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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.14 - Health Care Services Purchased by State Agencies. › 70.14.130 - Health technology clinical committee—Public notice.

RCW 70.14.130
Health technology clinical committee—Public notice.
(1) The administrator shall develop a centralized, internet-based communication tool that provides, at a minimum:
(a) Notification when a health technology is selected for review under RCW 70.14.100, indicating when the review will be initiated and how an interested party may submit evidence, or provide public comment, for consideration during the review;
(b) Notification of any determination made by the committee under RCW 70.14.110(1), its effective date, and an explanation of the basis for the determination; and
(c) Access to the systematic assessment completed under RCW 70.14.100(4), and reports completed under subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Participating agencies shall develop methods to report on the implementation of this section and RCW 70.14.080 through 70.14.120 with respect to health care outcomes, frequency of exceptions, cost outcomes, and other matters deemed appropriate by the administrator.
[ 2006 c 307 § 7.]
NOTES:
Captions not law—Conflict with federal requirements—2006 c 307: See notes following RCW 70.14.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.14 - Health Care Services Purchased by State Agencies. › 70.14.140 - Applicability to health care services purchased from health carriers.

RCW 70.14.140
Applicability to health care services purchased from health carriers.
RCW 70.14.080 through 70.14.130 and 41.05.013 do not apply to state purchased health care services that are purchased from or through health carriers as defined in RCW 48.43.005.
[ 2006 c 307 § 9.]
NOTES:
Captions not law—Conflict with federal requirements—2006 c 307: See notes following RCW 70.14.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.14 - Health Care Services Purchased by State Agencies. › 70.14.150 - Data-sharing agreements—Report.

RCW 70.14.150
Data-sharing agreements—Report.
(1) The department of social and health services and the health care authority shall enter into data-sharing agreements with the appropriate agencies in the states of Oregon and Idaho to assure the valid Washington state residence of applicants for health care services in Washington. Such agreements shall include appropriate safeguards related to the confidentiality of the shared information.
(2) The department of social and health services and the health care authority must jointly report on the status of the data-sharing agreements to the appropriate committees of the legislature no later than November 30, 2007.
[ 2007 c 60 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.14 - Health Care Services Purchased by State Agencies. › 70.14.155 - Streamlined health care administration—Agency participation.

RCW 70.14.155
Streamlined health care administration—Agency participation.
The following state agencies are directed to cooperate with the insurance commissioner and, within funds appropriated specifically for this purpose, adopt the processes, guidelines, and standards to streamline health care administration pursuant to chapter 48.165 RCW: The department of social and health services, the health care authority, and, to the extent permissible under Title 51 RCW, the department of labor and industries.
[ 2009 c 298 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.14 - Health Care Services Purchased by State Agencies. › 70.14.160 - Total cost of insulin work group—Appointment—Duties—Reporting.

RCW 70.14.160
Total cost of insulin work group—Appointment—Duties—Reporting. (Expires December 1, 2024.)
(1) The total cost of insulin work group is established. The work group membership must consist of the insurance commissioner or designee and the following members appointed by the governor:
(a) A representative from the prescription drug purchasing consortium described in RCW 70.14.060;
(b) A representative from the pharmacy quality assurance commission;
(c) A representative from an association representing independent pharmacies;
(d) A representative from an association representing health carriers;
(e) A representative from the public employees' benefits board or the school employees' benefits board;
(f) A representative from the health care authority;
(g) A representative from an association representing pharmacy benefit managers;
(h) A representative from a drug distributor or wholesaler that distributes or sells insulin in the state;
(i) A representative from a state agency that purchases health care services and drugs for a selected population;
(j) A representative from the attorney general's office with expertise in prescription drug purchasing;
(k) A representative from an organization representing diabetes patients who is living with diabetes; and
(l) Four members of the public living with diabetes.
(2) The work group must review and design strategies to:
(a) Reduce the cost of and total expenditures on insulin in this state. Strategies the work group must consider include, but are not limited to, a state agency becoming a licensed drug wholesaler, a state agency becoming a registered pharmacy benefit manager, and a state agency purchasing prescription drugs on behalf of the state directly from other states or in coordination with other states; and
(b) Provide a once yearly 30-day supply of insulin to individuals on an emergency basis. The strategies identified by the work group shall include recommendations on eligibility criteria, patient access, program monitoring, and pharmacy reimbursement, if applicable.
(3) Staff support for the work group shall be provided by the health care authority.
(4) By December 1, 2022, the work group must submit a preliminary report detailing strategies to reduce the cost of and total expenditures on insulin for patients, health carriers, payers, and the state. The work group must submit a final report by July 1, 2023, to the governor and the legislature. The final report must include any statutory changes necessary to implement the strategies.
(5) This section expires December 1, 2024.
[ 2022 c 205 § 1; 2020 c 346 § 2.]
NOTES:
Intent—2020 c 346: See note following RCW 70.14.165.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.14 - Health Care Services Purchased by State Agencies. › 70.14.165 - Total cost of insulin work group—Authority implementation.

