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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.47 - Basic Health Plan—Health Care Access Act. › 70.47.902 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 70.47.902
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 § 151.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2009 c 521 §§ 5-8, 79, 87-103, 107, 151, 165, 166, 173-175, and 190-192: See note following RCW 2.10.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.071 - Standards for operation—Adoption by units of local government.

RCW 70.48.071
Standards for operation—Adoption by units of local government.
All units of local government that own or operate adult correctional facilities shall, individually or collectively, adopt standards for the operation of those facilities no later than January 1, 1988. Cities and towns shall adopt the standards after considering guidelines established collectively by the cities and towns of the state; counties shall adopt the standards after considering guidelines established collectively by the counties of the state. These standards shall be the minimums necessary to meet federal and state constitutional requirements relating to health, safety, and welfare of inmates and staff, and specific state and federal statutory requirements, and to provide for the public's health, safety, and welfare. Local correctional facilities shall be operated in accordance with these standards.
[ 1987 c 462 § 17.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1987 c 462: See note following RCW 13.04.116.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.095 - Regional jails.

RCW 70.48.095
Regional jails.
(1) Regional jails may be created and operated between two or more local governments, or one or more local governments and the state, and may be governed by representatives from multiple jurisdictions.
(2) A jurisdiction that confines persons prior to conviction in a regional jail in another county is responsible for providing private telephone, videoconferencing, or in-person contact between the defendant and his or her public defense counsel.
(3) The creation and operation of any regional jail must comply with the interlocal cooperation act described in chapter 39.34 RCW.
(4) Nothing in this section prevents counties and cities from contracting for jail services as described in RCW 70.48.090.
[ 2002 c 124 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.135 - Pregnant inmates—Midwifery or doula services—Reasonable accommodations.

RCW 70.48.135
Pregnant inmates—Midwifery or doula services—Reasonable accommodations.
(1) Jails must make reasonable accommodations for the provision of available midwifery or doula services to inmates who are pregnant or who have given birth in the last six weeks. Persons providing midwifery or doula services must be granted appropriate facility access, must be allowed to attend and provide assistance during labor and childbirth where feasible, and must have access to the inmate's relevant health care information, as defined in RCW 70.02.010, if the inmate authorizes disclosure.
(2) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Doula services" are services provided by a trained doula and designed to provide physical, emotional, or informational support to a pregnant woman before, during, and after delivery of a child. Doula services may include, but are not limited to: Support and assistance during labor and childbirth; prenatal and postpartum education; breastfeeding assistance; parenting education; and support in the event that a woman has been or will become separated from her child.
(b) "Midwifery services" means medical aid rendered by a midwife to a woman during prenatal, intrapartum, or postpartum stages or to a woman's newborn up to two weeks of age.
(c) "Midwife" means a midwife licensed under chapter 18.50 RCW or an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW.
(3) Nothing in this section requires governing units to establish or provide funding for midwifery or doula services, or prevents the adoption of policy guidelines for the delivery of midwifery or doula services to inmates. Services provided under this section may not supplant health care services routinely provided to the inmate.
[ 2018 c 41 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.140 - Confinement pursuant to authority of the United States.

RCW 70.48.140
Confinement pursuant to authority of the United States.
A person having charge of a jail shall receive and keep in such jail, when room is available, all persons confined or committed thereto by process or order issued under authority of the United States until discharged according to law, the same as if such persons had been committed under process issued under authority of the state, if provision is made by the United States for the support of such persons confined, and for any additional personnel required.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 316 § 14.]
NOTES:
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 316: See note following RCW 70.48.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.160 - Post-approval limitation on funding.

RCW 70.48.160
Post-approval limitation on funding.
Having received approval pursuant to *RCW 70.48.060, a governing unit shall not be eligible for further funding for physical plant standards for a period of ten years from the date of the completion of the approved project. A jail shall not be closed for noncompliance to physical plant standards within this same ten year period. This section does not apply if:
(1) The state elects to fund phased components of a jail project for which a governing unit has applied. In that instance, initially funded components do not constitute full funding within the meaning of *RCW 70.48.060(1) and ** 70.48.070(2) and the state may fund subsequent phases of the jail project;
(2) There is destruction of the facility because of an act of God or the result of a negligent and/or criminal act.
[ 1987 c 462 § 9; 1986 c 118 § 10; 1981 c 276 § 3; 1977 ex.s. c 316 § 16.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: *(1) RCW 70.48.060 was repealed by 1987 c 462 § 23, effective January 1, 1988.
**(2) RCW 70.48.070 was repealed by 1987 c 462 § 23, effective January 1, 1988.
Effective dates—1987 c 462: See note following RCW 13.04.116.
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 316: See note following RCW 70.48.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.170 - Short title.

