RCW 70.185.010 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 185 / Section 010
RCW 70.185.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Department" means the department of health. (2) "Health care professional recruitment and retention strategic plan" means a plan developed by the participant and includes identification of health care personnel needs of the community, how these professionals will be recruited and retained in the community following recruitment. (3) "Institutions of higher education" means educational institutions as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 . (4) "Local administrator" means an individual or organization representing the participant who may enter into legal agreements on behalf of the participant. (5) "Participant" means communities, counties, and regions that serve as a health care catchment area where the project site is located. (6) "Project" means the community-based retention and recruitment project. (7) "Project site" means a site selected to participate in the project. (8) "Secretary" means the secretary of health.
RCW 70.41.180 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 41 / Section 180
RCW 70.41.180: Physicians' services.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall in any way authorize the department to establish standards, rules and regulations governing the professional services rendered by any physician.
RCW 70A.15.6200 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 6200
RCW 70A.15.6200: Legislative declaration—Intent.
Status: in_force

The legislature recognizes that: (1) Acid deposition resulting from commercial, industrial or other emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides pose a threat to the delicate balance of the state's ecological systems, particularly in alpine lakes that are known to be highly sensitive to acidification; (2) Failure to act promptly and decisively to mitigate or eliminate this danger may soon result in untold and irreparable damage to the fish, forest, wildlife, agricultural, water, and recreational resources of this state; (3) There is a direct correlation between emissions of sulphur dioxides and nitrogen oxides and increases in acid deposition; (4) Acidification is cumulative; and (5) Once an environment is acidified, it is difficult, if not impossible, to restore the natural balance. It is therefore the intent of the legislature to provide for early detection of acidification and the resulting environmental degradation through continued monitoring of acid deposition levels and trends, and major source changes, so that the legislature can take any necessary action to prevent environmental degradation resulting from acid deposition.
RCW 70.395.100 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 395 / Section 100
RCW 70.395.100: Facilities excluded.
Status: in_force

RCW 70.395.040 through 70.395.080 do not apply to a private detention facility that is: (1) Providing counseling, treatment, mental health, educational, or medical services to juveniles under chapter 74.15 RCW; (2) Providing evaluation and treatment or forensic services to a person who has been civilly detained or is subject to an order of commitment by a court pursuant to chapter 10.77 , 71.05, 71.09, or 71.34 RCW, or similarly applicable federal law, including facilities regulated under chapters 70.41 , 71.12, and 71.24 RCW; (3) Used for the quarantine or isolation of persons for public health reasons pursuant to RCW 43.20.050 , or similarly applicable federal law; (4) Used for work release under chapter 72.65 RCW, or similarly applicable federal law; (5) Used for extraordinary medical placement; (6) Used for residential substance use disorder treatment; or (7) Owned and operated by federally recognized tribes and contracting with a government.
RCW 70.40.060 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 40 / Section 060
RCW 70.40.060: Development of program for construction of facilities needed.
Status: in_force

The secretary is authorized and directed to make an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, including public nonprofit and proprietary hospitals and medical facilities, to survey the need for construction of hospitals and medical facilities, and, on the basis of such inventory and survey, to develop a program for the construction of such public and other nonprofit hospitals and medical facilities as will, in conjunction with existing facilities, afford the necessary physical facilities for furnishing adequate hospital and medical facility services to all the people of the state.
RCW 70.48.500 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 48 / Section 500
RCW 70.48.500: Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Allowed in extraordinary circumstances.
Status: in_force

(1) Except in extraordinary circumstances no restraints of any kind may be used on any pregnant woman or youth incarcerated in a correctional facility or any facility covered by this chapter during transportation to and from visits to medical providers and court proceedings during the third trimester of her pregnancy, or during postpartum recovery. For purposes of this section, "extraordinary circumstances" exist where a corrections officer or employee of the correctional facility or any facility covered by this chapter makes an individualized determination that restraints are necessary to prevent an incarcerated pregnant woman or youth from escaping, or from injuring herself, medical or correctional personnel, or others. In the event the corrections officer or employee of the correctional facility or any facility covered by this chapter determines that extraordinary circumstances exist and restraints are used, the corrections officer or employee must fully document in writing the reasons that he or she determined such extraordinary circumstances existed such that restraints were used. As part of this documentation, the corrections officer or employee must also include the kind of restraints used and the reasons those restraints were considered the least restrictive available and the most reasonable under the circumstances. (2) While the pregnant woman or youth is in labor or in childbirth no restraints of any kind may be used. Nothing in this section affects the use of hospital restraints requested for the medical safety of a patient by treating physicians licensed under Title 18 RCW. (3) Anytime restraints are permitted to be used on a pregnant woman or youth, the restraints must be the least restrictive available and the most reasonable under the circumstances, but in no case shall leg irons or waist chains be used on any woman or youth known to be pregnant. (4) No correctional personnel or employee of the correctional facility or any facility covered by this chapter shall be present in the room during the pregnant woman's or youth's labor or childbirth, unless specifically requested by medical personnel. If the employee's presence is requested by medical personnel, the employee should be female, if practicable. (5) If the doctor, nurse, or other health professional treating the pregnant woman or youth requests that restraints not be used, the corrections officer or employee accompanying the pregnant woman or youth shall immediately remove all restraints.
RCW 70.15.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 15 / Section 020
RCW 70.15.020: Applicability to volunteer health practitioners.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to volunteer health practitioners registered with a registration system that complies with RCW 70.15.040 and who provide health or veterinary services in this state for a host entity while an emergency declaration is in effect.
RCW 70A.420.080 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 420 / Section 080
RCW 70A.420.080: Certification required to perform lead-based paint activities—Renovation activities—Certificate revocation—Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) The department is designated as the official agency of this state for purposes of cooperating with, and implementing the state lead-based paint activities program and renovation, repair, and painting program under the jurisdiction of the United States environmental protection agency. (2) No individual or firm can perform, offer, or claim to perform lead-based paint activities or renovation activities without certification from the department to conduct these activities. (3) The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a certificate for failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter. No person whose certificate is revoked under this chapter shall be eligible to apply for a certificate for one year from the effective date of the final order of revocation. A certificate may be denied, suspended, or revoked on any of the following grounds: (a) A risk assessor, inspector, contractor, project designer, worker, dust sampling technician, or renovator violates work practice standards established by the United States environmental protection agency or the United States department of housing and urban development governing work practices and procedures; (b) The certificate was obtained by error, misrepresentation, or fraud; or (c) Failure to maintain the required qualifications of the certificate for the duration of the certification. (4) Any person found to commit fraud, such as falsifying documents, or intentionally violating any of the provisions of this chapter, may be convicted of a misdemeanor. A conviction is an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the defendant's appearance in court, the payment of a fine, a plea of guilty, or a finding of guilt on a violation of this chapter, regardless of whether imposition of sentence is deferred or the penalty is suspended, and shall be treated as a violation conviction for purposes of certification forfeiture under this chapter. Violations of this chapter include: (a) Failure to comply with any requirement of this chapter; (b) Failure or refusal to establish, maintain, provide, copy, or permit access to records or reports as required; (c) Obtaining certification through fraud or misrepresentation; (d) Failure to obtain certification from the department and performing work requiring certification at a jobsite; or (e) Fraudulently obtaining certification and engaging in any lead-based paint activities or renovation activities requiring certification. (5) The department may not issue a penalty if the environmental protection agency has already taken enforcement action for the same violation.
RCW 70.122.051 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 122 / Section 051
RCW 70.122.051: Liability of health care provider.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section, "provider" means a physician, *advanced registered nurse practitioner, health care provider acting under the direction of a physician or an *advanced registered nurse practitioner, or health care facility, as defined in this chapter or in chapter 71.32 RCW, and its personnel. (2) Any provider who participates in good faith in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a qualified patient in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, shall be immune from legal liability, including civil, criminal, or professional conduct sanctions, unless otherwise negligent. (3) The establishment of a health care declarations registry does not create any new or distinct obligation for a provider to determine whether a patient has a health care declaration. (4) A provider is not subject to civil or criminal liability or sanctions for unprofessional conduct under the uniform disciplinary act, chapter 18.130 RCW, when in good faith and without negligence: (a) The provider provides, does not provide, withdraws, or withholds treatment to a patient in the absence of actual knowledge of the existence of a health care declaration stored in the health care declarations registry established in RCW 70.122.130 ; (b) The provider provides, does not provide, withdraws, or withholds treatment pursuant to a health care declaration stored in the health care declarations registry established in RCW 70.122.130 in the absence of actual knowledge of the revocation of the declaration; (c) The provider provides, does not provide, withdraws, or withholds treatment according to a health care declaration stored in the health care declarations registry established in RCW 70.122.130 in good faith reliance upon the validity of the health care declaration and the declaration is subsequently found to be invalid; or (d) The provider provides, does not provide, withdraws, or withholds treatment according to the patient's health care declaration stored in the health care declarations registry established in RCW 70.122.130 . (5) Except for acts of gross negligence, willful misconduct, or intentional wrongdoing, the department of health is not subject to civil liability for any claims or demands arising out of the administration or operation of the health care declarations registry established in RCW 70.122.130 .
RCW 70.02.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 02 / Section 050
RCW 70.02.050: Disclosure without patient's authorization—Need-to-know basis.
Status: in_force

(1) A health care provider or health care facility may disclose health care information, except for information and records related to sexually transmitted diseases which are addressed in RCW 70.02.220 , about a patient without the patient's authorization to the extent a recipient needs to know the information, if the disclosure is: (a) To a person who the provider or facility reasonably believes is providing health care to the patient; (b) To any other person who requires health care information for health care education, or to provide planning, quality assurance, peer review, or administrative, legal, financial, actuarial services to, or other health care operations for or on behalf of the health care provider or health care facility; or for assisting the health care provider or health care facility in the delivery of health care and the health care provider or health care facility reasonably believes that the person: (i) Will not use or disclose the health care information for any other purpose; and (ii) Will take appropriate steps to protect the health care information; (c) To any person if the health care provider or health care facility believes, in good faith, that use or disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a person or the public, and the information is disclosed only to a person or persons reasonably able to prevent or lessen the threat, including the target of the threat. There is no obligation under this chapter on the part of the provider or facility to so disclose; or (d) For payment, including information necessary for a recipient to make a claim, or for a claim to be made on behalf of a recipient for aid, insurance, or medical assistance to which he or she may be entitled. (2) A health care provider shall disclose health care information, except for information and records related to sexually transmitted diseases, unless otherwise authorized in RCW 70.02.220 , about a patient without the patient's authorization if the disclosure is: (a) To federal, state, or local public health authorities, to the extent the health care provider is required by law to report health care information; when needed to determine compliance with state or federal licensure, certification or registration rules or laws, or to investigate unprofessional conduct or ability to practice with reasonable skill and safety under chapter 18.130 RCW. Any health care information obtained under this subsection is exempt from public inspection and copying pursuant to chapter 42.56 RCW; or (b) When needed to protect the public health.
RCW 70A.345.040 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 345 / Section 040
RCW 70A.345.040: Use of funds—Restrictions.
Status: in_force

(1) A recipient of a loan or grant may not use these funds to conduct remedial actions of a release or threatened release from a petroleum underground storage tank system requiring financial assurances under chapter 70A.355 RCW or subtitle I of the solid waste disposal act (42 U.S.C., chapter 82, subchapter IX) unless the owner or operator: (a) Agrees to first expend all moneys available under the required financial assurances; (b) Demonstrates that all moneys available under the required financial assurances have been expended; or (c) Demonstrates that a claim has been made under the required financial assurances and the claim has been rejected by the provider. (2) A recipient must use a loan or grant for a project that develops and acquires assets that have a useful life of at least thirteen years.
RCW 70.90.101 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 90 / Section 101
RCW 70.90.101: Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that water recreation facilities are an important source of recreation for the citizens of this state. To promote the public health, safety, and welfare, the legislature finds it necessary to continue to regulate these facilities.
RCW 70.47.900 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 47 / Section 900
RCW 70.47.900: Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the health care access act of 1987.
RCW 70.77.190 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 77 / Section 190
RCW 70.77.190: Definitions—"Person."
Status: in_force

"Person" includes any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, concern, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.
RCW 70.05.130 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 05 / Section 130
RCW 70.05.130: Expenses of state, health district, or county in enforcing health laws and rules—Payment by county.
Status: in_force

All expenses incurred by the state, health district, or county in carrying out the provisions of chapters 70.05 and 70.46 RCW or any other public health law, or the rules of the department of health enacted under such laws, shall be paid by the county and such expenses shall constitute a claim against the general fund as provided in this section.
RCW 70.180.120 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 180 / Section 120
RCW 70.180.120: Midwifery—Statewide plan.
Status: in_force

The department, in consultation with training programs that lead to licensure in midwifery and certification as a certified nurse midwife, and other appropriate private and public groups, shall develop a statewide plan to address access to midwifery services. The plan shall include at least the following: (1) Identification of maternity service shortage areas in the state where midwives could reduce the shortage of services; (2) an inventory of current training programs and preceptorship activities available to train licensed and certified nurse midwives; (3) identification of gaps in the availability of training due to such factors as geographic or economic conditions that prevent individuals from seeking training; (4) identification of other barriers to utilizing midwives; (5) identification of strategies to train future midwives such as developing training programs at community colleges and universities, using innovative telecommunications for training in rural areas, and establishing preceptorship programs accessible to prospective midwives in shortage areas; (6) development of recruitment strategies; and (7) estimates of expected costs associated in recruitment and training. The plan shall identify the most expeditious and cost-efficient manner to recruit and train midwives to meet the current shortages. Plan development and implementation shall be coordinated with other state policy efforts directed toward, but not limited to, maternity care access, rural health care system organization, and provider recruitment for shortage and medically underserved areas of the state.
RCW 70.79.240 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 79 / Section 240
RCW 70.79.240: Inspection of boilers, unfired pressure vessels—Scope—Frequency.
Status: in_force

Each boiler and unfired pressure vessel used or proposed to be used within this state, except boilers or unfired pressure vessels exempt in RCW 70.79.080 and 70.79.090 , shall be thoroughly inspected as to their construction, installation, condition and operation, as follows: (1) Power boilers shall be inspected annually both internally and externally while not under pressure, except that the board may provide for longer periods between inspections where the contents, history, or operation of the power boiler or the material of which it is constructed warrant special consideration. Power boilers shall also be inspected annually externally while under pressure if possible; (2) Low pressure heating boilers shall be inspected both internally and externally biennially where construction will permit, except that the board may, in its discretion, provide for longer periods between internal inspections; (3) Unfired pressure vessels subject to internal corrosion shall be inspected both internally and externally biennially where construction will permit, except that the board may, in its discretion, provide for longer periods between internal inspections; (4) Unfired pressure vessels not subject to internal corrosion shall be inspected externally at intervals set by the board, but internal inspections shall not be required of unfired pressure vessels, the contents of which are known to be noncorrosive to the material of which the shell, head, or fittings are constructed, either from the chemical composition of the contents or from evidence that the contents are adequately treated with a corrosion inhibitor, provided that such vessels are constructed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board or in accordance with standards substantially equivalent to the rules and regulations of the board, in effect at the time of manufacture.
RCW 70.08.110 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 08 / Section 110
RCW 70.08.110: Prior expenditures in operating combined health department ratified.
Status: in_force

Any expenditures heretofore made by a city of one hundred thousand population or more, and by the county in which it is located, not made fraudulently and which were within the legal limits of indebtedness, towards the expense of maintenance and operation of a combined health department, are hereby legalized and ratified.
RCW 70.02.902 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 02 / Section 902
RCW 70.02.902: Short title.
Status: in_force

This act may be cited as the uniform health care information act.
RCW 70.128.058 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 128 / Section 058
RCW 70.128.058: Operating without a license—Application of consumer protection act.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that the operation of an adult family home without a license in violation of this chapter is a matter vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. Operation of an adult family home without a license in violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business. Such a violation is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce and an unfair method of competition for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.
RCW 70A.40.020 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 40 / Section 020
RCW 70A.40.020: Washington academy of sciences to assist governor, legislature—Duty of state scientists not diminished.
Status: in_force

The Washington academy of sciences authorized to be formed under RCW 70A.40.030 shall serve as a principal source of scientific investigation, examination, and reporting on scientific questions referred to the academy by the governor or the legislature under the provisions of RCW 70A.40.040 . Nothing in this section or this chapter supersedes or diminishes the responsibilities performed by scientists employed by the state or its political subdivisions.
RCW 70A.15.3570 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 3570
RCW 70A.15.3570: Residential solid fuel burning devices—Opacity levels—Enforcement and public education.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish, by rule under chapter 34.05 RCW, (a) a statewide opacity level of twenty percent for residential solid fuel burning devices for the purpose of enforcement on a complaint basis and (b) a statewide opacity of ten percent for purposes of public education. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter which may allow an authority to adopt a more stringent opacity level, no authority shall adopt or enforce an opacity level for solid fuel burning devices other than established in this section. (3) Actions of the department and local air pollution control authorities under this section shall preempt actions of other state agencies and local governments for the purposes of controlling air pollution from solid fuel burning devices, except where authorized by chapter 199, Laws of 1991.
RCW 70.410.110 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 410 / Section 110
RCW 70.410.110: Liability.
Status: in_force