RCW 70.14.165
Total cost of insulin work group—Authority implementation.
(1) In order to implement strategies recommended by the total cost of insulin work group established in RCW 70.14.160, the health care authority may:
(a) Become or designate a state agency that shall become a drug wholesaler licensed under RCW 18.64.046;
(b) Become or designate a state agency that shall become a pharmacy benefit manager registered under *RCW 19.340.030; or
(c) Purchase prescription drugs on behalf of the state directly from other states or in coordination with other states.
(2) In addition to the authorities granted in subsection (1) of this section, if the total cost of insulin work group established in RCW 70.14.160 determines that all or a portion of the strategies may be implemented without statutory changes, the health care authority and the prescription drug purchasing consortium described in RCW 70.14.060 shall begin implementation without further legislative direction.
[ 2020 c 346 § 3.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 19.340.030 was repealed by 2020 c 240 § 19, effective January 1, 2022.
Intent—2020 c 346: "(1) The legislature recognizes that:
(a) Insulin is a lifesaving drug and is critical to the management of diabetes as it helps patients control their blood sugar levels;
(b) According to Yale researchers, one-quarter of patients with Type 1 or 2 diabetes have reported using less insulin than prescribed due to the high cost of insulin;
(c) The first insulin patent in the United States was awarded in 1923 and the first synthetic insulin arrived on the market in 1978; and
(d) The price and utilization of insulin has steadily increased, making it one of the costliest prescription drugs in the state. According to the Washington all-payer claims database, the allowable costs before rebates for health carriers in the state have increased eighty-seven percent since 2014, and per member out-of-pocket costs have increased an average of eighteen percent over the same time period.
(2) Therefore, the legislature intends to review, consider, and pursue several strategies with the goal of reducing the cost of insulin in Washington." [ 2020 c 346 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.14 - Health Care Services Purchased by State Agencies. › 70.14.175 - Opioid overdose reversal medication account.

RCW 70.14.175
Opioid overdose reversal medication account.
The opioid overdose reversal medication account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from collections under RCW 70.14.170 must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the operation and administration of the opioid overdose reversal medication bulk purchasing and distribution program identified in RCW 70.14.170. Only the director of the health care authority or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
[ 2021 c 273 § 8.]
NOTES:
Rules—2021 c 273 §§ 7-12: See note following RCW 70.14.170.
Findings—Intent—2021 c 273: See note following RCW 70.41.480.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.15 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. › 70.15.020 - Applicability to volunteer health practitioners.

RCW 70.15.020
Applicability to volunteer health practitioners.
This chapter applies to volunteer health practitioners registered with a registration system that complies with RCW 70.15.040 and who provide health or veterinary services in this state for a host entity while an emergency declaration is in effect.
[ 2018 c 184 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.15 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. › 70.15.030 - Regulation of services during emergency by department—Orders—Host entity duties.

RCW 70.15.030
Regulation of services during emergency by department—Orders—Host entity duties.
(1) While an emergency declaration is in effect, the department may limit, restrict, or otherwise regulate:
(a) The duration of practice by volunteer health practitioners;
(b) The geographical areas in which volunteer health practitioners may practice;
(c) The types of volunteer health practitioners who may practice; and
(d) Any other matters necessary to coordinate effectively the provision of health or veterinary services during the emergency.
(2) An order issued pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may take effect immediately, without prior notice or comment, and is not a rule within the meaning of the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW.
(3) A host entity that uses volunteer health practitioners to provide health or veterinary services in this state shall:
(a) Consult and coordinate its activities with the department to the extent practicable to provide for the efficient and effective use of volunteer health practitioners; and
(b) Comply with any laws other than this chapter relating to the management of emergency health or veterinary services.
[ 2018 c 184 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.15 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. › 70.15.040 - Volunteer health practitioner registration systems—Requirements.

