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WA Rev Code § 70.122.051 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.122 - Natural Death Act.|70.122.051 - Liability of health care provider.

RCW 70.122.051 Liability of health care provider.(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.[ 2006 c 108 § 6; 1992 c 98 § 5.]NOTES:Finding—Intent—2006 c 108: See note following RCW 70.122.130.
WA Rev Code § 70.122.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.122 - Natural Death Act.|70.122.060 - Procedures by physician—Health care facility or personnel may refuse to participate.

RCW 70.122.060 Procedures by physician—Health care facility or personnel may refuse to participate.(1) Prior to the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a qualified patient pursuant to the directive, the attending physician shall make a reasonable effort to determine that the directive complies with RCW 70.122.030 and, if the patient is capable of making health care decisions, that the directive and all steps proposed by the attending physician to be undertaken are currently in accord with the desires of the qualified patient.(2) The attending physician or health facility shall inform a patient or patient's authorized representative of the existence of any policy or practice that would preclude the honoring of the patient's directive at the time the physician or facility becomes aware of the existence of such a directive. If the patient, after being informed of such policy or directive, chooses to retain the physician or facility, the physician or facility with the patient or the patient's representative shall prepare a written plan to be filed with the patient's directive that sets forth the physician's or facilities' intended actions should the patient's medical status change so that the directive would become operative. The physician or facility under this subsection has no obligation to honor the patient's directive if they have complied with the requirements of this subsection, including compliance with the written plan required under this subsection.(3) The directive shall be conclusively presumed, unless revoked, to be the directions of the patient regarding the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. No physician, health facility, or health personnel acting in good faith with the directive or in accordance with the written plan in subsection (2) of this section shall be criminally or civilly liable for failing to effectuate the directive of the qualified patient pursuant to this subsection. (4) No nurse, physician, or other health care practitioner may be required by law or contract in any circumstances to participate in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment if such person objects to so doing. No person may be discriminated against in employment or professional privileges because of the person's participation or refusal to participate in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment.[ 1992 c 98 § 6; 1979 c 112 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 70.122.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.122 - Natural Death Act.|70.122.070 - Effects of carrying out directive—Insurance.

RCW 70.122.070 Effects of carrying out directive—Insurance.(1) The withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a qualified patient pursuant to the patient's directive in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall not, for any purpose, constitute a suicide or a homicide.(2) The making of a directive pursuant to RCW 70.122.030 shall not restrict, inhibit, or impair in any manner the sale, procurement, or issuance of any policy of life insurance, nor shall it be deemed to modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance. No policy of life insurance shall be legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from an insured qualified patient, notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary.(3) No physician, health facility, or other health provider, and no health care service plan, insurer issuing disability insurance, self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, or nonprofit hospital service plan, shall require any person to execute a directive as a condition for being insured for, or receiving, health care services.[ 1992 c 98 § 7; 1979 c 112 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 70.122.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.122 - Natural Death Act.|70.122.080 - Effects of carrying out directive on cause of death.

RCW 70.122.080 Effects of carrying out directive on cause of death.The act of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, when done pursuant to a directive described in RCW 70.122.030 and which results in the death of the declarer, shall not be construed to be an intervening force or to affect the chain of proximate cause between the conduct of anyone that placed the declarer in a terminal condition or a permanent unconscious condition and the death of the declarer.[ 1992 c 98 § 8; 1979 c 112 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 70.122.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.122 - Natural Death Act.|70.122.090 - Criminal conduct—Penalties.

RCW 70.122.090 Criminal conduct—Penalties.(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.[ 2003 c 53 § 362; 1992 c 98 § 9; 1979 c 112 § 9.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 70.122.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.122 - Natural Death Act.|70.122.100 - Mercy killing, lethal injection, or active euthanasia not authorized.

RCW 70.122.100 Mercy killing, lethal injection, or active euthanasia not authorized.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing, lethal injection, or active euthanasia.[ 2009 c 1 § 25 (Initiative Measure No. 1000, approved November 4, 2008); 1992 c 98 § 10; 1979 c 112 § 11.]NOTES:Short title—Effective dates—2009 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 1000): See RCW 70.245.901 and 70.245.903.
WA Rev Code § 70.122.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.122 - Natural Death Act.|70.122.110 - Discharge so that patient may die at home.