RCW 70.48.170
Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the City and County Jails Act.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 316 § 17.]
NOTES:
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 316: See note following RCW 70.48.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.180 - Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Counties.

RCW 70.48.180
Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Counties.
Counties may acquire, build, operate, and maintain holding, detention, special detention, and correctional facilities as defined in RCW 70.48.020 at any place designated by the county legislative authority within the territorial limits of the county. The facilities shall comply with chapter 70.48 RCW and the rules adopted thereunder.
[ 1983 c 165 § 37; 1979 ex.s. c 232 § 16.]
NOTES:
Legislative finding, intent—Effective dates—Severability—1983 c 165: See notes following RCW 46.20.308.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.190 - Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Cities and towns.

RCW 70.48.190
Authority to locate and operate jail facilities—Cities and towns.
Cities and towns may acquire, build, operate, and maintain holding, detention, special detention, and correctional facilities as defined in RCW 70.48.020 at any place within the territorial limits of the county in which the city or town is situated, as may be selected by the legislative authority of the municipality. The facilities comply with the provisions of chapter 70.48 RCW and rules adopted thereunder.
[ 1983 c 165 § 38; 1977 ex.s. c 316 § 19; 1965 c 7 § 35.21.330. Prior: 1917 c 103 § 1; RRS § 10204. Formerly RCW 35.21.330.]
NOTES:
Legislative finding, intent—Effective dates—Severability—1983 c 165: See notes following RCW 46.20.308.
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 316: See note following RCW 70.48.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.215 - Booking patients of state hospitals.

RCW 70.48.215
Booking patients of state hospitals.
A jail may not refuse to book a patient of a state hospital solely based on the patient's status as a state hospital patient, but may consider other relevant factors that apply to the individual circumstances in each case.
[ 2012 c 256 § 11.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Effective date—2012 c 256: See notes following RCW 10.77.068.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.220 - Confinement may be wherever jail services are contracted—Defendant contact with defense counsel.

RCW 70.48.220
Confinement may be wherever jail services are contracted—Defendant contact with defense counsel.
A person confined for an offense punishable by imprisonment in a city or county jail may be confined in the jail of any city or county contracting with the prosecuting city or county for jail services.
A jurisdiction that confines persons prior to conviction in a jail in another county is responsible for providing private telephone, videoconferencing, or in-person contact between the defendant and his or her public defense counsel.
[ 2002 c 125 § 2; 1979 ex.s. c 232 § 19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.230 - Transportation and temporary confinement of prisoners.

RCW 70.48.230
Transportation and temporary confinement of prisoners.
The jurisdiction having immediate authority over a prisoner is responsible for the transportation expenses. The transporting officer shall have custody of the prisoner within any Washington county while being transported. Any jail within the state may be used for the temporary confinement of the prisoner with the only charge being for the reasonable cost of board.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 232 § 18.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.240 - Transfer of felons from jail to state institution—Time limit.

RCW 70.48.240
Transfer of felons from jail to state institution—Time limit.
A person imprisoned in a jail and sentenced to a state institution for a felony conviction shall be transferred to a state institution before the forty-first day from the date of sentencing.
This section does not apply to persons sentenced for a felony who are held in the facility as a condition of probation or who are specifically sentenced to confinement in the facility.
Payment for persons sentenced to state institutions and remaining in a jail from the eighth through the fortieth days following sentencing shall be in accordance with the procedure prescribed under this chapter.
[ 1984 c 235 § 8; 1979 ex.s. c 232 § 20.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1984 c 235: See note following RCW 70.48.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.245 - Transfer of persons with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries from jail to department of corrections facility.

RCW 70.48.245
Transfer of persons with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries from jail to department of corrections facility.
When a jail has determined that a person in custody has or may have a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020 or a traumatic brain injury, upon transfer of the person to a department of corrections facility or other jail facility, every reasonable effort shall be made by the transferring jail staff to communicate to receiving staff the nature of the disability, as determined by the jail and any necessary accommodation for the person as identified by the transferring jail staff.
[ 2011 c 236 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.380 - Special detention facilities—Fees for cost of housing.