RCW 70.15.040
Volunteer health practitioner registration systems—Requirements.
(1) To qualify as a volunteer health practitioner registration system, a system must:
(a) Accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners before or during an emergency;
(b) Include information about the licensure and good standing of health practitioners which is accessible by authorized persons;
(c) Be capable of confirming the accuracy of information concerning whether a health practitioner is licensed and in good standing before health services or veterinary services are provided under this chapter; and
(d) Meet one of the following conditions:
(i) Be an emergency system for advance registration of volunteer health care practitioners established by a state and funded through the United States department of health and human services under section 319I of the public health services act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 247d-7b, as it existed on June 7, 2018, or such subsequent date as may be provided by the department by rule, consistent with the purposes of this section;
(ii) Be a local unit consisting of trained and equipped emergency response, public health, and medical personnel formed pursuant to section 2801 of the public health services act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 300hh, as it existed on June 7, 2018, or such subsequent date as may be provided by the department by rule, consistent with the purposes of this section;
(iii) Be operated by a:
(A) Disaster relief organization;
(B) Licensing board;
(C) National or regional association of licensing boards or health practitioners;
(D) Health facility that provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient health care services, including a tertiary care, teaching hospital, or acute care facility; or
(E) Governmental entity; or
(iv) Be designated by the department as a registration system for purposes of this chapter.
(2) While an emergency declaration is in effect, the department, a person authorized to act on behalf of the department, or a host entity may confirm whether volunteer health practitioners utilized in this state are registered with a registration system that complies with subsection (1) of this section. Confirmation is limited to obtaining identities of the practitioners from the system and determining whether the system indicates that the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.
(3) Upon request of a person in this state authorized under subsection (2) of this section, or a similarly authorized person in another state, a registration system located in this state shall notify the person of the identities of volunteer health practitioners and whether the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.
(4) A host entity is not required to use the services of a volunteer health practitioner even if the practitioner is registered with a registration system that indicates that the practitioner is licensed and in good standing.
[ 2018 c 184 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.15 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. › 70.15.050 - Recognition of volunteer health practitioners licensed in other states.

RCW 70.15.050
Recognition of volunteer health practitioners licensed in other states.
(1) While an emergency declaration is in effect, a volunteer health practitioner, registered with a registration system that complies with RCW 70.15.040 and licensed and in good standing in the state upon which the practitioner's registration is based, may practice in this state to the extent authorized by this chapter as if the practitioner were licensed in this state.
(2) A volunteer health practitioner qualified under subsection (1) of this section is not entitled to the protections of this chapter if the practitioner is licensed in more than one state and any license of the practitioner is suspended, revoked, or subject to an agency order limiting or restricting practice privileges, or has been voluntarily terminated under threat of sanction.
[ 2018 c 184 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.15 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. › 70.15.060 - No effect on health facility credentialing and privileging standards.

RCW 70.15.060
No effect on health facility credentialing and privileging standards.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Credentialing" means obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications of a health practitioner to provide treatment, care, or services in or for a health facility.
(b) "Privileging" means the authorizing by an appropriate authority, such as a governing body, of a health practitioner to provide specific treatment, care, or services at a health facility subject to limits based on factors that include license, education, training, experience, competence, health status, and specialized skill.
(2) This chapter does not affect credentialing or privileging standards of a health facility and does not preclude a health facility from waiving or modifying those standards while an emergency declaration is in effect.
[ 2018 c 184 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.15 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. › 70.15.080 - Relation to other laws—Emergency management assistance compact—Pacific Northwest emergency management arrangement.

