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Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-490 - Vital statistics › INDIVIDUAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR PERSONAL PURPOSES › Section 246-490-110 - Disclosure of information

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To assure accuracy and completeness in reporting, as
					 required to fulfill the purposes for which abortion statistics are collected,
					 information received by the board or the department through filed reports or as
					 otherwise authorized, shall not be disclosed publicly in such a manner as to
					 identify any individual without their consent, except by subpoena, nor in such
					 a manner as to identify any facility except in a proceeding involving issues of
					 certificates of approval.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						43.70.040 and [43.70.]050. 94-04-083, §
						246-490-110, filed 1/31/94, effective
						3/3/94.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-490 - Vital statistics › INDIVIDUAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR PERSONAL PURPOSES › Section 246-490-200 - Electronic reporting of deaths

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(1)
				  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, all deaths that
				  occur in Washington state must be reported electronically using the format and
				  system prescribed by the state registrar.
(2) All fetal deaths that occur in Washington
				  state must be reported using the format and system prescribed by the state
				  registrar. Persons required to report fetal deaths must use the electronic
				  system prescribed by the state registrar once the department makes available an
				  electronic format for registering fetal deaths.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-490 - Vital statistics › ESTABLISHING PARENTAGE ON A BIRTH RECORD › Section 246-490-300 - Establishing a presumption of parentage with an assertion of parentage

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(1) When the
				  individual who gave birth and the individual seeking to establish parentage
				  were married after the birth of the child, the individual seeking to establish
				  parentage shall file an assertion with the department to establish a
				  presumption of parentage consistent with
				  RCW
				   26.26A.115.
(2) If required to establish a presumption of
				  parentage, the individual shall file an assertion prior to filing a voluntary
				  acknowledgment of parentage with the department.
(3) The assertion may only be filed with the
				  department on the forms provided by the department. The form must be completed
				  and sent to the department along with the applicable fees established in WAC
				  246-491-990.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-490 - Vital statistics › ESTABLISHING PARENTAGE ON A BIRTH RECORD › Section 246-490-305 - Establishing parentage with a voluntary acknowledgment of parentage or denial of parentage

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(1) The
				  individual who gave birth and an alleged genetic parent, an intended parent
				  through assisted reproduction, or a presumed parent may use an acknowledgment
				  of parentage that complies with
				  RCW
				   26.26A.200 through
				  26.26A.265 to establish parentage. When the completed acknowledgment of parentage form is
				  filed with the department and a denial of parentage is not required, the
				  parent's name will be added to the child's birth record.
(2) If a presumed parent or an alleged
				  genetic parent will not be the parent listed on the child's birth record, the
				  presumed parent or an alleged genetic parent may sign a denial of parentage
				  that complies with
				  RCW
				   26.26A.200 through
				  26.26A.265.
				  If the presumed parent or an alleged genetic parent does not sign a denial of
				  parentage, the department shall require a court ordered establishment of
				  parentage to change the birth record. Submission of the court order to the
				  department must comply with the requirements of WAC
				  246-490-310.
(a) The acknowledgment of parentage and
				  denial of parentage forms are considered completed when both forms are filed
				  with the department.
(b) After both
				  forms are filed, the department will change the child's birth record in
				  accordance with the forms. The individual seeking to establish parentage will
				  be listed as a parent.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-490 - Vital statistics › ESTABLISHING PARENTAGE ON A BIRTH RECORD › Section 246-490-310 - Court ordered establishment of parentage

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(1) If parentage is established by court
				  order, the court or parents of the child must submit a certified copy of the
				  court order to the department.
(2)
				  The department may require supplemental information to locate and change the
				  child's birth record to comply with a court order that establishes parentage.
				  The parents listed in the court order must provide the supplemental
				  information. The department may request the following information in order to
				  comply with the court order:
(a) Full name of
				  child, as listed on the child's birth record;
(b) Child's date of birth;
(c) Full name of the individual who gave
				  birth, as listed on the child's birth record;
(d) Full legal name, date of birth, and place
				  of birth for the individual being added as a parent; and
(e) Any additional information needed to
				  locate the birth record.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-491 - Vital statistics - Certificates › Section 246-491-001

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  43.70.150,
					 70.58.055, and
					 chapter
					 70.58 RCW. 02-20-092,
					 § 246-491-001, filed 10/1/02, effective
					 11/1/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-491 - Vital statistics - Certificates › Section 246-491-010 - Definitions

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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter
				  unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Authorized representative" means a
				person permitted to receive a certification who is:
(a) Identified in a notarized statement
				signed by a qualified applicant; or
(b) An agency identified in a power of
				attorney as defined in chapter 11.125 RCW.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-491 - Vital statistics - Certificates › Section 246-491-039 - Obtaining confidential information on birth and fetal death records

