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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.325 - Testing—Insurance requirements.

RCW 70.24.325
Testing—Insurance requirements.
(1) This section shall apply to consent for blood-borne pathogen testing administered as part of an application for coverage authorized under Title 48 RCW.
(2) Persons subject to regulation under Title 48 RCW who are requesting an insured, a subscriber, or a potential insured or subscriber to furnish the results of a blood-borne pathogen test for underwriting purposes as a condition for obtaining or renewing coverage under an insurance contract, health care service contract, or health maintenance organization agreement shall:
(a) Provide written information to the individual prior to being tested which explains which blood-borne pathogen test is being administered; and that the purpose of blood-borne pathogen testing in this setting is to determine eligibility for coverage.
(b) Obtain informed specific written consent for the blood-borne pathogen test or tests. The written informed consent shall include an explanation of the confidential treatment of the test results which limits access to the results to persons involved in handling or determining applications for coverage or claims of the applicant or claimant.
(c) Establish procedures to inform an applicant of the following:
(i) That the applicant may designate a health care provider or health care agency to whom the insurer, the health care service contractor, or health maintenance organization will provide test results indicative of infection with a blood-borne pathogen for interpretation; and
(ii) That test results indicative of infection with a blood-borne pathogen will be sent directly to the applicant.
[ 2020 c 76 § 12; 1989 c 387 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.360 - Jail detainees—Testing of persons who present a possible risk.

RCW 70.24.360
Jail detainees—Testing of persons who present a possible risk.
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.
[ 2020 c 76 § 14; 1988 c 206 § 706.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.370 - Correction facility inmates—Testing—Procedure.

RCW 70.24.370
Correction facility inmates—Testing—Procedure.
(1) The chief medical officer of the department of corrections may order blood-borne pathogen testing for an inmate if the chief medical officer or his or her designee determines that the inmate's behavior exposed the staff, general public, or other inmates, and that exposure presents a possible risk of transmitting a blood-borne pathogen. The department of corrections shall establish a procedure to document the exposure that presents a possible risk of transmitting a blood-borne pathogen which is the basis for the testing. The chief medical officer, or his or her designee, shall review the exposure that presents a possible risk of transmitting a blood-borne pathogen in the documentation of the behavior with the inmate to ensure that he or she understands the basis for the testing.
(2) Administrative hearing requirements set forth in chapter 34.05 RCW do not apply to the procedure developed by the department of corrections pursuant to this section. This section shall not be construed as requiring any hearing process except as may be required under existing federal constitutional law.
[ 2020 c 76 § 15; 1988 c 206 § 707.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.400 - Funding for office on AIDS—Center for AIDS education—Department's duties for awarding grants.

RCW 70.24.400
Funding for office on AIDS—Center for AIDS education—Department's duties for awarding grants.
(1) The secretary of health shall direct that all state or federal funds, excluding those from federal Title XIX for services or other activities authorized in this chapter, shall be allocated to the office on AIDS established in *RCW 70.24.250. The secretary shall further direct that all funds for services and activities specified in subsection (4) of this section shall be provided by the department directly to public and private providers in the communities.
(2) Efforts shall be made by both the counties and the department to use existing service delivery systems, where possible.
(3) The University of Washington health science program, in cooperation with the office on AIDS, may, within available resources, establish a center for AIDS education. The center for AIDS education is not intended to engage in state-funded research related to HIV infection, AIDS, or HIV-related conditions. Its duties shall include providing the office on AIDS with the appropriate educational materials necessary to carry out that office's duties.
(4) The department shall develop standards and criteria for awarding grants to support testing, counseling, education, case management, notification of sexual partners of infected persons, planning, coordination, and other services required by law. In addition, funds shall be allocated for intervention strategies specifically addressing groups that are at a high risk of being infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
(5) The department shall reflect in its departmental biennial budget request the funds necessary to implement this section.
(6) The use of appropriate materials may be authorized by the department in the prevention or control of HIV infection.
[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 3 § 1; 1998 c 245 § 126; 1991 c 3 § 327; 1988 c 206 § 801.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 70.24.250 was repealed by 2020 c 76 § 22.
Effective date—2010 1st sp.s. c 3: "This act takes effect January 1, 2011." [ 2010 1st sp.s. c 3 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.420 - Additional local funding of treatment programs not required.