No act or omission, except those acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, by a member providing services reasonably within the provisions of this chapter and an order of the secretary issued pursuant to this chapter shall impose any liability for civil damages resulting from such an act or omission upon: (1) The member; (2) The supervisor or supervisors of the member; (3) Any facility or their officers or employees; (4) The employer of the member; (5) The owner of the property or vehicle where the act or omission may have occurred; (6) The state or any state or local governmental entity; or (7) Any professional or trade association of the member.
RCW 70.41.120 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 41 / Section 120
RCW 70.41.120: Inspection of hospitals—Final report—Alterations or additions, new facilities—Coordination with state and local agencies—Notice of inspection.
Status: in_force

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(1) The department shall make or cause to be made an unannounced inspection of all hospitals on average at least every eighteen months. Every inspection of a hospital may include an inspection of every part of the premises. The department may make an examination of all phases of the hospital operation necessary to determine compliance with the law and the standards, rules and regulations adopted thereunder. (2) The department shall not issue its final report regarding an unannounced inspection by the department until: (a) The hospital is given at least two weeks following the inspection to provide any information or documentation requested by the department during the unannounced inspection that was not available at the time of the request; and (b) at least one person from the department conducting the inspection meets personally with the chief administrator or executive officer of the hospital following the inspection or the chief administrator or executive officer declines such a meeting. (3) Any licensee or applicant desiring to make alterations or additions to its facilities or to construct new facilities shall, before commencing such alteration, addition or new construction, comply with the regulations prescribed by the department. (4) No hospital licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be required to be inspected or licensed under other state laws or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or local ordinances, relative to hotels, restaurants, lodging houses, boarding houses, places of refreshment, nursing homes, maternity homes, or psychiatric hospitals. (5) To avoid unnecessary duplication in inspections, the department shall coordinate with the department of social and health services, the office of the state fire marshal, and local agencies when inspecting facilities over which each agency has jurisdiction, the facilities including but not necessarily being limited to hospitals with both acute care and skilled nursing or psychiatric nursing functions. The department shall notify the office of the state fire marshal and the relevant local agency at least four weeks prior to any inspection conducted under this section and invite their attendance at the inspection, and shall provide a copy of its inspection report to each agency upon completion.
RCW 70.26.030 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 26 / Section 030
RCW 70.26.030: Local preparedness and response plans—Requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary shall establish requirements and performance standards, consistent with any requirements or standards established by the United States department of health and human services, regarding the development and implementation of local pandemic flu preparedness and response plans. (2) To the extent state or federal funds are provided for this purpose, by November 1, 2006, each local health jurisdiction shall develop a pandemic flu preparedness and response plan, consistent with requirements and performance standards established in subsection (1) of this section, for the purpose of: (a) Defining preparedness activities that should be undertaken before a pandemic occurs that will enhance the effectiveness of response measures; (b) Describing the response, coordination, and decision-making structure that will incorporate the local health jurisdiction, the local health care system, other local response agencies, and state and federal agencies during the pandemic; (c) Defining the roles and responsibilities for the local health jurisdiction, local health care partners, and local response agencies during all phases of a pandemic; (d) Describing public health interventions in a pandemic response and the timing of such interventions; (e) Serving as a guide for local health care system partners, response agencies, and businesses in the development of pandemic influenza response plans; and (f) Providing technical support and information on which preparedness and response actions are based. Each plan shall be developed based on an assessment by the local health jurisdiction of its current capacity to respond to pandemic flu and otherwise meet department outcome measures related to infectious disease outbreaks of statewide significance.
RCW 70.47.002 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 47 / Section 002
RCW 70.47.002: Intent—2002 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 773).
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the people to improve the health of low-income children and adults by expanding access to basic health care and by reducing tobacco-related and other diseases and illnesses that disproportionately affect low-income persons.
RCW 70.129.070 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 129 / Section 070
RCW 70.129.070: Examination of survey or inspection results—Contact with client advocates.
Status: in_force

A resident has the right to: (1) Examine the results of the most recent survey or inspection of the facility conducted by federal or state surveyors or inspectors and plans of correction in effect with respect to the facility. A notice that the results are available must be publicly posted with the facility's state license, and the results must be made available for examination by the facility in a place readily accessible to residents; and (2) Receive information from agencies acting as client advocates, and be afforded the opportunity to contact these agencies.
RCW 70A.300.220 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 300 / Section 220
RCW 70A.300.220: Department's powers as designated agency under federal act.
Status: in_force

(1) The department is designated as the state agency for implementing the federal resource conservation and recovery act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq.). (2) The power granted to the department by this section is the authority to: (a) Establish a permit system for owners or operators of facilities which treat, store, or dispose of dangerous wastes: PROVIDED, That spent containers of pesticides or herbicides which have been used in normal farm operations and which are not extremely hazardous wastes, shall not be subject to the permit system; (b) Establish standards for the safe transport, treatment, storage, and disposal of dangerous wastes as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment; (c) Establish, to implement this section: (i) A manifest system to track dangerous wastes; (ii) Reporting, monitoring, recordkeeping, labeling, sampling requirements; and (iii) Owner, operator, and transporter responsibility; (d) Enter at reasonable times establishments regulated under this section for the purposes of inspection, monitoring, and sampling; and (e) Adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
RCW 70A.382.900 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 382 / Section 900
RCW 70A.382.900: Legislative directive—State designee—1987 c 90.
Status: in_force

(1) Section 1 of this act shall constitute a new chapter in Title 70A RCW. (2) The Washington state designee to the committee shall be appointed by the governor.
RCW 70.77.255 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 77 / Section 255
RCW 70.77.255: Acts prohibited without appropriate licenses and permits—Minimum age for license or permit—Activities permitted without license or permit.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person, without appropriate state licenses and city or county permits as required by this chapter may: (a) Manufacture, import, possess, or sell any fireworks at wholesale or retail for any use; (b) Make a public display of fireworks; (c) Transport fireworks, except as a licensee or as a public carrier delivering to a licensee; or (d) Knowingly manufacture, import, transport, store, sell, or possess with intent to sell, as fireworks, explosives, as defined under RCW 70.74.010 , that are not fireworks, as defined under this chapter. (2) Except as authorized by a license and permit under subsection (1)(b) of this section or as provided in RCW 70.77.311 , no person may discharge display fireworks at any place. (3) No person less than eighteen years of age may apply for or receive a license or permit under this chapter. (4) No license or permit is required for the possession or use of consumer fireworks lawfully purchased at retail.
RCW 70.160.080 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 160 / Section 080
RCW 70.160.080: Local regulations authorized.
Status: in_force

Local fire departments or fire districts and local health departments may adopt regulations as required to implement this chapter.
RCW 70A.205.245 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 245
RCW 70A.205.245: Solid waste stream analysis.
Status: in_force

The comprehensive, statewide solid waste stream analysis under RCW 70A.205.240 shall be based on representative solid waste generation areas and solid waste generation sources within the state. The following information and evaluations shall be included: (1) Solid waste generation rates for each category; (2) The rate of recycling being achieved within the state for each category of solid waste; (3) The current and potential rates of solid waste reduction within the state; (4) A technological assessment of current solid waste reduction and recycling methods and systems, including cost/benefit analyses; (5) An assessment of the feasibility of segregating solid waste at: (a) The original source, (b) transfer stations, and (c) the point of final disposal; (6) A review of methods that will increase the rate of solid waste reduction; and (7) An assessment of new and existing technologies that are available for solid waste management including an analysis of the associated environmental risks and costs. The data required by the analysis under this section shall be kept current and shall be available to local governments and the waste management industry.
RCW 70.175.070 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 175 / Section 070
RCW 70.175.070: Cooperation of state agencies.
Status: in_force

(1) The secretary may call upon other agencies of the state to provide available information to assist the secretary in meeting the responsibilities under this chapter. This information shall be supplied as promptly as circumstances permit. (2) The secretary may call upon other state agencies including institutions of higher education as authorized under Title 28B RCW to identify and coordinate the delivery of technical assistance services to participants in meeting the responsibilities of this chapter. The state agencies and institutions of higher education shall cooperate and provide technical assistance to the secretary to the extent that current funding for these agencies and institutions of higher education permits.
RCW 70A.212.040 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 212 / Section 040
RCW 70A.212.040: Administration of chapter—Rules and regulations—Director's duties.
Status: in_force

The director shall adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the administration of this chapter. The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for the qualification and certification of operators for different classifications of wastewater treatment plants.
RCW 70A.228.900 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 228 / Section 900
RCW 70A.228.900: Section headings.
Status: in_force

Section headings as used in this chapter do not constitute any part of the law.
RCW 70A.120.080 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 120 / Section 080
RCW 70A.120.080: Ad hoc advisory committees.
Status: in_force

The secretary, in cooperation with the director of ecology, may establish ad hoc advisory committees, as necessary, to obtain advice and technical assistance regarding the development of rules implementing this chapter and on the examination and certification of operators of water systems.
RCW 70A.384.130 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 384 / Section 130
RCW 70A.384.130: Disposal of waste generator surcharges.
Status: in_force

Except for moneys that may be remitted to a county in which a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility is located, all surcharges authorized under RCW 70A.384.110 shall be deposited in the fund created in RCW 43.31.422 .
RCW 70.45.120 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 45 / Section 120
RCW 70.45.120: Acquisitions completed before July 27, 1997, not subject to this chapter.
Status: in_force

An acquisition of a hospital completed before July 27, 1997, and an acquisition in which an application for a certificate of need under chapter 70.38 RCW has been granted by the department before July 27, 1997, is not subject to this chapter.
RCW 70.100.030 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 100 / Section 030
RCW 70.100.030: Standard requirement for eye protection devices.
Status: in_force

Eye protection devices, which shall include plano safety spectacles, plastic face shields or goggles, shall comply with the U.S.A. Standard Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection, Z87.1-1968 or later revisions thereof.
RCW 70A.515.050 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 515 / Section 050
RCW 70A.515.050: Paint stewardship program plan—Collection site procedural manual—Educational and informational materials—Annual administrative fee.
Status: in_force

(1) Each stewardship organization shall submit a paint stewardship program plan in accordance with RCW 70A.515.040 . (2) Each stewardship organization shall develop and distribute a collection site procedural manual to collection sites to help ensure proper management of architectural paints at collection locations. (3) A stewardship organization shall implement the paint stewardship program plan by November 30, 2020, or within six months after approval of a paint stewardship program plan under RCW 70A.515.040 , whichever is later. (4) A stewardship organization shall submit an annual report by October 15, 2020, or a later date agreed to by the department, structured to be used as a basis for annual plan review by the department. The report must be based on the requirements outlined in RCW 70A.515.080 . (5) A stewardship organization shall work with producers, distributors, paint retailers, and local governments to provide consumers with educational and informational materials describing collection opportunities for leftover paint statewide and promotion of waste prevention, reuse, and recycling of leftover paint. (6) A stewardship organization shall pay an annual administrative fee, described in RCW 70A.515.060 , in an amount sufficient to cover only the department's cost of administering and enforcing a paint stewardship program established under this chapter.
RCW 70A.216.090 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 216 / Section 090
RCW 70A.216.090: Unlawful acts—Variance from requirements.
Status: in_force

After January 1, 1992, it is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, municipal corporation, or other governmental subdivision or agency to operate a solid waste incineration or landfill facility unless the operators are duly certified by the director under this chapter or any lawful rule or order of the department. It is unlawful for any person to perform the duties of an operator without being duly certified under this chapter. The department shall adopt rules that allow the owner or operator of a landfill or solid waste incineration facility to request a variance from this requirement under emergency conditions. The department may impose such conditions as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment during the term of the variance.
RCW 70A.15.4030 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 4030
RCW 70A.15.4030: Transportation demand management—Growth and transportation efficiency centers.
Status: in_force

(1) A county, city, or town may, as part of its commute trip reduction plan, designate existing activity centers listed in its comprehensive plan or new activity centers as growth and transportation efficiency centers and establish a transportation demand management program in the designated area. (a) The transportation demand management program for the growth and transportation efficiency center shall be developed in consultation with local transit agencies, the applicable regional transportation planning organization, major employers, and other interested parties. (b) In order to be eligible for state funding provided for the purposes of this section, designated growth and transportation efficiency centers shall be certified by the applicable regional transportation organization to: (i) Meet the minimum land use and transportation criteria established in collaboration among local jurisdictions, transit agencies, the regional transportation planning organization, and other interested parties as part of the regional commute trip reduction plan; and (ii) have established a transportation demand management program that includes the elements identified in (c) of this subsection and is consistent with the rules established by the department of transportation in RCW 70A.15.4060 (2). If a designated growth and transportation efficiency center is denied certification, the local jurisdiction may appeal the decision to the commute trip reduction board. (c) Transportation demand management programs for growth and transportation efficiency centers shall include, but are not limited to: (i) Goals for reductions in the proportion of single-occupant vehicle trips that are more aggressive than the state program goal established by the commute trip reduction board; (ii) a sustainable financial plan demonstrating how the program can be implemented to meet state and regional trip reduction goals, indicating resources from public and private sources that are reasonably expected to be made available to carry out the plan, and recommending any innovative financing techniques consistent with chapter 47.29 RCW, including public/private partnerships, to finance needed facilities, services, and programs; (iii) a proposed organizational structure for implementing the program; (iv) a proposal to measure performance toward the goal and implementation progress; and (v) an evaluation to which local land use and transportation policies apply, including parking policies and ordinances, to determine the extent that they complement and support the trip reduction investments of major employers. Each of these program elements shall be consistent with the rules established under RCW 70A.15.4060 . (d) A designated growth and transportation efficiency center shall be consistent with the land use and transportation elements of the local comprehensive plan. (e) Transit agencies, local governments, and regional transportation planning organizations shall identify certified growth and transportation efficiency centers as priority areas for new service and facility investments in their respective investment plans. (2) A county, city, or town that has established a growth and transportation efficiency center program shall support vehicle trip reduction activities in the designated area. The implementing jurisdiction shall adopt policies, ordinances, and funding strategies that will lead to attainment of program goals in those areas.

PDF RCW 70A.15.4030

Transportation demand management — Growth and transportation efficiency centers. (Effective July 1, 2026.)

(1) A county, city, or town may, as part of its commute trip reduction plan, designate existing activity centers listed in its comprehensive plan or new activity centers as growth and transportation efficiency centers and establish a transportation demand management program in the designated area. (a) The transportation demand management program for the growth and transportation efficiency center shall be developed in consultation with local transit agencies, the applicable regional transportation planning organization, major employers, and other interested parties. (b) In order to be eligible for state funding provided for the purposes of this section, designated growth and transportation efficiency centers shall be certified by the applicable regional transportation organization to: (i) Meet the minimum land use and transportation criteria established in collaboration among local jurisdictions, transit agencies, the regional transportation planning organization, and other interested parties as part of the regional commute trip reduction plan; and (ii) have established a transportation demand management program that includes the elements identified in (c) of this subsection and is consistent with the rules established by the department of transportation in RCW 70A.15.4060 (2). If a designated growth and transportation efficiency center is denied certification, the local jurisdiction may appeal the decision to the commute trip reduction board. (c) Transportation demand management programs for growth and transportation efficiency centers shall include, but are not limited to: (i) Goals for reductions in the proportion of single-occupant vehicle trips that are more aggressive than the state program goal established by the commute trip reduction board; (ii) a sustainable financial plan demonstrating how the program can be implemented to meet state and regional trip reduction goals, indicating resources from public and private sources that are reasonably expected to be made available to carry out the plan, and recommending any innovative financing techniques consistent with chapter 47.47 RCW, including public/private partnerships, to finance needed facilities, services, and programs; (iii) a proposed organizational structure for implementing the program; (iv) a proposal to measure performance toward the goal and implementation progress; and (v) an evaluation to which local land use and transportation policies apply, including parking policies and ordinances, to determine the extent that they complement and support the trip reduction investments of major employers. Each of these program elements shall be consistent with the rules established under RCW 70A.15.4060 . (d) A designated growth and transportation efficiency center shall be consistent with the land use and transportation elements of the local comprehensive plan. (e) Transit agencies, local governments, and regional transportation planning organizations shall identify certified growth and transportation efficiency centers as priority areas for new service and facility investments in their respective investment plans. (2) A county, city, or town that has established a growth and transportation efficiency center program shall support vehicle trip reduction activities in the designated area. The implementing jurisdiction shall adopt policies, ordinances, and funding strategies that will lead to attainment of program goals in those areas.
RCW 70A.135.090 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 135 / Section 090
RCW 70A.135.090: Grants and loans to local governments—Statement of environmental benefits—Development of outcome-focused performance measures.
Status: in_force

In providing grants and loans to local governments, the department shall require recipients to incorporate the environmental benefits of the project into their applications, and the department shall utilize the statement of environmental benefits in its grant and loan prioritization and selection process. The department shall also develop appropriate outcome-focused performance measures to be used both for management and performance assessment of the grant and loan program. To the extent possible, the department should coordinate its performance measure system with other natural resource-related agencies as defined in RCW 43.41.270 . The department shall consult with affected interest groups in implementing this section.
RCW 70.97.800 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 97 / Section 800
RCW 70.97.800: Request for proposal.
Status: in_force

