RCW 70A.400.020 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 400 / Section 020
RCW 70A.400.020: Manufacture, sale, or distribution of certain class B firefighting foam restricted—Publication of findings—Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning July 1, 2020, a manufacturer of class B firefighting foam may not manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in this state class B firefighting foam to which PFAS chemicals have been intentionally added. (2)(a) The restrictions in subsection (1) of this section do not apply to any manufacture, sale, or distribution of class B firefighting foam where the inclusion of PFAS chemicals are required by federal law, including but not limited to the requirements of 14 C.F.R. 139.317, as that section existed as of January 1, 2018. (b) In the event that the requirements of 14 C.F.R. Sec. 139.317 or other applicable federal regulations change after January 1, 2018, to allow the use of alternative firefighting agents that do not contain PFAS chemicals, then as of the effective date of that change, the department shall publish a finding to that effect in the Washington State Register and submit this finding to the appropriate committees of the house of representatives and the senate. The department's publication regarding a change in the federal regulations must be specific with respect to the involved federal agency and use and, if identified by the federal agency, the alternative firefighting agent. Two years after publication in the Washington State Register, the restrictions of subsection (1) of this section apply to the manufacture, sale, and distribution of class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals for the uses specified in 14 C.F.R. Sec. 139.317 or other applicable federal regulations. However, the restrictions of subsection (1) of this section do not take effect for an additional year if all of the airports in Washington certificated under 14 C.F.R. Sec. 139 have not been able to secure alternative firefighting agents and any necessary infrastructure to apply the agent in order to meet certification requirements, as determined by the department. Eighteen months after the department's original publication in the Washington State Register, each section 139 licensed airport shall report to the department on the airport's status with respect to obtaining alternative firefighting agents approved by the federal aviation administration and any necessary infrastructure. The department must publish a second notice delaying the restrictions under subsection (1) of this section for an additional year if the department has determined that any section 139 airport is unable to secure alternative firefighting agents without intentionally added PFAS chemicals or infrastructure to meet certification requirements because the agents or infrastructure are not commercially available. (3)(a) The restrictions in subsection (1) of this section do not apply until January 1, 2024, to any manufacture, sale, or distribution of class B firefighting foam to a person for use at a terminal, as defined in RCW 82.23A.010 , operated by the person, a chemical plant operated by the person, or an oil refinery operated by the person. (b) A person who operates a chemical plant, refinery, or terminal may apply to the department for a waiver. A waiver may only be for two years and may only be extended by the department for one additional two-year term. The department may grant a waiver if the applicant provides: (i) Clear and convincing evidence that there is no commercially available replacement that does not contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals that is capable of suppressing a large atmospheric storage tank fire; (ii) Information on the amount of firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS chemicals stored, used, or released on-site on an annual basis; (iii) A report on the progress being made by the operator of the chemical plant, terminal, or refinery to transition to use of firefighting foam at the facility that does not contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals; and (iv) An explanation of how all releases of firefighting foam will be fully contained on-site and how existing containment measures will not allow firewater, wastewater, runoff, and other wastes to be released to the environment including, but not limited to, soils, groundwater, waterways, and stormwater. (c) Nothing in this section prohibits an oil refinery or terminal from providing class B firefighting foam in the form of mutual aid to another refinery or terminal in the event of a class B fire.
RCW 70.320.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 320 / Section 050
RCW 70.320.050: Report to the legislature.
Status: in_force

(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 expected improvements in client outcomes, mechanisms for reporting outcomes and measuring performance, and options for applying the performance measures and expected outcomes development process to other health and social service programs. (2) By December 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, the department and the authority shall report to the legislature on the incorporation of the performance measures into contracts with service coordination organizations and progress toward achieving the identified outcomes. The report shall include: (a) The number of medicaid clients enrolled over the previous year; (b) The number of enrollees who received a baseline health assessment over the previous year; (c) An analysis of trends in health improvement for medicaid enrollees in accordance with the measure set established under RCW 41.05.690 ; and (d) Recommendations for improving the health of medicaid enrollees.
RCW 70A.384.902 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 384 / Section 902
RCW 70A.384.902: Construction—1986 c 191.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this act shall not have the effect of reducing the level of liability coverage required under any law, regulation, or contract of the state before December 31, 1987, or the effective date of the first determination made pursuant to RCW 70A.384.090 , if earlier.
RCW 70.48.460 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 48 / Section 460
RCW 70.48.460: Contracts for incarceration services for prisoners not covered by RCW 70.48.400 through 70.48.450.
Status: in_force

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 .
RCW 70.86.010 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 86 / Section 010
RCW 70.86.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The word "person" includes any individual, corporation, or group of two or more individuals acting together for a common purpose, whether acting in an individual, representative, or official capacity.
RCW 70A.216.040 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 216 / Section 040
RCW 70A.216.040: Certification process—Suspension of license or certificate for noncompliance with support order.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish a process to certify incinerator and landfill operators. To the greatest extent possible, the department shall rely on the certification standards and procedures developed by national organizations and the federal government. (2) Operators shall be certified if they: (a) Attend the required training sessions; (b) Successfully complete required examinations; and (c) Pay the prescribed fee. (3) By January 1, 1991, the department shall adopt rules to require incinerator and appropriate landfill operators to: (a) Attend a training session concerning the operation of the relevant type of landfill or incinerator; (b) Demonstrate sufficient skill and competency for proper operation of the incinerator or landfill by successfully completing an examination prepared by the department; and (c) Renew the certificate of competency at reasonable intervals established by the department. (4) The department shall provide for the collection of fees for the issuance and renewal of certificates. These fees shall be sufficient to recover the costs of the certification program. (5) The department shall establish an appeals process for the denial or revocation of a certificate. (6) The department shall establish a process to automatically certify operators who have received comparable certification from another state, the federal government, a local government, or a professional association. (7) Upon July 23, 1989, and prior to January 1, 1992, the owner or operator of an incinerator or landfill may apply to the department for interim certification. Operators shall receive interim certification if they: (a) Have received training provided by a recognized national organization, educational institution, or the federal government that is acceptable to the department; or (b) Have received individualized training in a manner approved by the department; and (c) Have successfully completed any required examinations. (8) No interim certification shall be valid after January 1, 1992, and interim certification shall not automatically qualify operators for certification pursuant to subsections (2) through (4) of this section. (9) The department shall immediately suspend the license or certificate of a person who has been certified pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320 by the department of social and health services as a person who is not in compliance with a support order or a *residential or visitation order. If the person has continued to meet all other requirements for reinstatement during the suspension, reissuance of the license or certificate shall be automatic upon the department's receipt of a release issued by the department of social and health services stating that the licensee is in compliance with the order.
RCW 70A.15.4110 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 4110
RCW 70A.15.4110: Transportation demand management—Collective bargaining powers unaffected.
Status: in_force

Nothing in chapter 329, Laws of 2006 preempts the ability of state employees to collectively bargain over commute trip reduction issues, including parking fees under chapter 41.80 RCW, or the ability of private sector employees to collectively bargain over commute trip reduction issues if previously such issues were mandatory subjects of collective bargaining.
RCW 70A.525.040 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 525 / Section 040
RCW 70A.525.040: Enforcement of chapter—Civil penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Cities and counties have concurrent and exclusive authority to enforce this chapter and to collect civil penalties for a violation of this chapter, subject to the conditions in this section. An enforcing government entity may impose a civil penalty in the amount of up to two thousand dollars for the first violation of this chapter, up to five thousand dollars for the second violation of this chapter, and up to ten thousand dollars for the third and any subsequent violation of this chapter. If a covered entity has paid a prior penalty for the same violation to a different government entity with enforcement authority under this subsection, the penalty imposed by a government entity is reduced by the amount of the payment. (2) Any civil penalties collected pursuant to this section must be paid to the enforcing governmental entity that brought the action. (3) The remedies provided by this section are not exclusive and are in addition to the remedies that may be available pursuant to chapter 19.86 RCW or other consumer protection laws, if applicable. (4) In addition to penalties recovered under this section, the enforcing government entity may recover reasonable enforcement costs and attorneys' fees from the liable covered entity.
RCW 70.87.110 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 87 / Section 110
RCW 70.87.110: Exceptions authorized.
Status: in_force

The requirements of this chapter are intended to apply to all conveyances except as modified or waived by the department. They are intended to be modified or waived whenever any requirements are shown to be impracticable, such as involving expense not justified by the protection secured. However, the department shall not allow the modification or waiver unless equivalent or safer construction is secured in other ways. An exception applies only to the installation covered by the application for waiver.
RCW 70.14.140 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 14 / Section 140
RCW 70.14.140: Applicability to health care services purchased from health carriers.
Status: in_force

RCW 70.14.080 through 70.14.130 and 41.05.013 do not apply to state purchased health care services that are purchased from or through health carriers as defined in RCW 48.43.005 .
RCW 70A.02.070 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 02 / Section 070
RCW 70A.02.070: Obligation of a covered agency—Does not trigger chapter 43.21C RCW requirements.
Status: in_force

The obligation of a covered agency to conduct an environmental justice assessment pursuant to RCW 70A.02.060 for significant agency actions does not, by itself, trigger requirements in chapter 43.21C RCW.
RCW 70.47.015 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 47 / Section 015
RCW 70.47.015: Enrollment—Findings—Intent—Enrollee premium share—Expedited application and enrollment process—Commission for insurance producers.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that the basic health plan has been an effective program in providing health coverage for uninsured residents. Further, since 1993, substantial amounts of public funds have been allocated for subsidized basic health plan enrollment. (2) Effective January 1, 1996, basic health plan enrollees whose income is less than one hundred twenty-five percent of the federal poverty level shall pay at least a ten-dollar premium share. (3) No later than July 1, 1996, the *administrator shall implement procedures whereby hospitals licensed under chapters 70.41 and 71.12 RCW, health carrier, rural health care facilities regulated under chapter 70.175 RCW, and community and migrant health centers funded under RCW 41.05.220 , may expeditiously assist patients and their families in applying for basic health plan or medical assistance coverage, and in submitting such applications directly to the health care authority or the department of social and health services. The health care authority and the department of social and health services shall make every effort to simplify and expedite the application and enrollment process. (4) No later than July 1, 1996, the *administrator shall implement procedures whereby disability insurance producers, licensed under chapter 48.17 RCW, may expeditiously assist patients and their families in applying for basic health plan or medical assistance coverage, and in submitting such applications directly to the health care authority or the department of social and health services. Insurance producers may receive a commission for each individual sale of the basic health plan to anyone not signed up within the previous five years and a commission for each group sale of the basic health plan, if funding for this purpose is provided in a specific appropriation to the health care authority. No commission shall be provided upon a renewal. Commissions shall be determined based on the estimated annual cost of the basic health plan, however, commissions shall not result in a reduction in the premium amount paid to health carriers. For purposes of this section "health carrier" is as defined in RCW 48.43.005 . The *administrator may establish: (a) Minimum educational requirements that must be completed by the insurance producers; (b) an appointment process for insurance producers marketing the basic health plan; or (c) standards for revocation of the appointment of an insurance producer to submit applications for cause, including untrustworthy or incompetent conduct or harm to the public. The health care authority and the department of social and health services shall make every effort to simplify and expedite the application and enrollment process.
RCW 70.250.030 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 250 / Section 030
RCW 70.250.030: Implementation of evidence-based best practice guidelines or protocols.
Status: in_force

(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 services, and the decision support tools to implement the guidelines or protocols, identified under RCW 70.250.050 . (2) By January 1, 2012, and every January 1st thereafter, all state purchased health care programs must implement the evidence-based best practice guidelines or protocols and strategies identified under RCW 70.250.050 , after the administrator, in consultation with participating agencies, has affirmatively reviewed and endorsed the recommendations. This requirement applies to health carriers, as defined in RCW 48.43.005 and to entities acting as third-party administrators that contract with state purchased health care programs to provide or administer health benefits for enrollees of those programs. If the collaborative fails to reach consensus within the time frames identified in this section and RCW 70.250.050 , state purchased health care programs may pursue implementation of evidence-based strategies on their own initiative.
RCW 70A.425.060 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 425 / Section 060
RCW 70A.425.060: "Household substance" defined.
Status: in_force

"Household substance" means any substance which is customarily produced or distributed for sale for consumption or use, or customarily stored, by individuals in or about the household and which is: (1) A "hazardous substance", which means (a) any substance or mixture of substances or product which (i) is toxic, (ii) is corrosive, (iii) is an irritant, (iv) is a strong sensitizer, (v) is flammable or combustible, or (vi) generates pressure through decomposition, heat, or other means, if such substance or mixture of substances may cause substantial personal injury or substantial illness during or as a proximate result of any customary or reasonably foreseeable handling or use, including reasonably foreseeable ingestion by children; (b) any substances which the director by regulation finds to meet the requirements of subsection (1)(a) of this section; (c) any radioactive substance, if, with respect to such substance as used in a particular class of article or as packaged, the director determines by regulation that the substance is sufficiently hazardous to require labeling in accordance with this chapter in order to protect the public health, safety or welfare; and (d) any toy or other article intended for use by children which the director by regulation determines presents an electrical, mechanical or thermal hazard. (2) A pesticide as defined in the Washington Pesticide Control Act, chapter 15.58 RCW as now or hereafter amended; (3) A food, drug, or cosmetic as those terms are defined in the Uniform Washington Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, chapter 69.04 RCW as now or hereafter amended; or (4) A substance intended for use as fuel when stored in portable containers and used in the heating, cooking, or refrigeration system of a house; or (5) Any other substance which the director may declare to be a household substance subsequent to a hearing as provided for under the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW, Administrative Procedure Act, for the adoption of rules.
RCW 70A.425.140 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 425 / Section 140
RCW 70A.425.140: Authority to adopt regulations—Delegation of authority to pharmacy quality assurance commission.
Status: in_force

The authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement of this chapter is hereby vested in the director. However, the director shall designate the pharmacy quality assurance commission to carry out all the provisions of this chapter pertaining to drugs and cosmetics, with authority to promulgate regulations for the efficient enforcement thereof.
RCW 70A.15.4020 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 4020
RCW 70A.15.4020: Transportation demand management—Requirements for counties and cities.
Status: in_force