RCW 70.24.420
Additional local funding of treatment programs not required.
Nothing in this chapter may be construed to require additional local funding of programs to treat communicable disease established as of March 23, 1988.
[ 1988 c 206 § 919.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.430 - Application of chapter to persons subject to jurisdiction of department of corrections.

RCW 70.24.430
Application of chapter to persons subject to jurisdiction of department of corrections.
Nothing in this chapter is intended to create a state-mandated liberty interest of any nature for offenders or inmates confined in department of corrections facilities or subject to the jurisdiction of the department of corrections.
[ 1988 c 206 § 920.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.450 - Confidentiality—Reports—Unauthorized disclosures.

RCW 70.24.450
Confidentiality—Reports—Unauthorized disclosures.
(1) In order to assure compliance with the protections under this chapter and the rules of the board, and to assure public confidence in the confidentiality of reported information, the department shall:
(a) Report annually to the board any incidents of unauthorized disclosure by the department, local health departments, or their employees of information protected under RCW 70.02.220. The report shall include recommendations for preventing future unauthorized disclosures and improving the system of confidentiality for reported information; and
(b) Assist health care providers, facilities that conduct tests, local health departments, and other persons involved in disease reporting to understand, implement, and comply with this chapter and the rules of the board related to disease reporting.
(2) This section is exempt from RCW 70.24.084, 70.05.070, and 70.05.120.
[ 2013 c 200 § 27; 1999 c 391 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2013 c 200: See note following RCW 70.02.010.
Findings—Purpose—1999 c 391: See note following RCW 70.05.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.901 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 70.24.901
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 § 150.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.26 - Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. › 70.26.010 - Findings—Intent.

RCW 70.26.010
Findings—Intent.
The legislature finds that:
(1) Pandemic influenza is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new virus appears in the human population, causes serious illness, and then spreads easily from person to person.
(2) Historically, pandemic influenza has occurred on average every thirty years. Most recently, the Asian flu in 1957-58 and the Hong Kong flu in 1968-69 killed seventy thousand and thirty-four thousand, respectively, in the United States.
(3) Another influenza pandemic could emerge with little warning, affecting a large number of people. Estimates are that another pandemic influenza would cause more than two hundred thousand deaths in our country, with as many as five thousand in Washington. Our state could also expect ten thousand to twenty-four thousand people needing hospital stays, and as many as a million people requiring outpatient visits. During a severe pandemic these numbers could be much higher. The economic losses could also be substantial.
(4) The current Avian or bird flu that is spreading around the world has the potential to start a pandemic. There is yet no proven vaccine, and antiviral medication supplies are limited and of unknown effectiveness against a human version of the virus, leaving traditional public health measures as the only means to slow the spread of the disease. Given the global nature of a pandemic, as much as possible, the state must be able to respond assuming only limited outside resources and assistance will be available.
(5) An effective response to pandemic influenza in Washington must focus at the local level and will depend on preestablished partnerships and collaborative planning on a range of best case and worst case scenarios. It will require flexibility and real-time decision making, guided by accurate information. It will also depend on a well-informed public that understands the dangers of pandemic influenza and the steps necessary to prevent the spread of the disease.
(6) Avian flu is but one example of an infectious disease that, were an outbreak to occur, could pose a significant statewide health hazard. As such, preparation for pandemic flu will also enhance the capacity of local public health jurisdictions to respond to other emergencies.
It is therefore the intent of the legislature that adequate pandemic flu preparedness and response plans be developed and implemented by local public health jurisdictions statewide in order to limit the number of illnesses and deaths, preserve the continuity of essential government and other community services, and minimize social disruption and economic loss in the event of an influenza pandemic.
[ 2006 c 63 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.26 - Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. › 70.26.020 - Definitions.