RCW 70.15.080
Relation to other laws—Emergency management assistance compact—Pacific Northwest emergency management arrangement.
(1) This chapter does not limit rights, privileges, or immunities provided to volunteer health practitioners by laws other than this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, this chapter does not affect requirements for the use of health practitioners pursuant to the emergency management assistance compact or the Pacific Northwest emergency management arrangement approved by congress by P.L. 105-381, 112 Stat. 3402.
(2) The department, pursuant to the emergency management assistance compact or the Pacific Northwest emergency management arrangement approved by congress by P.L. 105-381, 112 Stat. 3402, may incorporate into the emergency forces of this state volunteer health practitioners who are not officers or employees of this state, a political subdivision of this state, or a municipality or other local government within this state.
[ 2018 c 184 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.15 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. › 70.15.090 - Rules—Consultation with state military department and other agencies.

RCW 70.15.090
Rules—Consultation with state military department and other agencies.
The department may promulgate rules to implement this chapter. In doing so, the department shall consult with and consider the recommendations of the state military department as the agency established to carry out the state's program for emergency management, and coordinate the implementation of the emergency management assistance compact with the state military department to ensure conformity with the state's program for emergency management and the coordination of all response activities through the state's emergency operations center during a state of emergency. The department shall also consult with and consider rules promulgated by similarly empowered agencies in other states to promote uniformity of application of this chapter and make the emergency response systems in the various states reasonably compatible.
[ 2018 c 184 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.15 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. › 70.15.100 - Volunteer health practitioners—Workers' compensation coverage—Rules.

RCW 70.15.100
Volunteer health practitioners—Workers' compensation coverage—Rules.
(1) A volunteer health practitioner who dies or is injured as the result of providing health or veterinary services pursuant to this chapter is deemed to be an employee of this state for the purpose of receiving benefits for the death or injury under the workers' compensation law of this state, Title 51 RCW, if:
(a) The practitioner is not otherwise eligible for such benefits for the injury or death under the law of this or another state; and
(b) The practitioner, or in the case of death the practitioner's personal representative, elects coverage under the workers' compensation law of this state, Title 51 RCW, by making a claim under that law.
(2) The department in consultation with the department of labor and industries shall adopt rules, enter into agreements with other states, or take other measures to facilitate the receipt of benefits for injury or death under the workers' compensation law of this state, Title 51 RCW, by volunteer health practitioners who reside in other states, and may waive or modify requirements for filing, processing, and paying claims that unreasonably burden the practitioners. To promote uniformity of application of this chapter with other states that enact similar legislation, the department shall consult with and consider the practices for filing, processing, and paying claims by agencies with similar authority in other states.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "injury" means a physical or mental injury or disease for which an employee of this state who is injured or contracts the disease in the course of the employee's employment would be entitled to benefits under the workers' compensation law of this state, Title 51 RCW.
[ 2018 c 184 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.15 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. › 70.15.110 - Liability—Volunteer health practitioners—Operation, use, reliance upon volunteer health practitioner registration system.

RCW 70.15.110
Liability—Volunteer health practitioners—Operation, use, reliance upon volunteer health practitioner registration system.
(1) No act or omission, except those acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, by a volunteer health practitioner registered and providing services within the provisions of this chapter shall impose any liability for civil damages resulting from such an act or omission upon:
(a) The volunteer health practitioner;
(b) The supervisor or supervisors of the volunteer health practitioner;
(c) Any facility or their officers or employees;
(d) The employer of the volunteer health practitioner;
(e) The owner of the property or vehicle where the act or omission may have occurred;
(f) Any organization that registered the volunteer health practitioner under the provisions of this chapter;
(g) The state or any state or local governmental entity; or
(h) Any professional or trade association of the volunteer health practitioner.
(2) A person that, pursuant to this chapter, operates, uses, or relies upon information provided by a volunteer health practitioner registration system is not liable for damages for an act or omission relating to that operation, use, or reliance unless the act or omission constitutes gross negligence, an intentional tort, or willful or wanton misconduct.
[ 2019 c 64 § 23; 2018 c 184 § 12.]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2019 c 64: See note following RCW 1.20.110.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.15 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act. › 70.15.901 - Uniformity of application and construction.

RCW 70.15.901
Uniformity of application and construction.
In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
[ 2018 c 184 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.22 - Mosquito Control. › 70.22.010 - Declaration of purpose.