To the extent that funds are specifically appropriated for this purpose, the department must issue a request for a proposal for enhanced services facility services by June 1, 2014, and complete the procurement process by January 1, 2015.
RCW 70.02.205 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 02 / Section 205
RCW 70.02.205: Disclosure without patient's authorization—Persons with close relationship.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) A health care provider or health care facility may use or disclose the health care information of a patient without obtaining an authorization from the patient or the patient's personal representative if the conditions in (b) of this subsection are met and: (i) The disclosure is to a family member, including a patient's state registered domestic partner, other relative, a close personal friend, or other person identified by the patient, and the health care information is directly relevant to the person's involvement with the patient's health care or payment related to the patient's health care; or (ii) The use or disclosure is for the purpose of notifying, or assisting in the notification of, including identifying or locating, a family member, a personal representative of the patient, or another person responsible for the care of the patient of the patient's location, general condition, or death. (b) A health care provider or health care facility may make the uses and disclosures described in (a) of this subsection if: (i) The patient is not present or obtaining the patient's authorization or providing the opportunity to agree or object to the use or disclosure is not practicable due to the patient's incapacity or an emergency circumstance, the health care provider or health care facility may in the exercise of professional judgment, determine whether the use or disclosure is in the best interests of the patient and, if so, disclose only the health care information that is directly relevant to the person's involvement with the patient's health care or payment related to the patient's health care; or (ii) The patient is present for, or otherwise available prior to, the use or disclosure and has the capacity to make health care decisions, the health care provider or health care facility may use or disclose the information if it: (A) Obtains the patient's agreement; (B) Provides the patient with the opportunity to object to the use or disclosure, and the patient does not express an objection; or (C) Reasonably infers from the circumstances, based on the exercise of professional judgment, that the patient does not object to the use or disclosure. (2) With respect to information and records related to mental health services provided to a patient by a health care provider, the health care information disclosed under this section may include, to the extent consistent with the health care provider's professional judgment and standards of ethical conduct: (a) The patient's diagnoses and the treatment recommendations; (b) Issues concerning the safety of the patient, including risk factors for suicide, steps that can be taken to make the patient's home safer, and a safety plan to monitor and support the patient; (c) Information about resources that are available in the community to help the patient, such as case management and support groups; and (d) The process to ensure that the patient safely transitions to a higher or lower level of care, including an interim safety plan. (3) Any use or disclosure of health care information, including information and records related to mental health services, under this section must be limited to the minimum necessary to accomplish the purpose of the use or disclosure. (4) A health care provider or health care facility is not subject to any civil liability for making or not making a use or disclosure in accordance with this section.
RCW 70.100.040 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 100 / Section 040
RCW 70.100.040: Superintendent of public instruction to circulate instruction manual to public and private educational institutions.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction, after consulting with the department of labor and industries, and the division of vocational education shall prepare and circulate to each public and private educational institution in this state within six months of the date of passage of this chapter, a manual containing instructions and recommendations for the guidance of such institutions in implementing the eye safety provisions of this chapter.
RCW 70A.330.801 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 330 / Section 801
RCW 70A.330.801: Technical advice and assistance program expansion—Timeline.
Status: in_force

The pollution liability insurance agency may not expand the technical advice and assistance program to include petroleum storage tank systems until January 1, 2018. The pollution liability insurance agency may include heating oil tanks, including abandoned and decommissioned tanks, in the technical advice and assistance program as of July 23, 2017.
RCW 70.97.205 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 97 / Section 205
RCW 70.97.205: Resident contact information—Department requirements and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall require each enhanced services facility to: (a) Create and regularly maintain a current resident roster containing the name and room number of each resident and provide a written copy immediately upon an in-person request from any long-term care ombuds; (b) Create and regularly maintain current, accurate, and aggregated contact information for all residents, including contact information for the resident representative, if any, of each resident. The contact information for each resident must include the resident's name, room number, and, if available, telephone number and email address. The contact information for each resident representative must include the resident representative's name, relationship to the resident, phone number, and, if available, email and mailing address; (c) Record and update the aggregated contact information required by this section, upon receipt of new or updated contact information from the resident or resident representative; and (d) Upon the written request of any long-term care ombuds that includes reference to this section and the relevant legal functions and duties of long-term care ombuds, provide a copy of the aggregated contact information required by this section within 48 hours, or within a reasonable time if agreed to by the requesting long-term care ombuds, by electronic copy to the secure email address or facsimile number provided in the written request. (2) In accordance with the federal older Americans act, federal regulations, and state laws that govern the state long-term care ombuds program, the department shall inform enhanced services facilities that: (a) Any long-term care ombuds is authorized to request and obtain from enhanced services facilities the information required by this section in order to perform the functions and duties of long-term care ombuds as set forth in federal and state laws; (b) The state long-term care ombuds program and all long-term care ombuds are considered a "health oversight agency," so that the federal health insurance portability and accountability act and chapter 70.02 RCW do not preclude enhanced services facilities from providing the information required by this section when requested by any long-term care ombuds, and pursuant to these laws, the federal older Americans act, federal regulations, and state laws that govern the state long-term care ombuds program, facilities are not required to seek or obtain consent from residents or resident representatives prior to providing the information required by this section in accordance with the requirements of this section; (c) The information required by this section, when provided by an enhanced services facility to a requesting long-term care ombuds, becomes property of the state long-term care ombuds program and is subject to all state and federal laws governing the confidentiality and disclosure of the files, records, and information maintained by the state long-term care ombuds program or any local long-term care ombuds entity; and (d) The enhanced services facility may not refuse to provide or unreasonably delay providing the resident roster, the contact information for a resident or resident representative, or the aggregated contact information required by this section, on any basis, including on the basis that the enhanced services facility must first seek or obtain consent from one or more of the residents or resident representatives. (3) Nothing in this section shall interfere with or diminish the authority of any long-term care ombuds to access facilities, residents, and resident records as otherwise authorized by law. (4) For the purposes of this section, "resident representative" has the same meaning as in RCW 70.129.010 .
RCW 70A.400.005 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 400 / Section 005
RCW 70A.400.005: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Chemical plant" has the same meaning as in WAC 296-24-33001, as that section existed as of January 1, 2018. (2) "Class B firefighting foam" means foams designed for flammable liquid fires. (3) "Department" means the department of ecology. (4) "Firefighting personal protective equipment" means any clothing designed, intended, or marketed to be worn by firefighting personnel in the performance of their duties, designed with the intent for the use in fire and rescue activities, including jackets, pants, shoes, gloves, helmets, and respiratory equipment. (5) "Local governments" includes any county, city, town, fire district, regional fire protection authority, or other special purpose district that provides firefighting services. (6) "Manufacturer" includes any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, organization, joint venture, importer, or domestic distributor of firefighting agents or firefighting equipment. For the purposes of this subsection, "importer" means the owner of the product. (7) "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS chemicals" means, for the purposes of firefighting agents and firefighting equipment, a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
RCW 70A.355.005 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 355 / Section 005
RCW 70A.355.005: Findings—Intent.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that leaking underground storage tanks containing petroleum and other regulated substances pose a serious threat to human health and the environment. To address this threat, the legislature intends for the department of ecology to establish an underground storage tank program designed, operated, and enforced in a manner that, at a minimum, meets the requirements for delegation of the federal underground storage tank program of the resource conservation and recovery act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901, et seq.). The legislature intends that statewide requirements for underground storage tanks adopted by the department be consistent with and no less stringent than the requirements in the federal regulations and the underground storage tank compliance act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 15801 et seq., energy policy act of 2005, P.L. 109-58, Title XV, subtitle B). The legislature further finds that certain areas of the state possess physical characteristics that make them especially vulnerable to threats from leaking underground storage tanks and that in these environmentally sensitive areas, local requirements more stringent than the statewide requirements may apply.
RCW 70.38.905 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 38 / Section 905
RCW 70.38.905: Conflict with federal law—Construction.
Status: in_force

In any case where the provisions of this chapter may directly conflict with federal law, or regulations promulgated thereunder, the federal law shall supersede and be paramount as necessary to the receipt of federal funds by the state.
RCW 70A.135.060 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 135 / Section 060
RCW 70A.135.060: Use of funds—Limitations.
Status: in_force

Funds provided for facilities and activities under this chapter may be used for payments to a service provider under a service agreement pursuant to RCW 70A.140.060 . If funds are to be used for such payments, the department may make periodic disbursements to a public body or may make a single lump sum disbursement. Disbursements of funds with respect to a facility owned or operated by a service provider shall be equivalent in value to disbursements that would otherwise be made if that facility were owned or operated by a public body. Payments under this chapter for waste disposal and management facilities made to public bodies entering into service agreements pursuant to RCW 70A.140.060 shall not exceed amounts paid to public bodies not entering into service agreements.
RCW 70A.200.030 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 200 / Section 030
RCW 70A.200.030: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Conveyance" means a boat, airplane, or vehicle. (2) "Department" means the department of ecology. (3) "Director" means the director of the department of ecology. (4) "Disposable package or container" means all packages or containers defined as such by rules adopted by the department of ecology. (5) "Junk vehicle" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 46.55.010 . (6) "Litter" means all waste material including but not limited to disposable packages or containers thrown or deposited as herein prohibited and solid waste that is illegally dumped, but not including the wastes of the primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling, farming, or manufacturing. "Litter" includes the material described in subsection (11) of this section as "potentially dangerous litter." (7) "Litter bag" means a bag, sack, or other container made of any material which is large enough to serve as a receptacle for litter inside the vehicle or watercraft of any person. It is not necessarily limited to the state approved litter bag but must be similar in size and capacity. (8) "Litter receptacle" means those containers adopted by the department of ecology and which may be standardized as to size, shape, capacity, and color and which shall bear the state anti-litter symbol, as well as any other receptacles suitable for the depositing of litter. (9) "Official gathering" means an event where authorization to hold the event is approved, recognized, or issued by a government, public body, or authority, including but not limited to fairs, musical concerts, athletic games, festivals, tournaments, or any other formal or ceremonial event, during which beverages are sold by a vendor or vendors in single-use aluminum, glass, or plastic bottles or cans. (10) "Person" means any political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, copartnership, association, firm, individual, or other entity whatsoever. (11) "Potentially dangerous litter" means litter that is likely to injure a person or cause damage to a vehicle or other property. "Potentially dangerous litter" means: (a) Cigarettes, cigars, or other tobacco products that are capable of starting a fire; (b) Glass; (c) A container or other product made predominantly or entirely of glass; (d) A hypodermic needle or other medical instrument designed to cut or pierce; (e) Raw human waste, including soiled baby diapers, regardless of whether or not the waste is in a container of any sort; and (f) Nails or tacks. (12) "Public place" means any area that is used or held out for use by the public whether owned or operated by public or private interests. (13) "Recycling" means transforming or remanufacturing waste materials into a finished product for use other than landfill disposal or incineration. (14) "Recycling center" means a central collection point for recyclable materials. (15) "Sports facility" means an outdoor recreational sports facility, including but not limited to athletic fields and ballparks, at which beverages are sold by a vendor or vendors in single-use aluminum, glass, or plastic bottles or cans. (16) "To litter" means a single or cumulative act of disposing of litter. (17) "Vehicle" includes every device capable of being moved upon a public highway and in, upon, or by which any persons or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, excepting devices moved by human or animal power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. (18) "Waste reduction" means reducing the amount or toxicity of waste generated or reusing materials. (19) "Watercraft" means any boat, ship, vessel, barge, or other floating craft.
RCW 70.128.080 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 128 / Section 080
RCW 70.128.080: License and inspection report—Availability for review.
Status: in_force

An adult family home shall have readily available for review by the department, residents, and the public: (1) Its license to operate; and (2) A copy of each inspection report received by the home from the department for the past three years.
RCW 70.40.005 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 40 / Section 005
RCW 70.40.005: Transfer of duties to the department of health.
Status: in_force

The powers and duties of the department of social and health services and the secretary of social and health services under this chapter shall be performed by the department of health and the secretary of health.
RCW 70A.65.330 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 65 / Section 330
RCW 70A.65.330: Compliance instrument markets—Analysis.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall provide analysis and forecasts of the compliance instrument markets created by this chapter, including: (a) The prices in primary and secondary compliance instrument markets; (b) Trends in compliance instrument supply and demand and prices; (c) Activities in the markets, categorized by type of market participant; and (d) The share of the allowance budget consumed by various categories of registered entities. (2) The department must consider the analysis in subsection (1) of this section in adopting rules and otherwise implementing the requirements of this chapter.
RCW 70A.555.005 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 555 / Section 005
RCW 70A.555.005: Findings.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that: (1) It is in the public interest of the citizens of Washington to encourage the recovery and reuse of materials, such as metals, that replace the output of mining and other extractive industries. (2) Without a dedicated battery stewardship program, battery user confusion regarding proper disposal options will continue to persist. (3) Ensuring the proper handling, recycling, and end-of-life management of used batteries prevents the release of toxic materials into the environment and removes materials from the waste stream that, if mishandled, may present safety concerns to workers, such as by igniting fires at solid waste handling facilities. For this reason, batteries should not be placed into commingled recycling containers or disposed of via traditional garbage collection containers. (4) Jurisdictions around the world have successfully implemented battery stewardship laws that have helped address the challenges posed by the end-of-life management of batteries. Because it is difficult for customers to differentiate between types and chemistries of batteries, it is the best practice for battery stewardship programs to collect all battery types and chemistries. Furthermore, it is appropriate for larger batteries used in emerging market sectors such as electric vehicles, solar power arrays, and data centers, to be managed to ensure environmentally positive outcomes similar to those achieved by a battery stewardship program, both because of the potential economic value of large batteries used for these purposes and the anticipated profusion of these larger batteries as these market sectors mature.
RCW 70A.15.2550 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 2550
RCW 70A.15.2550: Air pollution control authority—Dissolution of prior districts—Continuation of rules and regulations until superseded.
Status: in_force

Upon the date that an authority begins to exercise its powers and functions, all rules and regulations in force on such date shall remain in effect until superseded by the rules and regulations of the authority as provided in RCW 70A.15.2540 .
RCW 70.335.030 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 335 / Section 030
RCW 70.335.030: Registration required—Applications for registration—Criteria—Suspension—Expiration—Fees.
Status: in_force

(1) A blood-collecting or distributing establishment may not collect or distribute blood for transfusion in Washington, unless it is registered by the department. (2) A blood-collecting or distributing establishment shall submit an application for registration to the department on a form prescribed by the department. The application must, at a minimum, contain the following information: (a) The name, address, and telephone number of the blood-collecting or distributing establishment; (b) A copy of the establishment's United States food and drug administration license, unless the applicant is a hospital that meets the criteria in RCW 70.335.020 (1); (c) A list of the establishment's clients in Washington; (d) Any of the following issued upon, or active against, the establishment in the two years prior to the application: (i) Titled letters, fines, or license suspensions or revocations issued by the United States food and drug administration; or (ii) Judicial consent decrees; and (e) Any other information required by the department. (3) The department shall register a blood-collecting or distributing establishment if it holds a license issued by the United States food and drug administration, or if the applicant is a hospital that meets the criteria in RCW 70.335.020 (1), and submits an application and fees as required by this section. (4) The department shall deny or revoke the registration of an establishment upon a determination that it no longer holds a license issued by the United States food and drug administration. (5) The department shall issue a summary suspension of the registration if the blood-collecting or distributing establishment no longer holds a license issued by the United States food and drug administration. The summary suspension remains in effect until proceedings under RCW 43.70.115 have been completed by the department. The issue in the proceedings is limited to whether the blood-collecting or distributing establishment is qualified to hold a registration under this section. (6) A registration expires annually on the date specified on the registration. The department shall establish the administrative procedures and requirements for registration renewals, including a requirement that the establishment update the information provided under subsection (2) of this section both annually and within fourteen days of a change in standing of the establishment's United States food and drug administration license. (7) An establishment applying for or renewing a registration under this section shall pay a fee in an amount set by the department in rule. In no case may the fee exceed the amount necessary to defray the costs of administering this chapter. (8) This section does not apply in the case of individual patient medical need, as determined by a qualified provider.
RCW 70A.565.020 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 565 / Section 020
RCW 70A.565.020: Prohibition on the sale of cookware containing lead.
Status: in_force