RCW 70.26.020
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Department" means the department of health.
(2) "Local health jurisdiction" means a local health department as established under chapter 70.05 RCW, a combined city-county health department as established under chapter 70.08 RCW, or a health district established under chapter 70.05 or 70.46 RCW.
(3) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of health.
[ 2006 c 63 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.26 - Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. › 70.26.030 - Local preparedness and response plans—Requirements.

RCW 70.26.030
Local preparedness and response plans—Requirements.
(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.
[ 2006 c 63 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.26 - Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. › 70.26.040 - Local preparedness and response plans—Consultation with public, private sector—Department to provide technical assistance and disburse funds.

RCW 70.26.040
Local preparedness and response plans—Consultation with public, private sector—Department to provide technical assistance and disburse funds.
(1) Each local health jurisdiction shall develop its pandemic flu preparedness and response plan based on the requirements and performance standards established under RCW 70.26.030(1) and an assessment of the jurisdiction's current capacity to respond to pandemic flu. The plan shall be developed in consultation with appropriate public and private sector partners, including departments of emergency management, law enforcement, school districts, hospitals and medical professionals, tribal governments, and business organizations. At a minimum, each plan shall address:
(a) Strategies to educate the public about the consequences of influenza pandemic and what each person can do to prepare, including the adoption of universal infectious disease prevention practices and maintaining appropriate emergency supplies;
(b) Jurisdiction-wide disease surveillance programs, coordinated with state and federal efforts, to detect pandemic influenza strains in humans and animals, including health care provider compliance with reportable conditions requirements, and investigation and analysis of reported illness or outbreaks;
(c) Communication systems, including the availability of and access to specialized communications equipment by health officials and community leaders, and the use of mass media outlets;
(d) Mass vaccination plans and protocols to rapidly administer vaccine and monitor vaccine effectiveness and safety;
(e) Guidelines for the utilization of antiviral medications for the treatment and prevention of influenza;
(f) Implementation of nonmedical measures to decrease the spread of the disease as guided by the epidemiology of the pandemic, including increasing adherence to public health advisories, voluntary social isolation during outbreaks, and health officer orders related to quarantines;
(g) Medical system mobilization, including improving the linkages and coordination of emergency responses across health care organizations, and assuring the availability of adequate facilities and trained personnel;
(h) Strategies for maintaining social order and essential community services while limiting the spread of disease throughout the duration of the pandemic; and
(i) The jurisdiction's relative priorities related to implementation of the above activities, based on available funding.
(2) To the extent state or federal funds are provided for this purpose, the department, in consultation with the state director of emergency management, shall provide technical assistance and disburse funds as needed, based on the formula developed under RCW 70.26.060, to support local health jurisdictions in developing their pandemic flu preparedness and response plans.
[ 2006 c 63 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.26 - Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. › 70.26.050 - Plans to be submitted to secretary for approval, rejection—Funding—Preparedness and response activities.

RCW 70.26.050
Plans to be submitted to secretary for approval, rejection—Funding—Preparedness and response activities.
Local health jurisdictions shall submit their pandemic flu preparedness and response plans to the secretary by November 1, 2006. Upon receipt of a plan, the secretary shall approve or reject the plan. When the plan is determined by the department to comply with the requirements and integrate the performance standards established under RCW 70.26.030(1), any additional state or federal funding appropriated in the budget shall be provided to the local health jurisdiction to support the preparedness response activities identified in the plan, based upon a formula developed by the secretary under RCW 70.26.060. Preparedness and response activities include but are not limited to:
(1) Education, information, and outreach, in multiple languages, to increase community preparedness and reduce the spread of the disease should it occur;
(2) Development of materials and systems to be used in the event of a pandemic to keep the public informed about the influenza, the course of the pandemic, and response activities;
(3) Development of the legal documents necessary to facilitate and support the necessary government response;
(4) Training and response drills for local health jurisdiction staff, law enforcement, health care providers, and others with responsibilities identified in the plan;
(5) Enhancement of the communicable disease surveillance system; and
(6) Development of coordination and communication systems among responding agencies.
Where appropriate, these activities shall be coordinated and funded on a regional or statewide basis. The secretary, in consultation with the state director of emergency management, shall provide implementation support and assistance to a local health jurisdiction when the secretary or the local health jurisdiction has concerns regarding a jurisdiction's progress toward implementing its plan.
[ 2006 c 63 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.26 - Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. › 70.26.060 - Secretary to develop a formula for fund distribution—Requirements.