(1) Each county containing an urban growth area, designated pursuant to RCW 36.70A.110 , and each city within an urban growth area with a state highway segment exceeding the one hundred person hours of delay threshold calculated by the department of transportation, as well as those counties and cities located in any contiguous urban growth areas, shall adopt a commute trip reduction plan and ordinance for major employers in the affected urban growth area by a date specified by the commute trip reduction board. Jurisdictions located within an urban growth area with a population greater than seventy thousand that adopted a commute trip reduction ordinance before the year 2000, as well as any jurisdiction within contiguous urban growth areas, shall also adopt a commute trip reduction plan and ordinance for major employers in the affected urban growth area by a date specified by the commute trip reduction board. Jurisdictions containing a major employment installation in a county with an affected growth area, designated pursuant to RCW 36.70A.110 , shall adopt a commute trip reduction plan and ordinance for major employers in the major employment installation by a date specified by the commute trip reduction board. The ordinance shall establish the requirements for major employers and provide an appeals process by which major employers, who as a result of special characteristics of their business or its locations would be unable to meet the requirements of the ordinance, may obtain waiver or modification of those requirements. The plan shall be designed to achieve reductions in the proportion of single-occupant vehicle commute trips and be consistent with the rules established by the department of transportation. The county, city, or town shall submit its adopted plan to the regional transportation planning organization. The county, city, or town plan shall be included in the regional commute trip reduction plan for regional transportation planning purposes, consistent with the rules established by the department of transportation in RCW 70A.15.4060 . (2) All other counties, cities, and towns may adopt and implement a commute trip reduction plan consistent with department of transportation rules established under RCW 70A.15.4060 . Tribal governments are encouraged to adopt a commute trip reduction plan for their lands. State investment in voluntary commute trip reduction plans shall be limited to those areas that meet criteria developed by the commute trip reduction board. (3) The department of ecology may, after consultation with the department of transportation, as part of the state implementation plan for areas that do not attain the national ambient air quality standards for carbon monoxide or ozone, require municipalities other than those identified in subsection (1) of this section to adopt and implement commute trip reduction plans if the department determines that such plans are necessary for attainment of said standards. (4) A commute trip reduction plan shall be consistent with the rules established under RCW 70A.15.4060 and shall include but is not limited to (a) goals for reductions in the proportion of single-occupant vehicle commute trips consistent with the state goals established by the commute trip reduction board under RCW 70A.15.4060 and the regional commute trip reduction plan goals established in the regional commute trip reduction plan; (b) a description of the requirements for major public and private sector employers to implement commute trip reduction programs; (c) a commute trip reduction program for employees of the county, city, or town; and (d) means, consistent with rules established by the department of transportation, for determining base year values and progress toward meeting commute trip reduction plan goals. The plan shall be developed in consultation with local transit agencies, the applicable regional transportation planning organization, major employers, and other interested parties. (5) The commute trip reduction plans adopted by counties, cities, and towns under this chapter shall be consistent with and may be incorporated in applicable state or regional transportation plans and local comprehensive plans and shall be coordinated, and consistent with, the commute trip reduction plans of counties, cities, or towns with which the county, city, or town has, in part, common borders or related regional issues. Such regional issues shall include assuring consistency in the treatment of employers who have worksites subject to the requirements of this chapter in more than one jurisdiction. Counties, cities, and towns adopting commute trip reduction plans may enter into agreements through the interlocal cooperation act or by resolution or ordinance as appropriate with other jurisdictions, local transit agencies, transportation management associations or other private or nonprofit providers of transportation services, or regional transportation planning organizations to coordinate the development and implementation of such plans. Transit agencies shall work with counties, cities, and towns as a part of their six-year transit development plan established in RCW 35.58.2795 to take into account the location of major employer worksites when planning and prioritizing transit service changes or the expansion of public transportation services, including ride share services. Counties, cities, or towns adopting a commute trip reduction plan shall review it annually and revise it as necessary to be consistent with applicable plans developed under RCW 36.70A.070 . Regional transportation planning organizations shall review the local commute trip reduction plans during the development and update of the regional commute trip reduction plan. (6) Each affected regional transportation planning organization shall adopt a commute trip reduction plan for its region consistent with the rules and deadline established by the department of transportation under RCW 70A.15.4060 . The plan shall include, but is not limited to: (a) Regional program goals for commute trip reduction in urban growth areas and all designated growth and transportation efficiency centers; (b) a description of strategies for achieving the goals; (c) a sustainable financial plan describing projected revenues and expenditures to meet the goals; (d) a description of the way in which progress toward meeting the goals will be measured; and (e) minimum criteria for growth and transportation efficiency centers. (i) Regional transportation planning organizations shall review proposals from local jurisdictions to designate growth and transportation efficiency centers and shall determine whether the proposed growth and transportation efficiency center is consistent with the criteria defined in the regional commute trip reduction plan. (ii) Growth and transportation efficiency centers certified as consistent with the minimum requirements by the regional transportation planning organization shall be identified in subsequent updates of the regional commute trip reduction plan. These plans shall be developed in collaboration with all affected local jurisdictions, transit agencies, and other interested parties within the region. The plan will be reviewed and approved by the commute trip reduction board as established under RCW 70A.15.4060 . Regions without an approved regional commute trip reduction plan shall not be eligible for state commute trip reduction program funds. The regional commute trip reduction plan shall be consistent with and incorporated into transportation demand management components in the regional transportation plan as required by RCW 47.80.030 . (7) Each regional transportation planning organization implementing a regional commute trip reduction program shall, consistent with the rules and deadline established by the department of transportation, submit its plan as well as any related local commute trip reduction plans and certified growth and transportation efficiency center programs, to the commute trip reduction board established under RCW 70A.15.4060 . The commute trip reduction board shall review the regional commute trip reduction plan and the local commute trip reduction plans. The regional transportation planning organization shall collaborate with the commute trip reduction board to evaluate the consistency of local commute trip reduction plans with the regional commute trip reduction plan. Local and regional plans must be approved by the commute trip reduction board in order to be eligible for state funding provided for the purposes of this chapter. (8) Each regional transportation planning organization implementing a regional commute trip reduction program shall submit an annual progress report to the commute trip reduction board established under RCW 70A.15.4060 . The report shall be due at the end of each state fiscal year for which the program has been implemented. The report shall describe progress in attaining the applicable commute trip reduction goals and shall highlight any problems being encountered in achieving the goals. The information shall be reported in a form established by the commute trip reduction board. (9) Any waivers or modifications of the requirements of a commute trip reduction plan granted by a jurisdiction shall be submitted for review to the commute trip reduction board established under RCW 70A.15.4060 . The commute trip reduction board may not deny the granting of a waiver or modification of the requirements of a commute trip reduction plan by a jurisdiction but they may notify the jurisdiction of any comments or objections. (10) Plans implemented under this section shall not apply to commute trips for seasonal agricultural employees. (11) Plans implemented under this section shall not apply to construction worksites when the expected duration of the construction project is less than two years. (12) If an affected urban growth area has not previously implemented a commute trip reduction program and the state has funded solutions to state highway deficiencies to address the area's exceeding the person hours of delay threshold, the affected urban growth area shall be exempt from the duties of this section for a period not exceeding two years.
RCW 70A.420.040 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 420 / Section 040
RCW 70A.420.040: Certification and accreditation—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall administer and enforce a state program for training and certification, and training program accreditation, which must include those program elements necessary to assume responsibility for federal requirements for a program as set forth in Title IV of the toxic substances control act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 2601 et seq.), the residential lead-based paint hazard reduction act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4851 et seq.), 40 C.F.R. Part 745, Subparts D (2001), E (1998), L and Q (1996), and Title X of the housing and community development act of 1992 (P.L. 102-550). The department may delegate or enter into an agreement with other state agencies, local governments, or private entities for implementation of components of the state program. (2) The department shall establish a program for certification of persons involved in lead-based paint activities and renovation activities. (3) The department shall establish a program for accreditation of training providers in compliance with federal and state laws and rules. (4) Rules adopted under this section shall: (a) Establish minimum accreditation requirements for lead-based paint activities and renovator activities for training providers; (b) Establish work practice standards for conduct of lead-based paint activities and renovator activities; (c) Establish certification requirements for individuals and firms engaged in lead-based paint activities and renovator activities including provisions for recognizing certifications accomplished under existing certification programs; (d) Require the use of certified personnel in any lead-based paint hazard reduction activity or renovation activity; (e) Be revised as necessary to comply with federal law and rules and to maintain eligibility for federal funding; (f) Be revised as necessary to comply with state law and rules; (g) Facilitate reciprocity and communication with other states having a lead-based paint certification program; (h) Provide for decertification, deaccreditation, and financial assurance for a person certified or accredited by the department; and (i) Be issued in accordance with the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW. (5) This program must be at least as protective as federal requirements as set forth in Title IV of the toxic substances control act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 2601 et seq.), the residential lead-based paint hazard reduction act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4851 et seq.), 40 C.F.R. Part 745 (1996), Subparts L and Q, and Title X of the housing and community development act of 1992 (P.L. 102-550). (6) Any rules adopted by the department shall be consistent with, or be more protective than, federal laws, regulations, and requirements relating to lead-based paint activities and renovation activities specified by the residential lead-based paint hazard reduction act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4851 et seq.) and Title X of the housing and community development act of 1992 (P.L. 102-550), and rules adopted pursuant to chapter 70A.305 RCW, to ensure consistency in regulatory action. The rules must be at least as protective as federal and state regulations. (7) The department may accept federal funds for the administration of the program. (8) For the purposes of certification under the federal requirements as set forth in section 2682 of the toxic substances control act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 2682), the department may require renovators and dust sampling technicians to apply for a certification badge issued by the department. The department may impose a fee on the applicant for processing the application. The application shall include a photograph of the applicant and a fee in the amount imposed by the department. (9) The department shall prescribe and adopt by rule fees sufficient to cover the implementation of this chapter.
RCW 70A.500.290 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 500 / Section 290
RCW 70A.500.290: Manufacturers to pay their apportioned share of administrative and operational costs—Performance bonds—Dispute arbitration.
Status: in_force

(1) Manufacturers participating in the standard plan shall pay the authority to cover all administrative and operational costs associated with the collection, transportation, and recycling of covered electronic products within the state of Washington incurred by the standard program operated by the authority to meet the standard plan's equivalent share obligation as described in RCW 70A.500.270 (5). (2) The authority shall assess charges on each manufacturer participating in the standard plan and collect funds from each participating manufacturer for the manufacturer's portion of the costs in subsection (1) of this section. For program years 2009 through 2015, such apportionment must be based on return share, market share, any combination of return share and market share, or any other equitable method. For the 2016 program year and all subsequent program years, such apportionment must be based on market share. The authority's apportionment of costs to manufacturers participating in the standard plan may not include nor be based on electronic products imported through the state and subsequently exported outside the state. Charges assessed under this section must not be formulated in such a way as to create incentives to divert imported electronic products to ports or distribution centers in other states. The authority shall adjust the charges to manufacturers participating in the standard plan as necessary in order to ensure that all costs associated with the identified activities are covered. (3) The authority may require financial assurances or performance bonds for manufacturers participating in the standard plan, including but not limited to new entrants and white box manufacturers, when determining equitable methods for apportioning costs to ensure that the long-term costs for collecting, transporting, and recycling of a covered electronic product are borne by the appropriate manufacturer in the event that the manufacturer ceases to participate in the program. (4) Nothing in this section authorizes the authority to assess fees or levy taxes directly on the sale or possession of electronic products. (5) If a manufacturer has not met its financial obligations as determined by the authority under this section, the authority shall notify the department that the manufacturer is no longer participating in the standard plan. (6) For program years 2009 through 2015, the authority shall submit its plan for assessing charges and apportioning cost on manufacturers participating in the standard plan to the department for review and approval along with the standard plan as provided in RCW 70A.500.060 . (7)(a) Any manufacturer participating in the standard plan may appeal an assessment of charges or apportionment of costs levied by the authority under this section by written petition to the director of the department. The director of the department or the director's designee shall review all appeals within timelines established by the department and shall reverse any assessments of charges or apportionment of costs if the director finds that the authority's assessments or apportionment of costs was an arbitrary administrative decision, an abuse of administrative discretion, or is not an equitable assessment or apportionment of costs. The director shall make a fair and impartial decision based on sound data. If the director of the department reverses an assessment of charges, the authority must redetermine the assessment or apportionment of costs. (b) Disputes regarding a final decision made by the director or director's designee may be challenged through arbitration. The director shall appoint one member to serve on the arbitration panel and the challenging party shall appoint one other. These two persons shall choose a third person to serve. If the two persons cannot agree on a third person, the presiding judge of the Thurston county superior court shall choose a third person. The decision of the arbitration panel shall be final and binding, subject to review by the superior court solely upon the question of whether the decision of the panel was arbitrary or capricious.
RCW 70A.345.110 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 345 / Section 110
RCW 70A.345.110: Civil liability of state.
Status: in_force

Officers, employees, and authorized representatives of the agency and the department of health, and the state of Washington are immune from civil liability and no cause of action of any nature may arise from any act or omission in exercising powers and duties under this chapter.
RCW 70A.15.1620 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 1620
RCW 70A.15.1620: Assessed valuation of taxable property, certification by county assessors.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the assessor of each component county to certify annually to the board the aggregate assessed valuation of all taxable property in all incorporated and unincorporated areas situated in any activated authority as the same appears from the last assessment roll of his or her county.
RCW 70A.120.120 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 120 / Section 120
RCW 70A.120.120: Secretary—Authority.
Status: in_force

To carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter, the secretary is authorized and empowered to: (1) Receive financial and technical assistance from the federal government and other public or private agencies. (2) Participate in related programs of the federal government, other state, interstate agencies, or other public or private agencies or organizations. (3) Assess fees determined pursuant to RCW 70A.120.160 on public water systems to support the waterworks operator certification program.
RCW 69.30.010 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 30 / Section 010
RCW 69.30.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Approved shellfish tag or label" means a tag or label meeting the requirements of the national shellfish sanitation program model ordinance. (2) "Commercial quantity" means any quantity exceeding: (a) Forty pounds of mussels; (b) one hundred oysters; (c) fourteen horse clams; (d) six geoducks; (e) fifty pounds of hard or soft shell clams; or (f) fifty pounds of scallops. The poundage in this subsection (2) constitutes weight with the shell. (3) "Department" means the state department of health. (4) "Establishment" means the buildings, together with the necessary equipment and appurtenances, used for the storage, culling, shucking, packing and/or shipping of shellfish in commercial quantity or for sale for human consumption. (5) "Ex officio fish and wildlife officer" means an ex officio fish and wildlife officer as defined in RCW 77.08.010 . (6) "Fish and wildlife officer" means a fish and wildlife officer as defined in RCW 77.08.010 . (7) "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, or the authorized agents of any such entities. (8) "Sale" means to sell, offer for sale, barter, trade, deliver, consign, hold for sale, consignment, barter, trade, or delivery, and/or possess with intent to sell or dispose of in any commercial manner. (9) "Secretary" means the secretary of health or his or her authorized representatives. (10) "Shellfish" means all varieties of fresh and frozen oysters, mussels, clams, and scallops, either shucked or in the shell, and any fresh or frozen edible products thereof. (11) "Shellfish growing areas" means the lands and waters in and upon which shellfish are grown for harvesting in commercial quantity or for sale for human consumption. (12) "Shellstock" means live molluscan shellfish in the shell.(1) Pursuant to the federal clean air act, the legislature adopts the California motor vehicle emission standards in Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations. The department of ecology shall adopt rules to implement the motor vehicle emission standards of the state of California, including the zero emission vehicle program, and shall amend the rules from time to time, to maintain consistency with the California motor vehicle emission standards and 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7507 (section 177 of the federal clean air act). (2) The provisions of this chapter do not apply with respect to the use by a resident of this state of a motor vehicle acquired and used while the resident is a member of the armed services and is stationed outside this state pursuant to military orders.
RCW 70A.350.100 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 350 / Section 100
RCW 70A.350.100: Eliminating or reducing PCBs in consumer products—Department must petition United States environmental protection agency to reassess certain regulations.
Status: in_force

(1) The department must petition the United States environmental protection agency to reassess its regulations on excluded manufacturing processes from prohibitions on manufacturing, processing, distribution in commerce, and use of PCBs and PCB items under 40 C.F.R. Sec. 761.3 for the purpose of eliminating or reducing the presence of PCBs in consumer products. (2) In petitioning the United States environmental protection agency, the department must include legislative findings in section 1, chapter 399, Laws of 2023 and information on: (a) Health effects of PCBs; (b) Release and exposure of PCBs including, but not limited to, concentrations of PCBs measured in consumer products and in state waters, soils, and fish tissue; (c) Safer alternatives for consumer products that contain PCBs, including the availability and feasibility of alternatives; and (d) Other relevant data or findings as determined by the department. (3) The department is not required to generate new data and may use previously compiled data and findings developed in the performance of duties under this section. (4) The department may consult with the department of health and other relevant state agencies in developing the petition under this section. (5) To the extent practicable, the department must seek completion of the petition review by January 1, 2025.
RCW 70.128.090 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 128 / Section 090
RCW 70.128.090: Inspections—Generally.
Status: in_force

(1) During inspections of an adult family home, the department shall have access and authority to examine areas and articles in the home used to provide care or support to residents, including residents' records, accounts, and the physical premises, including the buildings, grounds, and equipment. The personal records of the provider are not subject to department inspection nor is the separate bedroom of the provider, not used in direct care of a client, subject to review. The department may inspect all rooms during the initial licensing of the home. However, during a complaint investigation, the department shall have access to the entire premises and all pertinent records when necessary to conduct official business. The department also shall have the authority to interview the provider and residents of an adult family home. (2) Whenever an inspection is conducted, the department shall prepare a written report that summarizes all information obtained during the inspection, and if the home is in violation of this chapter, serve a copy of the inspection report upon the provider at the same time as a notice of violation. This notice shall be mailed to the provider within ten working days of the completion of the inspection process. If the home is not in violation of this chapter, a copy of the inspection report shall be mailed to the provider within ten calendar days of the inspection of the home. All inspection reports shall be made available to the public at the department during business hours. (3) The provider shall develop corrective measures for any violations found by the department's inspection. The department shall upon request provide consultation and technical assistance to assist the provider in developing effective corrective measures. The department shall include a statement of the provider's corrective measures in the department's inspection report.
RCW 70A.15.3110 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 3110
RCW 70A.15.3110: Air pollution control authority—Assumption of control by department.
Status: in_force

