the performance of their duties or required activities under this... |
70.290.090 | Vote to recommend termination of the association—Disposition of funds. | (1) The association board may, on or after June 30, 2015, vote to recommend termination of the association if it finds that the original intent of its formation and operation, which is to ensure more cost-effective purchase and distribution of vaccine than if provided through uncoordinated purchase by health care provi... |
70.290.100 | Physicians and clinics ordering state supplied vaccine—Tracking of vaccine delivered—Documentation. | Physicians and clinics ordering state supplied vaccine must ensure they have billing mechanisms and practices in place that enable the association to accurately track vaccine delivered to association members' covered lives and must submit documentation in such a form as may be prescribed by the board in consultation wi... |
70.290.110 | Judicial invalidation of program's funding—Termination of program. | If the requirement that any segment of health carriers, third-party administrators, or state or local governmental entities provide funding for the program established in this chapter is invalidated by a court of competent jurisdiction, the board of the association may terminate the program one hundred twenty days foll... |
70.290.900 | Effective date—2010 c 174. | 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 takes effect immediately [March 23, 2010].
[ 2010 c 174 s 17 .] |
70.305.005 | Finding—Purpose. | The legislature finds that adverse childhood experiences are a powerful common determinant of a child's ability to be successful at school and, as an adult, to be successful at work, to avoid behavioral and chronic physical health conditions, and to build healthy relationships. The purpose of this chapter is to identif... |
70.305.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Adverse childhood experiences" means the following indicators of severe childhood stressors and family dysfunction that, when experienced in the first eighteen years of life and taken together, are proven b... |
70.305.020 | Preventing and mitigating the effects of adverse childhood experiences—Planning group—Report to the legislature—Secretary's authority. | (1)(a) The secretary of the department of social and health services and the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families shall actively participate in the development of a nongovernmental private-public initiative focused on coordinating government and philanthropic organizations' investments in the po... |
70.320.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Authority" means the health care authority. (2) "Department" means the department of social and health services. (3) "Emerging best practice" or "promising practice" means a program or practice that, based ... |
70.320.020 | Contract performance measures developed under RCW70.320.030based on outcomes—Integration. | (1) The authority and the department shall base contract performance measures developed under RCW 70.320.030 on the following outcomes when contracting with service contracting entities: Improvements in client health status and wellness; increases in client participation in meaningful activities; reductions in client i... |
70.320.030 | Adoption of performance measures. | (1) The authority shall adopt performance measures to determine whether service contracting entities are achieving the outcomes described in RCW 70.320.020 and 41.05.690 for clients enrolled in medical managed care programs operated according to Title XIX or XXI of the federal social security act. (2) The authority sha... |
70.320.040 | Contract requirements. | By July 1, 2015, the authority and the department shall require that contracts with service coordination organizations include provisions requiring: (1) The adoption of the outcomes and performance measures developed under this chapter and RCW 41.05.690 and mechanisms for reporting data to support each of the outcomes ... |
70.320.050 | Report to the legislature. | (1) By December 1, 2014, the department and the authority shall report jointly to the legislature on the expected outcomes and the performance measures. The report must identify the performance measures and the expected outcomes established for each program, the relationship between the performance measures and expecte... |
70.320.060 | Civil actions—Outcomes and performance measures do not establish a standard of care. | The outcomes and performance measures established pursuant to this chapter do not establish a standard of care in any civil action brought by a recipient of services. The failure of a service coordination organization to meet the outcomes and performance measures established pursuant to this chapter does not create civ... |
70.320.070 | Record retention—Requirements. | The authority, the department, and service contracting entities shall establish record retention schedules for maintaining data reported by service contracting entities under RCW 70.320.020 . For data elements related to the identity of individual clients, the schedules may not allow the retention of data for longer th... |
70.330.010 | Identification of goals and benchmarks—Agency plans. | The health care authority, department of social and health services, and department of health shall collaborate to identify goals and benchmarks while also developing individual agency plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes in Washington, improve diabetes care, and control complications associated with diabetes.
[ 2... |
70.330.020 | Reports to governor and legislature. | The health care authority, department of social and health services, and department of health shall each submit a report to the governor and the legislature by December 31, 2019, and every second year thereafter, on the following: (1) The financial impact and reach diabetes of all types is having on programs administer... |
70.335.010 | Findings—Intent. | The legislature finds that maintaining public trust and confidence in the safety of the community blood supply is important to the health care system. Patients in Washington needing lifesaving transfusions rightly expect safe blood and blood donors in Washington rightly expect their contributions will be managed with d... |
70.335.020 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Blood-collecting or distributing establishment" or "establishment" means any organization that collects or distributes blood for allogeneic transfusion in Washington. This chapter does not apply to a hospit... |
70.335.030 | Registration required—Applications for registration—Criteria—Suspension—Expiration—Fees. | (1) A blood-collecting or distributing establishment may not collect or distribute blood for transfusion in Washington, unless it is registered by the department. (2) A blood-collecting or distributing establishment shall submit an application for registration to the department on a form prescribed by the department. T... |
70.335.040 | Public registry—Notification of changes. | (1) The department shall create and maintain an online public registry of all registered blood-collecting or distributing establishments that supply blood products for transfusion in Washington. (2) The department shall, within fourteen days of receipt, publish in the public registry the information received from each ... |
70.335.050 | Enforcement. | The department may, in the manner provided by law and upon the advice of the attorney general, who shall represent the department in the proceedings, maintain an action in the name of the state for an injunction or other process against any blood-collecting or distributing establishment to restrain or prevent the opera... |
70.345.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Board" means the Washington state liquor and cannabis board. (2) "Business" means any trade, occupation, activity, or enterprise engaged in for the purpose of selling or distributing vapor products in this ... |
70.345.020 | Types of licenses—Applications—License expiration and display. | (1) The licenses issuable by the board under this chapter are as follows: (a) A vapor product retailer's license; (b) A vapor product distributor's license; and (c) A vapor product delivery sale license. (2) Application for the licenses must be made through the business licensing system under chapter 19.02 RCW. The boa... |
70.345.030 | License required—Must allow inspections—Sale of certain substances prohibited—Penalties. | (1)(a) No person may engage in or conduct business as a retailer, distributor, or delivery seller in this state without a valid license issued under this chapter, except as otherwise provided by law. Any person who sells vapor products to ultimate consumers by a means other than delivery sales must obtain a retailer's ... |
70.345.040 | Licensing fee—Distributors. | A fee of one hundred fifty dollars must accompany each vapor product distributor's license application or license renewal application under RCW 70.345.020 . If a distributor sells or intends to sell vapor products at two or more places of business, whether established or temporary, a separate license with a license fee... |
70.345.050 | Licensing fee—Retailers. | (1) A fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars must accompany each vapor product retailer's license application or license renewal application under RCW 70.345.020 . A separate license is required for each separate location at which the retailer operates. (2) A retailer applying for, or renewing, both a vapor products r... |
70.345.060 | Licensing fee—Delivery sales. | A fee of two hundred fifty dollars must accompany each vapor product delivery sale license application or license renewal application under RCW 70.345.020 .
[ 2016 sp.s. c 38 s 10 .]
Contingent effective date — 2016 sp.s. c 38 ss 5-10 and 28: See note following RCW 70.345.020 . |
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