RCW 70.26.060
Secretary to develop a formula for fund distribution—Requirements.
The secretary shall develop a formula for distribution of any federal and state funds appropriated in the omnibus appropriations act on or before July 1, 2006, to local health jurisdictions for development and implementation of their pandemic flu preparedness and response plans. The formula developed by the secretary shall ensure that each local health jurisdiction receives a minimum amount of funds for plan development and that any additional funds for plan development be distributed equitably, including consideration of population and factors that increase susceptibility to an outbreak, upon soliciting the advice of the local health jurisdictions.
[ 2006 c 63 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.26 - Pandemic Influenza Preparedness. › 70.26.070 - Secretary duties—Report.

RCW 70.26.070
Secretary duties—Report.
The secretary shall:
(1) Develop a process for assessing the compliance of each local health jurisdiction with the requirements and performance standards developed under RCW 70.26.030(1) at least biannually;
(2) By November 15, 2008, report to the legislature on the level of compliance with the performance standards established under RCW 70.26.030(1). The report shall consider the extent to which local health jurisdictions comply with each performance standard and any impediments to meeting the expected level of performance.
[ 2006 c 63 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.28 - Control of Tuberculosis. › 70.28.005 - Health officials, broad powers to protect public health.

RCW 70.28.005
Health officials, broad powers to protect public health.
(1) Tuberculosis has been and continues to be a threat to the public's health in the state of Washington.
(2) While it is important to respect the rights of individuals, the legitimate public interest in protecting the public health and welfare from the spread of a deadly infectious disease outweighs incidental curtailment of individual rights that may occur in implementing effective testing, treatment, and infection control strategies.
(3) To protect the public's health, it is the intent of the legislature that local health officials provide culturally sensitive and medically appropriate early diagnosis, treatment, education, and follow-up to prevent tuberculosis. Further, it is imperative that public health officials and their staff have the necessary authority and discretion to take actions as are necessary to protect the health and welfare of the public, subject to the constitutional protection required under the federal and state constitutions. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as in any way limiting the broad powers of health officials to act as necessary to protect the public health.
[ 1994 c 145 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.28 - Control of Tuberculosis. › 70.28.008 - Definitions.

RCW 70.28.008
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Department" means the department of health;
(2) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of health or his or her designee;
(3) "Tuberculosis control" refers to the procedures administered in the counties for the control, prevention, and treatment of tuberculosis.
[ 1999 c 172 § 7; 1991 c 3 § 330; 1983 c 3 § 171; 1971 ex.s. c 277 § 15. Formerly RCW 70.33.010.]
NOTES:
Finding—Severability—1999 c 172: See notes following RCW 70.28.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.28 - Control of Tuberculosis. › 70.28.010 - Health care providers required to report cases.

RCW 70.28.010
Health care providers required to report cases.
All practicing health care providers in the state are hereby required to report to the local health department cases of every person having tuberculosis who has been attended by, or who has come under the observation of, the health care provider within one day thereof.
[ 1999 c 172 § 2; 1996 c 209 § 1; 1967 c 54 § 1; 1899 c 71 § 1; RRS § 6109.]
NOTES:
Finding—1999 c 172: "The legislature finds that current statutes relating to the reporting, treatment, and payment for tuberculosis are outdated, and not in concert with current clinical practice and tuberculosis care management. Updating reporting requirements for local health departments will benefit providers, local health, and individuals requiring treatment for tuberculosis." [ 1999 c 172 § 1.]
Severability—1999 c 172: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1999 c 172 § 13.]
Severability—1967 c 54: "If any provision of this act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1967 c 54 § 20.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.28 - Control of Tuberculosis. › 70.28.020 - Record of reports.