(1) If, after thirty days from the time that the department issues a report or order to an authority under RCW 70A.15.3090 and 70A.15.3100 , such authority has not taken action which indicates that it is attempting in good faith to implement the recommendations or actions of the department as set forth in the report or order, the department may, by order, declare as null and void any or all ordinances, resolutions, rules or regulations of such authority relating to the control and/or prevention of air pollution, and at such time the department shall become the sole body with authority to make and enforce rules and regulations for the control and/or prevention of air pollution within the geographical area of such authority. If this occurs, the department may assume all those powers which are given to it by law to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. The department may, by order, continue in effect and enforce provisions of the ordinances, resolutions, or rules of such authority which are not less stringent than those requirements which the department may have found applicable to the area under RCW 70A.15.3000 , until such time as the department adopts its own rules. Any rules promulgated by the department shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW. Any enforcement actions shall be subject to RCW 43.21B.300 or 43.21B.310 . (2) No provision of this chapter is intended to prohibit any authority from reestablishing its air pollution control program which meets with the approval of the department and which complies with the purposes of this chapter and with applicable rules and orders of the department. (3) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the department from withdrawing the exercise of its jurisdiction over an authority upon its own motion if the department has found at a hearing held in accordance with chapters 42.30 and 34.05 RCW, that the air pollution prevention and control program of such authority will be carried out in good faith, that such program will do all that is possible and reasonable to control and/or prevent air pollution within the geographical area over which it has jurisdiction, and that the program complies with the provisions of this chapter. Upon the withdrawal of the department, the department shall prescribe certain recommendations as to how air pollution prevention and/or control is to be effectively accomplished and guidelines which will assist the authority in carrying out the recommendations of the department.
RCW 70A.208.210 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 208 / Section 210
RCW 70A.208.210: Independent review of program.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) By January 1, 2028, the department must contract with an independent consultant to carry out a one-time ex-ante analysis of each draft plan submitted to the department by October 1, 2028, that addresses: (i) The impact of the proposed program on the consumer prices of covered materials and items sold with covered materials; (ii) The impacts of the proposed program on environmental justice, as defined in RCW 70A.02.010 , and on the availability and convenience of recycling, composting, and reuse services, including specific analysis of the availability and convenience of recycling, composting, and reuse services used by socially vulnerable populations and in overburdened communities; and (iii) Whether and how a beverage container deposit return program could be established as a complement to the proposed plan, and designed in a manner that would improve on the performance targets and program outcomes proposed in the plan and in a manner that would improve accessibility and convenience to recycling options for beverage containers. (b) The analysis must be informed by input from stakeholders and informed by experience from other jurisdictions. (c) The analysis must be completed and submitted to the department by January 15, 2029. (d) The department's contract with the independent consultant must allow the consultant to begin its analysis prior to the submission of the draft plan on October 1, 2028. The department must require a producer responsibility organization to cooperate and share information with the independent consultant hired by the department to facilitate the consultant being able to complete its analysis in time to allow for consideration by the 2029 legislature. (e) The department must notify the appropriate committees of the legislature upon the completion of the analysis under this subsection (1). (2) By September 1, 2038, the department must contract with an independent consultant to analyze the impacts of the initial seven years of program implementation and must submit a report summarizing the analysis to the appropriate committees of the legislature. The analysis must include the effects of the program on: (a) Solid waste, composting, or recycling costs; (b) Recycling rates, reuse rates, postconsumer recycled content rates, source reduction rates, and composting rates; and (c) The availability and convenience of recycling, composting, and reuse services, including specific analysis of the availability and convenience of recycling, composting, and reuse services used by socially vulnerable populations. (3)(a) The independent consultant, for purposes of the independent review of the program carried out under this section, may review: (i) Information submitted to the department under RCW 70A.208.200 ; and (ii) Producer or producer responsibility organization data or information pertinent to the program. (b) The independent consultant must treat confidential records in a manner consistent with the department's policy under RCW 70A.208.220 . (4) To the extent that sufficient state-level data is not available to complete the analyses required in subsection (2) of this section, the independent consultant may review data or studies from states with similar programs.
RCW 70.129.120 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 129 / Section 120
RCW 70.129.120: Restraints—Physical or chemical.
Status: in_force

The resident has the right to be free from physical restraint or chemical restraint. This section does not require or prohibit facility staff from reviewing the judgment of the resident's physician in prescribing psychopharmacologic medications.
RCW 70.24.420 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 24 / Section 420
RCW 70.24.420: Additional local funding of treatment programs not required.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter may be construed to require additional local funding of programs to treat communicable disease established as of March 23, 1988.
RCW 70A.205.535 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 535
RCW 70A.205.535: Rules.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt rules providing for the implementation and enforcement of RCW 70A.205.505 through 70A.205.530 .
RCW 70A.555.050 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 555 / Section 050
RCW 70A.555.050: Stewardship program components—Performance goals.
Status: in_force

(1) Each battery stewardship plan must include performance goals that measure, on an annual basis, the achievements of the program. Performance goals must take into consideration technical feasibility and economic practicality in achieving continuous, meaningful progress in improving: (a) The rate of battery collection for recycling in Washington; (b) The recycling efficiency of the program; and (c) Public awareness of the program. (2) The performance goals established in each battery stewardship plan must include, but are not limited to: (a) Target collection rates; (b) Target recycling efficiency rates of at least 60 percent for rechargeable batteries and at least 70 percent for primary batteries; and (c) Goals for public awareness, convenience, and accessibility that meet or exceed the minimum requirements established in RCW 70A.555.070 .
RCW 70A.15.3550 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 3550
RCW 70A.15.3550: Sale of unapproved woodstoves—Penalty.
Status: in_force

After July 1, 1988, any person who sells, offers to sell, or knowingly advertises to sell a new woodstove in this state in violation of RCW 70A.15.3540 shall be subject to the penalties and enforcement actions under this chapter.
RCW 70.124.070 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 124 / Section 070
RCW 70.124.070: Failure to report is gross misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

A person who is required to make or to cause to be made a report pursuant to RCW 70.124.030 or 70.124.040 and who knowingly fails to make such report or fails to cause such report to be made is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
RCW 70.245.030 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 245 / Section 030
RCW 70.245.030: Form of the written request.
Status: in_force

(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 voluntarily, and is not being coerced to sign the request. (2) One of the witnesses shall be a person who is not: (a) A relative of the patient by blood or by law; (b) A person who at the time the request is signed would be entitled to any portion of the estate of the qualified patient upon death under any will or by operation of law; or (c) An owner, operator, or employee of a health care facility where the qualified patient is receiving medical treatment or is a resident. (3) The patient's attending qualified medical provider at the time the request is signed shall not be a witness.
RCW 70A.20.050 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 20 / Section 050
RCW 70A.20.050: Civil penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who violates any rule adopted by the department under this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars imposed by local government pursuant to this section. An action under this section shall not preclude enforcement of any provisions of the local government noise ordinance. Penalties shall become due and payable thirty days from the date of receipt of a notice of penalty unless within such time said notice is appealed in accordance with the administrative procedures of the local government, or if it has no such administrative appeal, to the pollution control hearings board pursuant to the provisions of chapter 43.21B RCW and procedural rules adopted thereunder. In cases in which appeals are timely filed, penalties sustained by the local administrative agency or the pollution control hearings board shall become due and payable on the issuance of said agency or board's final order in the appeal. (2) Whenever penalties incurred pursuant to this section have become due and payable but remain unpaid, the attorney for the local government may bring an action in the superior court of the county in which the violation occurred for recovery of penalties incurred. In all such actions the procedures and rules of evidence shall be the same as in any other civil action.
RCW 70.320.070 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 320 / Section 070
RCW 70.320.070: Record retention—Requirements.
Status: in_force

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 than required by law unless the authority, the department, or service contracting entities require the data for purposes contemplated by RCW 70.320.020 or to meet other service requirements. Regardless of how long data reported by service contracting entities under RCW 70.320.020 is kept, it must be protected in a way that prevents improper use or disclosure of confidential client information.
RCW 70.85.100 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 85 / Section 100
RCW 70.85.100: Authority to isolate telephones in barricade or hostage situation—Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) The supervising law enforcement official having jurisdiction in a geographical area who reasonably believes that a person is barricaded, or one or more persons are holding another person or persons hostage within that area may order a telephone company employee designated pursuant to RCW 70.85.110 to arrange to cut, reroute, or divert telephone lines for the purpose of preventing telephone communications between the barricaded person or hostage holder and any person other than a peace officer or a person authorized by the peace officer. (2) As used in this section: (a) A "hostage holder" is one who commits or attempts to commit any of the offenses described in RCW 9A.40.020 , 9A.40.030 , or 9A.40.040 ; and (b) A "barricaded person" is one who establishes a perimeter around an area from which others are excluded and either: (i) Is committing or is immediately fleeing from the commission of a violent felony; or (ii) Is threatening or has immediately prior threatened a violent felony or suicide; or (iii) Is creating or has created the likelihood of serious harm within the meaning of chapter 71.05 RCW relating to mental illness.
RCW 70.41.495 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 41 / Section 495
RCW 70.41.495: Human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis drugs and therapies—Policies—Coverage.
Status: in_force

(1) A hospital must adopt a policy and have procedures in place, that conform with the guidelines issued by the centers for disease control and prevention, for the dispensing of human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis drugs or therapies. (2) This policy must ensure that hospital staff dispense or deliver as defined in RCW 18.64.011 to a patient, with a patient's informed consent, a 28-day supply of human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis drugs or therapies following the patient's possible exposure to human immunodeficiency virus, unless medically contraindicated, inconsistent with accepted standards of care, or inconsistent with centers for disease control and prevention guidelines. When available, hospitals shall dispense or deliver generic human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis drugs or therapies. (3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter the coverage for reimbursement of postexposure prophylaxis drugs through: (a) The crime victims' compensation program, established in chapter 7.68 RCW, for drugs dispensed or delivered to sexual assault victims; or (b) The industrial insurance act for drugs dispensed or delivered to a worker exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus through the course of employment.
RCW 70.74.140 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 74 / Section 140
RCW 70.74.140: Storage license fee.
Status: in_force

Every person engaging in the business of keeping or storing of explosives shall pay an annual license fee for each magazine maintained, to be graduated by the department of labor and industries according to the quantity kept or stored therein, of fifty dollars. The director of labor and industries may adjust the amount of the license fee to reflect the administrative costs of the department. The fee shall not exceed four hundred dollars. Said license fee shall accompany the application and shall be transmitted by the department to the state treasurer.
RCW 70.345.080 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 345 / Section 080
RCW 70.345.080: Vendor assistance required for sales—Exception.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may offer a vapor product for sale in an open, unsecured display that is accessible to the public without the intervention of a store employee. (2) It is unlawful to sell or distribute vapor products from self-service displays. (3) Retail establishments are exempt from subsections (1) and (2) of this section if persons under the age of twenty-one are not allowed in the store and such prohibition is posted clearly on all entrances.
RCW 70.390.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 390 / Section 050
RCW 70.390.050: Authority to establish advisory committees—Duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The board has the authority to establish and appoint advisory committees, in accordance with the requirements of RCW 70.390.040 , and shall seek input and recommendations from relevant advisory committees. (2) The board shall: (a) Determine the types and sources of data necessary to annually calculate total health care expenditures and health care cost growth, establish the health care cost growth benchmark, and analyze the impact of cost drivers on health care spending, including execution of any necessary access and data security agreements with the custodians of the data. The board shall first identify existing data sources, such as the statewide health care claims database established in chapter 43.371 RCW and prescription drug data collected under chapter 43.71C RCW, and primarily rely on these sources when possible in order to minimize the creation of new reporting requirements. The board may use data received from existing data sources including, but not limited to, publicly available information filed by carriers under Title 48 RCW and data collected under chapters 43.70 , 43.71, 43.71C, 43.371, and 70.405 RCW, in its analyses and discussions to the same extent that the custodians of the data are permitted to use the data. As appropriate to promote administrative efficiencies, the board may share its data with the prescription drug affordability board under chapter 70.405 RCW and other health care cost analysis efforts conducted by the state; (b) Determine the means and methods for gathering data to annually calculate total health care expenditures and health care cost growth, and to establish the health care cost growth benchmark. The board must select an appropriate economic indicator to use when establishing the health care cost growth benchmark. The activities may include selecting methodologies and determining sources of data. The board shall solicit and consider recommendations from the advisory committee on data issues and the health care stakeholder advisory committee regarding the value and feasibility of reporting various categories of information under (c) of this subsection, such as urban and rural, public sector and private sector, and major categories of health services, including prescription drugs, inpatient treatment, and outpatient treatment; (c) Annually calculate total health care expenditures and health care cost growth: (i) Statewide and by geographic rating area; (ii) For each health care provider or provider system and each payer, taking into account the health status of the patients of the health care provider or the enrollees of the payer, utilization by the patients of the health care provider or the enrollees of the payer, intensity of services provided to the patients of the health care provider or the enrollees of the payer, and regional differences in input prices. The board must develop an implementation plan for reporting information about health care providers, provider systems, and payers; (iii) By market segment; (iv) Per capita; and (v) For other categories, as recommended by the advisory committees in (b) of this subsection, and approved by the board; (d) Annually establish the health care cost growth benchmark for increases in total health expenditures. The board, in determining the health care cost growth benchmark, shall begin with an initial implementation that applies to the highest cost drivers in the health care system and develop a phased plan to include other components of the health system for subsequent years; (e) Beginning in 2023, analyze the impacts of cost drivers to health care and incorporate this analysis into determining the annual total health care expenditures and establishing the annual health care cost growth benchmark. The cost drivers may include, to the extent such data is available: (i) Labor, including but not limited to, wages, benefits, and salaries; (ii) Capital costs, including but not limited to new technology; (iii) Supply costs, including but not limited to prescription drug costs; (iv) Uncompensated care; (v) Administrative and compliance costs; (vi) Federal, state, and local taxes; (vii) Capacity, funding, and access to postacute care, long-term services and supports, and housing; (viii) Regional differences in input prices; (ix) Financial earnings of health care providers and payers, including information regarding profits, assets, accumulated surpluses, reserves, and investment income, and similar information; (x) Utilization trends and adjustments for demographic changes and severity of illness; (xi) New state health insurance benefit mandates enacted by the legislature that require carriers to reimburse the cost of specified procedures or prescriptions; and (xii) Other cost drivers determined by the board to be informative to determining annual total health care expenditures and establishing the annual health care cost growth benchmark; and (f) Release reports in accordance with RCW 70.390.070 .
RCW 70.168.110 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 168 / Section 110
RCW 70.168.110: Planning and service regions.
Status: in_force

The department shall designate at least eight emergency medical services and trauma care planning and service regions so that all parts of the state are within such an area. These regional designations are to be made on the basis of efficiency of delivery of needed emergency medical services and trauma care.
RCW 70.77.260 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 77 / Section 260
RCW 70.77.260: Application for permit.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person desiring to do any act mentioned in RCW 70.77.255 (1) (a) or (c) shall apply in writing to a local fire official for a permit. (2) Any person desiring to put on a public display of fireworks under RCW 70.77.255 (1)(b) shall apply in writing to a local fire official for a permit. Application shall be made at least ten days in advance of the proposed display.
RCW 70.54.400 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 54 / Section 400
RCW 70.54.400: Retail restroom access—Customers with medical conditions—Penalty.
Status: in_force

(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 ostomy device; or (iv) Any permanent or temporary medical condition that requires immediate access to a restroom. (c) "Employee restroom" means a restroom intended for employees only in a retail facility and not intended for customers. (d) "Health care provider" means an *advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW, an osteopathic physician or surgeon licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW, a physician or surgeon licensed under chapter 18.71 RCW, or a physician assistant licensed under chapter 18.71A RCW. (e) "Retail establishment" means a place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services. Retail establishment does not include any structure such as a filling station, service station, or restaurant of eight hundred square feet or less that has an employee restroom located within that structure. (2) A retail establishment that has an employee restroom must allow a customer with an eligible medical condition to use that employee restroom during normal business hours if: (a) The customer requesting the use of the employee restroom provides in writing either: (i) A signed statement by the customer's health care provider on a form that has been prepared by the department of health under subsection (4) of this section; or (ii) An identification card that is issued by a nonprofit organization whose purpose includes serving individuals who suffer from an eligible medical condition; and (b) One of the following conditions are met: (i) The employee restroom is reasonably safe and is not located in an area where providing access would create an obvious health or safety risk to the customer; or (ii) Allowing the customer to access the restroom facility does not pose a security risk to the retail establishment or its employees. (3) A retail establishment that has an employee restroom must allow a customer to use that employee restroom during normal business hours if: (a)(i) Three or more employees of the retail establishment are working at the time the customer requests use of the employee restroom; and (ii) The retail establishment does not normally make a restroom available to the public; and (b)(i) The employee restroom is reasonably safe and is not located in an area where providing access would create an obvious health or safety risk to the customer; or (ii) Allowing the customer to access the employee restroom does not pose a security risk to the retail establishment or its employees. (4) The department of health shall develop a standard electronic form that may be signed by a health care provider as evidence of the existence of an eligible medical condition as required by subsection (2) of this section. The form shall include a brief description of a customer's rights under this section and shall be made available for a customer or his or her health care provider to access by computer. Nothing in this section requires the department to distribute printed versions of the form. (5) Fraudulent use of a form as evidence of the existence of an eligible medical condition is a misdemeanor punishable under RCW 9A.20.010 . (6) For a first violation of this section, the city or county attorney shall issue a warning letter to the owner or operator of the retail establishment, and to any employee of a retail establishment who denies access to an employee restroom in violation of this section, informing the owner or operator of the establishment and employee of the requirements of this section. A retail establishment or an employee of a retail establishment that violates this section after receiving a warning letter is guilty of a class 2 civil infraction under chapter 7.80 RCW. (7) A retail establishment is not required to make any physical changes to an employee restroom under this section and may require that an employee accompany a customer or a customer with an eligible medical condition to the employee restroom. (8) A retail establishment or an employee of a retail establishment is not civilly liable for any act or omission in allowing a customer or a customer with an eligible medical condition to use an employee restroom if the act or omission meets all of the following: (a) It is not willful or grossly negligent; (b) It occurs in an area of the retail establishment that is not accessible to the public; and (c) It results in an injury to or death of the customer or the customer with an eligible medical condition or any individual other than an employee accompanying the customer or the customer with an eligible medical condition.
RCW 70.12.025 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 12 / Section 025
RCW 70.12.025: County funds for public health.
Status: in_force