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(1) Beginning January 1, 2026, no manufacturer may manufacture, sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in this state aluminum or brass cookware, aluminum or brass utensils, or an aluminum or brass cookware component containing lead or lead compounds at a level of more than: (a) 90 parts per million, beginning January 1, 2026; and (b) 10 parts per million, beginning January 1, 2028. (2)(a) No retailer or wholesaler may knowingly sell or knowingly offer for sale for use in this state aluminum or brass cookware, aluminum or brass utensils, or an aluminum or brass cookware component containing lead or lead compounds at a level of more than: (i) 90 parts per million, beginning January 1, 2026; and (ii) 10 parts per million, beginning January 1, 2028. (b) Retailers or wholesalers who unknowingly sell products that are restricted from sale under this chapter are not liable under this chapter. (c) The sale or purchase of any previously owned aluminum or brass cookware, aluminum or brass utensils, or aluminum or brass cookware components containing lead made in casual or isolated sales as defined in RCW 82.04.040 , or by a nonprofit organization, is exempt from this chapter. (3) After December 2030, the department, in consultation with the department of health, may lower the 10 parts per million limit established in subsections (1) and (2) of this section by rule if it determines that the lower limit is: (a) Feasible for cookware and cookware component manufacturers to achieve; and (b) Necessary to protect human health, including the health of vulnerable populations. (4) Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the department with respect to lead in cookware, cookware components, or utensils under chapter 70A.350 RCW.
RCW 70A.355.070 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 355 / Section 070
RCW 70A.355.070: Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who fails to notify the department pursuant to tank notification requirements or who submits false information is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars per violation. (2) A person who violates this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars for each tank per day of violation. (3) A person incurring a penalty under this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter may apply to the department in writing for the remission or mitigation of the penalty as set out in RCW 43.21B.300 . A person also may appeal a penalty directly to the pollution control hearings board in accordance with RCW 43.21B.300 .
RCW 70.190.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 190 / Section 050
RCW 70.190.050: Community networks—Outcome evaluation.
Status: in_force

(1) The Washington state institute for public policy shall conduct or contract for monitoring and tracking of the implementation of chapter 7, Laws of 1994 sp. sess. to determine whether these efforts result in a measurable reduction of violence. The institute shall also conduct or contract for an evaluation of the effectiveness of the community public health and safety networks in reducing the rate of at-risk youth through reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors. The evaluation plan shall result in statistically valid evaluation at both statewide and community levels. (2) Starting five years after the initial grant to a community network, if the community network fails to meet the outcome standards and goals in any two consecutive years, the institute shall make recommendations to the legislature concerning whether the funds received by that community network should revert back to the originating agency. In making this determination, the institute shall consider the adequacy of the level of intervention relative to the risk factors in the community and any external events having a significant impact on risk factors or outcomes. (3) The outcomes required under this chapter and social development standards and measures established by the department of health under RCW 43.70.555 shall be used in conducting the outcome evaluation of the community networks.
RCW 70A.125.130 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 125 / Section 130
RCW 70A.125.130: Local government authority.
Status: in_force

(1) Local governments may establish separate operating permit requirements for public water systems provided the operating permit requirements have been approved by the department. The department shall not approve local operating permit requirements unless the local system will result in an increased level of service to the public water system. There shall not be duplicate operating permit requirements imposed by local governments and the department. (2) Except as provided in RCW 70A.125.010 (4)(b), local governments may establish requirements for group B public water systems in addition to those established by rule by the state board of health pursuant to RCW 43.20.050 (2) or other rules adopted by the department, provided that the requirements are at least as stringent as the state requirements.
RCW 70.290.080 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 290 / Section 080
RCW 70.290.080: Limitation of liability.
Status: in_force

No liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature, shall arise against any member of the board of the association, against an employee or agent of the association, or against any health care provider for any lawful action taken by them in the performance of their duties or required activities under this chapter.
RCW 70A.120.040 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 120 / Section 040
RCW 70A.120.040: Exclusions from chapter.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall apply to: (1) Industrial water supply systems which do not supply water to residences for domestic use and are under the jurisdictional requirements of the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act of 1973, chapter 49.17 RCW, as now or hereafter amended; or (2) The preparation, distribution, or sale of bottled water or water similarly packaged.
RCW 70A.216.110 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 216 / Section 110
RCW 70A.216.110: Deposit of receipts.
Status: in_force

All receipts realized in the administration of this chapter shall be paid into the general fund.
RCW 70.82.010 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 82 / Section 010
RCW 70.82.010: Purpose and aim of program.
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be of vital concern to the state of Washington that all persons who are bona fide residents of the state of Washington and who are afflicted with cerebral palsy in any degree be provided with facilities and a program of service for medical care, education, treatment and training to enable them to become normal individuals. In order to effectively accomplish such purpose the department of social and health services, hereinafter called the department, is authorized and instructed and it shall be its duty to establish and administer facilities and a program of service for the discovery, care, education, hospitalization, treatment and training of educable persons afflicted with cerebral palsy, and to provide in connection therewith nursing, medical, surgical and corrective care, together with academic, occupational and related training. Such program shall extend to developing, extending and improving service for the discovery of such persons and for diagnostication and hospitalization and shall include cooperation with other agencies of the state charged with the administration of laws providing for any type of service or aid to persons with disabilities, and with the United States government through any appropriate agency or instrumentality in developing, extending and improving such service, program and facilities. Such facilities shall include field clinics, diagnosis and observation centers, boarding schools, special classes in day schools, research facilities and such other facilities as shall be required to render appropriate aid to such persons. Existing facilities, buildings, hospitals and equipment belonging to or operated by the state of Washington shall be made available for these purposes when use therefor does not conflict with the primary use of such existing facilities. Existing buildings, facilities and equipment belonging to private persons, firms or corporations or to the United States government may be acquired or leased.
RCW 70.79.150 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 79 / Section 150
RCW 70.79.150: Special inspectors—Inspections—Exempts from inspection fees.
Status: in_force

Special inspectors shall inspect all boilers and unfired pressure vessels insured or operated by their respective companies and, when so inspected, the owners and users of such insured boilers and unfired pressure vessels shall be exempt from the payment to the state of the inspection fees as provided for in RCW 70.79.330 .
RCW 70.155.150 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 155 / Section 150
RCW 70.155.150: Licensee compliance with certain other laws.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who holds a license issued under chapter 82.24 or 82.26 RCW or RCW 70.345.020 must conduct the business and maintain the premises in compliance with Titles 9 and 9A RCW and chapter 69.50 RCW. (2) The board may revoke or suspend a license issued under chapter 82.24 or 82.26 RCW or RCW 70.345.020 upon sufficient cause showing a violation of this section.
RCW 70A.205.255 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 255
RCW 70A.205.255: Analysis and evaluation to be incorporated in state solid waste management plan.
Status: in_force

The department shall incorporate the information from the analysis and evaluation conducted under RCW 70A.205.240 through 70A.205.250 to the state solid waste management plan under RCW 70A.205.210 . The plan shall be revised periodically as the evaluation and analysis is updated.
RCW 70.41.370 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 41 / Section 370
RCW 70.41.370: Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians.
Status: in_force

The department shall investigate complaints of violations of RCW 18.79.350 and 18.79.360 by an employer. The department shall maintain records of all employers that have violated RCW 18.79.350 and 18.79.360 .
RCW 70.87.040 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 87 / Section 040
RCW 70.87.040: Privately and publicly owned conveyances are subject to chapter.
Status: in_force

All privately owned and publicly owned conveyances are subject to the provisions of this chapter except as specifically excluded by this chapter.
RCW 70.58A.900 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 58A / Section 900
RCW 70.58A.900: Applicability—2019 c 148.
Status: in_force

(1) This act applies to all causes of action commenced on or after January 1, 2021, regardless of when the cause of action arose. (2) The requirements of this act apply to all records covered by this act that are held by the department or state registrar, regardless of the date the record was created or modified. (3) In all other respects not specifically indicated in this section, this chapter applies prospectively.
RCW 70A.125.900 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 125 / Section 900
RCW 70A.125.900: Short title—1989 c 422.
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and cited as the "Washington state safe drinking water act."
RCW 70.190.160 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 190 / Section 160
RCW 70.190.160: Community networks—Implementation in federal and state plans.
Status: in_force

The implementation of community networks shall be included in all federal and state plans affecting the state's children, youth, and families. The plans shall be consistent with the intent and requirements of this chapter.
RCW 70.345.120 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 345 / Section 120
RCW 70.345.120: Verification of age—Permitted forms of identification—Defense.
Status: in_force

(1) When there may be a question of a person's right to purchase or obtain vapor products by reason of age, the retailer or agent thereof, must require the purchaser to present any one of the following officially issued forms of identification that shows the purchaser's age and bears his or her signature and photograph: (a) Liquor control authority card of identification of a state or province of Canada; (b) driver's license, instruction permit, or identification card of a state or province of Canada; (c) "identicard" issued by the Washington state department of licensing under chapter 46.20 RCW; (d) United States military identification; (e) passport; (f) enrollment card, issued by the governing authority of a federally recognized Indian tribe located in Washington, that incorporates security features comparable to those implemented by the department of licensing for Washington drivers' licenses. At least ninety days prior to implementation of an enrollment card under this subsection, the appropriate tribal authority must give notice to the board. The board must publish and communicate to licensees regarding the implementation of each new enrollment card; or (g) merchant marine identification card issued by the United States coast guard. (2) It is a defense to a prosecution under RCW 26.28.080 that the person making a sale reasonably relied on any of the officially issued identification as defined in subsection (1) of this section. The board must waive the suspension or revocation of a license if the licensee clearly establishes that he or she acted in good faith to prevent violations and a violation occurred despite the licensee's exercise of due diligence.
RCW 70A.384.120 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 384 / Section 120
RCW 70A.384.120: Waste generator surcharge remittal to counties.
Status: in_force

A portion of the surcharge received under RCW 70A.384.110 shall be remitted monthly to the county in which the low-level radioactive waste disposal facility is located in the following manner: (1) During 1993, six dollars and fifty cents per cubic foot of waste; (2) During 1994, three dollars and twenty-five cents per cubic foot of waste; and (3) During 1995 and thereafter, two dollars per cubic foot of waste.
RCW 70A.300.240 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 300 / Section 240
RCW 70A.300.240: Rules implemented under RCW 70A.300.220—Review.
Status: in_force

Rules implementing RCW 70A.300.220 shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ecology for review prior to being adopted in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.
RCW 70A.65.901 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 65 / Section 901
RCW 70A.65.901: Suspension of certain sections and rules.
Status: in_force

(1) RCW 70A.65.060 through 70A.65.210 , and any rules adopted by the department of ecology to implement the program established under those sections, are suspended on December 31, 2055, in the event that the department of ecology determines by December 1, 2055, that the 2050 emissions limits of RCW 70A.45.020 have been met for two or more consecutive years. (2) Upon the occurrence of the events identified in subsection (1) of this section, the department of ecology must provide written notice of the suspension date of RCW 70A.65.060 through 70A.65.210 to affected parties, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, the secretary of the senate, the office of the code reviser, and others as deemed appropriate by the department.
RCW 70A.205.510 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 510
RCW 70A.205.510: Identification procedure for persons accepting used vehicle batteries.
Status: in_force

The department shall establish a procedure to identify, on an annual basis, those persons accepting used vehicle batteries from retail establishments.
RCW 70.160.011 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 160 / Section 011
RCW 70.160.011: Findings—Intent—2006 c 2 (Initiative Measure No. 901).
Status: in_force

The people of the state of Washington recognize that exposure to secondhand smoke is known to cause cancer in humans. Secondhand smoke is a known cause of other diseases including pneumonia, asthma, bronchitis, and heart disease. Citizens are often exposed to secondhand smoke in the workplace, and are likely to develop chronic, potentially fatal diseases as a result of such exposure. In order to protect the health and welfare of all citizens, including workers in their places of employment, it is necessary to prohibit smoking in public places and workplaces.
RCW 70.02.270 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 02 / Section 270
RCW 70.02.270: Health care information—Use or disclosure prohibited.
Status: in_force

(1) No person who receives health care information for health care education, or to provide planning, quality assurance, peer review, or administrative, legal, financial, or actuarial services, or other health care operations for or on behalf of a health care provider or health care facility, may use or disclose any health care information received from the health care provider or health care facility in any manner that would violate the requirements of this chapter if performed by the health care provider or health care facility. (2) A health care provider or health care facility that has a contractual relationship with a person to provide services described under subsection (1) of this section may terminate the contractual relationship with the person if the health care provider or health care facility learns that the person has engaged in a pattern of activity that violates the person's duties under subsection (1) of this section, unless the person took reasonable steps to correct the breach of confidentiality or has discontinued the violating activity.
RCW 70A.15.3080 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 3080
RCW 70A.15.3080: Air contaminant sources—Regulation by department; authorities may be more stringent—Hearing—Standards.
Status: in_force

If the department finds, after public hearing upon due notice to all interested parties, that the emissions from a particular type or class of air contaminant source should be regulated on a statewide basis in the public interest and for the protection of the welfare of the citizens of the state, it may adopt and enforce rules to control and/or prevent the emission of air contaminants from such source. An authority may, after public hearing and a finding by the board of a need for more stringent rules than those adopted by the department under this section, propose the adoption of such rules by the department for the control of emissions from the particular type or class of air contaminant source within the geographical area of the authority. The department shall hold a public hearing and shall adopt the proposed rules within the area of the requesting authority, unless it finds that the proposed rules are inconsistent with the rules adopted by the department under this section. When such standards are adopted by the department it shall delegate solely to the requesting authority all powers necessary for their enforcement at the request of the authority. If after public hearing the department finds that the regulation on a statewide basis of a particular type or class of air contaminant source is no longer required for the public interest and the protection of the welfare of the citizens of the state, the department may relinquish exclusive jurisdiction over such source.
RCW 70A.305.200 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 305 / Section 200
RCW 70A.305.200: Model toxics control stormwater account.
Status: in_force

(1) The model toxics control stormwater account is hereby created in the state treasury. (2) Moneys in the model toxics control stormwater account must be used for operating and capital programs, activities, and projects identified in subsection (3) of this section directly relating to stormwater pollution control. (3) Moneys in the model toxics control stormwater account must be used only to carry out the operating and capital programs, activities, and projects directly relating to stormwater activities under RCW 70A.305.180 and 70A.305.190 , including but not limited to the following: (a) Stormwater pollution control projects and activities that protect or preserve existing remedial actions or prevent hazardous clean-up sites; (b) Stormwater financial assistance to local governments that assist in compliance to the purposes of this chapter. (4) Except for unanticipated receipts under RCW 43.79.260 through 43.79.282 , moneys in the model toxics control stormwater account may be spent only after appropriation by statute.
RCW 70A.140.080 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 140 / Section 080
RCW 70A.140.080: Application of other chapters to service agreements under this chapter—Prevailing wages.
Status: in_force

(1) The provisions of chapters 39.12 , 39.19, and * 39.25 RCW shall apply to a service agreement entered into under this chapter to the same extent as if the facilities dedicated to such service were owned by a public body. (2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not be construed to apply to agreements or actions by persons or entities which are not undertaken pursuant to this chapter. (3) Except for RCW 39.04.175 , this chapter shall not be construed as a limitation or restriction on the application of Title 39 RCW to public bodies. (4) Prevailing wages shall be established as the prevailing wage in the largest city of the county in which facilities are built.
RCW 70.02.280 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 02 / Section 280
RCW 70.02.280: Health care providers and facilities—Prohibited actions.
Status: in_force

A health care provider, health care facility, and their assistants, employees, agents, and contractors may not: (1) Use or disclose health care information for marketing or fund-raising purposes, unless permitted by federal law; or (2) Sell health care information to a third party, except: (a) For purposes of treatment or payment; (b) For purposes of sale, transfer, merger, or consolidation of a business; (c) For purposes of remuneration to a third party for services; (d) As disclosures are required by law; (e) For purposes of providing access to or accounting of disclosures to an individual; (f) For public health purposes; (g) For research; (h) With an individual's authorization; (i) Where a reasonable cost-based fee is paid to prepare and transmit health information, where authority to disclose the information is provided in this chapter; or (j) In a format that is deidentified and aggregated.
RCW 70A.350.030 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 350 / Section 030
RCW 70A.350.030: Identification of priority consumer products—Report to the legislature—Exempt products.
Status: in_force

(1) Every five years, and consistent with the timeline established in RCW 70A.350.050 , the department, in consultation with the department of health, shall identify priority consumer products that are a significant source of or use of priority chemicals. The department must submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature at the time that it identifies a priority consumer product. (2) When identifying priority consumer products under this section, the department must consider, at a minimum, the following criteria: (a) The estimated volume of a priority chemical or priority chemicals added to, used in, or present in the consumer product; (b) The estimated volume or number of units of the consumer product sold or present in the state; (c) The potential for exposure to priority chemicals by sensitive populations or sensitive species when the consumer product is used, disposed of, or has decomposed; (d) The potential for priority chemicals to be found in the outdoor environment, with priority given to surface water, groundwater, marine waters, sediments, and other ecologically sensitive areas, when the consumer product is used, disposed of, or has decomposed; (e) If another state or nation has identified or taken regulatory action to restrict or otherwise regulate the priority chemical in the consumer product; (f) The availability and feasibility of safer alternatives; and (g) Whether the department has already identified the consumer product in a chemical action plan completed under chapter 70A.300 RCW as a source of a priority chemical or other reports or information gathered under chapter 70A.430 , 70A.405, 70A.222, 70A.335, 70A.340, 70A.230, or 70A.400 RCW. (3) The department is not required to give equal weight to each of the criteria in subsection (2)(a) through (g) of this section when identifying priority consumer products that use or are a significant source of priority chemicals. (4) To assist with identifying priority consumer products under this section and making determinations as authorized under RCW 70A.350.040 , the department may order a manufacturer to submit a notice to the department that contains the information specified in RCW 70A.430.060 (1) through (6) or other information relevant to subsection (2)(a) through (d) of this section. The manufacturer must provide the notice to the department no later than six months after receipt of such a demand by the department. (5)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, the department may not identify the following as priority consumer products under this section: (i) Plastic shipping pallets manufactured prior to 2012; (ii) Food or beverages; (iii) Tobacco products; (iv) Drug or biological products regulated by the United States food and drug administration; (v) Finished products certified or regulated by the federal aviation administration or the department of defense, or both, when used in a manner that was certified or regulated by such agencies, including parts, materials, and processes when used to manufacture or maintain such regulated or certified finished products; (vi) Motorized vehicles, including on and off-highway vehicles, such as all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, side-by-side vehicles, farm equipment, and personal assistive mobility devices; and (vii) Chemical products used to produce an agricultural commodity, as defined in RCW 17.21.020 . (b) The department may identify the packaging of products listed in (a) of this subsection as priority consumer products. (6) For an electronic product identified by the department as a priority consumer product under this section, the department may not make a regulatory determination under RCW 70A.350.040 to restrict or require the disclosure of a priority chemical in an inaccessible electronic component of the electronic product.
RCW 70A.205.055 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 055
RCW 70A.205.055: County and city comprehensive solid waste management plans—Review and approval process.
Status: in_force