RCW 70.28.020
Record of reports.
All local health departments in this state are hereby required to receive and keep a record, for a period of ten years from the date of the report, of the reports required by RCW 70.28.010 to be made to them; such records shall not be open to public inspection, but shall be submitted to the proper inspection of other local health departments and of the department of health alone, and such records shall not be published nor made public.
[ 1999 c 172 § 3; 1967 c 54 § 2; 1899 c 71 § 2; RRS § 6110.]
NOTES:
Finding—Severability—1999 c 172: See notes following RCW 70.28.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.28 - Control of Tuberculosis. › 70.28.025 - Secretary's administrative responsibility—Scope.

RCW 70.28.025
Secretary's administrative responsibility—Scope.
The secretary shall have responsibility for establishing standards for the control, prevention, and treatment of tuberculosis and hospitals approved to treat tuberculosis in the state operated under this chapter and chapter 70.30 RCW and for providing, either directly or through agreement, contract, or purchase, appropriate facilities and services for persons who are, or may be suffering from tuberculosis except as otherwise provided by RCW 70.30.061 or this section.
Under that responsibility, the secretary shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To develop and enter into such agreements, contracts, or purchase arrangements with counties and public and private agencies or institutions to provide for hospitalization, nursing home, or other appropriate facilities and services, including laboratory services, for persons who are or may be suffering from tuberculosis;
(2) Adopt such rules as are necessary to assure effective patient care and treatment of tuberculosis.
[ 1999 c 172 § 8; 1983 c 3 § 172; 1973 1st ex.s. c 213 § 2; 1971 ex.s. c 277 § 16. Formerly RCW 70.33.020.]
NOTES:
Finding—Severability—1999 c 172: See notes following RCW 70.28.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.28 - Control of Tuberculosis. › 70.28.032 - Due process standards for testing, treating, detaining—Reporting requirements—Training and scope for skin test administration.

RCW 70.28.032
Due process standards for testing, treating, detaining—Reporting requirements—Training and scope for skin test administration.
(1) The state board of health shall adopt rules establishing the requirements for:
(a) Reporting confirmed or suspected cases of tuberculosis by health care providers and reporting of laboratory results consistent with tuberculosis by medical test sites;
(b) Due process standards for health officers exercising their authority to involuntarily detain, test, treat, or isolate persons with suspected or confirmed tuberculosis under RCW 70.28.031 and 70.05.070 that provide for release from any involuntary detention, testing, treatment, or isolation as soon as the health officer determines the patient no longer represents a risk to the public's health;
(c) Training of persons to perform tuberculosis skin testing and to administer tuberculosis medications.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons trained under subsection (1)(c) of this section may perform skin testing and administer medications if doing so as part of a program established by a state or local health officer to control tuberculosis.
[ 1996 c 209 § 3; 1994 c 145 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.28 - Control of Tuberculosis. › 70.28.033 - Treatment, isolation, or examination order of health officer—Violation—Penalty.

RCW 70.28.033
Treatment, isolation, or examination order of health officer—Violation—Penalty.
Inasmuch as the order provided for by RCW 70.28.031 is for the protection of the public health, any person who, after service upon him or her of an order of a health officer directing his or her treatment, isolation, or examination as provided for in RCW 70.28.031, violates or fails to comply with the same or any provision thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, in addition to any and all other penalties which may be imposed by law upon such conviction, may be ordered by the court confined until such order of such health officer shall have been fully complied with or terminated by such health officer, but not exceeding six months from the date of passing judgment upon such conviction: PROVIDED, That the court, upon suitable assurances that such order of such health officer will be complied with, may place any person convicted of a violation of such order of such health officer upon probation for a period not to exceed two years, upon condition that the said order of said health officer be fully complied with: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That upon any subsequent violation of such order of such health officer, such probation shall be terminated and confinement as herein provided ordered by the court.
[ 1996 c 209 § 4; 1967 c 54 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.28 - Control of Tuberculosis. › 70.28.035 - Order of health officer—Refusal to obey—Application for superior court order.