Each county legislative authority shall annually budget and appropriate a sum for public health work.
RCW 70A.15.3130 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 3130
RCW 70A.15.3130: Department of health powers regarding radionuclides—Energy facility site evaluation council authority over permit program sources.
Status: in_force

(1) The department of health shall have all the enforcement powers as provided in RCW 70A.15.3010 , 70A.15.3140 , 70A.15.3150 , 70A.15.3160 (1) through (7), and 70A.15.3170 with respect to emissions of radionuclides. This section does not preclude the department of ecology from exercising its authority under this chapter. (2) Permits for energy facilities subject to chapter 80.50 RCW shall be issued by the energy facility site evaluation council. However, the permits become effective only if the governor approves an application for certification and executes a certification agreement under chapter 80.50 RCW. The council shall have all powers necessary to administer an operating permits program pertaining to such facilities, consistent with applicable air quality standards established by the department or local air pollution control authorities, or both, and to obtain the approval of the United States environmental protection agency. The council's powers include, but are not limited to, all of the enforcement powers provided in RCW 70A.15.3010 , 70A.15.3140 , 70A.15.3150 , 70A.15.3160 (1) through (7), and 70A.15.3170 with respect to permit program sources required to obtain certification from the council under chapter 80.50 RCW. To the extent not covered under RCW 80.50.071 , the council may collect fees as granted to delegated local air authorities under RCW 70A.15.2210 , 70A.15.2260 (14) and (15), 70A.15.2270 , and 70A.15.2230 (7) with respect to permit program sources required to obtain certification from the council under chapter 80.50 RCW. The council and the department shall each establish procedures that provide maximum coordination and avoid duplication between the two agencies in carrying out the requirements of this chapter.
RCW 70A.228.040 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 228 / Section 040
RCW 70A.228.040: Residential sharps—Disposal—Violation.
Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not intentionally place unprotected sharps or a sharps waste container into: (a) Recycling containers provided by a city, county, or solid waste collection company, or any other recycling collection site unless that site is specifically designated by a local health department as a drop-off site for sharps waste containers; or (b) cans, carts, drop boxes, or other containers in which refuse, trash, or solid waste has been placed for collection if a source separated collection service is provided for residential sharps waste. (2) Local health departments shall enforce this section, primarily through an educational approach regarding proper disposal of residential sharps. On the first and second violation, the health department shall provide a warning to the person that includes information on proper disposal of residential sharps. A subsequent violation shall be a class 3 infraction under chapter 7.80 RCW. (3) It is not a violation of this section to place a sharps waste container into a household refuse receptacle if the utilities and transportation commission determines that such placement is necessary to reduce the potential for theft of the sharps waste container.
RCW 48.44.015 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 44 / Section 015
RCW 48.44.015: Registration by health care service contractors required—Penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may not in this state, by mail or otherwise, act as or hold himself or herself out to be a health care service contractor, as defined in RCW 48.44.010 without first being registered with the commissioner. (2) The issuance, sale, or offer for sale in this state of securities of its own issue by any health care service contractor domiciled in this state other than the memberships and bonds of a nonprofit corporation shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 48.06 RCW relating to obtaining solicitation permits the same as if health care service contractors were domestic insurers. (3) Any person violating any provision of subsection (2) of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and will, upon conviction, be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both, for each violation.Each and all of the respective areas of land heretofore attempted to be organized into public hospital districts under the provisions of this chapter are validated and declared to be duly existing hospital districts having the respective boundaries set forth in their organization proceedings as shown by the files in the office of the board of county commissioners of the county in question, and by the files of such districts.
RCW 70.83.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 83 / Section 020
RCW 70.83.020: Screening tests of newborn infants.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be the duty of the department of health to require screening tests of all newborn infants born in any setting. Each hospital or health care provider attending a birth outside of a hospital shall collect and submit a sample blood specimen for all newborns no more than forty-eight hours following birth. The department of health shall conduct screening tests of samples for the detection of phenylketonuria and other heritable or metabolic disorders leading to intellectual disabilities or physical defects as defined by the state board of health: PROVIDED, That no such tests shall be given to any newborn infant whose parents or guardian object thereto on the grounds that such tests conflict with their religious tenets and practices. (2) The sample required in subsection (1) of this section must be received by the department [of health] within seventy-two hours of the collection of the sample, excluding any day that the Washington state public health laboratory is closed.
RCW 70A.145.901 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 145 / Section 901
RCW 70A.145.901: Powers conferred by chapter are supplemental.
Status: in_force

(1) The powers and authority conferred by this chapter are supplemental to powers and authority conferred by other law, and nothing contained in this chapter may be construed as limiting any other powers or authority of any municipal corporation or other entity under applicable law. (2) As to water companies that are regulated by the utilities and transportation commission under Title 80 RCW, nothing in this chapter is intended to change or limit the authority or jurisdiction of the utilities and transportation commission.
RCW 70.44.400 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 44 / Section 400
RCW 70.44.400: Withdrawal of territory from public hospital district.
Status: in_force

Territory within a public hospital district may be withdrawn therefrom in the same manner provided by law for withdrawal of territory from water-sewer districts, as provided by chapter 57.28 RCW. For purposes of conforming with such procedure, the public hospital district shall be deemed to be the water-sewer district and the public hospital board of commissioners shall be deemed to be the water-sewer district board of commissioners.After July 1, 1986, or on the next renewal date of the agreement, whichever is later, every health care service agreement issued, amended, or renewed for an individual and his or her dependents shall contain provisions to assure that the covered spouse and/or dependents, in the event that any cease to be a qualified family member by reason of termination of marriage or death of the principal enrollee, shall have the right to continue the health care service agreement without a physical examination, statement of health, or other proof of insurability.
RCW 70A.325.110 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 325 / Section 110
RCW 70A.325.110: Exemptions from Title 48 RCW—Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) The activities and operations of the program are exempt from the provisions and requirements of Title 48 RCW. (2) To the extent of their participation in the program, the activities and operations of the insurer selected by the director to provide liability insurance coverage to owners and operators of underground storage tanks are exempt from the requirements of Title 48 RCW except for: (a) Chapter 48.03 RCW pertaining to examinations; (b) RCW 48.05.250 pertaining to annual reports; (c) Chapter 48.12 RCW pertaining to assets and liabilities; (d) Chapter 48.13 RCW pertaining to investments; (e) Chapter 48.30 RCW pertaining to deceptive, false, or fraudulent acts or practices; and (f) Chapter 48.92 RCW pertaining to liability risk retention. (3) To the extent of their participation in the program, the insurer selected by the director to provide liability insurance coverage to owners and operators of underground storage tanks shall not participate in the Washington insurance guaranty association nor shall the association be liable for coverage provided to owners and operators of underground storage tanks issued in connection with the program.
RCW 70.245.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 245 / Section 050
RCW 70.245.050: Consulting qualified medical provider confirmation.
Status: in_force

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 competent, is acting voluntarily, and has made an informed decision.
RCW 70A.45.120 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 45 / Section 120
RCW 70A.45.120: Local government comprehensive plans—Housing capacity and emissions reduction—Department guidelines.
Status: in_force

(1) The department of commerce, in consultation with the department of ecology, the department of health, and the department of transportation, shall publish guidelines that specify a set of measures counties and cities may implement via updates to their comprehensive plans and development regulations that have a demonstrated ability to increase housing capacity within urban growth areas or reduce greenhouse gas emissions, allowing for consideration of the emissions reductions achieved through the adoption of statewide programs. The guidelines must prioritize measures that benefit overburdened communities, including communities that have experienced disproportionate harm due to air pollution and may draw upon the most recent health disparities data from the department of health to identify high pollution areas and disproportionately burdened communities. These guidelines must be developed consistent with an environmental justice assessment pursuant to RCW 70A.02.060 and the guidelines must include environmental justice assessment processes. The guidelines must be based on: (a) The most recent greenhouse gas emissions report prepared by the department of ecology and the department of commerce pursuant to RCW 70A.45.020 (2); (b) The most recent city and county population estimates prepared by the office of financial management pursuant to RCW 43.62.035 ; (c) The locations of major employment centers and transit corridors, for the purpose of increasing housing supply in these areas; and (d) Available environmental justice data and data regarding access to public transportation for people with disabilities and for vulnerable populations. (2)(a) The department of commerce, in consultation with the department of transportation, shall publish guidelines that specify a set of measures counties and cities may have available to them to take through updates to their comprehensive plans and development regulations that have a demonstrated ability to reduce per capita vehicle miles traveled, including measures that are designed to be achievable throughout the state, including in small cities and rural cities. (b) The guidelines must be based on: (i) The most recent greenhouse gas emissions report prepared by the department of ecology and the department of commerce pursuant to RCW 70A.45.020 (2); (ii) The most recent city and county population estimates prepared by the office of financial management pursuant to RCW 43.62.035 ; and (iii) The most recent summary of per capita vehicle miles traveled as compiled by the department of transportation. (3) The department of commerce shall first publish the full set of guidelines described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section no later than December 31, 2025. The department of commerce shall update these guidelines at least every five years thereafter based on the most recently available data, and shall provide for a process for local governments and other parties to submit alternative actions for consideration for inclusion into the guidelines at least once per year. The department of commerce shall publish an intermediate set of guidelines no later than December 31, 2023, in order to be available for use by jurisdictions whose periodic updates are required by RCW 36.70A.130 (5) to occur prior to December 31, 2025. Jurisdictions whose periodic updates are required by RCW 36.70A.130 (5)(b) may utilize the intermediate set of guidelines published by the department of commerce to meet the requirements of RCW 36.70A.070 (9). (4)(a) In any updates to the guidelines published after 2025, the department of commerce shall include an evaluation of the impact that locally adopted climate change and resiliency elements have had on local greenhouse gas emissions and per capita vehicle miles traveled reduction goals. The evaluation must also address the impact that locally adopted greenhouse gas emissions reduction subelements have had on meeting local housing goals and targets. (b) The updates must also include an estimate of the impacts that locally adopted climate change and resiliency elements will have on achieving local greenhouse gas emissions and per capita vehicle miles traveled reduction goals. The evaluation must also include an estimate of the impact that locally adopted greenhouse gas emissions reduction subelements will have on meeting local housing goals and targets. (c) The department may include in the specified guidelines what additional measures cities and counties should take to make additional progress on local reduction goals, including any measures that increase housing capacity within urban growth areas. (5) The department of commerce may not propose or adopt any guidelines that would include any form of a road usage charge or any fees or surcharges related to vehicle miles traveled. (6) The department of commerce may not propose or adopt any guidelines that would direct or require local governments to regulate or tax, in any form, transportation service providers, delivery vehicles, or passenger vehicles. (7) The department of commerce, in the course of implementing this section, shall provide and prioritize options that support increased housing supply and diversity of housing types that assist counties and cities in meeting greenhouse gas emissions reduction, housing supply, and other requirements established under this chapter. (8) The provisions of this section as applied to the department of transportation are subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose. (9) For purposes of this section, "overburdened communities" and "vulnerable populations" means the same as provided in RCW 36.70A.030 .
RCW 70.77.455 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 77 / Section 455
RCW 70.77.455: Licensees to maintain and make available complete records—Exemption from public records act.
Status: in_force

(1) All licensees shall maintain and make available to the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, full and complete records showing all production, imports, exports, purchases, and sales of fireworks items by class. (2) All records obtained and all reports produced, as required by this chapter, are not subject to disclosure through the public records act under chapter 42.56 RCW.
RCW 70.01.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 01 / Section 020
RCW 70.01.020: Donation of blood by person sixteen or over—Parental consent.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person of the age of 18 years or over shall be eligible to donate blood, including donation through apheresis, in any voluntary and noncompensatory blood program without the necessity of obtaining parental permission or authorization. (2) Any person between the ages of 16 and 17 years old shall be eligible to donate blood, including donation through apheresis, in any voluntary and noncompensatory blood program after obtaining parental or legal guardian permission or authorization.
RCW 70A.220.020 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 220 / Section 020
RCW 70A.220.020: Plastic bottle or rigid plastic container—Labeling requirements.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in RCW 70A.220.030 (2), after January 1, 1992, no person may distribute, sell, or offer for sale in this state a plastic bottle or rigid plastic container unless the container is labeled with a code identifying the appropriate resin type used to produce the structure of the container. The numbers and letters used shall be as follows: (a) [(1)] 1.= PETE (polyethylene terephthalate) (b) [(2)] 2.= HDPE (high-density polyethylene) (c) [(3)] 3.= V (vinyl) or PVC (polyvinyl chloride) (d) [(4)] 4.= LDPE (low density polyethylene) (e) [(5)] 5.= PP (polypropylene) (f) [(6)] 6.= PS (polystyrene) (g) [(7)] 7.= OTHER
RCW 70A.222.005 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 222 / Section 005
RCW 70A.222.005: Finding.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds and declares that: (1) The management of solid waste can pose a wide range of hazards to public health and safety and to the environment; (2) Packaging comprises a significant percentage of the overall solid waste stream; (3) The presence of heavy metals in packaging is a part of the total concern in light of their likely presence in emissions or ash when packaging is incinerated, or in leachate when packaging is landfilled; (4) Lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium, on the basis of available scientific and medical evidence, are of particular concern; (5) The intent of this chapter is to achieve a reduction in toxicity without impeding or discouraging the expanded use of postconsumer materials in the production of packaging and its components.
RCW 70.97.060 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 97 / Section 060
RCW 70.97.060: Capacity—Supervision—Licensing—Application of state and local rules.
Status: in_force

(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 for that purpose. (2) The facility shall provide an appropriate level of supervision for the characteristics, behaviors, and legal status of the residents. (3) An enhanced services facility may hold only one license but, to the extent permitted under state and federal law and medicaid requirements, a facility may be located in the same building as another licensed facility, provided that: (a) The enhanced services facility is in a location that is totally separate and discrete from the other licensed facility; and (b) The two facilities maintain separate staffing, unless an exception to this is permitted by the department in rule. (4) Nursing homes under chapter 18.51 RCW, assisted living facilities under chapter 18.20 RCW, or adult family homes under chapter 70.128 RCW, that become licensed as facilities under this chapter shall be deemed to meet the applicable state and local rules, regulations, permits, and code requirements. All other facilities are required to meet all applicable state and local rules, regulations, permits, and code requirements.
RCW 70A.15.1530 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 1530
RCW 70A.15.1530: Merger of active and inactive authorities to form multicounty or regional authority—Procedure.
Status: in_force