RCW 70.22.010
Declaration of purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to establish a statewide program for the control or elimination of mosquitoes as a health hazard.
[ 1961 c 283 § 1.]
NOTES:
Mosquito control districts: Chapter 17.28 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.22 - Mosquito Control. › 70.22.020 - Secretary may make inspections, investigations, and determinations and provide for control.

RCW 70.22.020
Secretary may make inspections, investigations, and determinations and provide for control.
The secretary of health is hereby authorized and empowered to make or cause to be made such inspections, investigations, studies and determinations as he or she may from time to time deem advisable in order to ascertain the effect of mosquitoes as a health hazard, and, to the extent to which funds are available, to provide for the control or elimination thereof in any or all parts of the state.
[ 1991 c 3 § 317; 1979 c 141 § 88; 1961 c 283 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.22 - Mosquito Control. › 70.22.030 - Secretary to coordinate plans.

RCW 70.22.030
Secretary to coordinate plans.
The secretary of health shall coordinate plans for mosquito control work which may be projected by any county, city or town, municipal corporation, taxing district, state department or agency, federal government agency, or any person, group or organization, and arrange for cooperation between any such districts, departments, agencies, persons, groups or organizations.
[ 1991 c 3 § 318; 1979 c 141 § 89; 1961 c 283 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.22 - Mosquito Control. › 70.22.040 - Secretary may contract with, receive funds from entities and individuals—Authorization for governmental entities to contract, grant funds, levy taxes.

RCW 70.22.040
Secretary may contract with, receive funds from entities and individuals—Authorization for governmental entities to contract, grant funds, levy taxes.
The secretary of health is authorized and empowered to receive funds from any county, city or town, municipal corporation, taxing district, the federal government, or any person, group or organization to carry out the purpose of this chapter. In connection therewith the secretary is authorized and empowered to contract with any such county, city, or town, municipal corporation, taxing district, the federal government, person, group or organization with respect to the construction and maintenance of facilities and other work for the purpose of effecting mosquito control or elimination, and any such county, city or town, municipal corporation, or taxing district obligated to carry out the provisions of any such contract entered into with the secretary is authorized, empowered and directed to appropriate, and if necessary, to levy taxes for and pay over such funds as its contract with the secretary may from time to time require.
[ 1991 c 3 § 319; 1979 c 141 § 90; 1961 c 283 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.22 - Mosquito Control. › 70.22.050 - Powers and duties of secretary.

RCW 70.22.050
Powers and duties of secretary.
To carry out the purpose of this chapter, the secretary of health may:
(1) Abate as nuisances breeding places for mosquitoes as defined in RCW 17.28.170;
(2) Acquire by gift, devise, bequest, lease, or purchase, real and personal property necessary or convenient for carrying out the purpose of this chapter;
(3) Make contracts, employ engineers, health officers, sanitarians, physicians, laboratory personnel, attorneys, and other technical or professional assistants;
(4) Publish information or literature; and
(5) Do any and all other things necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter: PROVIDED, That no program shall be permitted nor any action taken in pursuance thereof which may be injurious to the life or health of game or fish.
[ 1991 c 3 § 320; 1989 c 11 § 25; 1979 c 141 § 91; 1961 c 283 § 5.]
NOTES:
Severability—1989 c 11: See note following RCW 9A.56.220.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.22 - Mosquito Control. › 70.22.060 - Governmental entities to cooperate with secretary.

RCW 70.22.060
Governmental entities to cooperate with secretary.
Each state department, agency, and political subdivision shall cooperate with the secretary of health in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.
[ 1991 c 3 § 321; 1979 c 141 § 92; 1961 c 283 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.005 - Transfer of duties to the department of health.

RCW 70.24.005
Transfer of duties to the department of health.
The powers and duties of the department of social and health services, the department of licensing, and the secretary of social and health services under this chapter shall be performed by the department of health and the secretary of health.
[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 247.]
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 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.015 - Legislative finding.