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(1) The
				confidential sections of birth and fetal death records shall not be released
				except upon order of a court with jurisdiction over the department or as
				specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) The individual who is the subject of a
				birth record may request the confidential information as described in (c) of
				this subsection related to their own birth record if they comply with the
				following requirements:
(a) An individual
				must submit a request to the department on the required form and provide proper
				identity documentation as described in (b) of this subsection.
(b) Any person requesting confidential
				information contained in their own birth record must provide the department
				with valid proof of identity. For the purpose of this section, proof of
				identity means:
(i) A current and valid
				government issued identification that contains a photograph.
(ii) A legal record documenting any name
				change, if needed, to verify that the individual and the subject of the birth
				record are the same person.
(iii)
				If the individual making the request is not applying in person, a notarized
				signature of the individual making the request must be included with the proof
				of identity.
(c) The
				department shall, upon receipt of a request that complies with (a) and (b) of
				this subsection to the satisfaction of the state registrar, provide the
				individual with only the following items, if available, from their birth
				record:
(i) Newborn medical record
				number;
(ii) Birth
				weight;
(iii) Infant head
				circumference;
(iv) Obstetric
				estimate of gestation;
(v) Apgar
				scores;
(vi) Infant transferred
				within twenty-four hours of delivery;
(vii) Abnormal conditions of the newborn;
				and
(viii) Congenital anomalies of
				the newborn.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-491 - Vital statistics - Certificates › Section 246-491-300 - Requirements for ordering certifications of birth, death, fetal death, and birth resulting in stillbirth

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(1) For
				certifications of birth, death, fetal death, and birth resulting in stillbirth,
				the state or local registrar shall release certifications only to qualified
				applicants as permitted by chapter 70.58A RCW.
(2) For each application, the qualified
				applicant must submit all of the following:
(a) Information to correctly identify the
				record consistent with the requirements of WAC 246-491-310;
(b) Identity documentation consistent with
				the requirements of WAC 246-491-320;
(c) Evidence of eligibility consistent with
				the requirements of WAC 246-491-330; and
(d) Fees required by
				RCW
				 70.58A.560 and WAC
				246-491-990,
				or evidence that the qualified applicant is eligible to receive certifications
				of a vital record at no charge as required by WAC 246-491-350.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-491 - Vital statistics - Certificates › Section 246-491-310 - Information required to order certifications of birth, death, fetal death, and birth resulting in stillbirth

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(1)
				A qualified applicant requesting a certification of birth must submit the
				following information as it appears on the birth record on a form provided by
				the state or local registrar:
(a) First,
				middle, and last name of the subject of the record;
(b) First and last name of all parents listed
				on the record;
(c) Date of birth;
				and
(d) City or county where the
				birth occurred.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-491 - Vital statistics - Certificates › Section 246-491-320 - Identity documentation required to obtain certifications of birth, death, fetal death, and birth resulting in stillbirth

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(1) The qualified applicant must submit
				identity documentation to the state or local registrar to receive a
				certification of birth, death, fetal death, or birth resulting in stillbirth in
				accordance with this section.
(2)
(a) The qualified applicant must submit to
				the state or local registrar one of the following pieces of identity
				documentation, valid or expired no more than sixty days that contains the
				applicant's full name, photograph, and date of birth:
(i) Enhanced driver's license, driver's
				license, or instruction permit issued by a state or territory of the United
				States, or the District of Columbia;
(ii) A Washington state identification card
				or an identification card issued by another state;
(iii) A military identification
				card;
(iv) A United States passport
				or passport card; or
(v) An
				identification document issued by local, state, federal, or foreign government,
				or federally recognized Indian tribe.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-491 - Vital statistics - Certificates › Section 246-491-330 - Evidence of eligibility

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(1) The
				qualified applicant must submit evidence of eligibility documents to the state
				or local registrar to prove they are eligible to receive a certification of
				birth, death, fetal death, or birth resulting in stillbirth.
(2) If the qualified applicant is listed as a
				party on the record, and their identity documentation provided in WAC
				246-491-320 sufficiently links the applicant to the record, then evidence of
				eligibility is met.
(3) If the
				qualified applicant is not listed as a party on the record or the identity
				documentation does not sufficiently link the qualified applicant to the record,
				the following documentation may serve as evidence of eligibility:
(a) Copies of vital records such as
				certifications of birth, death, marriage, and divorce from this or another
				jurisdiction that link the applicant to the requested record;
(b) Copies of certified court orders from a
				court of competent jurisdiction linking the applicant to the record;
(c) Document or letter from title insurer or
				title insurance agent handling a transaction on behalf of the
				decedent;
(d) Document or letter
				from a government agency or courts stating the certification will be used in
				the conduct of official duties; or
(e) Other documents that link the applicant
				to the record as determined by the state registrar.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-491 - Vital statistics - Certificates › Section 246-491-340 - Requirements for ordering certifications of marriage, dissolution of marriage, and dissolution of domestic partnership