(1) The department and local governments preparing plans are encouraged to work cooperatively during plan development. Each county and city preparing a comprehensive solid waste management plan shall submit a preliminary draft plan to the department for technical review. The department shall review and comment on the draft plan within one hundred twenty days of receipt. The department's comments shall state specific actions or revisions that must be completed for plan approval. (2) Each final draft solid waste management plan shall be submitted to the department for approval. The department will limit its comments on the final draft plans to those issues identified during its review of the draft plan and any other changes made between submittal of the preliminary draft and final draft plans. Disapproval of the local comprehensive solid waste management plan shall be supported by specific findings. A final draft plan shall be deemed approved if the department does not disapprove it within forty-five days of receipt. (3) If the department disapproves a plan or any plan amendments, the submitting entity may appeal the decision to the pollution control hearings board as provided in RCW 43.21B.230 . The appeal shall be limited to review of the specific findings which supported the disapproval under subsection (2) of this section.
RCW 70.48.530 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 48 / Section 530
RCW 70.48.530: Release from custody—Information on opioid substance use disorder treatment programs.
Status: in_force

When a jail releases any individual from custody, it must provide the individual with information regarding the availability of substance use disorder treatment programs relating to addictions to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, including assessment and services available under RCW 10.31.110 or another program or entity responsible for receiving referrals, such as the recovery navigator program established under RCW 71.24.115 .
RCW 70.390.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 390 / Section 020
RCW 70.390.020: Health care cost transparency board—Duties.
Status: in_force

The authority shall establish a board to be known as the health care cost transparency board. The board is responsible for the analysis of total health care expenditures in Washington, identifying trends in health care cost growth, and establishing a health care cost growth benchmark. The board shall provide analysis of the factors impacting these trends in health care cost growth and, after review and consultation with identified entities, shall identify those health care providers and payers that are exceeding the health care cost growth benchmark. The authority may create rules needed to implement this chapter.
RCW 70A.510.020 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 510 / Section 020
RCW 70A.510.020: Photovoltaic module advisory committee—Members—Duties—Report.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department must establish a photovoltaic module advisory committee. The committee may include representatives of any parties the department deems appropriate to carry out the duties in subsection (3) of this section, but must include at least one member, if feasible, representing each of the following entities: (a) Tribal organization or government; (b) An association representing cities; (c) An association representing counties; (d) An environmental nonprofit; (e) Environmental justice expertise, represented by an environmental justice practitioner or academic; (f) A solid waste collection or processing company; (g) An electric utility; (h) A photovoltaic module manufacturer; (i) A photovoltaic module distributor; (j) A residential and commercial photovoltaic module installer involved in the installation of photovoltaic modules on the customer's side of the meter; (k) A utility scale photovoltaic module project developer; (l) Photovoltaic module recycling industry expertise; (m) A labor organization representing workers in the electrical industry; (n) The department; and (o) The Washington state department of commerce. (2) The department must contract with an independent third-party consultant to convene, facilitate, support, and provide research for the advisory committee. The consultant must: (a) Provide staff and support to the advisory committee meetings including agendas, presentations, notes, and materials for the advisory committee; (b) Hire subcontractors, as needed, for the research of any relevant information regarding issues associated with photovoltaic module recycling, stewardship, and takeback programs; (c) Draft reports and other materials for review by the advisory committee; and (d) Submit, by June 1, 2028, a report to the department containing recommendations of the advisory committee, after review by the advisory committee. (3) The duties of the advisory committee include the following: (a) Develop recommendations for a convenient, safe, and environmentally sound system for the recycling of photovoltaic modules, minimization of hazardous waste, and recovery of commercially valuable materials, with manufacturers financing the takeback and recycling system, considering the following: (i) Policies and laws related to photovoltaic module stewardship and takeback programs and the enforcement of these laws; (ii) Potential environmental and health impacts on overburdened communities and vulnerable populations expected to be affected, equitable distribution of environmental benefits, reduction of environmental harms, and meaningful access to programs and service; (iii) Any work from other applicable advisory committees currently discussing similar topics in other jurisdictions or at the national level; and (iv) Information and research provided by the department's consultant. (b) Provide information to the consultant as requested, to meet the needs of this section. (c) Review and comment on the consultant's report to the department. (4) By December 1, 2028, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature summarizing the work of the consultant and the advisory committee. The report shall contain recommended changes to this chapter. (5) This section expires July 1, 2030.
RCW 70.104.040 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 104 / Section 040
RCW 70.104.040: Pesticide emergencies—Authority of department of agriculture not infringed upon.
Status: in_force

(1) In any case where an emergency relating to pesticides occurs that represents a hazard to the public due to toxicity of the material, the quantities involved or the environment in which the incident takes place, such emergencies including but not limited to fires, spillage, and accidental contamination, the person or agent of such person having actual or constructive control of the pesticides involved shall immediately notify the department of health by telephone or the fastest available method. (2) Upon notification or discovery of any pesticide emergency the department of health shall: (a) Make such orders and take such actions as are appropriate to assume control of the property and to dispose of hazardous substances, prevent further contamination, and restore any property involved to a nonhazardous condition. In the event of failure of any individual to obey and carry out orders pursuant to this section, the department shall have all power and authority to accomplish those things necessary to carry out such order. Any expenses incurred by the department as a result of intentional failure of any individual to obey its lawful orders shall be charged as a debt against such individual. (3) In any case where the department of health has assumed control of property pursuant to this chapter, such property shall not be reoccupied or used until such time as written notification of its release for use is received from the secretary of the department or his or her designee. Such action shall take into consideration the economic hardship, if any, caused by having the department assume control of property, and release shall be accomplished as expeditiously as possible. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a farmer from continuing to process his or her crops and/or animals provided that the processing does not endanger the public health. (4) The department shall recognize the pesticide industry's responsibility and active role in minimizing the effect of pesticide emergencies and shall provide for maximum utilization of these services. (5) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed in any way to infringe upon or negate the authority and responsibility of the department of agriculture in its application and enforcement of the Washington Pesticide Control Act, chapter 15.58 RCW and the Washington Pesticide Application Act, chapter 17.21 RCW. The department of health shall work closely with the department of agriculture in the enforcement of this chapter and shall keep it appropriately advised.
RCW 70.05.040 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 05 / Section 040
RCW 70.05.040: Local board of health—Chair—Administrative officer—Vacancies.
Status: in_force

The local board of health shall elect a chair and may appoint an administrative officer. A local health officer shall be appointed pursuant to RCW 70.05.050 . Vacancies on the local board of health shall be filled by appointment within thirty days and made in the same manner as was the original appointment. At the first meeting of the local board of health, the members shall elect a chair to serve for a period of one year.
RCW 70.77.252 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 77 / Section 252
RCW 70.77.252: Civil penalty—Notice—Remission, mitigation, review.
Status: in_force

(1) The penalty provided for in RCW 70.77.250 (6) shall be imposed by a notice in writing to the person against whom the civil fine is assessed and shall describe the violation with reasonable particularity. The notice shall be personally served in the manner of service of a summons in a civil action or in a manner which shows proof of receipt. Any penalty imposed by RCW 70.77.250 (6) shall become due and payable twenty-eight days after receipt of notice unless application for remission or mitigation is made as provided in subsection (2) of this section or unless application for an adjudicative proceeding is filed as provided in subsection (3) of this section. (2) Within fourteen days after the notice is received, the person incurring the penalty may apply in writing to the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, for the remission or mitigation of the penalty. Upon receipt of the application, the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, may remit or mitigate the penalty upon whatever terms the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, deems proper, giving consideration to the degree of hazard associated with the violation. The chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, may only grant a remission or mitigation that it deems to be in the best interests of carrying out the purposes of this chapter. The chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, may ascertain the facts regarding all such applications in a manner it deems proper. When an application for remission or mitigation is made, any penalty incurred under RCW 70.77.250 (6) becomes due and payable twenty-eight days after receipt of the notice setting forth the disposition of the application, unless an application for an adjudicative proceeding to contest the disposition is filed as provided in subsection (3) of this section. (3) Within twenty-eight days after notice is received, the person incurring the penalty may file an application for an adjudicative proceeding and may pursue subsequent review as provided in chapter 34.05 RCW and applicable rules of the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection. (4) Any penalty imposed by final order following an adjudicative proceeding becomes due and payable upon service of the final order. (5) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, in the superior court of Thurston county or of any county in which the violator may do business to collect any penalty imposed under this chapter. (6) All penalties imposed under this section shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the fire services trust fund and used as follows: At least fifty percent is for a statewide public education campaign developed by the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, and the licensed fireworks industry emphasizing the safe and responsible use of legal fireworks; and the remainder is for statewide efforts to enforce this chapter.
RCW 70.87.250 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 87 / Section 250
RCW 70.87.250: Licenses—Renewals—Fees—Temporary licenses—Continuing education—Records.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon approval of an application, the department may issue a license that is biennially renewable. Each license may include a photograph of the licensee. The fee for the license and for any renewal shall be set by the department in rule. (2) The department may issue temporary elevator mechanic licenses. These temporary elevator mechanic licenses will be issued to those certified as qualified and competent by licensed elevator contractors. The company shall furnish proof of competency as the department may require. Each license may include a photograph of the licensee. Each license must recite that it is valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance and for such particular conveyance or geographical areas as the department may designate, and otherwise entitles the licensee to the rights and privileges of an elevator mechanic license issued in this chapter. A temporary elevator mechanic license may be renewed by the department and a fee as established in rule must be charged for any temporary elevator mechanic license or renewal. (3) The renewal of all licenses granted under this section is conditioned upon the submission of a certificate of completion of a course designed to ensure the continuing education of licensees on new and existing rules of the department. The course must consist of not less than eight hours of instruction that must be attended and completed within one year immediately preceding any license renewal. (4) The courses must be taught by instructors through continuing education providers that may include, but are not limited to, association seminars and labor training programs. The department must approve the continuing education providers. All instructors must be approved by the department and are exempt from the requirements of subsection (3) of this section with regard to his or her application for license renewal, provided that such applicant was qualified as an instructor at any time during the one year immediately preceding the scheduled date for such renewal. (5) A licensee who is unable to complete the continuing education course required under this section before the expiration of his or her license due to a temporary disability may apply for a waiver from the department. This will be on a form provided by the department and signed under the pains and penalties of perjury and accompanied by a certified statement from a competent physician attesting to the temporary disability. Upon the termination of the temporary disability, the licensee must submit to the department a certified statement from the same physician, if practicable, attesting to the termination of the temporary disability. At which time a waiver sticker, valid for ninety days, must be issued to the licensee and affixed to his or her license. (6) Approved training providers must keep uniform records, for a period of ten years, of attendance of licensees and these records must be available for inspection by the department at its request. Approved training providers are responsible for the security of all attendance records and certificates of completion. However, falsifying or knowingly allowing another to falsify attendance records or certificates of completion constitutes grounds for suspension or revocation of the approval required under this section.
RCW 70.44.042 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 44 / Section 042
RCW 70.44.042: Commissioner districts—Resolution to abolish—Proposition to reestablish.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision in RCW 70.44.040 to the contrary, any board of public hospital district commissioners may, by resolution, abolish commissioner districts and permit candidates for any position on the board to reside anywhere in the public hospital district. At any general or special election which may be called for that purpose, the board of public hospital district commissioners may, or on petition of ten percent of the voters based on the total vote cast in the last district general election in the public hospital district shall, by resolution, submit to the voters of the district the proposition to reestablish commissioner districts.
RCW 70.12.030 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 12 / Section 030
RCW 70.12.030: Public health pooling fund.
Status: in_force

Any county, combined city-county health department, or health district is hereby authorized and empowered to create a "public health pooling fund", hereafter called the "fund", for the efficient management and control of all moneys coming to such county, combined department, or district for public health purposes.
RCW 70A.15.6220 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 6220
RCW 70A.15.6220: Monitoring by department of ecology.
Status: in_force

The department of ecology shall maintain a program of periodic monitoring of acid rain deposition and lake, stream, and soil acidification to ensure early detection of acidification and environmental degradation.
RCW 70A.505.100 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 505 / Section 100
RCW 70A.505.100: Civil penalty—Appeal—Department's authority.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The department may administratively impose a civil penalty on a person who violates this chapter in an amount of up to $1,000 per violation per day. (b) The department may administratively impose a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation per day on a person for repeated violations of this chapter or failure to comply with an order issued under (c) of this subsection. (c) Whenever on the basis of any information the department determines that a person has violated or is in violation of this chapter, including the failure by a stewardship organization to achieve performance goals proposed in a plan or the failure by a legacy producer to respond to a requirement for information by a stewardship organization under RCW 70A.505.050 , the department may issue an order requiring compliance. A person who fails to take corrective action as specified in a compliance order is liable for a civil penalty as provided in (b) of this subsection, without receiving a written warning prescribed in (e) of this subsection. (d) A person who is issued an order or incurs a penalty under this section may appeal the order or penalty to the pollution control hearings board established by chapter 43.21B RCW. (e) Prior to imposing penalties under this section, the department must provide a producer, legacy producer, retailer, or stewardship organization with a written warning for the first violation by the producer, legacy producer, retailer, or stewardship organization of the requirements of this chapter. The written warning must inform a producer, legacy producer, retailer, or stewardship organization that it must participate in an approved plan or otherwise come into compliance with the requirements of this chapter within 30 days of the notice. A producer, legacy producer, retailer, or stewardship organization that violates a provision of this chapter after the initial written warning may be assessed a penalty as provided in this subsection. (2)(a) Upon the department notifying a stewardship organization, producer, or legacy producer that it has not met a significant requirement of this chapter, the department may, in addition to assessing the penalties provided in this section, take any combination of the following actions: (i) Issue corrective action orders to a producer or stewardship organization; (ii) Issue orders to a stewardship organization to provide for the continued implementation of the program in the absence of an approved plan; (iii) Revoke the stewardship organization's plan approval and require the stewardship organization to implement its contingency plan under RCW 70A.505.040 ; (iv) Require a stewardship organization to revise or resubmit a plan within a specified time frame; or (v) Require additional reporting related to compliance with the significant requirement of this chapter that was not met. (b) Prior to taking the actions described in (a)(iii) of this subsection, the department must provide the stewardship organization, producer, or legacy producer an opportunity to respond to or rebut the written finding upon which the action is predicated.
RCW 70A.535.160 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 535 / Section 160
RCW 70A.535.160: Clean fuels transportation investment account.
Status: in_force

The clean fuels transportation investment account is created in the state treasury. All receipts to the state from clean fuel credits generated under this chapter from transportation investments funded in an omnibus transportation appropriations act, including those listed under RCW 70A.535.050 (3), must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may only be used for activities and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonize the transportation sector.
RCW 70A.205.140 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 140
RCW 70A.205.140: Permit for solid waste disposal site or facilities—Suspension.
Status: in_force

Any permit for a solid waste disposal site issued as provided herein shall be subject to suspension at any time the department or the jurisdictional health department determines that the site or the solid waste disposal facilities located on the site are being operated in violation of this chapter, the regulations of the department, the rules of the department of agriculture, or local laws and regulations.
RCW 70.111.040 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 111 / Section 040
RCW 70.111.040: Exemption.
Status: in_force

Any crib that is clearly not intended for use by an infant is exempt from the provisions of this chapter, provided that it is accompanied at the time of remanufacturing, retrofitting, selling, leasing, subletting, or otherwise placing in the stream of commerce, by a notice to be furnished by the commercial user declaring that it is not intended to be used for an infant and is dangerous to use for an infant. The commercial user is further exempt from claims for liability resulting from use of a crib contrary to the notice required in this section.
RCW 70.38.125 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 38 / Section 125
RCW 70.38.125: Certificates of need—Issuance—Duration—Penalties for violations.
Status: in_force