RCW 70.24.015
Legislative finding.
The legislature declares that sexually transmitted diseases and blood-borne pathogens constitute a serious and sometimes fatal threat to the public and individual health and welfare of the people of the state. The legislature finds that the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases and blood-borne pathogens is rising at an alarming rate and that these diseases result in significant social, health, and economic costs, including infant and maternal mortality, temporary and lifelong disability, and premature death. The legislature further finds that sexually transmitted diseases and blood-borne pathogens, by their nature, involve sensitive issues of privacy, and it is the intent of the legislature that all programs designed to deal with these diseases afford patients privacy, confidentiality, and dignity. The legislature also finds that medical knowledge and information about sexually transmitted diseases and blood-borne pathogens are rapidly changing. It is therefore the intent of the legislature to provide a program that is sufficiently flexible to meet emerging needs, deals efficiently and effectively with reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases and blood-borne pathogens, and provides patients with a secure knowledge that information they provide will remain private and confidential.
[ 2020 c 76 § 1; 1988 c 206 § 901.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.022 - Interviews, examination, counseling, or treatment of infected persons or persons believed to be infected—Dissemination of false information—Penalty.

RCW 70.24.022
Interviews, examination, counseling, or treatment of infected persons or persons believed to be infected—Dissemination of false information—Penalty.
(1) The board shall adopt rules authorizing interviews and the state and local public health officers and their authorized representatives may interview, or cause to be interviewed, all persons infected with a sexually transmitted disease and all persons who, in accordance with standards adopted by the board by rule, are reasonably believed to be infected with such diseases for the purpose of investigating the source and spread of the diseases and for the purpose of ordering a person to submit to examination, counseling, or treatment as necessary for the protection of the public health and safety, subject to RCW 70.24.024.
(2) State and local public health officers or their authorized representatives shall investigate identified partners of persons infected with sexually transmitted diseases in accordance with procedures prescribed by the board.
(3) All information gathered in the course of contact investigation pursuant to this section shall be considered confidential.
(4) No person contacted under this section or reasonably believed to be infected with a sexually transmitted disease who reveals the name or names of sexual contacts during the course of an investigation shall be held liable in a civil action for such revelation, unless the revelation is made with a knowing or reckless disregard for the truth.
(5) Any person who knowingly or maliciously disseminates any false information or report concerning the existence of any sexually transmitted disease under this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable as provided under RCW 9A.20.021.
[ 1988 c 206 § 906.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.025 - Violations of health order—Penalties.

RCW 70.24.025
Violations of health order—Penalties.
A person who violates or fails to comply with a health order issued under RCW 70.24.024 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable by confinement until the order has been complied with or terminated, up to a maximum period of three hundred sixty-four days. In lieu of confinement, the court may place the defendant on probation upon condition that the defendant comply with the health order, up to the length of the health order. If the defendant is placed on probation and subsequently violates or fails to comply with the health order, the court shall revoke the probation and reinstate the original sentence of confinement.
[ 2020 c 76 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.027 - Intentional transmission of HIV—Penalties.

RCW 70.24.027
Intentional transmission of HIV—Penalties.
(1) It is unlawful for a person who knows that he or she has HIV to have sexual intercourse if:
(a) The person has been counseled by a health care provider or public health professional regarding the risk of transmitting HIV to others;
(b) The partner or partners exposed to HIV through sexual intercourse did not know that the person had HIV; and
(c) The person intended to transmit HIV to the partner.
(2) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section if:
(a) HIV was not transmitted to the partner; or
(b) The person took or attempted to take practical means to prevent transmission of HIV.
(3)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable as provided in RCW 9A.20.021.
(b) Violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor punishable as provided in RCW 9A.20.021 if the person knowingly misrepresented his or her infection status to the partner.
(c) Violation of this section does not require registration under RCW 9A.44.130, unless the partner is a child or vulnerable adult victim.
(4) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) "Practical means to prevent transmission" means good faith employment of an activity, behavior, method, or device that is scientifically demonstrated to measurably reduce the risk of transmitting a sexually transmitted disease, including but not limited to: The use of a condom, barrier protection, or other prophylactic device; or good faith participation in a treatment regimen prescribed by a health care provider or public health professional.
(b) "Sexual intercourse" has its ordinary meaning and occurs upon any penetration, however slight, of the vagina or anus of one person by the sexual organs of another whether such persons are of the same or another sex.
[ 2020 c 76 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.050 - Diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases—Confirmation—Anonymous prevalence reports.