RCW 70.48.380
Special detention facilities—Fees for cost of housing.
The legislative authority of a county or city that establishes a special detention facility as defined in RCW 70.48.020 for persons convicted of violating RCW 46.61.502 or 46.61.504 may establish a reasonable fee schedule to cover the cost of housing in the facility. The schedule shall be on a sliding basis that reflects the person's ability to pay.
[ 1983 c 165 § 36.]
NOTES:
Legislative finding, intent—Effective dates—Severability—1983 c 165: See notes following RCW 46.20.308.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.390 - Fee payable by person being booked.

RCW 70.48.390
Fee payable by person being booked.
A governing unit may require that each person who is booked at a city, county, or regional jail pay a fee based on the jail's actual booking costs or one hundred dollars, whichever is less, to the sheriff's department of the county or police chief of the city in which the jail is located. The fee is payable immediately from any money then possessed by the person being booked, or any money deposited with the sheriff's department or city jail administration on the person's behalf. If the person has no funds at the time of booking or during the period of incarceration, the sheriff or police chief may notify the court in the county or city where the charges related to the booking are pending, and may request the assessment of the fee. Unless the person is held on other criminal matters, if the person is not charged, is acquitted, or if all charges are dismissed, the sheriff or police chief shall return the fee to the person at the last known address listed in the booking records.
[ 2003 c 99 § 1; 1999 c 325 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.400 - Sentences to be served in state institutions—When—Sentences that may be served in jail—Financial responsibility of city or county.

RCW 70.48.400
Sentences to be served in state institutions—When—Sentences that may be served in jail—Financial responsibility of city or county.
Persons sentenced to felony terms or a combination of terms of more than three hundred sixty-five days of incarceration shall be committed to state institutions under the authority of the department of corrections. Persons serving sentences of three hundred sixty-five consecutive days or less may be sentenced to a jail as defined in RCW 70.48.020. All persons convicted of felonies or misdemeanors and sentenced to jail shall be the financial responsibility of the city or county.
[ 1987 c 462 § 11; 1984 c 235 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1987 c 462: See note following RCW 13.04.116.
Effective dates—1984 c 235: "Section 5 of this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately [March 27, 1984]. The remainder of this act shall take effect July 1, 1984." [ 1984 c 235 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.410 - Financial responsibility for convicted felons.

RCW 70.48.410
Financial responsibility for convicted felons.
Persons convicted of a felony as defined by chapter 9A.20 RCW and committed to the care and custody of the department of corrections shall be the financial responsibility of the department of corrections not later than the eighth day, excluding weekends and holidays, following sentencing for the felony and notification that the prisoner is available for movement to a state correctional institution. However, if good cause is shown, a superior court judge may order the prisoner detained in the jail beyond the eight-day period for an additional period not to exceed ten days. If a superior court orders a convicted felon to be detained beyond the eighth day following sentencing, the county or city shall retain financial responsibility for that ten-day period or portion thereof ordered by the court.
[ 1984 c 235 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1984 c 235: See note following RCW 70.48.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.420 - Financial responsibility for persons detained on parole hold.

RCW 70.48.420
Financial responsibility for persons detained on parole hold.
A person detained in jail solely by reason of a parole hold is the financial responsibility of the city or the county detaining the person until the sixteenth day, at which time the person shall become the financial responsibility of the department of corrections. Persons who are detained in a jail on a parole hold and for whom the prosecutor has filed a felony charge remain the responsibility of the city or county.
[ 1984 c 235 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1984 c 235: See note following RCW 70.48.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.430 - Financial responsibility for work release inmates detained in jail.

RCW 70.48.430
Financial responsibility for work release inmates detained in jail.
Inmates, as defined by *RCW 72.09.020, who reside in a work release facility and who are detained in a city or county jail are the financial responsibility of the department of corrections.
[ 1984 c 235 § 4.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 72.09.020 was repealed by 1995 1st sp.s. c 19 § 36.
Effective dates—1984 c 235: See note following RCW 70.48.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.440 - Office of financial management to establish reimbursement rate for cities and counties—Rate until June 30, 1985—Reestablishment of rates.