(1) A certificate of need shall be valid for two years. One six-month extension may be made if it can be substantiated that substantial and continuing progress toward commencement of the project has been made as defined by regulations to be adopted pursuant to this chapter. (2) A project for which a certificate of need has been issued shall be commenced during the validity period for the certificate of need. (3) The department shall monitor the approved projects to assure conformance with certificates of need that have been issued. Rules and regulations adopted shall specify when changes in the project require reevaluation of the project. The department may require applicants to submit periodic progress reports on approved projects or other information as may be necessary to effectuate its monitoring responsibilities. (4) The secretary, in the case of a new health facility, shall not issue any license unless and until a prior certificate of need shall have been issued by the department for the offering or development of such new health facility. (5) Any person who engages in any undertaking which requires certificate of need review without first having received from the department either a certificate of need or an exception granted in accordance with this chapter shall be liable to the state in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars a day for each day of such unauthorized offering or development. Such amounts of money shall be recoverable in an action brought by the attorney general on behalf of the state in the superior court of any county in which the unauthorized undertaking occurred. Any amounts of money so recovered by the attorney general shall be deposited in the state general fund. (6) The department may bring any action to enjoin a violation or the threatened violation of the provisions of this chapter or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, or may bring any legal proceeding authorized by law, including but not limited to the special proceedings authorized in Title 7 RCW, in the superior court in the county in which such violation occurs or is about to occur, or in the superior court of Thurston county.
RCW 70A.226.030 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 226 / Section 030
RCW 70A.226.030: Biosolids permits—Fees—Biosolids permit account.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish annual fees to collect expenses for issuing and administering biosolids permits under this chapter. An initial fee schedule shall be established by rule and shall be adjusted no more often than once every two years. This fee schedule applies to all permits, regardless of date of issuance, and fees shall be assessed prospectively. Fees shall be established in amounts to recover expenses incurred by the department in processing permit applications and modifications, reviewing related plans and documents, monitoring, evaluating, conducting inspections, overseeing performance of delegated program elements, sampling or testing, and providing technical assistance and supporting overhead expenses that are directly related to these activities. (2) The annual fee paid by a permittee for any permit issued under this chapter shall be determined by the number of residences or residential equivalents contributing to the permittee's biosolids management system. If residences or residential equivalents cannot be determined or reasonably estimated, fees shall be based on other appropriate criteria. (3) The biosolids permit account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from fees under this section must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purposes of administering permits under this chapter. (4) The department shall make available on the department's website information on fees collected, actual expenses incurred, and anticipated expenses for the current and following fiscal years. (5) The department shall work with the regulated community and local health departments to study the feasibility of modifying the fee schedule to support delegated local health departments and reduce local health department fees paid by biosolids permittees.
RCW 70.390.070 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 390 / Section 070
RCW 70.390.070: Reporting.
Status: in_force

By December 1st of each year, the board shall submit annual reports to the governor and each chamber of the legislature. The annual reports may include policy recommendations applicable to the board's activities and analysis of its work, including any recommendations related to lowering health care costs, focusing on private sector purchasers, and the establishment of a rating system of health care providers and payers.
RCW 70A.40.030 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 40 / Section 030
RCW 70A.40.030: Organizing committee, staff support—Organizational structure.
Status: in_force

(1) The presidents of the University of Washington and Washington State University shall jointly form and serve as the cochairs of an organizing committee for the purpose of creating the Washington academy of sciences as an independent entity to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The committee should be representative of appropriate disciplines from the academic, private, governmental, and research sectors. (2) Staff from the University of Washington and Washington State University, and from other available entities, shall provide support to the organizing committee under the direction of the cochairs. (3)(a) The committee shall investigate organizational structures that will ensure the participation or membership in the academy of scientists and experts with distinction in their fields, and that will ensure broad participation among the several disciplines that may be called upon in the investigation, examination, and reporting upon questions referred to the academy by the governor or the legislature. (b) The organizational structure shall include a process by which the academy responds to inquiries from the governor or the legislature, including but not limited to the identification of research projects, past or present, at Washington or other research institutions and the findings of such research projects. (4) The committee cochairs shall use their best efforts to form the committee by January 1, 2006, and to complete the committee's review by April 30, 2007. By April 30, 2007, the committee, or such individuals as the committee selects, shall file articles of incorporation to create the academy as a Washington independent organizational entity. The articles shall expressly recognize the power and responsibility of the academy to provide services as described in RCW 70A.40.040 upon request of the governor, the governor's designee, or the legislature. The articles shall also provide for a board of directors of the academy that includes distinguished scientists from the range of disciplines that may be called upon to provide such services to the state and its political subdivisions, and provide a balance of representation from the academic, private, governmental, and research sectors. (5) The articles shall provide for all such powers as may be appropriate or necessary to carry out the academy's purposes under this chapter, to the full extent allowable under the proposed organizational structure.
RCW 70.54.120 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 54 / Section 120
RCW 70.54.120: Immunity from implied warranties and civil liability relating to blood, blood products, tissues, organs, or bones—Scope—Effective date.
Status: in_force

The procurement, processing, storage, distribution, administration, or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products and blood derivatives for the purpose of injecting or transfusing the same, or any of them, or of tissues, organs, or bones for the purpose of transplanting them, or any of them, into the human body is declared to be, for all purposes whatsoever, the rendition of a service by each and every person, firm, or corporation participating therein, and is declared not to be covered by any implied warranty under the Uniform Commercial Code, Title 62A RCW, or otherwise, and no civil liability shall be incurred as a result of any of such acts, except in the case of wilful or negligent conduct: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That this section shall apply only to liability alleged in the contraction of hepatitis, malaria, and acquired immune deficiency disease [immunodeficiency syndrome] and shall not apply to any transaction in which the donor receives compensation: PROVIDED FURTHER, That this section shall only apply where the person, firm or corporation rendering the above service shall have maintained records of donor suitability and donor identification: PROVIDED FURTHER, That nothing in this section shall be considered by the courts in determining or applying the law to any blood transfusion occurring before June 10, 1971 and the court shall decide such case as though this section had not been passed.
RCW 70.126.030 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 126 / Section 030
RCW 70.126.030: Hospice care—Provider, plan, services included.
Status: in_force

(1) Hospice care shall be provided by a hospice and shall meet the standards of RCW 70.126.020 (1) (a) and (b)(ii) and (iii). (2) A written hospice care plan shall be approved by a physician and shall be reviewed at designated intervals. (3) The following services for necessary medical or palliative care shall be included when ordered by the attending physician and included in the approved plan of treatment: (a) Short-term care as an inpatient; (b) Care of the terminally ill in an individual's home on an outpatient basis as included in the approved plan of treatment; (c) Respite care that is continuous care in the most appropriate setting for a maximum of five days per three-month period of hospice care.
RCW 70A.214.080 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 214 / Section 080
RCW 70A.214.080: Director's authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The director may solicit and accept gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devises, in trust or otherwise, to be directed to the office of waste reduction. (2) The director may enter into contracts with any public or private organization to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
RCW 70.127.005 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 127 / Section 005
RCW 70.127.005: Legislative intent.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that the availability of home health, hospice, and home care services has improved the quality of life for Washington's citizens. However, the delivery of these services bring risks because the in-home location of services makes their actual delivery virtually invisible. Also, the complexity of products, services, and delivery systems in today's health care delivery system challenges even informed and healthy individuals. The fact that these services are delivered to the state's most vulnerable population, the ill or disabled who are frequently also elderly, adds to these risks. It is the intent of the legislature to protect the citizens of Washington state by licensing home health, hospice, and home care agencies. This legislation [act] is not intended to unreasonably restrict entry into the in-home service marketplace. Standards established are intended to be the minimum necessary to ensure safe and competent care, and should be demonstrably related to patient safety and welfare.
RCW 70A.350.080 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 350 / Section 080
RCW 70A.350.080: Adoption of rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may adopt rules as necessary for the purpose of implementing, administering, and enforcing this chapter. (2)(a) The department must adopt rules to implement the determinations of regulatory actions specified in RCW 70A.350.040 (1) (b) or (c). When proposing or adopting rules to implement regulatory determinations specified in this subsection, the department must identify the expected costs and benefits of the proposed or adopted rules to state agencies to administer and enforce the rules and to private persons or businesses, by category of type of person or business affected. (b) A rule adopted to implement a regulatory determination involving a restriction on the manufacture, wholesale, distribution, sale, retail sale, or use of a priority consumer product containing a priority chemical may take effect no sooner than three hundred sixty-five days after the adoption of the rule. (c) Each rule adopted to implement a determination of regulatory action specified in RCW 70A.350.040 (1) (b) or (c) is a significant legislative rule for purposes of RCW 34.05.328 . The department must prepare a small business economic impact statement consistent with the requirements of RCW 19.85.040 for each rule to implement a determination of a regulatory action specified in RCW 70A.350.040 (1) (b) or (c).
RCW 70.111.900 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 111 / Section 900
RCW 70.111.900: Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be known and cited as the infant crib safety act.
RCW 70.45.070 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 45 / Section 070
RCW 70.45.070: Department review—Criteria to safeguard charitable assets.
Status: in_force

The department shall only approve an application if the parties to the acquisition have taken the proper steps to safeguard the value of charitable assets and ensure that any proceeds from the acquisition are used for appropriate charitable health purposes. To this end, the department may not approve an application unless, at a minimum, it determines that: (1) The acquisition is permitted under chapter 24.03A RCW, the Washington nonprofit corporation act, and other laws governing nonprofit entities, trusts, or charities; (2) The nonprofit corporation that owns the hospital being acquired has exercised due diligence in authorizing the acquisition, selecting the acquiring person, and negotiating the terms and conditions of the acquisition; (3) The procedures used by the nonprofit corporation's board of trustees and officers in making its decision fulfilled their fiduciary duties, that the board and officers were sufficiently informed about the proposed acquisition and possible alternatives, and that they used appropriate expert assistance; (4) No conflict of interest exists related to the acquisition, including, but not limited to, conflicts of interest related to board members of, executives of, and experts retained by the nonprofit corporation, acquiring person, or other parties to the acquisition; (5) The nonprofit corporation will receive fair market value for its assets. The attorney general or the department may employ, at the expense of the acquiring person, reasonably necessary expert assistance in making this determination. This expense must be in addition to the fees charged under RCW 70.45.030 ; (6) Charitable funds will not be placed at unreasonable risk, if the acquisition is financed in part by the nonprofit corporation; (7) Any management contract under the acquisition will be for fair market value; (8) The proceeds from the acquisition will be controlled as charitable funds independently of the acquiring person or parties to the acquisition, and will be used for charitable health purposes consistent with the nonprofit corporation's original purpose, including providing health care to the disadvantaged, the uninsured, and the underinsured and providing benefits to promote improved health in the affected community; (9) Any charitable entity established to hold the proceeds of the acquisition will be broadly based in and representative of the community where the hospital to be acquired is located, taking into consideration the structure and governance of such entity; and (10) A right of first refusal to repurchase the assets by a successor nonprofit corporation or foundation has been retained if the hospital is subsequently sold to, acquired by, or merged with another entity.
RCW 70.385.010 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 385 / Section 010
RCW 70.385.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Authority" means the Washington state health care authority. (2) "Peer support services" means services authorized under RCW 71.24.385 which are delivered by individuals who have common life experiences with the people they are serving.
RCW 70A.205.710 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 710
RCW 70A.205.710: Composting food and yard wastes—Grants and study.
Status: in_force

(1) In order to establish the feasibility of composting food and yard wastes, the department shall provide funds, as available, to local governments submitting a proposal to compost such wastes. (2) The department, in cooperation with the department of commerce, may approve an application if the project can demonstrate the essential parameters for successful composting, including, but not limited to, cost-effectiveness, handling and safety requirements, and current and potential markets.
RCW 70.79.300 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 79 / Section 300
RCW 70.79.300: Inspection certificate invalid on termination of insurance.
Status: in_force

No inspection certificate issued for an insured boiler or unfired pressure vessel inspected by a special inspector shall be valid after the boiler or unfired pressure vessel, for which it was issued, shall cease to be insured by a company duly authorized by this state to carry such insurance.
RCW 70.87.140 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 87 / Section 140
RCW 70.87.140: Operation without permit enjoinable.
Status: in_force

Whenever any conveyance is being operated without a permit required by this chapter, the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the county may apply to the superior court of the county in which the conveyance is located for a temporary restraining order or a temporary or permanent injunction restraining the operation of the conveyance until the department issues a permit for the conveyance. No bond may be required from the department in such proceedings.
RCW 70A.65.300 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 65 / Section 300
RCW 70A.65.300: Distributions of moneys—Annual report.
Status: in_force

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(1) The department shall prepare, post on the department website, and submit to the appropriate committees of the legislature an annual report that identifies all distributions of moneys from the accounts created in RCW 70A.65.240 through 70A.65.280 . (2) The report must identify, at a minimum, the recipient of the funding, the amount of the funding, the purpose of the funding, the actual end result or use of the funding, whether the project that received the funding produced any verifiable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions or other long-term impact to emissions, and if so, the quantity of reduced greenhouse gas emissions, the cost per carbon dioxide equivalent metric ton of reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and a comparison to other greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects in order to facilitate the development of cost-benefit ratios for greenhouse gas emissions reduction projects. (3) The department shall require by rule that recipients of funds from the accounts created in RCW 70A.65.240 through 70A.65.280 report to the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, the information required for the department to carry out the department's duties established in this section. (4) The department shall update its website with the information described in subsection (2) of this section as appropriate but no less frequently than once per calendar year. (5) The department shall submit its report to the appropriate committees of the legislature with the information described in subsection (2) of this section no later than September 30 of each year. For fiscal year 2025, the report must be submitted no later than November 30, 2024. During the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, the report must be submitted no later than November 30 of each fiscal year.
RCW 70A.330.070 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 330 / Section 070
RCW 70A.330.070: Pollution liability insurance fee.
Status: in_force

(1) A pollution liability insurance fee of one and two-tenths cents per gallon of heating oil purchased within the state shall be imposed on every special fuel dealer, as the term is defined in chapter 82.38 RCW, making sales of heating oil to a user or consumer. (2) The pollution liability insurance fee shall be remitted by the special fuel dealer to the department of licensing. (3) The fee proceeds shall be used for the specific regulatory purposes of this chapter. (4) The fee imposed by this section shall not apply to heating oil exported or sold for export from the state.
RCW 70.86.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 86 / Section 020
RCW 70.86.020: Buildings to resist earthquake intensities.
Status: in_force

Hospitals, schools, except one story, portable, frame school buildings, buildings designed or constructed as places of assembly accommodating more than three hundred persons; and all structures owned by the state, county, special districts, or any municipal corporation within the state of Washington shall hereafter be designed and constructed to resist probable earthquake intensities at the location thereof in accordance with RCW 70.86.030 , unless other standards of design and construction for earthquake resistance are prescribed by enactments of the legislative authority of counties, special districts, and/or municipal corporations in which the structure is constructed.
RCW 70.129.901 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 129 / Section 901
RCW 70.129.901: Conflict with federal requirements—1994 c 214.
Status: in_force

If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state, the conflicting part of this act is inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict and with respect to the agencies directly affected, and this finding does not affect the operation of the remainder of this act in its application to the agencies concerned. The rules under this act shall meet federal requirements that are a necessary condition to the receipt of federal funds by the state.
RCW 70.41.490 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 41 / Section 490
RCW 70.41.490: Authorization for certain transfers of drugs between hospitals and their affiliated companies.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature recognizes that in order for hospitals to ensure drugs are accessible to patients and the public to meet hospital and community health care needs, certain transfers of drugs must be authorized between hospitals and their affiliated or related companies under common ownership and control of the corporate entity and for emergency medical reasons. (2) A licensed hospital pharmacy is permitted, without a wholesaler license, to: (a) Engage in intracompany sales, being defined as any transaction or transfer between any division, subsidiary, parent company, affiliated company, or related company under common ownership and control of the corporate entity, unless the transfer occurs between a wholesale distributor and a health care entity or practitioner; and (b) Sell, purchase, or trade a drug or offer to sell, purchase, or trade a drug for emergency medical reasons. For the purposes of this subsection, "emergency medical reasons" includes transfers of prescription drugs to alleviate a temporary shortage, except that the gross dollar value of the transfers may not exceed five percent of the total prescription drug sale revenue of either the transferor or transferee pharmacy during any twelve consecutive month period.
RCW 70.47.115 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 47 / Section 115
RCW 70.47.115: Enrollment of persons in timber impact areas.
Status: in_force