RCW 70.122.110 Discharge so that patient may die at home.If a qualified patient capable of making health care decisions indicates that he or she wishes to die at home, the patient shall be discharged as soon as reasonably possible. The health care provider or facility has an obligation to explain the medical risks of an immediate discharge to the qualified patient. If the provider or facility complies with the obligation to explain the medical risks of an immediate discharge to a qualified patient, there shall be no civil or criminal liability for claims arising from such discharge.[ 1992 c 98 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 70.122.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.122 - Natural Death Act.|70.122.120 - Directive's validity assumed.

RCW 70.122.120 Directive's validity assumed.Any person or health facility may assume that a directive complies with this chapter and is valid.[ 1992 c 98 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 70.122.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.122 - Natural Death Act.|70.122.900 - Short title—1979 c 112.

RCW 70.122.900 Short title—1979 c 112.This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Natural Death Act".[ 1979 c 112 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 70.122.910 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.122 - Natural Death Act.|70.122.910 - Construction.

RCW 70.122.910 Construction.This chapter shall not be construed as providing the exclusive means by which individuals may make decisions regarding their health treatment, including but not limited to, the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, nor limiting the means provided by case law more expansive than chapter 98, Laws of 1992.[ 1992 c 98 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 70.122.915 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.122 - Natural Death Act.|70.122.915 - Application—1992 c 98.

RCW 70.122.915 Application—1992 c 98.A directive executed anytime before June 11, 1992, which generally complies with chapter 98, Laws of 1992 is effective under chapter 98, Laws of 1992.[ 1992 c 98 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 70.122.925 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.122 - Natural Death Act.|70.122.925 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 70.122.925 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.[ 2009 c 521 § 154.]
WA Rev Code § 70.123.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.123 - Shelters for Victims of Domestic Violence.|70.123.010 - Legislative findings.

RCW 70.123.010 Legislative findings.(1) The legislature finds that domestic violence is an issue of serious concern at all levels of society and government and that there is a pressing need for innovative strategies to address and prevent domestic violence and to strengthen services which will ameliorate and reduce the trauma of domestic violence and enhance survivors' resiliency and autonomy.(2) The legislature finds that there are a wide range of consequences to domestic violence, including deaths, injuries, hospitalizations, homelessness, employment problems, property damage, and lifelong physical and psychological impacts on victims and their children. These impacts also affect victims' friends and families, neighbors, employers, landlords, law enforcement, the courts, the health care system, and Washington state and society as a whole. Advocacy and shelters for victims of domestic violence are essential to provide support to victims in preventing further abuse and to help victims assess and plan for their immediate and longer term safety, including finding long-range alternative living situations, if requested.(3) Thus, it is the intent of the legislature to:(a) Provide for a statewide network of supportive services, emergency shelter services, and advocacy for victims of domestic violence and their dependents;(b) Provide for culturally relevant and appropriate services for victims of domestic violence and their children from populations that have been traditionally unserved or underserved;(c) Provide for a statewide domestic violence information and referral resource;(d) Assist communities in efforts to increase public awareness about, and primary and secondary prevention of domestic violence;(e) Provide for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of current information related to emerging issues and model and promising practices related to preventing and intervening in situations involving domestic violence; and(f) Provide for ongoing training and technical assistance for individuals working with victims in community-based domestic violence programs and other persons seeking such training and technical assistance.[ 2015 c 275 § 1; 1979 ex.s. c 245 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 70.123.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.123 - Shelters for Victims of Domestic Violence.|70.123.040 - Department to establish minimum standards.

RCW 70.123.040 Department to establish minimum standards.(1) The department shall establish minimum standards that ensure that community-based domestic violence programs provide client-centered advocacy and services designed to enhance immediate and longer term safety, victim autonomy, and security by means such as, but not limited to, safety assessment and planning, information and referral, legal advocacy, culturally and linguistically appropriate services, access to shelter, and client confidentiality.(2) Minimum standards established by the department under RCW 70.123.030 shall ensure that emergency shelter programs receiving grants under this chapter provide services meeting basic survival needs, where not provided by other means, such as, but not limited to, food, clothing, housing, emergency transportation, child care assistance, safety assessment and planning, and security. Emergency shelters receiving grants under this chapter shall also provide client-centered advocacy and services designed to enhance client autonomy, client confidentiality, and immediate and longer term safety. These services shall be problem-oriented and designed to provide necessary assistance to the victims of domestic violence and their children.(3) In establishing minimum standards for programs providing culturally relevant prevention efforts and culturally appropriate services, priority for funding must be given to agencies or organizations that have a demonstrated history and expertise of serving domestic violence victims from the relevant populations that have traditionally been underserved or unserved.(4) In establishing minimum standards for age appropriate prevention and intervention services for children who have been exposed to domestic violence, or youth who have been victims of dating violence, priority for funding must be given to programs with a documented history of effective work in providing advocacy and services to victims of domestic violence or dating violence, or an agency with a demonstrated history of effective work with children and youth partnered with a domestic violence program.[ 2015 c 275 § 4; 2006 c 259 § 3; 1979 ex.s. c 245 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 70.123.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.123 - Shelters for Victims of Domestic Violence.|70.123.070 - Duties and responsibilities of community-based domestic violence programs and emergency shelter programs.