RCW 70.48.440
Office of financial management to establish reimbursement rate for cities and counties—Rate until June 30, 1985—Reestablishment of rates.
The office of financial management shall establish a uniform equitable rate for reimbursing cities and counties for the care of sentenced felons who are the financial responsibility of the department of corrections and are detained or incarcerated in a city or county jail.
Until June 30, 1985, the rate for the care of sentenced felons who are the financial responsibility of the department of corrections shall be ten dollars per day. Cost of extraordinary emergency medical care incurred by prisoners who are the financial responsibility of the department of corrections under this chapter shall be reimbursed. The department of corrections shall be advised as far in advance as practicable by competent medical authority of the nature and course of treatment required to ensure the most efficient use of state resources to address the medical needs of the offender. In the event emergency medical care is needed, the department of corrections shall be advised as soon as practicable after the offender is treated.
Prior to June 30, 1985, the office of financial management shall meet with the *corrections standards board to establish criteria to determine equitable rates regarding variable costs for sentenced felons who are the financial responsibility of the department of corrections after June 30, 1985. The office of financial management shall reestablish these rates each even-numbered year beginning in 1986.
[ 1984 c 235 § 5.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The corrections standards board no longer exists. See 1987 c 462 § 21.
Effective dates—1984 c 235: See note following RCW 70.48.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.450 - Local jail reporting form—Information to be provided by city or county requesting payment for prisoners from state.

RCW 70.48.450
Local jail reporting form—Information to be provided by city or county requesting payment for prisoners from state.
The department of corrections is responsible for developing a reporting form for the local jails. The form shall require sufficient information to identify the person, type of state responsibility, method of notification for availability for movement, and the number of days for which the state is financially responsible. The information shall be provided by the city or county requesting payment for prisoners who are the financial responsibility of the department of corrections.
[ 1984 c 235 § 6.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1984 c 235: See note following RCW 70.48.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.460 - Contracts for incarceration services for prisoners not covered by RCW 70.48.400 through 70.48.450.

RCW 70.48.460
Contracts for incarceration services for prisoners not covered by RCW 70.48.400 through 70.48.450.
Nothing in RCW 70.48.400 through 70.48.450 precludes the establishment of mutually agreeable contracts between the department of corrections and counties for incarceration services of prisoners not covered by RCW 70.48.400 through 70.48.450.
[ 1984 c 235 § 7.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—1984 c 235: See note following RCW 70.48.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.470 - Sex, kidnapping offenders—Notices to offenders, law enforcement officials.

RCW 70.48.470
Sex, kidnapping offenders—Notices to offenders, law enforcement officials.
(1) A person having charge of a jail shall notify in writing any confined person who is in the custody of the jail for a conviction of a sex offense or a kidnapping offense as defined in RCW 9A.44.128 of the registration requirements of RCW 9A.44.130 at the time of the inmate's release from confinement, and shall obtain written acknowledgment of such notification. The person shall also obtain from the inmate the county of the inmate's residence upon release from jail and, where applicable, the city.
(2) When a sex offender or kidnapping offender under local government jurisdiction will reside in a county other than the county of conviction upon discharge or release, the chief law enforcement officer of the jail or his or her designee shall give notice of the inmate's discharge or release to the sheriff of the county and, where applicable, to the police chief of the city where the offender will reside.
[ 2010 c 267 § 14; 2000 c 91 § 4. Prior: 1997 c 364 § 3; 1997 c 113 § 7; 1996 c 215 § 2; 1990 c 3 § 406.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The definitions in RCW 9A.44.128 apply to this section.
Application—2010 c 267: See note following RCW 9A.44.128.
Severability—1997 c 364: See note following RCW 4.24.550.
Findings—1997 c 113: See note following RCW 4.24.550.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.475 - Release of offender or defendant subject to a discharge review—Required notifications.