(1) The *administrator, when specific funding is provided and where feasible, shall make the basic health plan available in timber impact areas. The *administrator shall prioritize making the plan available under this section to the timber impact areas meeting the following criteria, as determined by the employment security department: (a) A lumber and wood products employment location quotient at or above the state average; (b) a direct lumber and wood products job loss of one hundred positions or more; and (c) an annual unemployment rate twenty percent above the state average. (2) Persons assisted under this section shall meet the requirements of enrollee as defined in **RCW 70.47.020 (4). (3) For purposes of this section, "timber impact area" means: (a) A county having a population of less than five hundred thousand, or a city or town located within a county having a population of less than five hundred thousand, and meeting two of the following three criteria, as determined by the employment security department, for the most recent year such data is available: (i) A lumber and wood products employment location quotient at or above the state average; (ii) projected or actual direct lumber and wood products job losses of one hundred positions or more, except counties having a population greater than two hundred thousand but less than five hundred thousand must have direct lumber and wood products job losses of one thousand positions or more; or (iii) an annual unemployment rate twenty percent or more above the state average; or (b) Additional communities as the economic recovery coordinating board, established in ***RCW 43.31.631 , designates based on a finding by the board that each designated community is socially and economically integrated with areas that meet the definition of a timber impact area under (a) of this subsection.
RCW 70A.560.005 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 560 / Section 005
RCW 70A.560.005: Finding—Intent.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds that certain chemicals used in cosmetic products are linked to harmful impacts on health, such as cancer, birth defects, damage to the reproductive system, organ system toxicity, and endocrine disruption. Many of these chemicals have been identified by the state of Washington as high priority chemicals of concern. (2) In order to ensure the safety of cosmetic products and protect Washington residents from toxic exposures, the legislature intends to prohibit use of toxic chemicals found in cosmetic and personal care products and join other jurisdictions in creating a safer global standard for cosmetic products and bringing more sustainable, safer ingredients to the marketplace.
RCW 70.24.360 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 24 / Section 360
RCW 70.24.360: Jail detainees—Testing of persons who present a possible risk.
Status: in_force

Jail administrators, with the approval of the local health officer, may order blood-borne pathogen testing for a person detained in the jail if the local health officer determines that the detainee's behavior exposed the staff, general public, or other persons, and that exposure presents a possible risk of transmitting a blood-borne pathogen. Documentation of the behavior shall be reviewed with the person to ensure that the person understands the basis for testing.
RCW 70A.15.4530 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 4530
RCW 70A.15.4530: Odors or fugitive dust caused by agricultural activities consistent with good agricultural practices exempt from chapter.
Status: in_force

(1) Odors or fugitive dust caused by agricultural activity consistent with good agricultural practices on agricultural land are exempt from the requirements of this chapter unless they have a substantial adverse effect on public health. In determining whether agricultural activity is consistent with good agricultural practices, the department of ecology or board of any authority shall consult with a recognized third-party expert in the activity prior to issuing any notice of violation. (2) Any notice of violation issued under this chapter pertaining to odors or fugitive dust caused by agricultural activity shall include a detailed statement with evidence as to why the activity is inconsistent with good agricultural practices, or a detailed statement with evidence that the odors or fugitive dust have substantial adverse effect on public health. (3) In any appeal to the pollution control hearings board or any judicial appeal, the agency issuing a final order pertaining to odors or fugitive dust caused by agricultural activity shall prove the activity is inconsistent with good agricultural practices or that the odors or fugitive dust have a substantial adverse impact on public health. (4) If a person engaged in agricultural activity on a contiguous piece of agricultural land sells or has sold a portion of that land for residential purposes, the exemption of this section shall not apply. (5) As used in this section: (a) "Agricultural activity" means the growing, raising, or production of horticultural or viticultural crops, berries, poultry, livestock, shellfish, grain, mint, hay, and dairy products. "Agricultural activity" also includes the growing, raising, or production of cattle at cattle feedlots. (b) "Good agricultural practices" means economically feasible practices which are customary among or appropriate to farms and ranches of a similar nature in the local area and for cattle feedlots means implementing best management practices pursuant to a fugitive dust control plan that conforms to the fugitive dust control guidelines for beef cattle feedlots, best management practices, and plan development and approval procedures that were approved by the department of ecology in December 1995 or in updates to those guidelines that are mutually agreed to by the department of ecology and by the Washington cattle feeders association or a successor organization on behalf of cattle feedlots. (c) "Agricultural land" means at least five acres of land devoted primarily to the commercial production of livestock, agricultural commodities, or cultured aquatic products. (d) "Fugitive dust" means a particulate emission made airborne by human activity, forces of wind, or both, and which do not pass through a stack, chimney, vent, or other functionally equivalent opening. (6) The exemption for fugitive dust provided in subsection (1) of this section does not apply to facilities subject to RCW 70A.15.2200 as specified in WAC 173-400-100 as of July 24, 2005, 70A.15.2210 , or 70A.15.2260 . The exemption for fugitive dust provided in subsection (1) of this section applies to cattle feedlots with operational facilities which have an inventory of one thousand or more cattle in operation between June 1st and October 1st, where vegetation forage growth is not sustained over the majority of the lot during the normal growing season; except that the cattle feedlots must comply with applicable requirements included in the approved state implementation plan for air quality as of July 23, 2017; and except if an area in which a cattle feedlot is located is at any time in the future designated nonattainment for a national ambient air quality standard for particulate matter, additional control measures may be required for cattle feedlots as part of a state implementation plan's control strategy for that area and as necessary to ensure the area returns to attainment.
RCW 70A.05.040 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 05 / Section 040
RCW 70A.05.040: Incorporation of current and future climate change impacts by state agencies.
Status: in_force

State agencies shall consider current and future climate change impacts to the extent allowed under existing statutory authority and incorporate climate resilience and adaptation actions as priority activities when planning, designing, revising, or implementing relevant agency policies and programs. Agencies shall consider: The integrated climate change response strategy when designing, planning, and funding infrastructure projects; and incorporating natural resource adaptation actions and alternative energy sources when designing and planning infrastructure projects.
RCW 70.77.340 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 77 / Section 340
RCW 70.77.340: Annual license fees.
Status: in_force

The original and annual license fee shall be as follows: Manufacturer . . . .$ 500.00 Importer . . . . 100.00 Wholesaler . . . . 1,000.00 Retailer (for each separate retail outlet) . . . . 10.00 Public display for display fireworks . . . . 10.00 Pyrotechnic operator for display fireworks . . . . 5.00
RCW 70.245.090 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 245 / Section 090
RCW 70.245.090: Written and oral requests.
Status: in_force

(1) To receive a prescription for medication that the qualified patient may self-administer to end his or her life in a humane and dignified manner, a qualified patient shall have made an oral request and a written request, and reiterate the oral request to his or her attending qualified medical provider at least seven days after making the initial oral request. (2) At the time the qualified patient makes his or her second oral request, the attending qualified medical provider shall offer the qualified patient an opportunity to rescind the request. (3) A transfer of care or medical records does not restart any waiting period under this section.
RCW 70A.355.080 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 355 / Section 080
RCW 70A.355.080: Annual tank fee.
Status: in_force

(1) An annual tank fee of one hundred twenty dollars per tank is effective July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008. An annual tank fee of one hundred forty dollars per tank is effective from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009. Effective July 1, 2009, the annual tank fee will increase up to one hundred sixty dollars per tank unless the department has received sufficient additional federal grant funding to offset the increased cost of implementation of the underground storage tank compliance act of 2005 (Title XV, Subtitle B of the energy policy act of 2005). Annually, beginning on July 1, 2010, and upon a finding by the department that a fee increase is necessary, the previous tank fee amount may be increased up to the fiscal growth factor for the next year. The fiscal growth factor is calculated by the office of financial management under RCW 43.135.025 for the upcoming biennium. The department shall use the fiscal growth factor to calculate the fee for the next year and shall publish the new fee by March 1st before the year for which the new fee is effective. The new tank fee is effective from July 1st to June 30th of every year. The tank fee shall be paid by every person who: (a) Owns an underground storage tank located in this state; and (b) Was required to provide notification to the department under the federal act. This fee is not required of persons who have (i) permanently closed their tanks, and (ii) if required, have completed corrective action in accordance with the rules adopted under this chapter. (2) The department may authorize the imposition of additional annual local tank fees in environmentally sensitive areas designated under RCW 70A.355.030 . Annual local tank fees may not exceed fifty percent of the annual state tank fee. (3) State and local tank fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the account established under RCW 70A.355.090 . (4) Other than the annual local tank fee authorized for environmentally sensitive areas, no local government may levy an annual tank fee on the ownership or operation of an underground storage tank.
RCW 70.58A.300 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 58A / Section 300
RCW 70.58A.300: Registration of reports of marriage.
Status: in_force

The state registrar shall register reports of marriage received from a state county auditor pursuant to chapter 26.04 RCW.
RCW 70.160.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 160 / Section 050
RCW 70.160.050: Owners, lessees to post signs prohibiting smoking.
Status: in_force

Owners, or in the case of a leased or rented space the lessee or other person in charge, of a place regulated under this chapter shall prohibit smoking in public places and places of employment and shall post signs prohibiting smoking as appropriate under this chapter. Signs shall be posted conspicuously at each building entrance. In the case of retail stores and retail service establishments, signs shall be posted conspicuously at each entrance and in prominent locations throughout the place.
RCW 70A.325.060 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 325 / Section 060
RCW 70A.325.060: Rules.
Status: in_force

The director may adopt rules consistent with this chapter to carry out the purposes of this chapter. All rules shall be adopted in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.
RCW 70.345.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 345 / Section 050
RCW 70.345.050: Licensing fee—Retailers.
Status: in_force

(1) A fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars must accompany each vapor product retailer's license application or license renewal application under RCW 70.345.020 . A separate license is required for each separate location at which the retailer operates. (2) A retailer applying for, or renewing, both a vapor products retailer's license under RCW 70.345.020 and retailer's license under RCW 82.24.510 may pay a combined application fee of two hundred fifty dollars for both licenses.
RCW 70.129.170 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 129 / Section 170
RCW 70.129.170: Nonjudicial remedies through regulatory authorities encouraged—Remedies cumulative.
Status: in_force

The legislature intends that long-term care facility or nursing home residents, their family members or guardians, the long-term care ombuds, protection and advocacy personnel identified in RCW 70.129.110 (5) (e) and (f), and others who may seek to assist long-term care facility or nursing home residents, use the least formal means available to satisfactorily resolve disputes that may arise regarding the rights conferred by the provisions of this chapter and RCW 18.20.180 , 18.51.009 , 72.36.037 , and 70.128.125 . Wherever feasible, direct discussion with facility personnel or administrators should be employed. Failing that, and where feasible, recourse may be sought through state or federal long-term care or nursing home licensing or other regulatory authorities. However, the procedures suggested in this section are cumulative and shall not restrict an agency or person from seeking a remedy provided by law or from obtaining additional relief based on the same facts, including any remedy available to an individual at common law. Chapter 214, Laws of 1994 is not intended to, and shall not be construed to, create any right of action on the part of any individual beyond those in existence under any common law or statutory doctrine. Chapter 214, Laws of 1994 is not intended to, and shall not be construed to, operate in derogation of any right of action on the part of any individual in existence on June 9, 1994.
RCW 70A.02.005 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 02 / Section 005
RCW 70A.02.005: Purpose.
Status: in_force

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to reduce environmental and health disparities in Washington state and improve the health of all Washington state residents. This chapter implements the recommendations of the environmental justice task force established in section 221(48), chapter 415, Laws of 2019 entitled "Report to the Washington state governor and legislature, Environmental Justice Task Force: Recommendations for Prioritizing EJ in Washington State Government (October 2020)." (2) As conveyed in the task force report, Washington state studies and national studies found that people of color and low-income people continue to be disproportionately exposed to environmental harms in their communities. As a result, there is a higher risk of adverse health outcomes for those communities. This risk is amplified when overlaid on communities with preexisting social and economic barriers and environmental risks, and creates cumulative environmental health impacts, which chapter 314, Laws of 2021 seeks to prevent and mitigate. This chapter also seeks to reduce exposure to environmental hazards within Indian country, as defined in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1151, due to off-reservation activities within the state, and to improve state practices to reduce contamination of traditional foods wherever they occur. Exposure to such hazards can result in generational health and ecological problems, particularly on small reservations where it is impossible to move away from a hazard. (3) Accordingly, the state has a compelling interest in preventing and addressing such environmental health disparities in the administration of ongoing and new environmental programs, including allocation of funds, and in administering these programs so as to remedy the effects of past disparate treatment of overburdened communities and vulnerable populations. (4) The task force provided recommendations to state agencies for measurable goals and model policies to reduce environmental health inequities in Washington, equitable practices for meaningful community involvement, and how to use the environmental health disparities map to identify and promote the equitable distribution of environmental benefits to overburdened communities. In order for all communities in Washington state to be healthy and thriving, state government should aim to concentrate government actions to benefit communities that currently have the greatest environmental and health burdens.
RCW 70A.320.070 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 320 / Section 070
RCW 70A.320.070: Livestock, agricultural land exempt from chapter.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to land devoted primarily to the commercial production of livestock or agricultural commodities.
RCW 70A.205.160 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 160
RCW 70A.205.160: Solid waste collection companies—Notice of changes in tipping fees and disposal rate schedules.
Status: in_force

To provide solid waste collection companies with sufficient time to prepare and submit tariffs and rate filings for public comment and commission approval, the owner or operator of a transfer station, landfill, or facility used to burn solid waste shall provide seventy-five days' notice to solid waste collection companies of any change in tipping fees and disposal rate schedules. The notice period shall begin on the date individual notice to a collection company is delivered to the company or is postmarked. A collection company may agree to a shorter notice period: PROVIDED, That such agreement by a company shall not affect the notice requirements for rate filings under RCW 81.28.050 . The owner of a transfer station, landfill or facility used to burn solid waste may agree to provide companies with a longer notice period. "Solid waste collection companies" as used in this section means the companies regulated by the commission pursuant to chapter 81.77 RCW.
RCW 70A.505.070 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 505 / Section 070
RCW 70A.505.070: Collectors of unwanted mercury-containing lights—Duties.
Status: in_force

(1) Except for persons involved in registered mail-back programs, a person who collects unwanted mercury-containing lights in the state, receives funding through a product stewardship program for mercury-containing lights, and who is not a generator of unwanted mercury-containing lights must: (a) Register with the department as a collector of unwanted mercury-containing lights. Until the department adopts rules for collectors, the collector must provide to the department the legal name of the person or entity owning and operating the collection location, the address and phone number of the collection location, and the name, address, and phone number of the individual responsible for operating the collection location and update any changes in this information within thirty days of the change; (b) Maintain a spill and release response plan at the collection location that describes the materials, equipment, and procedures that will be used to respond to any mercury release from an unwanted mercury-containing light; (c) Maintain a worker safety plan at the collection location that describes the handling of the unwanted mercury-containing lights at the collection location and measures that will be taken to protect worker health and safety; and (d) Use packaging and shipping material that will minimize the release of mercury into the environment and minimize breakage and use mercury vapor barrier packaging if mercury-containing lights are transported by the United States postal service or a common carrier. (2) A person who operates a curbside collection program or owns or operates a mail-back business participating in a product stewardship program for mercury-containing lights and uses the United States postal service or a common carrier for transport of mercury-containing lights must register with the department and use mercury vapor barrier packaging for curbside collection and mail-back containers.
RCW 70.85.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 85 / Section 020
RCW 70.85.020: Refusal to yield line—Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall wilfully refuse to yield or surrender the use of a party line to another person for the purpose of permitting such other person to report a fire or summon police, medical or other aid in case of emergency, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
RCW 70A.10.010 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 10 / Section 010
RCW 70A.10.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Department" means the department of ecology; (2) "Operation" means the performance of weather modification and control activities pursuant to a single contract entered into for the purpose of producing or attempting to produce, a certain modifying effect within one geographical area over one continuing time interval not exceeding one year; or, in case the performance of weather modification and control activities is to be undertaken individually or jointly by a person or persons to be benefited and not undertaken pursuant to a contract, "operation" means the performance of weather modification and control activities entered into for the purpose of producing, or attempting to produce, a certain modifying effect within one geographical area over one continuing time interval not exceeding one year; (3) "Research and development" means theoretical analysis exploration and experimentation, and the extension of investigative findings and theories of a scientific or technical nature into practical application for experimental and demonstration purposes, including the experimental production and testing of models, devices, equipment, materials, and processes; (4) "Weather modification and control" means changing or controlling, or attempting to change or control, by artificial methods, the natural development of any or all atmospheric cloud forms or precipitation forms which occur in the troposphere.
RCW 70.90.120 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 90 / Section 120
RCW 70.90.120: Adoption of rules governing safety, sanitation, and water quality—Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall adopt rules under the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, governing safety, sanitation, and water quality for water recreation facilities. The rules shall include but not be limited to requirements for design; operation; injury and illness reporting; biological and chemical contamination standards; water quality monitoring; inspection; permit application and issuance; and enforcement procedures. However, a water recreation facility intended for the exclusive use of residents of any apartment house complex or of a group of rental housing units of less than fifteen living units, or of a mobile home park, or of a condominium complex or any group or association of less than fifteen homeowners shall not be subject to preconstruction design review, routine inspection, or permit or fee requirements; and water treatment of hydroelectric reservoirs or natural streams, creeks, lakes, or irrigation canals shall not be required. (2) In adopting rules under subsection (1) of this section regarding the operation or design of a recreational water contact facility, the board shall review and consider the most recent version of the United States centers for disease control and prevention's model aquatic health code.
RCW 70A.445.050 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 445 / Section 050
RCW 70A.445.050: Statewide advisory committee—Survey—Report to the legislature.
Status: in_force