RCW 70.123.070 Duties and responsibilities of community-based domestic violence programs and emergency shelter programs.(1) Community-based domestic violence programs receiving state funds under this chapter shall:(a) Provide a location to assist victims of domestic violence who have a need for community advocacy or support services;(b) Make available confidential services, advocacy, and prevention programs to victims of domestic violence and to their children within available resources;(c) Require that persons employed by or volunteering services for a community-based domestic violence program protect the confidentiality and privacy of domestic violence victims and their families in accordance with this chapter and RCW 5.60.060(8);(d) Recruit, to the extent feasible, persons who are former victims of domestic violence to work as volunteers or staff personnel. An effort shall also be made to recruit staff and volunteers from relevant communities to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services;(e) Ensure that all employees or volunteers providing intervention or prevention programming to domestic violence victims or their children have completed or will complete sufficient training in connection with domestic violence; and(f) Refrain from engaging in activities that compromise the safety of victims or their children.(2) Emergency shelter programs receiving state funds under this chapter shall:(a) Provide intake for and access to safe shelter services to any person who is a victim of domestic violence and to that person's children, within available resources. Priority for emergency shelter shall be made for victims who are in immediate risk of harm or imminent danger from domestic violence;(b) Require that persons employed by or volunteering services for an emergency shelter protect the confidentiality and privacy of domestic violence victims and their families in accordance with this chapter and RCW 5.60.060(8);(c) Recruit, to the extent feasible, persons who are former victims of domestic violence to work as volunteers or staff personnel. An effort shall also be made to recruit staff and volunteers from relevant communities to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services;(d) Ensure that all employees or volunteers providing intervention or prevention programming to domestic violence victims or their children have completed or will complete sufficient training in connection with domestic violence; and(e) Refrain from engaging in activities that compromise the safety of victims or their children.[ 2015 c 275 § 5; 1979 ex.s. c 245 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 70.123.075 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.123 - Shelters for Victims of Domestic Violence.|70.123.075 - Client records.

RCW 70.123.075 Client records.(1) Client records maintained by domestic violence programs shall not be subject to discovery in any judicial proceeding unless:(a) A written pretrial motion is made to a court stating that discovery is requested of the client's domestic violence records;(b) The written motion is accompanied by an affidavit or affidavits setting forth specifically the reasons why discovery is requested of the domestic violence program's records;(c) The court reviews the domestic violence program's records in camera to determine whether the domestic violence program's records are relevant and whether the probative value of the records is outweighed by the victim's privacy interest in the confidentiality of such records, taking into account the further trauma that may be inflicted upon the victim or the victim's children by the disclosure of the records; and(d) The court enters an order stating whether the records or any part of the records are discoverable and setting forth the basis for the court's findings. The court shall further order that the parties are prohibited from further dissemination of the records or parts of the records that are discoverable, and that any portion of any domestic violence program records included in the court file be sealed.(2) For purposes of this section, "domestic violence program" means a program that provides shelter, advocacy, or counseling services for domestic violence victims.(3) Disclosure of domestic violence program records is not a waiver of the victim's rights or privileges under statutes, rules of evidence, or common law.(4) If disclosure of a victim's records is required by court order, the domestic violence program shall make reasonable attempts to provide notice to the recipient affected by the disclosure, and shall take steps necessary to protect the privacy and safety of the persons affected by the disclosure of the information.[ 2015 c 275 § 6; 1994 c 233 § 1; 1991 c 301 § 10.]NOTES:Effective date—1994 c 233: "This act shall take effect July 1, 1994." [ 1994 c 233 § 3.]Finding—1991 c 301: See note following RCW 10.99.020.