RCW 70.48.475
Release of offender or defendant subject to a discharge review—Required notifications.
(1) A person having charge of a jail, or that person's designee, shall notify the designated crisis responder seventy-two hours prior to the release to the community of an offender or defendant who was subject to a discharge review under RCW 71.05.232. If the person having charge of the jail does not receive seventy-two hours notice of the release, the notification to the designated crisis responder shall be made as soon as reasonably possible, but not later than the actual release to the community of the defendant or offender.
(2) When a person having charge of a jail, or that person's designee, releases an offender or defendant who was the subject of a discharge review under RCW 71.05.232, the person having charge of a jail, or that person's designee, shall notify the state hospital from which the offender or defendant was released.
[ 2016 sp.s. c 29 § 418; 2004 c 166 § 14.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2016 sp.s. c 29: See note following RCW 71.05.760.
Short title—Right of action—2016 sp.s. c 29: See notes following RCW 71.05.010.
Severability—Effective dates—2004 c 166: See notes following RCW 71.05.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.480 - Communicable disease prevention guidelines.

RCW 70.48.480
Communicable disease prevention guidelines.
(1) Local jail administrators shall develop and implement policies and procedures for the uniform distribution of communicable disease prevention guidelines to all jail staff who, in the course of their regularly assigned job responsibilities, may come within close physical proximity to offenders or detainees with communicable diseases.
(2) The guidelines shall identify special precautions necessary to reduce the risk of transmission of communicable diseases.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "communicable disease" means a sexually transmitted disease, as defined in RCW 70.24.017, diseases caused by blood-borne pathogens, or any other illness caused by an infectious agent that can be transmitted from one person, animal, or object to another person by direct or indirect means including transmission via an intermediate host or vector, food, water, or air.
[ 1997 c 345 § 5.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—1997 c 345: See note following RCW 70.24.340.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.500 - Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Allowed in extraordinary circumstances.

RCW 70.48.500
Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Allowed in extraordinary circumstances.
(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.
[ 2010 c 181 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.501 - Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Provision of information to staff, women, or youth of childbearing age in custody.

RCW 70.48.501
Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Provision of information to staff, women, or youth of childbearing age in custody.
(1) The jail administrator or his or her designee or chief law enforcement executive or his or her designee shall provide notice of the requirements of chapter 181, Laws of 2010 to the appropriate staff at a correctional facility or a facility covered by this chapter. Appropriate staff shall include all medical staff and staff who are involved in the transportation of pregnant women and youth as well as such other staff deemed appropriate.
(2) The jail administrator or his or her designee or chief law enforcement executive or his or her designee shall cause the requirements of chapter 181, Laws of 2010 to be provided to all women and youth of childbearing age at intake. In addition, the jail administrator or his or her designee or chief law enforcement executive or his or her designee shall cause a notice containing the requirements of chapter 181, Laws of 2010 to be posted in locations in which medical care is provided within the facilities.
[ 2010 c 181 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.502 - Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Limited immunity from liability.

RCW 70.48.502
Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Limited immunity from liability.
No civil liability may be imposed by any court on the county or its jail officers or employees under RCW 70.48.500 and 70.48.501 except upon proof of gross negligence.
[ 2010 c 181 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.520 - Collaboration with managed care organizations.

RCW 70.48.520
Collaboration with managed care organizations.
A department of corrections or chief law enforcement officer responsible for the operation of a jail shall make reasonable efforts to collaborate with managed care organizations, as defined in RCW 71.24.025, for the purposes of care coordination activities and improving health care delivery and release planning for persons confined in the jail.
[ 2021 c 166 § 3.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Conflict with federal requirements—2021 c 166: See notes following RCW 74.09.670.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.48 - City and County Jails Act. › 70.48.800 - Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Informational packet.

RCW 70.48.800
Use of restraints on pregnant women or youth in custody—Informational packet.
The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, the department of corrections, the department of social and health services, juvenile rehabilitation administration, and the criminal justice training commission shall jointly develop an informational packet on the requirements of chapter 181, Laws of 2010. The packet shall be ready for distribution no later than September 1, 2010.
[ 2010 c 181 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.50 - State Otologist. › 70.50.010 - Appointment—Salary.

RCW 70.50.010
Appointment—Salary.
The secretary of health shall appoint and employ an otologist skilled in diagnosis of diseases of the ear and defects in hearing, especially for school children with an impaired sense of hearing, and shall fix the salary of such otologist in a sum not exceeding the salary of the secretary.
[ 1991 c 3 § 340; 1979 c 141 § 108; 1945 c 23 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6010-10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.50 - State Otologist. › 70.50.020 - Duties.