RCW 70.24.050
Diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases—Confirmation—Anonymous prevalence reports.
Diagnosis of a sexually transmitted disease in every instance must be confirmed by laboratory tests or examinations in a laboratory approved or conducted in accordance with procedures and such other requirements as may be established by the board. Laboratories testing for HIV shall report anonymous HIV prevalence results to the department, for health statistics purposes, in a manner established by the board.
[ 1988 c 206 § 907; 1919 c 114 § 6; RRS § 6105.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.070 - Detention and treatment facilities.

RCW 70.24.070
Detention and treatment facilities.
For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the board shall have the power and authority to designate facilities for the detention and treatment of persons found to be infected with a sexually transmitted disease and to designate any such facility in any hospital or other public or private institution, other than a jail or correctional facility, having, or which may be provided with, such necessary detention, segregation, isolation, clinic and hospital facilities as may be required and prescribed by the board, and to enter into arrangements for the conduct of such facilities with the public officials or persons, associations, or corporations in charge of or maintaining and operating such institutions.
[ 1988 c 206 § 908; 1919 c 114 § 8; RRS § 6107.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.080 - Penalty.

RCW 70.24.080
Penalty.
Except as provided in RCW 70.24.025 and 70.24.027, any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any rule adopted by the board under this chapter, or who fails or refuses to obey any lawful order issued by any state, county or municipal health officer under this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable as provided under RCW 9A.20.021.
[ 2020 c 76 § 6; 1988 c 206 § 911; 1919 c 114 § 5; RRS § 6104.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.084 - Violations of chapter—Aggrieved persons—Right of action.

RCW 70.24.084
Violations of chapter—Aggrieved persons—Right of action.
(1) Any person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter shall have a right of action in superior court and may recover for each violation:
(a) Against any person who negligently violates a provision of this chapter, one thousand dollars, or actual damages, whichever is greater, for each violation.
(b) Against any person who intentionally or recklessly violates a provision of this chapter, ten thousand dollars, or actual damages, whichever is greater, for each violation.
(c) Reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.
(d) Such other relief, including an injunction, as the court may deem appropriate.
(2) Any action under this chapter is barred unless the action is commenced within three years after the cause of action accrues.
(3) Nothing in this chapter limits the rights of the subject of a test for a sexually transmitted disease to recover damages or other relief under any other applicable law.
(4) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to impose civil liability or criminal sanction for disclosure of a test result for a sexually transmitted disease in accordance with any reporting requirement for a diagnosed case of sexually transmitted disease by the department or the centers for disease control of the United States public health service.
(5) It is a negligent violation of this chapter to cause an unauthorized communication of confidential sexually transmitted disease information by facsimile transmission or otherwise communicating the information to an unauthorized recipient when the sender knew or had reason to know the facsimile transmission telephone number or other transmittal information was incorrect or outdated.
[ 2001 c 16 § 1; 1999 c 391 § 4; 1988 c 206 § 914.]
NOTES:
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. › 70.24.090 - Pregnant women—Test for syphilis.

RCW 70.24.090
Pregnant women—Test for syphilis.
Every physician attending a pregnant woman in the state of Washington during gestation shall, in the case of each woman so attended, take or cause to be taken a sample of blood of such woman at the time of first examination, and submit such sample to an approved laboratory for a standard serological test for syphilis. If the pregnant woman first presents herself for examination after the fifth month of gestation the physician or other attendant shall in addition to the above, advise and urge the patient to secure a medical examination and blood test before the fifth month of any subsequent pregnancies.
[ 1939 c 165 § 1; RRS § 6002-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.110 - Minors—Treatment, consent, liability for payment for care.

RCW 70.24.110
Minors—Treatment, consent, liability for payment for care.
A minor fourteen years of age or older who may have come in contact with any sexually transmitted disease or suspected sexually transmitted disease may give consent to the furnishing of hospital, medical, and surgical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of such disease; and treatment to avoid HIV infection. Such consent shall not be subject to disaffirmance because of minority. The consent of the parent, parents, or legal guardian of such minor shall not be necessary to authorize hospital, medical, and surgical care related to such disease, and such parent, parents, or legal guardian shall not be liable for payment for any care rendered pursuant to this section.
[ 2020 c 76 § 7; 1988 c 206 § 912; 1969 ex.s. c 164 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.120 - Sexually transmitted disease case investigators—Authority to obtain specimens.