RCW 70.28.035
Order of health officer—Refusal to obey—Application for superior court order.
In addition to the proceedings set forth in RCW 70.28.031, where a local health officer has reasonable cause to believe that an individual has tuberculosis as defined in the rules and regulations of the state board of health, and the individual refuses to obey the order of the local health officer to appear for an initial examination or a follow-up examination or an order for treatment, isolation, or quarantine, the health officer may apply to the superior court for an order requiring the individual to comply with the order of the local health officer.
[ 1996 c 209 § 5; 1967 c 54 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.28 - Control of Tuberculosis. › 70.28.037 - Superior court order for confinement of individuals having active tuberculosis.

RCW 70.28.037
Superior court order for confinement of individuals having active tuberculosis.
Where it has been determined after an examination as prescribed in this chapter that an individual has active tuberculosis, upon application to the superior court by the local health officer, the superior court shall order the sheriff to transport the individual to a designated facility for isolation, treatment, and care until such time as the local health officer or designee determines that the patient's condition is such that it is safe for the patient to be discharged from the facility.
[ 1999 c 172 § 4; 1967 c 54 § 7.]
NOTES:
Finding—Severability—1999 c 172: See notes following RCW 70.28.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.30 - Tuberculosis Hospitals, Facilities, and Funding. › 70.30.015 - Definitions.

RCW 70.30.015
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Department" means the department of health.
(2) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of health or his or her designee.
(3) "Tuberculosis control" refers to the procedures administered in the counties for the control, prevention, and treatment of tuberculosis.
[ 1999 c 172 § 10.]
NOTES:
Finding—Severability—1999 c 172: See notes following RCW 70.28.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.30 - Tuberculosis Hospitals, Facilities, and Funding. › 70.30.045 - Expenditures for tuberculosis control directed—Standards—Payment for treatment.

RCW 70.30.045
Expenditures for tuberculosis control directed—Standards—Payment for treatment.
Tuberculosis is a communicable disease and tuberculosis prevention, treatment, control, and follow-up of known cases of tuberculosis are the basic steps in the control of this major health problem. In order to carry on such work effectively in accordance with the standards set by the secretary under RCW 70.28.025, the legislative authority of each county shall budget a sum to be used for the control of tuberculosis, including case finding, prevention, treatment, and follow-up of known cases of tuberculosis. Under no circumstances should this section be construed to mean that the legislative authority of each county shall budget sums to provide tuberculosis treatment when the patient has the ability to pay for the treatment. Each patient's ability to pay for the treatment shall be assessed by the local health department.
[ 1999 c 172 § 6; 1975 1st ex.s. c 291 § 3; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 79; 1971 ex.s. c 277 § 21; 1970 ex.s. c 47 § 7; 1967 ex.s. c 110 § 11; 1959 c 117 § 1; 1945 c 66 § 1; 1943 c 162 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6113-1. Formerly RCW 70.32.010.]
NOTES:
Finding—Severability—1999 c 172: See notes following RCW 70.28.010.
Effective dates—Severability—1975 1st ex.s. c 291: See notes following RCW 82.04.050.
Severability—Effective dates and termination dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.
County budget for tuberculosis facilities: RCW 70.30.055.
County treasurer: Chapter 36.29 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.30 - Tuberculosis Hospitals, Facilities, and Funding. › 70.30.055 - County budget for tuberculosis facilities.

RCW 70.30.055
County budget for tuberculosis facilities.
In order to maintain adequate facilities and services for the residents of the state of Washington who are or may be suffering from tuberculosis and to assure their proper care, the legislative authority of each county shall budget annually a sum to provide such services in the county.
The funds may be retained by the county for operating its own services for the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis. None of the counties shall be required to make any payments to the state or any other agency from these funds except as authorized by the local health department. However, if the counties do not comply with the adopted standards of the department, the secretary shall take action to provide the required services and to charge the affected county directly for the provision of these services by the state.
[ 1999 c 172 § 9; 1975 1st ex.s. c 291 § 4. Prior: 1973 1st ex.s. c 213 § 4; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 81; 1971 ex.s. c 277 § 18. Formerly RCW 70.33.040.]
NOTES:
Finding—Severability—1999 c 172: See notes following RCW 70.28.010.
Effective dates—Severability—1975 1st ex.s. c 291: See notes following RCW 82.04.050.
Expenditures for tuberculosis control directed—Standards—Payment for treatment: RCW 70.30.045.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.30 - Tuberculosis Hospitals, Facilities, and Funding. › 70.30.061 - Admissions to facility.