RCW 70.50.020
Duties.
The otologist shall cooperate with the state department of public instruction, and with the state, county, and city health officers, seeking for the children in the schools who are hard of hearing, or have an impaired sense of hearing, and making otological inspections and examinations of children referred to him or her by such departments and officers. Where necessary or proper, he or she shall make recommendations to parents or guardians of such children, and urge them to submit such recommendations to physicians to be selected by such parents or guardians.
[ 2012 c 117 § 381; 1945 c 23 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6010-11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.005 - Transfer of duties to the department of health.

RCW 70.54.005
Transfer of duties to the department of health.
The powers and duties of the secretary of social and health services under this chapter shall be performed by the secretary of health.
[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 250.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.010 - Polluting water supply—Penalty.

RCW 70.54.010
Polluting water supply—Penalty.
Every person who shall deposit or suffer to be deposited in any spring, well, stream, river or lake, the water of which is or may be used for drinking purposes, or on any property owned, leased or otherwise controlled by any municipal corporation, corporation or person as a watershed or drainage basin for a public or private water system, any matter or thing whatever, dangerous or deleterious to health, or any matter or thing which may or could pollute the waters of such spring, well, stream, river, lake or water system, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1909 c 249 § 290; RRS § 2542.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.020 - Furnishing impure water—Penalty.

RCW 70.54.020
Furnishing impure water—Penalty.
Every owner, agent, manager, operator or other person having charge of any waterworks furnishing water for public or private use, who shall knowingly permit any act or omit any duty or precaution by reason whereof the purity or healthfulness of the water supplied shall become impaired, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1909 c 249 § 291; RRS § 2543.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.030 - Pollution of watershed of city in adjoining state—Penalty.

RCW 70.54.030
Pollution of watershed of city in adjoining state—Penalty.
Any person who shall place or cause to be placed within any watershed from which any city or municipal corporation of any adjoining state obtains its water supply, any substance which either by itself or in connection with other matter will corrupt, pollute or impair the quality of said water supply, or the owner of any dead animal who shall knowingly leave or cause to be left the carcass or any portion thereof within any such watershed in such condition as to in any way corrupt or pollute such water supply shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by fine in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.
[ 1909 c 16 § 2; RRS § 9281.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.040 - Secretary to advise local authorities on sanitation.

RCW 70.54.040
Secretary to advise local authorities on sanitation.
The commissioners of any county or the mayor of any city may call upon the secretary of health for advice relative to improving sanitary conditions or disposing of garbage and sewage or obtaining a pure water supply, and when so called upon the secretary shall either personally or by an assistant make a careful examination into the conditions existing and shall make a full report containing his or her advice to the county or city making such request.
[ 1991 c 3 § 341; 1979 c 141 § 109; 1909 c 208 § 3; RRS § 6006.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.050 - Exposing contagious disease—Penalty.

RCW 70.54.050
Exposing contagious disease—Penalty.
Every person who shall willfully expose himself or herself to another, or any animal affected with any contagious or infectious disease, in any public place or thoroughfare, except upon his or her or its necessary removal in a manner not dangerous to the public health; and every person so affected who shall expose any other person thereto without his or her knowledge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2012 c 117 § 382; 1909 c 249 § 287; RRS § 2539.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.060 - Ambulances and drivers.

RCW 70.54.060
Ambulances and drivers.
(1) The drivers of all ambulances shall be required to take the advanced first aid course as prescribed by the American Red Cross.
(2) All ambulances must be at all times equipped with first aid equipment consisting of leg and arm splints and standard twenty-four unit first aid kit as prescribed by the American Red Cross.
[ 1945 c 65 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6131-1. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1945 c 65 § 2 now codified as RCW 70.54.060, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.065 - Ambulances and drivers—Penalty.

RCW 70.54.065
Ambulances and drivers—Penalty.
Any person violating any of the provisions herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1945 c 65 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6131-2. Formerly RCW 70.54.060, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.070 - Door of public buildings to swing outward—Penalty.

RCW 70.54.070
Door of public buildings to swing outward—Penalty.
The doors of all theaters, opera houses, school buildings, churches, public halls, or places used for public entertainments, exhibitions or meetings, which are used exclusively or in part for admission to or egress from the same, or any part thereof, shall be so hung and arranged as to open outwardly, and during any exhibition, entertainment or meeting, shall be kept unlocked and unfastened, and in such condition that in case of danger or necessity, immediate escape from such building shall not be prevented or delayed; and every agent or lessee of any such building who shall rent the same or allow it to be used for any of the aforesaid public purposes without having the doors thereof hung and arranged as hereinbefore provided, shall, for each violation of any provision of this section, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1909 c 249 § 273; RRS § 2525.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.080 - Liability of person handling steamboat or steam boiler.