The respective boards of county commissioners of two or more contiguous counties may merge any combination of their several inactive or activated authorities to form one activated multicounty authority. Upon a determination that the purposes of this chapter will be served by such merger, each board of county commissioners may adopt the resolution providing for such merger. Such resolution shall become effective only when a similar resolution is adopted by the other contiguous county or counties comprising the proposed authority. The boundaries of such authority shall be coextensive with the boundaries of the counties within which it is located.
RCW 70A.555.010 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 555 / Section 010
RCW 70A.555.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1)(a) "Battery-containing product" means a product that contains or is packaged with rechargeable or primary batteries that are covered batteries. (b) A "battery-containing product" does not include a covered electronic product under an approved plan implemented under chapter 70A.500 RCW. (2) "Battery management hierarchy" means a management system of covered batteries prioritized in descending order as follows: (a) Waste prevention and reduction; (b) Reuse, when reuse is appropriate; (c) Recycling, as defined in this chapter; and (d) Other means of end-of-life management, which may only be utilized after demonstrating to the department that it is not feasible to manage the batteries under the higher priority options in (a) through (c) of this subsection. (3) "Battery stewardship organization" means a producer that directly implements a battery stewardship plan required under this chapter or a nonprofit organization designated by a producer or group of producers to implement a battery stewardship plan required under this chapter. (4) "Collection rate" means a percentage, by weight, that a battery stewardship organization collects that is calculated by dividing the total weight of primary and rechargeable batteries collected during the previous calendar year by the average annual weight of primary and rechargeable batteries that were estimated to have been sold in the state by all producers participating in an approved battery stewardship plan during the previous three calendar years. (5)(a) "Covered battery" means a portable battery or, beginning January 1, 2029, a medium format battery. (b) "Covered battery" does not include: (i) A battery contained within a medical device, as specified in Title 21 U.S.C. Sec. 321(h) as it existed as of July 23, 2023, that is not designed and marketed for sale or resale principally to consumers for personal use; (ii) A battery that contains an electrolyte as a free liquid; (iii) A lead acid battery weighing greater than 11 pounds; (iv) A battery subject to the provisions of RCW 70A.205.505 through 70A.205.530 ; and (v) A battery in a battery-containing product that is not intended or designed to be easily removable from the battery-containing product. (6) "Department" means the department of ecology. (7) "Easily removable" means designed by the manufacturer to be removable by the user of the product with no more than commonly used household tools. (8) "Environmentally sound management practices" means practices that: (a) Comply with all applicable laws and rules to protect workers, public health, and the environment; (b) provide for adequate recordkeeping, tracking, and documenting of the fate of materials within the state and beyond; and (c) include comprehensive liability coverage for the battery stewardship organization, including environmental liability coverage that is commercially practicable. (9) "Final disposition" means the final processing of a collected battery to produce usable end products, at the point where the battery has been reduced to its constituent parts, reusable portions made available for use, and any residues handled as wastes in accordance with applicable law. (10) "Large format battery" means: (a) A rechargeable battery that weighs more than 25 pounds or has a rating of more than 2,000 watt-hours; or (b) A primary battery that weighs more than 25 pounds. (11) "Medium format battery" means the following primary or rechargeable covered batteries: (a) For rechargeable batteries, a battery weighing more than 11 pounds or has a rating of more than 300 watt-hours, or both, and no more than 25 pounds and has a rating of no more than 2,000 watt-hours; (b) For primary batteries, a battery weighing more than 4.4 pounds but not more than 25 pounds. (12) "Portable battery" means the following primary or rechargeable covered batteries: (a) For rechargeable batteries, a battery weighing no more than 11 pounds and has a rating of no more than 300 watt-hours; (b) For primary batteries, a battery weighing no more than 4.4 pounds. (13) "Primary battery" means a battery that is not capable of being recharged. (14)(a) "Producer" means the following person responsible for compliance with requirements under this chapter for a covered battery or battery-containing product sold, offered for sale, or distributed in or into this state: (i) For covered batteries: (A) If the battery is sold under the brand of the battery manufacturer, the producer is the person that manufactures the battery; (B) If the battery is sold under a retail brand or under a brand owned by a person other than the manufacturer, the producer is the brand owner; (C) If there is no person to which (a)(i)(A) or (B) of this subsection applies, the producer is the person that is the licensee of a brand or trademark under which the battery is used in a commercial enterprise, sold, offered for sale, or distributed in or into this state, whether or not the trademark is registered in this state; (D) If there is no person described in (a)(i)(A) through (C) of this subsection within the United States, the producer is the person who is the importer of record for the battery into the United States for use in a commercial enterprise that sells, offers for sale, or distributes the battery in this state; (E) If there is no person described in (a)(i)(A) through (D) of this subsection with a commercial presence within the state, the producer is the person who first sells, offers for sale, or distributes the battery in or into this state. (ii) For covered battery-containing products: (A) If the battery-containing product is sold under the brand of the product manufacturer, the producer is the person that manufactures the product; (B) If the battery-containing product is sold under a retail brand or under a brand owned by a person other than the manufacturer, the producer is the brand owner; (C) If there is no person to which (a)(ii)(A) or (B) of this subsection applies, the producer is the person that is the licensee of a brand or trademark under which the product is used in a commercial enterprise, sold, offered for sale, or distributed in or into this state, whether or not the trademark is registered in this state; (D) If there is no person described in (a)(ii)(A) through (C) of this subsection within the United States, the producer is the person who is the importer of record for the product into the United States for use in a commercial enterprise that sells, offers for sale, or distributes the product in this state; (E) If there is no person described in (a)(ii)(A) through (D) of this subsection with a commercial presence within the state, the producer is the person who first sells, offers for sale, or distributes the product in or into this state; (F) A producer does not include any person who only manufactures, sells, offers for sale, distributes, or imports into the state a battery-containing product if the only batteries used by the battery-containing product are supplied by a producer that has joined a registered battery stewardship organization as the producer for that covered battery under this chapter. Such a producer of covered batteries that are included in a battery-containing product must provide written certification of that membership to both the producer of the covered battery-containing product and the battery stewardship organization of which the battery producer is a member. (b) A person is the "producer" of a covered battery or covered battery-containing product sold, offered for sale, or distributed in or into this state, as defined in (a) of this subsection, except where another party has contractually accepted responsibility as a responsible producer and has joined a registered battery stewardship organization as the producer for that covered battery or covered battery-containing product under this chapter. (15) "Program" means a program implemented by a battery stewardship organization consistent with an approved battery stewardship plan. (16) "Rechargeable battery" means a battery that contains one or more voltaic or galvanic cells, electrically connected to produce electric energy, designed to be recharged. (17) "Recycling" means transforming or remanufacturing waste materials into usable or marketable materials for use other than: (a) Combustion; (b) Incineration; (c) Energy generation; (d) Fuel production; or (e) Beneficial reuse in the construction and operation of a solid waste landfill, including use of alternative daily cover. (18) "Recycling efficiency rate" means the ratio of the weight of covered battery components and materials recycled by a program operator from covered batteries to the weight of those covered batteries collected by the program operator. (19) "Retailer" means a person who sells covered batteries or battery-containing products in or into this state or offers or otherwise makes available covered batteries or battery-containing products to a customer, including other businesses, for use by the customer in this state. (20) "Urban area" means an area delineated by the United States census bureau, based on a minimum threshold of 2,000 housing units or 5,000 people, as of January 1, 2023.
RCW 70.250.900 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 250 / Section 900
RCW 70.250.900: Effective date—2009 c 258.
Status: in_force

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].
RCW 70A.205.100 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 100
RCW 70A.205.100: Local board of health regulations to implement the comprehensive plan—Section not to be construed to authorize counties to operate system.
Status: in_force

Each county, or any city, or jurisdictional board of health shall adopt regulations or ordinances governing solid waste handling implementing the comprehensive solid waste management plan covering storage, collection, transportation, treatment, utilization, processing and final disposal including but not limited to the issuance of permits and the establishment of minimum levels and types of service for any aspect of solid waste handling. County regulations or ordinances adopted regarding levels and types of service shall not apply within the limits of any city where the city has by local ordinance determined that the county shall not exercise such powers within the corporate limits of the city. Such regulations or ordinances shall assure that solid waste storage and disposal facilities are located, maintained, and operated in a manner so as properly to protect the public health, prevent air and water pollution, are consistent with the priorities established in RCW 70A.205.005 , and avoid the creation of nuisances. Such regulations or ordinances may be more stringent than the minimum functional standards adopted by the department. Regulations or ordinances adopted by counties, cities, or jurisdictional boards of health shall be filed with the department. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the operation of a solid waste collection system by counties.
RCW 70.77.126 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 77 / Section 126
RCW 70.77.126: Definitions—"Fireworks."
Status: in_force

"Fireworks" means any composition or device designed to produce a visible or audible effect by combustion, deflagration, or detonation, and which meets the definition of articles pyrotechnic or consumer fireworks or display fireworks.
RCW 70A.230.090 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 230 / Section 090
RCW 70A.230.090: Crematories—Nonapplicability of chapter.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter applies to crematories as defined in RCW 68.04.070 , alkaline hydrolysis, or natural organic reduction facilities as defined in RCW 68.04.320 .
RCW 70.127.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 127 / Section 020
RCW 70.127.020: Licenses required after July 1, 1990—Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) After July 1, 1990, a license is required for a person to advertise, operate, manage, conduct, open, or maintain an in-home services agency. (2) An in-home services agency license is required for a nursing home, hospital, or other person that functions as a home health, hospice, hospice care center, or home care agency. (3) Any person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate violation. (4) If any corporation conducts any activity for which a license is required by this chapter without the required license, it may be punished by forfeiture of its corporate charter. (5) All fines, forfeitures, and penalties collected or assessed by a court because of a violation of this section shall be deposited in the department's local fee account.
RCW 70A.305.080 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 305 / Section 080
RCW 70A.305.080: Private right of action—Remedial action costs.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in RCW 70A.305.040 (4) (d) and (f), a person may bring a private right of action, including a claim for contribution or for declaratory relief, against any other person liable under RCW 70A.305.040 for the recovery of remedial action costs. In the action, natural resource damages paid to the state under this chapter may also be recovered. Recovery shall be based on such equitable factors as the court determines are appropriate. Remedial action costs shall include reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses. Recovery of remedial action costs shall be limited to those remedial actions that, when evaluated as a whole, are the substantial equivalent of a department-conducted or department-supervised remedial action. Substantial equivalence shall be determined by the court with reference to the rules adopted by the department under this chapter. An action under this section may be brought after remedial action costs are incurred but must be brought within three years from the date remedial action confirms cleanup standards are met or within one year of May 12, 1993, whichever is later. The prevailing party in such an action shall recover its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. This section applies to all causes of action regardless of when the cause of action may have arisen. To the extent a cause of action has arisen prior to May 12, 1993, this section applies retroactively, but in all other respects it applies prospectively.
RCW 70A.05.060 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 05 / Section 060
RCW 70A.05.060: Estimated state agency costs.
Status: in_force

(1) By September 30, 2024, the department of ecology shall provide the estimated state agency costs for implementing the updated climate response strategy, including existing programs and new recommended actions, to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature. Estimated state agency costs should be projected over two, four, and 10-year time frames. (2) The department of ecology shall track funding appropriated by the legislature for implementing the strategy and include this information as part of reporting to the governor's office on odd-numbered years starting in 2025.
RCW 70A.235.010 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 235 / Section 010
RCW 70A.235.010: Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that beverage containers designed to be opened through the use of detachable metal rings or tabs are hazardous to the health and welfare of the citizens of this state and detrimental to certain wildlife. The detachable parts are susceptible to ingestion by human beings and wildlife. The legislature intends to eliminate the danger posed by these unnecessary containers by prohibiting their retail sale in this state.
RCW 70A.214.090 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 214 / Section 090
RCW 70A.214.090: Waste reduction and recycling program to promote activities by state agencies—Recycled paper goal.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds and declares that the buildings and facilities owned and leased by state government produce significant amounts of solid and hazardous wastes, and actions must be taken to reduce and recycle these wastes and thus reduce the costs associated with their disposal. In order for the operations of state government to provide the citizens of the state an example of positive waste management, the legislature further finds and declares that state government should undertake an aggressive program designed to reduce and recycle solid and hazardous wastes produced in the operations of state buildings and facilities to the maximum extent possible. The office of waste reduction, in cooperation with the department of enterprise services, shall establish an intensive waste reduction and recycling program to promote the reduction of waste produced by state agencies and to promote the source separation and recovery of recyclable and reusable materials. All state agencies, including but not limited to, colleges, community colleges, universities, offices of elected and appointed officers, the supreme court, court of appeals, and administrative departments of state government shall fully cooperate with the office of waste reduction and recycling in all phases of implementing the provisions of this section. The office shall establish a coordinated state plan identifying each agency's participation in waste reduction and recycling. The office shall develop the plan in cooperation with a multiagency committee on waste reduction and recycling. Appointments to the committee shall be made by the director of the department of enterprise services. The director shall notify each agency of the committee, which shall implement the applicable waste reduction and recycling plan elements. All state agencies are to use maximum efforts to achieve a goal of increasing the use of recycled paper by fifty percent by July 1, 1993.
RCW 70A.50.030 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 50 / Section 030
RCW 70A.50.030: Farm energy efficiency improvements.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that increasing energy costs put farm viability and competitiveness at risk and that energy efficiency improvements on the farm are the most cost-effective way to manage these costs. The legislature further finds that current on-farm energy efficiency programs often miss opportunities to evaluate and conserve all types of energy, including fuels and fertilizers. (2) The Washington State University extension energy program, in consultation with the department of agriculture, shall form an interdisciplinary team of agricultural and energy extension agencies to develop and offer new methods to help agricultural producers assess their opportunities to increase energy efficiency in all aspects of their operations. The interdisciplinary team must develop and deploy: (a) Online energy self-assessment software tools to allow agricultural producers to assess whole-farm energy use and to identify the most cost-effective efficiency opportunities; (b) Energy auditor training curricula specific to the agricultural sector and designed for use by agricultural producers, conservation districts, agricultural extensions, and commodity groups; (c) An effective infrastructure of trained energy auditors available to assist agricultural producers with on-farm energy audits and identify cost-share assistance for efficiency improvements; and (d) Measurement systems for cost savings, energy savings, and carbon emission reduction benefits resulting from efficiency improvements identified by the interdisciplinary team. (3) The Washington State University extension energy program shall seek to obtain additional resources for this section from federal and state agricultural assistance programs and from other sources. (4) The Washington State University extension energy program shall provide technical assistance for farm energy assessment activities as specified in this section.
RCW 70A.430.050 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 430 / Section 050
RCW 70A.430.050: Certain flame retardant chemicals—Review—Stakeholder advisory committee—Report.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall consider whether the following flame retardants meet the criteria of a chemical of high concern for children: (a) IPTPP; (b) TBB; (c) TBPH; (d) TCPP; (e) TPP; (f) V6. (2)(a) Within one year of the department adopting a rule that identifies a flame retardant in subsection (1) of this section as a chemical of high concern for children, the department of health, in consultation with the department, must create a stakeholder advisory committee for each flame retardant chemical to provide stakeholder input, expertise, and additional information in the development of recommendations as provided under subsection (4) of this section. All advisory committee meetings must be open to the public. (b) The advisory committee membership must include, but is not limited to, representatives from: Large and small business sectors; community, environmental, and public health advocacy groups; local governments; affected and interested businesses; and public health agencies. (c) The department may request state agencies and technical experts to participate. The department of health shall provide technical expertise on human health impacts including: Early childhood and fetal exposure, exposure reduction, and safer substitutes. (3) When developing policy options and recommendations consistent with subsection (4) of this section, the department must rely on credible scientific evidence and consider information relevant to the hazards based on the quantitative extent of exposures to the chemical under its intended or reasonably anticipated conditions of use. The department of health, in consultation with the department, must include the following: (a) Chemical name, properties, uses, and manufacturers; (b) An analysis of available information on the production, unintentional production, uses, and disposal of the chemical; (c) Quantitative estimates of the potential human and environmental exposures associated with the use and release of the chemical; (d) An assessment of the potential impacts on human health and the environment resulting from the quantitative exposure estimates referred to in (c) of this subsection; (e) An evaluation of: (i) Environmental and human health benefits; (ii) Economic and social impacts; (iii) Feasibility; (iv) Availability and effectiveness of safer substitutes for uses of the chemical; (v) Consistency with existing federal and state regulatory requirements; and (f) Recommendations for: (i) Managing, reducing, and phasing out the different uses and releases of the chemical; (ii) Minimizing exposure to the chemical; (iii) Using safer substitutes; and (iv) Encouraging the development of safer alternatives. (4)(a) The department of health must submit to the legislature recommendations on policy options for reducing exposure, designating and developing safer substitutes, and restricting or prohibiting the use of the flame retardant chemicals identified in subsection (1) of this section as a chemical of high concern for children. (b) When the department of health, in consultation with the department, determines that flame retardant chemicals identified in subsection (1) of this section as a chemical of high concern for children should be restricted or prohibited from use in children's products, residential upholstered furniture as defined in RCW 70A.405.010 , or other commercial products or processes, the department of health must include citations of the peer-reviewed science and other sources of information reviewed and ultimately relied upon in support of the recommendation to restrict or prohibit the chemical.
RCW 70A.535.130 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 535 / Section 130
RCW 70A.535.130: Fee—Clean fuels program account—Rule making to be conducted as provided in RCW 34.05.328.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may require that persons that are required or elect to register or report under this chapter pay a fee. If the department elects to require program participants to pay a fee, the department must, after an opportunity for public review and comment, adopt rules to establish a process to determine the payment schedule and the amount of the fee charged. The amount of the fee must be set so as to equal but not exceed the projected direct and indirect costs to the department for developing and implementing the program and the projected direct and indirect costs to the department of commerce to carry out its responsibilities under RCW 70A.535.100 . The department and the department of commerce must prepare a biennial workload analysis and provide an opportunity for public review of and comment on the workload analysis. The department shall enter into an interagency agreement with the department of commerce to implement this section. (2) The clean fuels program account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from fees received under the program created in this chapter must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. The department may only use expenditures from the account for carrying out the program created in this chapter. (3) All rule making authorized under chapter 317, Laws of 2021 must be conducted according to the standards for significant legislative rules provided in RCW 34.05.328 .
RCW 70A.15.5210 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 5210
RCW 70A.15.5210: Permit to set fires for weed abatement.
Status: in_force