RCW 70.30.061
Admissions to facility.
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.
[ 1999 c 172 § 5; 1973 1st ex.s. c 213 § 1; 1972 ex.s. c 143 § 2.]
NOTES:
Finding—Severability—1999 c 172: See notes following RCW 70.28.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.30 - Tuberculosis Hospitals, Facilities, and Funding. › 70.30.081 - Annual inspections.

RCW 70.30.081
Annual inspections.
All hospitals established or maintained for the treatment of persons suffering from tuberculosis shall be subject to annual inspection, or more frequently if required by federal law, by agents of the department of health, and the medical director shall admit such agents into every part of the facility and its buildings, and give them access on demand to all records, reports, books, papers, and accounts pertaining to the facility.
[ 1991 c 3 § 329; 1972 ex.s. c 143 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.37 - Health Care Facilities. › 70.37.010 - Declaration of public policies—Purpose.

RCW 70.37.010
Declaration of public policies—Purpose.
The good health of the people of our state is a most important public concern. The state has a direct interest in seeing to it that health care facilities adequate for good public health are established and maintained in sufficient numbers and in proper locations. The rising costs of care of the infirm constitute a grave challenge not only to health care providers but to our state and the people of our state who will seek such care. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the state of Washington to assist and encourage the building, providing and utilization of modern, well equipped and reasonably priced health care facilities, and the improvement, expansion and modernization of health care facilities in a manner that will minimize the capital costs of construction, financing and use thereof and thereby the costs to the public of the use of such facilities, and to contribute to improving the quality of health care available to our citizens. In order to accomplish these and related purposes this chapter is adopted and shall be liberally construed to carry out its purposes and objects.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 147 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.37 - Health Care Facilities. › 70.37.020 - Definitions.

RCW 70.37.020
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, the following words and terms have the following meanings, unless the context indicates or requires another or different meaning or intent and the singular of any term shall encompass the plural and the plural the singular unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1) "Authority" means the Washington health care facilities authority created by RCW 70.37.030 or any board, body, commission, department or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers conferred upon the authority shall be given by law.
(2) "Bonds" mean bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the authority issued pursuant hereto.
(3) "Health care facility" means any land, structure, system, machinery, equipment or other real or personal property or appurtenances useful for or associated with delivery of inpatient or outpatient health care service or support for such care or any combination thereof which is operated or undertaken in connection with hospital, clinic, health maintenance organization, diagnostic or treatment center, extended care facility, or any facility providing or designed to provide therapeutic, convalescent or preventive health care services, and shall include research and support facilities of a comprehensive cancer center, but excluding, however, any facility which is maintained by a participant primarily for rental or lease to self-employed health care professionals or as an independent nursing home or other facility primarily offering domiciliary care.
(4) "Participant" means any city, county or other municipal corporation or agency or political subdivision of the state or any corporation, hospital, comprehensive cancer center, or health maintenance organization authorized by law to operate nonprofit health care facilities, or any affiliate, as defined by regulations promulgated by the director of the department of financial institutions pursuant to RCW 21.20.450, which is a nonprofit corporation acting for the benefit of any entity described in this subsection.
(5) "Project" means a specific health care facility or any combination of health care facilities, constructed, purchased, acquired, leased, used, owned or operated by a participant, and alterations, additions to, renovations, enlargements, betterments and reconstructions thereof.
[ 1994 c 92 § 505; 1989 c 65 § 1; 1983 c 210 § 3; 1974 ex.s. c 147 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.37 - Health Care Facilities. › 70.37.030 - Washington health care facilities authority established—Members—Chair—Terms—Quorum—Vacancies—Compensation and travel expenses.