RCW 70.54.080
Liability of person handling steamboat or steam boiler.
Every person who shall apply, or cause to be applied to a steam boiler a higher pressure of steam than is allowed by law, or by any inspector, officer or person authorized to limit the same; every captain or other person having charge of the machinery or boiler in a steamboat used for the conveyance of passengers on the waters of this state, who, from ignorance or gross neglect, or for the purpose of increasing the speed of such boat, shall create or cause to be created an undue or unsafe pressure of steam; and every engineer or other person having charge of a steam boiler, steam engine or other apparatus for generating or employing steam, who shall wilfully or from ignorance or gross neglect, create or allow to be created such an undue quantity of steam as to burst the boiler, engine or apparatus, or cause any other accident, whereby human life is endangered, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1909 c 249 § 280; RRS § 2532.]
NOTES:
Boilers and unfired pressure vessels: Chapter 70.79 RCW.
Industrial safety and health: Chapter 43.22 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.090 - Attachment of objects to utility poles—Penalty.

RCW 70.54.090
Attachment of objects to utility poles—Penalty.
(1) It shall be unlawful to attach to utility poles any of the following: Advertising signs, posters, vending machines, or any similar object which presents a hazard to, or endangers the lives of, electrical workers. Any attachment to utility poles shall only be made with the permission of the utility involved, and shall be placed not less than twelve feet above the surface of the ground.
(2) A person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2003 c 53 § 351; 1953 c 185 § 1.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.120 - Immunity from implied warranties and civil liability relating to blood, blood products, tissues, organs, or bones—Scope—Effective date.

RCW 70.54.120
Immunity from implied warranties and civil liability relating to blood, blood products, tissues, organs, or bones—Scope—Effective date.
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.
[ 1987 c 84 § 1; 1985 c 321 § 1; 1971 c 56 § 1.]
NOTES:
Severability—1971 c 56: "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." [ 1971 c 56 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.130 - Laetrile—Legislative declaration.

RCW 70.54.130
Laetrile—Legislative declaration.
It is the intent of the legislature that passage of RCW 70.54.130 through 70.54.150 shall not constitute any endorsement whatever of the efficacy of amygdalin (Laetrile) in the treatment of cancer, but represents only the legislature's endorsement of a patient's freedom of choice, so long as the patient has been given sufficient information in writing to make an informed decision regarding his/her treatment and the substance is not proven to be directly detrimental to health.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 122 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.140 - Laetrile—Interference with physician/patient relationship by health facility—Pharmacy quality assurance commission, duties.

RCW 70.54.140
Laetrile—Interference with physician/patient relationship by health facility—Pharmacy quality assurance commission, duties.
No hospital or health facility may interfere with the physician/patient relationship by restricting or forbidding the use of amygdalin (Laetrile) when prescribed or administered by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 18.57 or 18.71 RCW and requested by a patient under his/her care who has requested the substance after having been given sufficient information in writing to make an informed decision.
For the purposes of RCW 70.54.130 through 70.54.150, the pharmacy quality assurance commission shall provide for the certification as to the identity of amygdalin (Laetrile) by random sample testing or other testing procedures, and shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement and enforce its authority under this section.
[ 2013 c 19 § 123; 1977 ex.s. c 122 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions. › 70.54.150 - Physicians not subject to disciplinary action for prescribing or administering laetrile—Conditions.

RCW 70.54.150
Physicians not subject to disciplinary action for prescribing or administering laetrile—Conditions.
No physician may be subject to disciplinary action by any entity of either the state of Washington or a professional association for prescribing or administering amygdalin (Laetrile) to a patient under his/her care who has requested the substance after having been given sufficient information in writing to make an informed decision.
It is not the intent of this section to shield a physician from acts or omissions which otherwise would constitute unprofessional conduct.
[ 1986 c 259 § 150; 1977 ex.s. c 122 § 3.]
NOTES:
Severability—1986 c 259: See note following RCW 18.130.010.