Any person who proposes to set fires in the course of weed abatement shall obtain a permit from an air pollution control authority, the department of ecology, or a local entity delegated permitting authority under RCW 70A.15.5100 . General permit criteria of statewide applicability shall be established by the department, by rule, after consultation with the various air pollution control authorities. Permits shall be issued under this section based on seasonal operations or by individual operations, or both. All permits shall be conditioned to insure that the public interest in air, water, and land pollution and safety to life and property is fully considered. In addition to any other requirements established by the department to protect air quality pursuant to other laws, applicants for permits must show that the setting of fires as requested is the most reasonable procedure to follow in safeguarding life or property under all circumstances or is otherwise reasonably necessary to successfully carry out the enterprise in which the applicant is engaged, or both. All burning permits will be designed to minimize air pollution insofar as practical. Nothing in this section relieves the applicant from obtaining permits, licenses, or other approvals required by any other law. An application for a permit to set fires in the course of weed abatement shall be acted upon within seven days from the date such application is filed.
RCW 70A.505.150 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 505 / Section 150
RCW 70A.505.150: Application of chapter to entities regulated under chapter 70A.300 RCW.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter changes the requirements of any entity regulated under chapter 70A.300 RCW to comply with the requirements under that chapter.
RCW 70A.207.020 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 207 / Section 020
RCW 70A.207.020: Washington center for sustainable food management—Established—Purpose—Authorized activities—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The Washington center for sustainable food management is established within the department. (2) The purpose of the center is to help coordinate statewide food waste reduction. (3) The center may perform the following activities: (a) Coordinate the implementation of the plan; (b) Draft plan updates and measure progress towards actions, strategies, and the statewide goals established in RCW 70A.205.007 and 70A.205.715 (1); (c) Maintain a website with current food waste reduction information and guidance for food service establishments, consumers, food processors, hunger relief organizations, and other sources of food waste; (d) Provide staff support to multistate food waste reduction initiatives in which the state is participating; (e) Maintain the consistency of the plan and other food waste reduction activities with the work of the Washington state conservation commission's food policy forum; (f) Facilitate and coordinate public-private and nonprofit partnerships focused on food waste reduction, including through voluntary working groups; (g) Collaborate with federal, state, and local government partners on food waste reduction initiatives; (h) Develop and maintain maps or lists of locations of the food systems of Washington that identify food flows, where waste occurs, and opportunities to prevent food waste; (i)(i) Collect and maintain data on food waste and wasted food in a manner that is generally consistent with the methods of collecting and maintaining such data used by federal agencies or in other jurisdictions, or both, to the greatest extent practicable; (ii) Develop measurement methodologies and tools to uniformly track food donation data, food waste prevention data, and associated climate impacts resultant from food waste reduction efforts; (j) Research and develop emerging organic materials and food waste reduction markets; (k)(i) Develop and maintain statewide food waste reduction and food waste contamination reduction campaigns, in consultation with other state agencies and other stakeholders, including the development of waste prevention and food waste recovery promotional materials for distribution. These promotional materials may include online information, newsletters, bulletins, or handouts that inform food service establishment operators about the protections from civil and criminal liability under federal law and under RCW 69.80.031 when donating food; and (ii) Develop guidance to support the distribution of promotional materials, including distribution by: (A) Local health officers, at no cost to regulated food service establishments, including as part of normal, routine inspections of food service establishments; and (B) State agencies, including the department of health and the department of agriculture, in conjunction with their statutory roles and responsibilities in regulating, monitoring, and supporting safe food supply chains and systems; (l) Distribute and monitor grants dedicated to food waste prevention, rescue, and recovery, which must include the programs described in RCW 70A.207.040 and 70A.207.050 ; (m) Provide staff support to the work group created in section 701, chapter 341, Laws of 2024; and (n) Research and provide education, outreach, and technical assistance to local governments in support of the adoption of solid waste ordinances or policies that establish a financial disincentive for the generation of organic waste and for the ultimate disposal of organic materials in landfills. (4) The department may enter into an interagency agreement with the department of health, the department of agriculture, or other state agencies as necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of the center. (5) The department may adopt any rules necessary to implement this chapter including, but not limited to, measures for the center's performance.
RCW 70.405.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 405 / Section 020
RCW 70.405.020: Prescription drug affordability board.
Status: in_force

(1) The prescription drug affordability board is established, to include five members who have expertise in health care economics or clinical medicine appointed by the governor. (2) Board members shall serve for a term of five years and members may be reappointed by the governor for additional terms. (3) No board member or advisory group member may be an employee of, a board member of, or consultant to a prescription drug manufacturer, pharmacy benefit manager, health carrier, prescription drug wholesale distributor, or related trade association, except that a representative from the prescription drug industry serving on an advisory group may be an employee, consultant, or board member of a prescription drug manufacturer or related trade association and shall not be deemed to have a conflict of interest pursuant to subsection (4) of this section. (4)(a) Board members, advisory group members, staff members, and contractors providing services on behalf of the board shall recuse themselves from any board activity in any case in which they have a conflict of interest. (b) For the purposes of this section, a conflict of interest means an association, including a financial or personal association, that has the potential to bias or appear to bias an individual's decisions in matters related to the board or the activities of the board. (5) The board shall establish advisory groups consisting of relevant stakeholders, including but not limited to patients and patient advocates for the condition treated by the drug and one member who is a representative of the prescription drug industry, for each drug affordability review conducted by the board pursuant to RCW 70.405.040 . Advisory group members are immune from civil liability for any official act performed in good faith as a member of the group. (6) The authority shall provide administrative support to the board and any advisory group of the board and shall adopt rules governing their operation that shall include how and when the board will use and discuss confidential information that is exempt from public disclosure. The rules adopted under this subsection may not go into effect until at least 90 days after the next regular legislative session. (7) Board members shall be compensated for participation in the work of the board in accordance with a personal services contract to be executed after appointment and before commencement of activities related to the work of the board. (8) A simple majority of the board's membership constitutes a quorum for the purpose of conducting business. (9) All meetings of the board must be open and public, except that the board may hold executive sessions to the extent permitted by chapter 42.30 RCW. (10) The board may not hold its first meeting until at least one year after the authority publishes its first report on the impact that drug costs, rebates, and other discounts have on health care premiums pursuant to RCW 43.71C.100 . (11) The board must coordinate and collaborate with the authority, other boards, work groups, and commissions related to prescription drug costs and emerging therapies, including but not limited to the health care cost transparency board established in chapter 70.390 RCW, and the universal health care commission established in RCW 41.05.840 . All coordination and collaboration by the board pursuant to this subsection must comply with chapter 42.30 RCW, the open public meetings act. (12) The board may collaborate with prescription drug affordability boards established in other states.
RCW 70A.01.010 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 01 / Section 010
RCW 70A.01.010: Statutory changes technical in nature.
Status: in_force

Chapter 20, Laws of 2020 is intended to make technical amendments to certain codified statutes that involve environmental and public health. Any statutory changes made by chapter 20, Laws of 2020 should be interpreted as technical in nature and not interpreted to have any substantive, policy implications.
RCW 70.128.066 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 128 / Section 066
RCW 70.128.066: Seven or eight bed adult family homes—Requirements—Licensure.
Status: in_force

(1) An applicant requesting to increase bed capacity to seven or eight beds must successfully demonstrate to the department financial solvency and management experience for the home under its ownership and the ability to meet other relevant safety, health, and operating standards pertaining to the operation of an eight bed home, including the ability to meet the needs of all current and prospective residents and ways to mitigate the potential impact of vehicular traffic related to the operation of the home. (2) The department may only accept and process an application to increase the bed capacity to seven or eight beds when: (a) A period of no less than twenty-four months has passed since the issuance of the initial adult family home license; (b) The home has been licensed for six residents for at least twelve months prior to application; (c) The home has completed two full inspections that have resulted in no enforcement actions. For adult family homes applying to increase bed capacity under this section prior to January 1, 2026, the department may: (i) Complete the first inspection upon receipt of an application to increase bed capacity if the home has otherwise met the requirements of this section. (ii) Complete a second inspection upon receipt of an application to increase bed capacity if at least six months have passed since the first inspection; (d) The home has submitted an attestation that an increase in the number of beds will not adversely affect the health, safety, or quality of life of current residents of the home; (e) The home has demonstrated to the department the ability to comply with the emergency evacuation standards established by the department in rule; (f) The home has a residential sprinkler system in place in order to serve residents who require assistance during an evacuation; and (g) The home has paid any fees associated with licensure or additional inspections. (3) The department shall accept and process applications under RCW 70.128.060 (13) for a seven or eight bed adult family home only if: (a) The new provider is a provider of a currently licensed adult family home that has been licensed for a period of no less than twenty-four months since the issuance of the initial adult family home license; (b) The new provider's current adult family home has been licensed for six or more residents for at least twelve months prior to application; and (c) The adult family home has completed at least two full inspections, and the most recent two full inspections have resulted in no enforcement actions. (4) Prior to issuing a license to operate a seven or eight bed adult family home, the department shall: (a) Notify the local jurisdiction in which the home is located, in writing, of the applicant's request to increase bed capacity, and allow the local jurisdiction to provide any recommendations to the department as to whether or not the department should approve the applicant's request to increase its bed capacity to seven or eight beds; and (b) Conduct an inspection to determine compliance with licensing standards and the ability to meet the needs of eight residents. (5) In addition to the consideration of other criteria established in this section, the department shall consider comments received from current residents of the adult family home related to the quality of care and quality of life offered by the home, as well as their views regarding the addition of one or two more residents. (6) Upon application for an initial seven or eight bed adult family home, a home must provide at least sixty days' notice to all residents and the residents' designated representatives that the home has applied for a license to admit up to seven or eight residents before admitting a seventh resident. The notice must be in writing and written in a manner or language that is understood by the residents and the residents' designated representatives. (7) In the event of serious noncompliance in a seven or eight bed adult family home, in addition to, or in lieu of, the imposition of one or more actions listed in RCW 70.128.160 (2), the department may revoke the adult family home's authority to accept more than six residents.
RCW 70.79.010 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 79 / Section 010
RCW 70.79.010: Board of boiler rules—Members—Terms—Meetings.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created within this state a board of boiler rules, which shall hereafter be referred to as the board, consisting of five members who shall be appointed to the board by the governor, one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, and two for a term of four years. At the expiration of their respective terms of office, they, or their successors identifiable with the same interests respectively as hereinafter provided, shall be appointed for terms of four years each. The governor may at any time remove any member of the board for inefficiency or neglect of duty in office. Upon the death or incapacity of any member the governor shall fill the vacancy for the remainder of the vacated term with a representative of the same interests with which his or her predecessor was identified. Of these five appointed members, one shall be representative of owners and users of boilers and unfired pressure vessels within the state, one shall be representative of the boiler or unfired pressure vessel manufacturers within the state, one shall be a representative of a boiler insurance company licensed to do business within the state, one shall be a mechanical engineer on the faculty of a recognized engineering college or a graduate mechanical engineer having equivalent experience, and one shall be representative of the boilermakers, stationary operating engineers, or pressure vessel operators. The board shall elect one of its members to serve as chair and, at the call of the chair, the board shall meet at least four times each year at the state capitol or other place designated by the board.
RCW 70.136.070 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 136 / Section 070
RCW 70.136.070: Verbal emergency assistance agreements—Good Samaritan law—Notification—Form.
Status: in_force

(1) Verbal hazardous materials emergency assistance agreements may be entered into at the scene of an incident where execution of a written agreement prior to the incident is not possible. A notification of the terms of this section shall be presented at the scene by the incident command agency or its representative to the person or public agency whose assistance is requested. The incident command agency and the person or public agency whose assistance is requested shall both sign the notification which appears in subsection (2) of this section, indicating the date and time of signature. If a requesting incident command agency deliberately misrepresents individual or agency status, that agency shall assume full liability for any damages resulting from the actions of the person or public agency whose assistance is requested, other than those damages resulting from gross negligence or wilful or wanton misconduct. (2) The notification required by subsection (1) of this section shall be in substantially the following form: NOTIFICATION OF "GOOD SAMARITAN" LAW You have been requested to provide emergency assistance by a representative of a hazardous materials incident command agency. To encourage your assistance, the Washington state legislature has passed "Good Samaritan" legislation (RCW 70.136.050 ) to protect you from potential liability. The law reads, in part: "Any person or public agency whose assistance has been requested by an incident command agency, who has entered into a written hazardous materials assistance agreement . . . at the scene of the incident pursuant to . . . RCW 70.136.070 , and who, in good faith, renders emergency care, assistance, or advice with respect to a hazardous materials incident, is not liable for civil damages resulting from any act or omission in the rendering of such care, assistance, or advice, other than acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or wilful or wanton misconduct." The law requires that you be advised of certain conditions to ensure your protection: 1. You are not obligated to assist and you may withdraw your assistance at any time. 2. You cannot profit from assisting. 3. You must agree to act under the direction of the incident command agency. 4. You are not covered by this law if you caused the initial accident. I have read and understand the above. (Name) . . . . Date . . . . . . Time . . . . I am a representative of a designated hazardous materials incident command agency and I am authorized to make this request for assistance. (Name) . . . . (Agency) . . . . Date . . . . . . Time . . . .
RCW 70.77.360 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 77 / Section 360
RCW 70.77.360: Denial of license for material misrepresentation or if contrary to public safety or welfare.
Status: in_force

If the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, finds that an application for any license under this chapter contains a material misrepresentation or that the granting of any license would be contrary to the public safety or welfare, the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, may deny the application for the license.
RCW 70A.110.070 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 110 / Section 070
RCW 70A.110.070: Department review of on-site program management plans—Assistance to local health jurisdictions.
Status: in_force

(1) The on-site program management plans of local health jurisdictions required under RCW 70A.110.030 must be submitted to the department by July 1, 2007, and be reviewed to determine if they contain all necessary elements. The department shall provide in writing to the local board of health its review of the completeness of the plan. The board may adopt additional criteria by rule for approving plans. (2) In reviewing the on-site strategy component of the plan, the department shall ensure that all required elements, including designation of any marine recovery area, have been addressed. (3) Within thirty days of receiving an on-site strategy, the department shall either approve the on-site strategy or provide in writing the reasons for not approving the strategy and recommend changes. If the department does not approve the on-site strategy, the local health officer must amend and resubmit the plan to the department for approval. (4) Upon receipt of department approval or after thirty days without notification, whichever comes first, the local health officer shall implement the on-site strategy. (5) If the department denies approval of an on-site strategy, the local health officer may appeal the denial to the board. The board must make a final determination concerning the denial. (6) The department shall assist local health jurisdictions in: (a) Developing written on-site program management plans required by RCW 70A.110.030 ; (b) Identifying reasonable methods for finding unknown systems; and (c) Developing or enhancing electronic data systems that will enable each local health jurisdiction to actively manage all on-site sewage disposal systems within their jurisdictions, with priority given to those on-site sewage disposal systems that are located in or which could affect designated marine recovery areas.
RCW 70.41.110 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 41 / Section 110
RCW 70.41.110: Licenses, provisional licenses—Issuance, duration, assignment, posting.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of an application for license and the license fee, the department shall issue a license or a provisional license if the applicant and the hospital facilities meet the requirements of this chapter and the standards, rules and regulations established by the department. All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall expire on a date to be set by the department: PROVIDED, That no license issued pursuant to this chapter shall exceed thirty-six months in duration. Each license shall be issued only for the premises and persons named in the application, and no license shall be transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the department. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. If there be a failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the standards, rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the department may in its discretion issue to an applicant for a license, or for the renewal of a license, a provisional license which will permit the operation of the hospital for a period to be determined by the department.
RCW 70.44.235 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 44 / Section 235
RCW 70.44.235: Withdrawal or reannexation of areas.
Status: in_force

(1) As provided in this section, a public hospital district may withdraw areas from its boundaries, or reannex areas into the public hospital district that previously had been withdrawn from the public hospital district under this section. (2) The withdrawal of an area shall be authorized upon: (a) Adoption of a resolution by the hospital district commissioners requesting the withdrawal and finding that, in the opinion of the commissioners, inclusion of this area within the public hospital district will result in a reduction of the district's tax levy rate under the provisions of RCW 84.52.010 ; and (b) adoption of a resolution by the city or town council approving the withdrawal, if the area is located within the city or town, or adoption of a resolution by the county legislative authority of the county within which the area is located approving the withdrawal, if the area is located outside of a city or town. A withdrawal shall be effective at the end of the day on the thirty-first day of December in the year in which the resolutions are adopted, but for purposes of establishing boundaries for property tax purposes, the boundaries shall be established immediately upon the adoption of the second resolution. The withdrawal of an area from the boundaries of a public hospital district shall not exempt any property therein from taxation for the purpose of paying the costs of redeeming any indebtedness of the public hospital district existing at the time of the withdrawal. (3) An area that has been withdrawn from the boundaries of a public hospital district under this section may be reannexed into the public hospital district upon: (a) Adoption of a resolution by the hospital district commissioners proposing the reannexation; and (b) adoption of a resolution by the city or town council approving the reannexation, if the area is located within the city or town, or adoption of a resolution by the county legislative authority of the county within which the area is located approving the reannexation, if the area is located outside of a city or town. The reannexation shall be effective at the end of the day on the thirty-first day of December in the year in which the adoption of the second resolution occurs, but for purposes of establishing boundaries for property tax purposes, the boundaries shall be established immediately upon the adoption of the second resolution. Referendum action on the proposed reannexation may be taken by the voters of the area proposed to be reannexed if a petition calling for a referendum is filed with the city or town council, or county legislative authority, within a thirty-day period after the adoption of the second resolution, which petition has been signed by registered voters of the area proposed to be reannexed equal in number to ten percent of the total number of the registered voters residing in that area. If a valid petition signed by the requisite number of registered voters has been so filed, the effect of the resolutions shall be held in abeyance and a ballot proposition to authorize the reannexation shall be submitted to the voters of the area at the next special election date according to RCW 29A.04.330 . Approval of the ballot proposition authorizing the reannexation by a simple majority vote shall authorize the reannexation.
RCW 70A.216.060 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 216 / Section 060
RCW 70A.216.060: Revocation of certification.
Status: in_force