RCW 70.24.120
Sexually transmitted disease case investigators—Authority to obtain specimens.
(1) Disease case investigators, upon specific authorization from a physician or by a physician's standing order, are hereby authorized to gather specimens, including through performance of venipuncture or fingerstick puncture, from a person for the sole purpose of obtaining specimens for use in testing for sexually transmitted diseases, blood-borne pathogens, and other infections as defined by board rule.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Disease case investigator" means only those persons who:
(i) Are employed by public health authorities; and
(ii) Have been trained by a physician in proper procedures to be employed when collecting specimens, including blood, in accordance with training requirements established by the department of health; and
(iii) Possess a statement signed by the instructing physician that the training required by (a)(ii) of this subsection has been successfully completed.
(b) "Physician" means any person licensed under the provisions of chapters 18.57 or 18.71 RCW.
[ 2020 c 76 § 8; 1991 c 3 § 324; 1988 c 206 § 913; 1977 c 59 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.130 - Adoption of rules.

RCW 70.24.130
Adoption of rules.
(1) The board shall adopt such rules as are necessary to implement and enforce this chapter, including, but not limited to, rules:
(a) Establishing procedures for taking appropriate action, in addition to any other penalty under this chapter, with regard to health care facilities or health care providers that violate this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter;
(b) Prescribing stringent safeguards to protect the confidentiality of the persons and records subject to this chapter, consistent with chapter 70.02 RCW;
(c) Establishing reporting requirements for sexually transmitted diseases;
(d) Establishing procedures for investigations under RCW 70.24.024;
(e) Specifying, for purposes of RCW 70.24.024, behavior that endangers the public health, based upon generally accepted standards of medical and public health science;
(f) Defining, for the purposes of RCW 70.24.120, specimens that can be obtained and tests that can be administered for sexually transmitted diseases, blood-borne pathogens, and other infections;
(g) Determining, for purposes of RCW 70.24.340, categories of employment that are at risk of substantial exposure to a blood-borne pathogen; and
(h) Defining, for purposes of RCW 70.24.340, 70.24.360, and 70.24.370, what constitutes an exposure that presents a possible risk of transmission of a blood-borne pathogen.
(2) In addition to any rules adopted by the board, the department may adopt any rules necessary to implement and enforce this chapter.
(3) The procedures set forth in chapter 34.05 RCW apply to the administration of this chapter, except that in case of conflict between chapter 34.05 RCW and this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall control.
[ 2020 c 76 § 9; 1991 c 3 § 325; 1988 c 206 § 915.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.150 - Immunity of certain public employees.

RCW 70.24.150
Immunity of certain public employees.
Members of the state board of health and local boards of health, public health officers, and employees of the department of health and local health departments are immune from civil action for damages arising out of the good faith performance of their duties as prescribed by this chapter, unless such performance constitutes gross negligence.
[ 1991 c 3 § 326; 1988 c 206 § 918.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.220 - Sexually transmitted disease education in public schools—Finding.

RCW 70.24.220
Sexually transmitted disease education in public schools—Finding.
The legislature finds that the public schools provide a unique and appropriate setting for educating young people about the pathology and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. The legislature recognizes that schools and communities vary throughout the state and that locally elected school directors should have a significant role in establishing a program of sexually transmitted disease education in their districts, consistent with RCW 28A.230.020 and 28A.300.475.
[ 2020 c 76 § 10; 1988 c 206 § 401.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. › 70.24.290 - Public school employees—Rules for blood-borne pathogens education and training.

RCW 70.24.290
Public school employees—Rules for blood-borne pathogens education and training.
The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules that require appropriate education and training, to be included as part of their present continuing education requirements, for public school employees on the prevention, transmission, and treatment of blood-borne pathogens. The superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the department of health, shall develop the educational and training material necessary for school employees.
[ 2020 c 76 § 11; 1988 c 206 § 606.]