(1) On or after January 1, 2016, the director may establish and maintain a statewide advisory committee to assist the department in implementing the requirements of this chapter. (2)(a) By January 1, 2017, the department shall survey the manufacturers of antifouling paints sold or offered for sale in this state to determine the types of antifouling paints that are available in this state. The department shall also study how antifouling paints affect marine organisms and water quality. The department shall report its findings to the legislature, consistent with RCW 43.01.036 , by December 31, 2017. (b) If the statewide advisory committee authorized under subsection (1) of this section is established by the director, the department may consult with the statewide advisory committee to prepare the report required under (a) of this subsection.
RCW 70A.525.005 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 525 / Section 005
RCW 70A.525.005: Finding.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that creating labeling standards for disposable wipes products will protect public health, the environment, water quality, and public infrastructure used for the collection, transport, and treatment of wastewater. It is not the intent of the legislature to address standards for flushability with this chapter.
RCW 70A.205.265 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 265
RCW 70A.205.265: Solid waste handling permit—Exemption from requirements—Application of section—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department may by rule exempt from the requirements to obtain a solid waste handling permit any category of solid waste handling facility that it determines to: (a) Present little or no environmental risk; and (b) Meet the environmental protection and performance requirements required for other similar solid waste facilities. (2) This section does not apply to any facility or category of facilities that: (a) Receives municipal solid waste destined for final disposal, including but not limited to transfer stations, landfills, and incinerators; (b) Applies putrescible solid waste on land for final disposal purposes; (c) Handles mixed solid wastes that have not been processed to segregate solid waste materials destined for disposal from other solid waste materials destined for a beneficial use or recycling; (d) Receives or processes organic waste materials into compost in volumes that generally far exceed those handled by municipal park departments, master gardening programs, and households; or (e) Receives solid waste destined for recycling or reuse, the operation of which is determined by the department to present risks to human health and the environment. (3) Rules adopted under this section shall contain such terms and conditions as the department deems necessary to ensure compliance with applicable statutes and rules. If a facility does not operate in compliance with the terms and conditions established for an exemption under subsection (1) of this section, the facility is subject to the permitting requirements for solid waste handling under this chapter. (4) This section shall not be deemed to invalidate the exemptions or determinations of nonapplicability in the department's solid waste rules as they exist on June 11, 1998, which exemptions and determinations are recognized and confirmed subject to the department's continuing authority to modify or revoke those exemptions or determinations by rule.
RCW 70A.222.060 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 222 / Section 060
RCW 70A.222.060: Prohibition of sale of package.
Status: in_force

The department of ecology may prohibit the sale of any package for which a manufacturer has failed to respond to a request by the department for a certificate of compliance within the allotted period of time pursuant to RCW 70A.222.040 .
RCW 70.84.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 84 / Section 050
RCW 70.84.050: Handicapped pedestrians not carrying white cane or using dog guide—Rights and privileges.
Status: in_force

A totally or partially blind pedestrian not carrying a white cane or a totally or partially blind or hearing impaired pedestrian not using a dog guide in any of the places, accommodations, or conveyances listed in RCW 70.84.010 , shall have all of the rights and privileges conferred by law on other persons.
RCW 70A.15.1500 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 1500
RCW 70A.15.1500: Air pollution control authorities created—Activated authorities, composition, meetings—Delineation of air pollution regions, considerations.
Status: in_force

(1) In each county of the state there is hereby created an air pollution control authority, which shall bear the name of the county within which it is located. The boundaries of each authority shall be coextensive with the boundaries of the county within which it is located. An authority shall include all incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county within which it is located. (2) Except as provided in RCW 70A.15.2580 , all authorities which are presently activated authorities shall carry out the duties and exercise the powers provided in this chapter. Those activated authorities which encompass contiguous counties are declared to be and directed to function as a multicounty authority. (3) All other air pollution control authorities are hereby designated as inactive authorities. (4) The boards of those authorities designated as activated authorities by this chapter shall be comprised of such individuals as is provided in RCW 70A.15.2000 .
RCW 70A.420.060 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 420 / Section 060
RCW 70A.420.060: Lead paint account.
Status: in_force

The lead paint account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from fees collected under this chapter must be deposited into the account. All receipts from penalties and fines collected pursuant to enforcement actions or settlements under this chapter, including any fees or costs, must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purposes of this chapter.
RCW 70.122.090 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 122 / Section 090
RCW 70.122.090: Criminal conduct—Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates, or damages the directive of another without such declarer's consent is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (2) Any person who falsifies or forges the directive of another, or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation as provided in RCW 70.122.040 with the intent to cause a withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment contrary to the wishes of the declarer, and thereby, because of any such act, directly causes life-sustaining treatment to be withheld or withdrawn and death to thereby be hastened, shall be subject to prosecution for murder in the first degree as defined in RCW 9A.32.030 .
RCW 70.290.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 290 / Section 020
RCW 70.290.020: Washington vaccine association—Creation.
Status: in_force

There is created a nonprofit corporation to be known as the Washington vaccine association. The association is formed for the purpose of collecting and remitting adequate funds from health carriers and third-party administrators for the cost of vaccines provided to certain children in Washington state.
RCW 70.02.210 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 02 / Section 210
RCW 70.02.210: Disclosure without patient's authorization—Research.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) A health care provider or health care facility may disclose health care information about a patient without the patient's authorization to the extent a recipient needs to know the information, if the disclosure is for use in a research project that an institutional review board has determined: (i) Is of sufficient importance to outweigh the intrusion into the privacy of the patient that would result from the disclosure; (ii) Is impracticable without the use or disclosure of the health care information in individually identifiable form; (iii) Contains reasonable safeguards to protect the information from redisclosure; (iv) Contains reasonable safeguards to protect against identifying, directly or indirectly, any patient in any report of the research project; and (v) Contains procedures to remove or destroy at the earliest opportunity, consistent with the purposes of the project, information that would enable the patient to be identified, unless an institutional review board authorizes retention of identifying information for purposes of another research project. (b) Disclosure under (a) of this subsection may include health care information and records of treatment programs related to chemical dependency addressed in *chapter 70.96A RCW and as authorized by federal law. (2) In addition to the disclosures required by RCW 70.02.050 and 70.02.200 , a health care provider or health care facility shall disclose health care information about a patient without the patient's authorization if: (a) The disclosure is to county coroners and medical examiners for the investigations of deaths; (b) The disclosure is to a procurement organization or person to whom a body part passes for the purpose of examination necessary to assure the medical suitability of the body part; or (c) The disclosure is to a person subject to the jurisdiction of the federal food and drug administration in regards to a food and drug administration-regulated product or activity for which that person has responsibility for quality, safety, or effectiveness of activities.
RCW 70.225.080 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 225 / Section 080
RCW 70.225.080: Access to data in the qualifying laboratory.
Status: in_force

(1) Access to data in the qualifying laboratory must be under the supervision of the responsible person as designated by the United States department of health and human services, substance abuse and mental health services administration certification program. (2) Such data cannot be gathered, shared, sold, or used in any manner other than as designated under RCW * 70.255.040 , RCW 70.225.070 , or this section.
RCW 70.175.110 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 175 / Section 110
RCW 70.175.110: Licensure—Rules—Duties of department.
Status: in_force

In developing the rural health care facility licensure regulations, the department shall: (1) Minimize regulatory requirements to permit local flexibility and innovation in providing services; (2) Promote the cost-efficient delivery of health care and other social services as is appropriate for the particular local community; (3) Promote the delivery of services in a coordinated and nonduplicative manner; (4) Maximize the use of existing health care facilities in the community; (5) Permit regionalization of health care services when appropriate; (6) Provide for linkages with hospitals, tertiary care centers, and other health care facilities to provide services not available in the facility; and (7) Achieve health care outcomes defined by the community through a community planning process.
RCW 70.45.130 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 45 / Section 130
RCW 70.45.130: Common law and statutory authority of attorney general.
Status: in_force

No provision of this chapter derogates from the common law or statutory authority of the attorney general.
RCW 70.54.065 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 54 / Section 065
RCW 70.54.065: Ambulances and drivers—Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person violating any of the provisions herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
RCW 70A.555.150 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 555 / Section 150
RCW 70A.555.150: Department assessment of large format batteries, medical devices, lead acid batteries, and battery-containing products and their batteries—Report to the legislature.
Status: in_force

(1) By July 1, 2027, the department must complete an assessment of the opportunities and challenges associated with the end-of-life management of batteries that are not covered batteries, including: (a) Large format batteries; (b) Lead acid batteries that are greater than 11 pounds or are subject to the provisions of RCW 70A.205.505 through 70A.205.530 ; (c) Batteries contained in medical devices, as specified in Title 21 U.S.C. Sec. 360c as it existed as of July 23, 2023, that are not designed and marketed for sale or resale principally to consumers for personal use; and (d) Batteries not intended or designed to be easily removed by a customer that are contained in battery-containing products, including medical devices, and in electronic products that are not covered electronic products managed under an approved plan implemented under chapter 70A.500 RCW. (2) The department must consult with the department of commerce and interested stakeholders in completing the assessment, including consultation with overburdened communities and vulnerable populations identified by the department under chapter 70A.02 RCW. The assessment must identify any needed adjustments to the stewardship program requirements established in this chapter that are necessary to maximize public health, safety, and environmental benefits, such as battery reuse. (3) The assessment must consider: (a) The different categories and uses of batteries and battery-containing products listed in subsection (1) of this section; (b) The current economic value and reuse or recycling potential of large format batteries or large format battery components and a summary of studies examining the environmental and equity implications of displacing demand for new rare earth materials, critical materials, and other conflict materials through the reuse and recycling of batteries; (c) The current methods by which unwanted batteries and battery-containing products listed in subsection (1) of this section are managed in Washington and nearby states and provinces; (d) Challenges posed by the potential collection, management, and transport of batteries and battery-containing products listed in subsection (1) of this section, including challenges associated with removing batteries that were not intended or designed to be easily removable from products, other than by the manufacturer; and (e) Which criteria of this chapter should apply to batteries and battery-containing products listed in subsection (1) of this section in a manner that is identical or analogous to the requirements applicable to covered batteries. (4) By October 1, 2027, the department must submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature containing the findings of the assessment required in this section.
RCW 70.30.061 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 30 / Section 061
RCW 70.30.061: Admissions to facility.
Status: in_force

Any person residing in the state and needing treatment for tuberculosis may apply in person to the local health officer or to any licensed physician, *advanced registered nurse practitioner, or licensed physician assistant for examination and if that health care provider has reasonable cause to believe that the person is suffering from tuberculosis in any form he or she may apply to the local health officer or designee for admission of the person to an appropriate facility for the care and treatment of tuberculosis.
RCW 70.44.910 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 44 / Section 910
RCW 70.44.910: Construction—1945 c 264.
Status: in_force

This act [1945 c 264 § 22] shall not be deemed or construed to repeal or affect any existing act, or any part thereof, relating to the construction, operation and maintenance of public hospitals, but shall be supplemental thereto and concurrent therewith.
RCW 70.255.010 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 255 / Section 010
RCW 70.255.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Authority having jurisdiction" means the local organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of the state fire code. (2) "Director" means the director of fire protection appointed under RCW 43.43.938 . (3) "Distribute" means to do any of the following: (a) Sell novelty lighters or deliver novelty lighters for sale by another person to consumers; (b) Sell or accept orders for novelty lighters that are to be transported from a point outside this state to a consumer within this state; (c) Buy novelty lighters directly from a manufacturer or wholesale dealer for resale in this state; (d) Give novelty lighters as a sample, prize, gift, or other promotion. (4) "Manufacturer" means: (a) An entity that produces, or causes the production of, novelty lighters for sale in this state; (b) An importer or first purchaser of novelty lighters that intends to resell within this state novelty lighters that were produced for sale outside this state; or (c) A successor to an entity, importer, or first purchaser described in (a) or (b) of this subsection. (5)(a) "Novelty lighter" means a lighter that can operate on any fuel, including butane or liquid fuel. Novelty lighters have features that are attractive to children, including but not limited to visual effects, flashing lights, musical sounds, and toylike designs. The term considers the shape of the lighter to be the most important characteristic when determining whether a lighter can be considered a novelty lighter. (b) "Novelty lighter" does not include disposable cigarette lighters or lighters that are printed or decorated with logos, decals, artwork, or heat shrinkable sleeves. (6) "Retail dealer" means an entity at one location, other than a manufacturer or wholesale dealer, that engages in distributing novelty lighters. (7) "Sell" means to transfer, or agree to transfer, title or possession for a monetary or nonmonetary consideration. (8) "Wholesale dealer" means an entity that distributes novelty lighters to a retail dealer or other person for resale.
RCW 70.136.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 136 / Section 020
RCW 70.136.020: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout RCW 70.136.010 through 70.136.070 . (1) "Hazardous materials" means: (a) Materials which, if not contained may cause unacceptable risks to human life within a specified area adjacent to the spill, seepage, fire, explosion, or other release, and will, consequently, require evacuation; (b) Materials that, if spilled, could cause unusual risks to the general public and to emergency response personnel responding at the scene; (c) Materials that, if involved in a fire will pose unusual risks to emergency response personnel; (d) Materials requiring unusual storage or transportation conditions to assure safe containment; or (e) Materials requiring unusual treatment, packaging, or vehicles during transportation to assure safe containment. (2) "Applicable political subdivisions of the state" means cities, towns, counties, fire districts, and those port authorities with emergency response capabilities. (3) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association. (4) "Public agency" means any agency, political subdivision, or unit of local government of this state including, but not limited to, municipal corporations, quasi-municipal corporations, special purpose districts, and local service districts; any agency of the state government; any agency of the United States; any Indian tribe recognized as such by the federal government; and any political subdivision of another state. (5) "Hazardous materials incident" means an incident creating a danger to persons, property, or the environment as a result of spillage, seepage, fire, explosion, or release of hazardous materials, or the possibility thereof. (6) "Governing body" means the elected legislative council, board, or commission or the chief executive of the applicable political subdivision of the state with public safety responsibility. (7) "Incident command agency" means the predesignated or appointed agency charged with coordinating all activities and resources at the incident scene. (8) "Representative" means an agent from the designated hazardous materials incident command agency with the authority to secure the services of persons with hazardous materials expertise or equipment. (9) "Profit" means compensation for rendering care, assistance, or advice in excess of expenses actually incurred.
RCW 70A.110.080 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 110 / Section 080
RCW 70A.110.080: Department to contract with local health jurisdictions—Funding assistance—Requirements—Revised compliance dates—Work group.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall enter into a contract with each local health jurisdiction subject to the requirements of this chapter to implement plans developed under this chapter, and to develop or enhance electronic data systems required by this chapter. The contract must include state funding assistance to the local health jurisdiction from funds appropriated to the department for this purpose. (2) The contract must require, at a minimum, that within a marine recovery area, the local health jurisdiction: (a) Show progressive improvement in finding failing systems; (b) Show progressive improvement in working with on-site sewage disposal system owners to make needed system repairs; (c) Is actively taking steps to find previously unknown systems and ensuring that they are inspected as required and repaired if necessary; (d) Show progressive improvement in the percentage of on-site sewage disposal systems that are included in an electronic data system; and (e) Of those on-site sewage disposal systems in the electronic data system, show progressive improvement in the percentage that have had required inspections. (3) The contract must also include provisions for state assistance in updating the plan. Beginning July 1, 2012, the contract may adopt revised compliance dates, including those in RCW 70A.110.050 , where the local health jurisdiction has demonstrated substantial progress in updating the on-site strategy. (4) The department shall convene a work group for the purpose of making recommendations to the appropriate committees of the legislature for the development of certification or licensing of maintenance specialists. The work group shall make its recommendation with consideration given to the 1998 report to the legislature entitled "On-Site Wastewater Certification Work Group" as it pertains to maintenance specialists. The work group may give priority to appropriate levels of certification or licensure of maintenance specialists who work in the Puget Sound basin.
RCW 70.200.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 200 / Section 020
RCW 70.200.020: Immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

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Donors and distributing organizations are not liable for civil damages or criminal penalties resulting from the nature, age, condition, or packaging of the donated children's items unless a donor or distributing organization acts with gross negligence or intentional misconduct.
RCW 70.92.140 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 92 / Section 140
RCW 70.92.140: Minimum standards for facilities—Adoption—Facilities to be included.
Status: in_force

The *state building code advisory council shall adopt minimum standards by rule and regulation for the provision of facilities in buildings and structures to accommodate the elderly, as well as physically disabled persons, which shall include but not be limited to standards for: (1) Ramps; (2) Doors and doorways; (3) Stairs; (4) Floors; (5) Entrances; (6) Toilet rooms and paraphernalia therein; (7) Water fountains; (8) Public telephones; (9) Elevators; (10) Switches and levers for the control of light, ventilation, windows, mirrors, etc.; (11) Plaques identifying such facilities; (12) Turnstiles and revolving doors; (13) Kitchen facilities, where appropriate; (14) Grading of approaches to entrances; (15) Parking facilities; (16) Seating facilities, where appropriate, in buildings where people normally assemble.