(1) The director may revoke a certificate: (a) If it were found to have been obtained by fraud or deceit; (b) For gross negligence in the operation of a solid waste incinerator or landfill; (c) For violating the requirements of this chapter or any lawful rule or order of the department; or (d) If the facility operated by the certified employee is operated in violation of state or federal environmental laws. (2) A person whose certificate is revoked under this section shall not be eligible to apply for a certificate for one year from the effective date of the final order of revocation.
RCW 70.01.060 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 01 / Section 060
RCW 70.01.060: Eating disorder—Diabetes—Public information availability.
Status: in_force

By December 1, 2020, the department of health shall make available on its website links to existing information related to the condition commonly known as "diabulimia," an eating disorder associated with individuals with type 1 diabetes.
RCW 70.320.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 320 / Section 020
RCW 70.320.020: Contract performance measures developed under RCW 70.320.030 based on outcomes—Integration.
Status: in_force

(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 involvement with criminal justice systems; reductions in avoidable costs in hospitals, emergency rooms, crisis services, and jails and prisons; increases in stable housing in the community; improvements in client satisfaction with quality of life; and reductions in population-level health disparities. (2) The performance measures must demonstrate the manner in which the following principles are achieved within each of the outcomes under subsection (1) of this section: (a) Maximization of the use of evidence-based practices will be given priority over the use of research-based and promising practices, and research-based practices will be given priority over the use of promising practices. The agencies will develop strategies to identify programs that are effective with ethnically diverse clients and to consult with tribal governments, experts within ethnically diverse communities and community organizations that serve diverse communities; (b) The maximization of the client's independence, recovery, and employment; (c) The maximization of the client's participation in treatment decisions; and (d) The collaboration between consumer-based support programs in providing services to the client. (3) In developing performance measures under RCW 70.320.030 , the authority and the department shall consider expected outcomes relevant to the general populations that each agency serves. The authority and the department may adapt the outcomes to account for the unique needs and characteristics of discrete subcategories of populations receiving services, including ethnically diverse communities. (4) The authority and the department shall coordinate the establishment of the expected outcomes and the performance measures between each agency as well as each program to identify expected outcomes and performance measures that are common to the clients enrolled in multiple programs and to eliminate conflicting standards among the agencies and programs. (5)(a) The authority and the department shall establish timelines and mechanisms for service contracting entities to report data related to performance measures and outcomes, including phased implementation of public reporting of outcome and performance measures in a form that allows for comparison of performance measures and levels of improvement between geographic regions of Washington. (b) The authority and the department may not release any public reports of client outcomes unless the data has been deidentified and aggregated in such a way that the identity of individual clients cannot be determined through directly identifiable data or the combination of multiple data elements. (6)(a) The performance measures coordinating committee must establish: (i) A performance measure to be integrated into the statewide common measure set which tracks effective integration practices of behavioral health services in primary care settings; (ii) performance measures which track rates of criminal justice system involvement among medical assistance clients with an identified behavioral health need including, but not limited to, rates of arrest and incarceration; and (iii) performance measures which track rates of homelessness and housing instability among medical assistance clients. The authority must set improvement targets related to these measures. (b) The performance measures coordinating committee must report to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature regarding the implementation of this subsection by July 1, 2022. (c) For purposes of establishing performance measures as specified in (a)(ii) of this subsection, the performance measures coordinating committee shall convene a work group of stakeholders including the authority, medicaid managed care organizations, the department of corrections, and others with expertise in criminal justice and behavioral health. The work group shall review current performance measures that have been adopted in other states or nationally to inform this effort. (d) For purposes of establishing performance measures as specified in (a)(iii) of this subsection, the performance measures coordinating committee shall convene a work group of stakeholders including the authority, medicaid managed care organizations, and others with expertise in housing for low-income populations and with experience understanding the impacts of homelessness and housing instability on health. The work group shall review current performance measures that have been adopted in other states or nationally from organizations with experience in similar measures to inform this effort. (7) The authority must report to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature: (a) By October 1, 2022, regarding options and recommendations for integrating value-based purchasing terms and a performance improvement project into managed health care contracts relating to the criminal justice outcomes specified under subsection (1) of this section; (b) By July 1, 2024, regarding options and recommendations for integrating value-based purchasing terms and to integrate a collective performance improvement project into managed health care contracts related to increasing stable housing in the community outcomes specified under subsection (1) of this section. The authority shall review the performance measures and information from the work group established in subsection (6)(d) of this section.
RCW 70.190.060 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 190 / Section 060
RCW 70.190.060: Community networks—Legislative intent—Membership—Open meetings.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature authorizes community public health and safety networks to reconnect parents and other citizens with children, youth, families, and community institutions which support health and safety. The networks have only those powers and duties expressly authorized under this chapter. The networks should empower parents and other citizens by being a means of expressing their attitudes, spirit, and perspectives regarding safe and healthy family and community life. The legislature intends that parent and other citizen perspectives exercise a controlling influence over policy and program operations of professional organizations concerned with children and family issues within networks in a manner consistent with the Constitution and state law. It is not the intent of the legislature that health, social service, or educational professionals dominate community public health and safety network processes or programs, but rather that these professionals use their skills to lend support to parents and other citizens in expressing their values as parents and other citizens identify community needs and establish community priorities. To this end, the legislature intends full participation of parents and other citizens in community public health and safety networks. The intent is that local community values are reflected in the operations of the network. (2) A group of persons described in subsection (3) of this section may apply to be a community public health and safety network. (3) Each community public health and safety network shall be composed of twenty-three people, thirteen of whom shall be citizens who live within the network boundary with no fiduciary interest. In selecting these members, first priority shall be given to members of community mobilization advisory boards, city or county children's services commissions, human services advisory boards, or other such organizations. The thirteen persons shall be selected as follows: Three by chambers of commerce, three by school board members, three by county legislative authorities, three by city legislative authorities, and one high school student, selected by student organizations. The remaining ten members shall live or work within the network boundary and shall include local representation selected by the following groups and entities: Cities; counties; federally recognized Indian tribes; parks and recreation programs; law enforcement agencies; state children's service workers; employment assistance workers; private social service providers, broad-based nonsecular organizations, or health service providers; and public education. (4) Each of the twenty-three people who are members of each community public health and safety network must sign an annual declaration under penalty of perjury or a notarized statement that clearly, in plain and understandable language, states whether or not he or she has a fiduciary interest. If a member has a fiduciary interest, the nature of that interest must be made clear, in plain understandable language, on the signed statement. (5) Members of the network shall serve terms of three years. The terms of the initial members of each network shall be as follows: (a) One-third shall serve for one year; (b) one-third shall serve for two years; and (c) one-third shall serve for three years. Initial members may agree which shall serve fewer than three years or the decision may be made by lot. Any vacancy occurring during the term may be filled by the chair for the balance of the unexpired term. (6) Not less than sixty days before the expiration of a network member's term, the chair shall submit the name of a nominee to the network for its approval. The network shall comply with subsection (3) of this section. (7) Networks are subject to the open public meetings act under chapter 42.30 RCW and the public records provisions of chapter 42.56 RCW.
RCW 70.58A.040 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 58A / Section 040
RCW 70.58A.040: Duties of the state registrar.
Status: in_force

(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 this chapter; (b) Prescribe paper and electronic forms needed to carry out the purposes of this chapter; (c) Prescribe the information required in forms, reports, vital records, certifications, or other documents authorized by this chapter; (d) Prescribe the means for transmission of data, including electronic submission, necessary to accomplish the purpose of complete, accurate, and timely reporting and registration; (e) Review reports to determine if additional information is necessary to register the report. If any reports are incomplete, the state registrar shall require submission of information necessary to make the record complete; (f) Deny or revoke registration of a report or application for an amendment, or withhold or deny issuance of a certification for the reasons permitted by this chapter; (g) Prepare and publish vital statistics pursuant to this chapter; (h) Prepare a plan to provide for the continuity of operations of the vital records system in the event of an emergency; (i) Take measures to prevent the fraudulent use of vital records; and (j) Perform data quality assurance and record matching activities. (2) The state registrar may delegate functions and duties vested in the state registrar under this section to employees of the department. (3) The state registrar may appoint a deputy state registrar, with the concurrence of the secretary, with the same authority granted to the state registrar under this chapter.
RCW 70.245.140 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 245 / Section 140
RCW 70.245.140: Disposal of unused medications.
Status: in_force

Any medication dispensed under this chapter that was not self-administered shall be disposed of by lawful means.
RCW 70A.205.550 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 550
RCW 70A.205.550: Data to support the goals of the Washington center for sustainable food management—Voluntary reporting protocols.
Status: in_force

(1) In order to obtain data as necessary to support the goals of the Washington center for sustainable food management created in RCW 70A.207.020 and to achieve the goals of RCW 70A.205.715 (1), the department may establish a voluntary reporting protocol for the receipt of reports by businesses that donate food under RCW 69.80.031 and recipients of the donated food, and may encourage the use of this voluntary reporting protocol by the businesses and recipients. The department may also request that a donating business or recipient of donated food provide information to the department regarding the volumes, types, and timing of food managed by the donating facility or business, and food waste and wasted food generated by the donating facility or business. To the extent practicable, the department must seek to obtain information under this section in a manner compatible with any information reported to the department of agriculture under RCW 43.23.290 , and in a manner that minimizes the reporting and information-provision burdens of donating businesses and recipients. (2) For the purposes of this subsection, "food waste" and "wasted food" have the same meaning as defined in RCW 70A.205.715 .
RCW 70.02.080 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 02 / Section 080
RCW 70.02.080: Patient's examination and copying—Requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receipt of a written request from a patient to examine or copy all or part of the patient's recorded health care information, a health care provider, as promptly as required under the circumstances, but no later than fifteen working days after receiving the request shall: (a) Make the information available for examination during regular business hours and provide a copy, if requested, to the patient; (b) Inform the patient if the information does not exist or cannot be found; (c) If the health care provider does not maintain a record of the information, inform the patient and provide the name and address, if known, of the health care provider who maintains the record; (d) If the information is in use or unusual circumstances have delayed handling the request, inform the patient and specify in writing the reasons for the delay and the earliest date, not later than twenty-one working days after receiving the request, when the information will be available for examination or copying or when the request will be otherwise disposed of; or (e) Deny the request, in whole or in part, under RCW 70.02.090 and inform the patient. (2) Upon request, the health care provider shall provide an explanation of any code or abbreviation used in the health care information. If a record of the particular health care information requested is not maintained by the health care provider in the requested form, the health care provider is not required to create a new record or reformulate an existing record to make the health care information available in the requested form. Except as provided in RCW 70.02.030 , the health care provider may charge a reasonable fee for providing the health care information and is not required to permit examination or copying until the fee is paid.
RCW 70.290.030 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 290 / Section 030
RCW 70.290.030: Composition of association—Board of directors—Duties.
Status: in_force

(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 registration under RCW 70.290.075 . (2) The association is a nonprofit corporation under chapter 24.03A RCW and has the powers granted under that chapter. (3) The board of directors includes the following voting members: (a) Four members, selected from health carriers or third-party administrators, excluding health maintenance organizations, that have the most fully insured and self-funded covered lives in Washington state. The count of total covered lives includes enrollment in all companies included in their holding company system. Each health carrier or third-party administrator is entitled to no more than a single position on the board to represent all entities under common ownership or control. (b) One member selected from the health maintenance organization having the most fully insured and self-insured covered lives in Washington state. The count of total lives includes enrollment in all companies included in its holding company system. Each health maintenance organization is entitled to no more than a single position on the board to represent all entities under common ownership or control. (c) One member, representing health carriers not otherwise represented on the board under (a) or (b) of this subsection, who is elected from among the health carrier members not designated under (a) or (b) of this subsection. (d) One member, representing Taft Hartley plans, appointed by the secretary from a list of nominees submitted by the Northwest administrators association. (e) One member representing Washington state employers offering self-funded health coverage, appointed by the secretary from a list of nominees submitted by the Puget Sound health alliance. (f) Two physician members appointed by the secretary, including at least one board certified pediatrician. (g) The secretary, or a designee of the secretary with expertise in childhood immunization purchasing and distribution. (4) The directors' terms and appointments must be specified in the plan of operation adopted by the association. (5) The board of directors of the association must: (a) Prepare and adopt articles of association and bylaws; (b) Prepare and adopt a plan of operation. The plan of operation must include a dispute mechanism through which a carrier or third-party administrator can challenge an assessment determination by the board under RCW 70.290.040 . The board must include a means to bring unresolved disputes to an impartial decision maker as a component of the dispute mechanism; (c) Submit the plan of operation to the secretary for approval; (d) Conduct all activities in accordance with the approved plan of operation; (e) Enter into contracts as necessary or proper to collect and disburse the assessment; (f) Enter into contracts as necessary or proper to administer the plan of operation; (g) Sue or be sued, including taking any legal action necessary or proper for the recovery of any assessment for, on behalf of, or against members of the association or other participating person; (h) Appoint, from among its directors, committees as necessary to provide technical assistance in the operation of the association, including the hiring of independent consultants as necessary; (i) Obtain such liability and other insurance coverage for the benefit of the association, its directors, officers, employees, and agents as may in the judgment of the board of directors be helpful or necessary for the operation of the association; (j) On an annual basis, beginning no later than November 1, 2010, and by November 1st of each year thereafter, establish the estimated amount of the assessment; (k) Notify, in writing, each health carrier and third-party administrator of the health carrier's or third-party administrator's estimated total assessment by November 15th of each year; (l) Submit a periodic report to the secretary listing those health carriers or third-party administrators that failed to remit their assessments and audit health carrier and third-party administrator books and records for accuracy of assessment payment submission; (m) Allow each health carrier or third-party administrator no more than ninety days after the notification required by (k) of this subsection to remit any amounts in arrears or submit a payment plan, subject to approval by the association and initial payment under an approved payment plan; (n) Deposit annual assessments collected by the association, less the association's administrative costs, with the state treasurer to the credit of the universal vaccine purchase account established in RCW 43.70.720 ; (o) Borrow and repay such working capital, reserve, or other funds as, in the judgment of the board of directors, may be helpful or necessary for the operation of the association; and (p) Perform any other functions as may be necessary or proper to carry out the plan of operation and to affect any or all of the purposes for which the association is organized. (6) The secretary must convene the initial meeting of the association board of directors.
RCW 70.54.470 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 54 / Section 470
RCW 70.54.470: Medical debt—Limits on sale or assignment.
Status: in_force

(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 section: (a) "Health care facility" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 70.02.010 . (b) "Health care provider" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 70.02.010 . (c) "Medical debt" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 19.16.100 .
RCW 70.112.010 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 112 / Section 010
RCW 70.112.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