RCW 70.37.030
Washington health care facilities authority established—Members—Chair—Terms—Quorum—Vacancies—Compensation and travel expenses.
There is hereby established a public body corporate and politic, with perpetual corporate succession, to be known as the Washington health care facilities authority. The authority shall constitute a political subdivision of the state established as an instrumentality exercising essential governmental functions. The authority is a "public body" within the meaning of RCW 39.53.010. The authority shall consist of the governor who shall serve as chair, the lieutenant governor, the insurance commissioner, the secretary of health, and one member of the public who shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate, on the basis of the member's interest or expertise in health care delivery, for a term expiring on the fourth anniversary of the date of appointment. In the event that any of the offices referred to shall be abolished, the resulting vacancy on the authority shall be filled by the officer who shall succeed substantially to the powers and duties thereof. The members of the authority shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240 and shall be entitled to reimbursement, solely from the funds of the authority, for travel expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties under this chapter, subject to the provisions of RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060. A majority shall constitute a quorum.
The governor and the insurance commissioner each may designate an employee of his or her office to act on his or her behalf during the absence of the governor or the insurance commissioner at one or more of the meetings of the authority. The vote of the designee shall have the same effect as if cast by the governor or the insurance commissioner if the designation is in writing and is presented to the person presiding at the meetings included within the designation.
The governor may designate a member to preside during the governor's absence.
[ 2012 c 117 § 373; 2002 c 91 § 1; 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 261; 1984 c 287 § 103; 1983 c 210 § 1; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34 § 157; 1974 ex.s. c 147 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.
Legislative findings—Severability—Effective date—1984 c 287: See notes following RCW 43.03.220.
Effective date—Severability—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34: See notes following RCW 2.08.115.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.37 - Health Care Facilities. › 70.37.060 - Bond issues—Terms—Payment—Legal investment, etc.

RCW 70.37.060
Bond issues—Terms—Payment—Legal investment, etc.
The bonds of the authority shall be subject to such terms, conditions and covenants and protective provisions as shall be found necessary or desirable by the authority, which may include but shall not be limited to provisions for the establishment and maintenance by the participant of rates for health services of the project, fees and other charges of every kind and nature sufficient in amount and adequate, over and above costs of operation and maintenance and all other costs other than costs and expenses of capital, associated with the project, to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds payable out of the special fund or funds of the project, to set aside and maintain reserves as determined by the authority to secure the payment of such principal and interest, to set aside and maintain reserves for repairs and replacement, to maintain coverage which may be agreed upon over and above the requirements of payment of principal and interest, and for other needs found by the authority to be required for the security of the bonds. When issuing bonds the authority may provide for the future issuance of additional bonds on a parity with outstanding bonds, and the terms and conditions of their issuance.
All bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall constitute legal investments for trustees and other fiduciaries and for savings and loan associations, banks, and insurance companies doing business in this state. All such bonds and all coupons appertaining thereto shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all purposes of the negotiable instruments law of this state.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 147 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.37 - Health Care Facilities. › 70.37.070 - Bond issues—Special trust fund—Payments—Status—Administration of fund.

RCW 70.37.070
Bond issues—Special trust fund—Payments—Status—Administration of fund.
All revenues received by the authority from a participant derived from a particular project of such participant to be applied on principal and interest of bonds or for other bond requirements such as reserves and all other funds for the bond requirements of a particular project received from contributions or grants or in any other form shall be deposited by the authority in qualified public depositaries to the credit of a special trust fund to be designated as the authority special bond fund for the particular project or projects producing such revenue or to which the contribution or grant relates. Such fund shall not be or constitute funds of the state of Washington but at all times shall be kept segregated and set apart from other funds. From such funds, the authority shall make payment of principal and interest of the bonds of the particular project or projects; and the authority may set up subaccounts in the bond fund for reserve accounts for payment of principal and interest, for repairs and replacement and for other special requirements of the bonds of the project or projects as determined by the authority. In lieu of itself receiving and handling these moneys as here outlined the authority may appoint trustees, depositaries and paying agents to perform the functions outlined and to receive, hold, disburse, invest and reinvest such funds on its behalf and for the protection of the bondholders.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 147 § 7.]