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 professional shortage areas" has the same definition as in RCW 28B.115.020 . (4) "Residency programs" means community-based residency educational programs in family medicine, either in existence or established under this chapter and that are certified by the accreditation council for graduate medical education or by the American osteopathic association. (5) "Schools of medicine" means the University of Washington school of medicine located in Seattle, Washington; the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences located in Yakima, Washington; the Washington State University college of medicine located in Spokane, Washington; and any other such medical schools that are accredited by the liaison committee on medical education or the American osteopathic association's commission on osteopathic college accreditation, and that locate their entire four-year medical program in Washington.
RCW 70A.45.030 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 45 / Section 030
RCW 70A.45.030: Development of a design for a regional multisector market-based system to limit and reduce emissions of greenhouse gas—Information required to be submitted to the legislature.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The director shall develop, in coordination with the western climate initiative, a design for a regional multisector market-based system to limit and reduce emissions of greenhouse gas consistent with the emission reductions established in RCW 70A.45.020 (1). (b) By December 1, 2008, the director and the director of the department of commerce shall deliver to the legislature specific recommendations for approval and request for authority to implement the preferred design of a regional multisector market-based system in (a) of this subsection. These recommendations must include: (i) Proposed legislation, necessary funding, and the schedule necessary to implement the preferred design by January 1, 2012; (ii) Any changes determined necessary to the reporting requirements established under RCW 70A.15.2200 ; and (iii) Actions that the state should take to prevent manipulation of the multisector market-based system designed under this section. (2) In developing the design for the regional multisector market-based system under subsection (1) of this section, the department shall consult with the affected state agencies, and provide opportunity for public review and comment. (3) In addition to the information required under subsection (1)(b) of this section, the director and the director of the department of commerce shall submit the following to the legislature by December 1, 2008: (a) Information on progress to date in achieving the requirements of chapter 14, Laws of 2008; (b) The final recommendations of the climate advisory team, including recommended most promising actions to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases or otherwise respond to climate change. These recommendations must include strategies to reduce the quantity of emissions of greenhouse gases per distance traveled in the transportation sector; (c) A request for additional resources and statutory authority needed to limit and reduce emissions of greenhouse gas consistent with chapter 14, Laws of 2008 including implementation of the most promising recommendations of the climate advisory team; (d) Recommendations on how projects funded by the green energy incentive account in *RCW 43.325.040 may be used to expand the electrical transmission infrastructure into urban and rural areas of the state for purposes of allowing the recharging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; (e) Recommendations on how local governments could participate in the multisector market-based system designed under subsection (1) of this section; (f) Recommendations regarding the circumstances under which generation of electricity or alternative fuel from landfill gas and gas from anaerobic digesters may receive an offset or credit in the regional multisector market-based system or other strategies developed by the department; and (g) Recommendations developed in consultation with the department of natural resources and the department of agriculture with the climate advisory team, the college of forest resources at the University of Washington, and the Washington State University, and a nonprofit consortium involved in research on renewable industrial materials, regarding how forestry and agricultural lands and practices may participate voluntarily as an offset or other credit program in the regional multisector market-based system. The recommendations must ensure that the baseline for this offset or credit program does not disadvantage this state in relation to another state or states. These recommendations shall address: (i) Commercial and other working forests, including accounting for site-class specific forest management practices; (ii) Agricultural and forest products, including accounting for substitution of wood for fossil intensive substitutes; (iii) Agricultural land and practices; (iv) Forest and agricultural lands set aside or managed for conservation as of, or after, June 12, 2008; and (v) Reforestation and afforestation projects.
RCW 70.390.080 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 390 / Section 080
RCW 70.390.080: Primary care expenditures—Measurement—Reporting.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall measure and report on primary care expenditures in Washington and the progress towards increasing it to 12 percent of total health care expenditures. (2) By December 1, 2022, the board shall submit a preliminary report to the governor and relevant committees of the legislature addressing primary care expenditures in Washington. The report must include: (a) How to define "primary care" for purposes of calculating primary care expenditures as a proportion of total health care expenditures, and how the definition aligns with existing definitions already implemented in Washington, including the previous report from the office of financial management and the Bree collaborative's recommendations; (b) Barriers to the access and use of the data needed to calculate primary care expenditures, and how to overcome them; (c) The annual progress needed for primary care expenditures to reach 12 percent of total health care expenditures in a reasonable amount of time; (d) How and by whom it should annually be determined whether desired levels of primary care expenditures are being achieved; (e) Methods to incentivize the achievement of desired levels of primary care expenditures; (f)(i) Specific practices and methods of reimbursement to achieve and sustain desired levels of primary care expenditures while achieving improvements in health outcomes, experience of health care, and value from the health care system, including but not limited to: Supporting advanced, integrated primary care involving a multidisciplinary team of health and social service professionals; addressing social determinants of health within the primary care setting; leveraging innovative uses of efficient, interoperable health information technology; increasing the primary care and behavioral health workforce; and reinforcing to patients the value of primary care, and eliminating any barriers to access. (ii) As much as possible, the practices and methods specified must hold primary care providers accountable for improved health outcomes, not increase the administrative burden on primary care providers or overall health care expenditures in the state, strive for alignment across payers, and take into account differences in urban and rural delivery settings; and (g) The ongoing role of the board in guiding and overseeing the development and application of primary care expenditure targets, and the implementation and evaluation of strategies to achieve them. (3) Beginning August 1, 2023, the board shall annually submit reports to the governor and relevant committees of the legislature. To the extent possible, the reports must: (a) Include annual primary care expenditures for the most recent year for which data is available by insurance carrier, by market or payer, in total and as a percentage of total health care expenditure; (b) Break down annual primary care expenditures by relevant characteristics such as whether expenditures were for physical or behavioral health, by type of provider and by payment mechanism; and (c) If necessary, identify any barriers to the reporting requirements and propose recommendations for how to overcome them. (4) In developing the measures and reporting, the board shall consult with primary care providers and organizations representing primary care providers and review existing work in this and other states regarding primary care, including but not limited to the December 2019 report by the office of financial management, the work of the Bree collaborative, the work of the advancing integrated mental health center and the center for health workforce studies at the University of Washington, the work of the Milbank memorial fund, the work of the national academy of sciences, engineering, and medicine, and the work of the authority to strengthen primary care within state purchased health care.
RCW 70.90.125 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 90 / Section 125
RCW 70.90.125: Regulation by local boards of health.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any local board of health from establishing and enforcing any provisions governing safety, sanitation, and water quality for any water recreation facility, regardless of ownership or use, in addition to those rules established by the state board of health under this chapter.
RCW 70A.205.600 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 600
RCW 70A.205.600: Solid waste incineration or energy recovery facility—Environmental impact statement requirements.
Status: in_force

No solid waste incineration or energy recovery facility shall be operated prior to the completion of an environmental impact statement containing the considerations required under RCW 43.21C.030 (2)(c) and prepared pursuant to the procedures of chapter 43.21C RCW. This section does not apply to a facility operated prior to January 1, 1989, as a solid waste incineration facility or energy recovery facility burning solid waste.
RCW 70.41.365 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 41 / Section 365
RCW 70.41.365: Statewide sexual assault kit tracking system—Participation by hospitals.
Status: in_force

Hospitals licensed under this chapter shall participate in the statewide sexual assault kit tracking system established in RCW 43.43.545 for the purpose of tracking the status of all sexual assault kits collected by or in the custody of hospitals and other entities contracting with hospitals. Hospitals shall begin full participation in the system according to the implementation schedule established by the Washington state patrol.
RCW 70.42.060 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 42 / Section 060
RCW 70.42.060: Quality control, quality assurance, recordkeeping, and personnel standards.
Status: in_force

The department shall adopt standards established in rule governing test sites for quality control, quality assurance, recordkeeping, and personnel consistent with federal laws and regulations. "Recordkeeping" for purposes of this chapter means books, files, or records necessary to show compliance with the quality control and quality assurance requirements adopted by the department.
RCW 70.112.090 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 112 / Section 090
RCW 70.112.090: Advisory board—Duties.
Status: in_force

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.
RCW 70.42.170 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 42 / Section 170
RCW 70.42.170: On-site reviews.
Status: in_force

The department may at any time conduct an on-site review of a licensee or applicant in order to determine compliance with this chapter. When the department has reason to believe a waivered site is conducting tests requiring a license, the department may conduct an on-site review of the waivered site in order to determine compliance. The department may also examine and audit records necessary to determine compliance with this chapter. The right to conduct an on-site review and audit and examination of records shall extend to any premises and records of persons whom the department has reason to believe are opening, owning, conducting, maintaining, managing, or otherwise operating a test site without a license. Following an on-site review, the department shall give written notice of any violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter. The notice shall describe the reasons for noncompliance and inform the licensee or applicant or test site operator that it shall comply within a specified reasonable time. If the licensee or applicant or test site operator fails to comply, the department may take disciplinary action under RCW 70.42.120 through 70.42.150 , or further action as authorized by this chapter.
RCW 70.87.036 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 87 / Section 036
RCW 70.87.036: Powers of attorney general.
Status: in_force

On request of the department, the attorney general may: (1) File suit to collect a penalty assessed by the department; (2) Seek a civil injunction, show cause order, or contempt order against the person who repeatedly violates a provision of this chapter; (3) Seek an ex parte inspection warrant if the person refuses to allow the department to inspect a conveyance; (4) File suit asking the court to enforce a cease and desist order or a subpoena issued by the director under this chapter; and (5) Take any other legal action appropriate and necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. All suits shall be brought in the district or superior court of the district or county in which the defendant resides or transacts business. In any suit or other legal action, the department may ask the court to award costs and attorney's fees. If the department prevails, the court shall award the appropriate costs and attorney's fees.
RCW 70.28.005 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 28 / Section 005
RCW 70.28.005: Health officials, broad powers to protect public health.
Status: in_force

(1) Tuberculosis has been and continues to be a threat to the public's health in the state of Washington. (2) While it is important to respect the rights of individuals, the legitimate public interest in protecting the public health and welfare from the spread of a deadly infectious disease outweighs incidental curtailment of individual rights that may occur in implementing effective testing, treatment, and infection control strategies. (3) To protect the public's health, it is the intent of the legislature that local health officials provide culturally sensitive and medically appropriate early diagnosis, treatment, education, and follow-up to prevent tuberculosis. Further, it is imperative that public health officials and their staff have the necessary authority and discretion to take actions as are necessary to protect the health and welfare of the public, subject to the constitutional protection required under the federal and state constitutions. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as in any way limiting the broad powers of health officials to act as necessary to protect the public health.
RCW 70A.135.050 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 135 / Section 050
RCW 70A.135.050: Compliance schedule for secondary treatment.
Status: in_force

The department of ecology may provide for a phased in compliance schedule for secondary treatment which addresses local factors that may impede compliance with secondary treatment requirements of the federal clean water act. In determining the length of time to be granted for compliance, the department shall consider the criteria specified in the federal clean water act.
RCW 70A.425.110 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 425 / Section 110
RCW 70A.425.110: Exceptions from packaging standards.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of making any household substance which is subject to a standard established under RCW 70A.425.100 readily available to elderly persons or persons with disabilities unable to use such substance when packaged in compliance with such standard, the manufacturer or packer, as the case may be, may package any household substance, subject to such a standard, in packaging of a single size which does not comply with such standard if: (a) The manufacturer or packer also supplies such substance in packages which comply with such standard; and (b) The packages of such substance which do not meet such standard bear conspicuous labeling stating: "This package for households without young children"; except that the director may by regulation prescribe a substitute statement to the same effect for packaging too small to accommodate such labeling. (2) In the case of a household substance which is subject to such a standard and which is dispensed pursuant to an order of a physician, dentist, or other licensed medical practitioner authorized to prescribe, such substance may be dispensed in noncomplying packages only when directed in such order or when requested by the purchaser. (3) In the case of a household substance subject to such a standard which is packaged under subsection (1) of this section in a noncomplying package, if the director determines that such substance is not also being supplied by a manufacturer or packer in popular size packages which comply with such standard, he or she may, after giving the manufacturer or packer an opportunity to comply with the purposes of this chapter, by order require such substance to be packaged by such manufacturer or packer exclusively in special packaging complying with such standard if he or she finds, after opportunity for hearing, that such exclusive use of special packaging is necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
RCW 70.265.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 265 / Section 050
RCW 70.265.050: Governing body.
Status: in_force

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 governing body of the public hospital capital facility area must be chosen by the full membership of the county legislative authority.
RCW 70.41.205 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 41 / Section 205
RCW 70.41.205: Public hospitals—Review of hospital privileges and quality improvement committee reports—Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

(1) All meetings, proceedings, and deliberations of the governing body, its staff or agents, concerning the granting, denial, revocation, restriction, or other consideration of the status of the clinical or staff privileges of a physician or other health care provider as defined in RCW 7.70.020 , if such other providers at the discretion of the governing body are considered for such privileges, must be confidential and may be conducted in executive session; however, the final action of the governing body as to the denial, revocation, or restriction of clinical or staff privileges of a physician or other health care provider as defined in RCW 7.70.020 must be done in public session. (2) All meetings, proceedings, and deliberations of a quality improvement committee established under RCW 4.24.250 , 43.70.510 , or 70.41.200 and all meetings, proceedings, and deliberations of the governing body, its staff or agents, to review the report or the activities of a quality improvement committee established under RCW 4.24.250 , 43.70.510 , or 70.41.200 may, at the discretion of the quality improvement committee or the governing body, be confidential and may be conducted in executive session. Any review conducted by the governing body or quality improvement committee, or their staff or agents, must be subject to the same protections, limitations, and exemptions that apply to quality improvement committee activities under RCW 4.24.240 , 4.24.250 , 43.70.510 , and 70.41.200 . However, any final action of the governing body on the report of the quality improvement committee must be done in public session. (3) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Governing body" means the board or committee of a public hospital with authority to make final decisions concerning the granting, denial, revocation, restriction, or other consideration of the clinical or staff privileges of a physician or other health care provider, as defined in RCW 7.70.020 ; and (b) "Public hospital" means any hospital owned or operated by the state or any of its subdivisions, including the University of Washington.
RCW 70.56.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 56 / Section 020
RCW 70.56.020: Notification of adverse health events—Notification and report required—Rules.
Status: in_force

(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 manner. The notification and reporting system shall not be designed to punish errors by health care practitioners or health care facility employees. (2) When a medical facility confirms that an adverse event has occurred, it shall submit to the department of health: (a) Notification of the event, with the date, type of adverse event, and any additional contextual information the facility chooses to provide, within forty-eight hours; and (b) A report regarding the event within forty-five days. The notification and report shall be submitted to the department using the internet-based system established under RCW 70.56.040 (2) if the system is operational. (c) A medical facility may amend the notification or report within sixty days of the submission. (3) The notification and report shall be filed in a format specified by the department after consultation with medical facilities and the independent entity if an independent entity has been contracted for under RCW 70.56.040 (1). The format shall identify the facility, but shall not include any identifying information for any of the health care professionals, facility employees, or patients involved. This provision does not modify the duty of a hospital to make a report to the department of health or a disciplinary authority if a licensed practitioner has committed unprofessional conduct as defined in RCW 18.130.180 . (4) As part of the report filed under subsection (2)(b) of this section, the medical facility must conduct a root cause analysis of the event, describe the corrective action plan that will be implemented consistent with the findings of the analysis, or provide an explanation of any reasons for not taking corrective action. The department shall adopt rules, in consultation with medical facilities and the independent entity if an independent entity has been contracted for under RCW 70.56.040 (1), related to the form and content of the root cause analysis and corrective action plan. In developing the rules, consideration shall be given to existing standards for root cause analysis or corrective action plans adopted by the joint commission on accreditation of health facilities and other national or governmental entities. (5) If, in the course of investigating a complaint received from an employee of a medical facility, the department determines that the facility has not provided notification of an adverse event or undertaken efforts to investigate the occurrence of an adverse event, the department shall direct the facility to provide notification or to undertake an investigation of the event. (6) The protections of RCW 43.70.075 apply to notifications of adverse events that are submitted in good faith by employees of medical facilities.
RCW 70.02.045 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 02 / Section 045
RCW 70.02.045: Third-party payor release of information.
Status: in_force

Third-party payors shall not release health care information disclosed under this chapter, except as required by chapter 43.371 RCW and RCW 48.43.071 and to the extent that health care providers are authorized to do so under RCW 70.02.050 , 70.02.200 , and 70.02.210 .
RCW 70.42.200 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 42 / Section 200
RCW 70.42.200: Persons who may not own or operate test site.
Status: in_force

No person who has owned or operated a test site that has had its license revoked may own or operate a test site within two years of the final adjudication of a license revocation.
RCW 70.24.130 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 24 / Section 130
RCW 70.24.130: Adoption of rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall adopt such rules as are necessary to implement and enforce this chapter, including, but not limited to, rules: (a) Establishing procedures for taking appropriate action, in addition to any other penalty under this chapter, with regard to health care facilities or health care providers that violate this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter; (b) Prescribing stringent safeguards to protect the confidentiality of the persons and records subject to this chapter, consistent with chapter 70.02 RCW; (c) Establishing reporting requirements for sexually transmitted diseases; (d) Establishing procedures for investigations under RCW 70.24.024 ; (e) Specifying, for purposes of RCW 70.24.024 , behavior that endangers the public health, based upon generally accepted standards of medical and public health science; (f) Defining, for the purposes of RCW 70.24.120 , specimens that can be obtained and tests that can be administered for sexually transmitted diseases, blood-borne pathogens, and other infections; (g) Determining, for purposes of RCW 70.24.340 , categories of employment that are at risk of substantial exposure to a blood-borne pathogen; and (h) Defining, for purposes of RCW 70.24.340 , 70.24.360 , and 70.24.370 , what constitutes an exposure that presents a possible risk of transmission of a blood-borne pathogen. (2) In addition to any rules adopted by the board, the department may adopt any rules necessary to implement and enforce this chapter. (3) The procedures set forth in chapter 34.05 RCW apply to the administration of this chapter, except that in case of conflict between chapter 34.05 RCW and this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall control.
RCW 70A.20.901 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 20 / Section 901
RCW 70A.20.901: Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Noise Control Act of 1974".
RCW 70A.205.050 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 050
RCW 70A.205.050: County and city comprehensive solid waste management plans—Levels of service, reduction and recycling.
Status: in_force

Levels of service shall be defined in the waste reduction and recycling element of each local comprehensive solid waste management plan and shall include the services set forth in RCW 70A.205.045 . In determining which service level is provided to residential and nonresidential waste generators in each community, counties and cities shall develop clear criteria for designating areas as urban or rural. In designating urban areas, local governments shall consider the planning guidelines adopted by the department, total population, population density, and any applicable land use or utility service plans.