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(1) To receive a certification of marriage,
				dissolution of marriage, or dissolution of domestic partnership, the applicant
				must submit to the state registrar:
(a)
				Information to correctly identify the record requested consistent with the
				requirements of (c) of this subsection;
(b) Fees required by
				RCW
				 70.58A.560 and WAC
				246-491-990;
				and
(c) The following information
				on a form provided by the state registrar:
(i) First and last name of one of the parties
				on the record;
(ii) Approximate
				date the event occurred; and
(iii)
				City or county where the event was filed.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-491 - Vital statistics - Certificates › Section 246-491-350 - Requirements for certifications of vital records at no charge

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(1) Qualified
				applicants requesting a certification at no charge per
				RCW
				 70.58A.560(2) and (3)  must
				provide identity documentation, eligibility documentation, and required
				information to the state or local registrar in accordance with
				RCW
				 70.58A.530 and this chapter, in addition to
				the requirements of this section.
(2) To qualify for a certification of death
				at no charge per
				RCW
				 70.58A.560(2):
(a) A law enforcement agency must submit a
				letter on official letterhead to the state or local registrar stating the
				certification will be used to maintain a registered sex offender database;
				or
(b) A county clerk or court in
				the state must submit a letter on official letterhead to the state or local
				registrar stating the certification will be used to extinguish an offender's
				legal financial obligation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-491 - Vital statistics - Certificates › Section 246-491-360 - Requirements for ordering informational copies of birth and death records

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(1) To receive an
				informational copy of a birth or death record, the applicant must submit to the
				state or local registrar:
(a) Information to
				correctly identify the record on a form provided by the state or local
				registrar consistent with the requirements of (c) or (d) of this subsection;
				and
(b) Fees required by
				RCW
				 70.58A.560 and WAC
				246-491-990;
(c) For an informational copy of a birth
				record, the following information as it appears on the record:
(i) First, middle, and last name of the
				subject of the record;
(ii) First
				and last name of all parents listed on the record;
(iii) Date of birth; and
(iv) City or county where the birth
				occurred.
(d) For an
				informational copy of a death record, the following information:
(i) First and last name of the
				decedent;
(ii) Approximate date of
				death; and
(iii) City or county
				where the death occurred.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-491 - Vital statistics - Certificates › Section 246-491-370 - Notification of no record

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(1) The
				applicant will receive a written notice of no record found if the state or
				local registrar cannot find a record based on information provided by the
				applicant. The application request will be considered closed after the written
				notice is sent. Following such notice, the applicant may do any of the
				following:
(a) Submit a new application
				providing different information and pay the fees required by
				RCW
				 70.58A.560 and WAC
				246-491-990 on
				this new application; or
(b) If
				requesting a certification of birth, begin the process to obtain a delayed
				registration of live birth pursuant to
				RCW
				 70.58A.120 and WAC
				246-490-080.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-491 - Vital statistics - Certificates › Section 246-491-990 - Vital records fees

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(1) The
				department shall collect nonrefundable fees to cover program costs as follows:
To prepare a sealed record following an adoption or to
						  search the vital records system for adoption record information.
$15.00
To file an assertion of parentage, an acknowledgment or
						  denial of parentage, or a rescission of parentage.
$18.00
Fee for hospital filed acknowledgments or denials of
						  parentage.
$5.00
To prepare a certificate of birth record information
						  (CBRI) letter or to provide a copy of an assertion of parentage, an
						  acknowledgment or denial of parentage, or a rescission of parentage.
$15.00
Priority processing fee for applications of
						  certifications and informational copies received by telephone or internet.
$7.00
Priority processing fee for applications of
						  certifications and informational copies received in-person.
$13.50
(2)
				The secretary of health may enter into agreements with state and local
				government agencies to establish alternate fee schedules and payment
				arrangements for reimbursement of these program costs.
(3) The fee for each electronic verification
				of a vital event through the electronic verification of vital events system
				must be in accordance with the national pricing model.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-491-990, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  26.33.330. 88-15-011 (Order 2650), §
					 440-44-095, filed 7/8/88; 85-04-023 (Order 2199), § 440-44-095, filed
					 1/30/85.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-492 › Section 246-492-001 - Vital statistics data release-Purpose and scope

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Vital records data is used by government agencies, tribes,
				  researchers, private entities, media organizations, and individuals for
				  assessment, public health surveillance, and epidemiological study. The rules in
				  this chapter provide the requirements for requesting vital records data from
				  the department.
(1) The rules establish
				the following:
(a) Application submission
				requirements;
(b) Process for
				agency to approve or deny requests;
(c) Direct and indirect identifiers for birth
				and fetal death records; and
(d)
				Fees for data files, analysis, and data requests.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-492 › Section 246-492-010 - Definitions

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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter
				  unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Analytic services" means a service
				provided by the department that includes working with vital records data in
				order to disseminate requested information to customers. This service includes,
				but is not limited to, data analysis for calculating and providing specific
				counts, rates, and other statistics; building and distributing aggregate
				reports; linkage of data; and producing record level data files and subsets of
				data files for customers.
(2)
				"Custom data request" means a specialized vital records data request or data
				file created and released by the department. Custom data request does not mean
				standard data file.
(3) "Data"
				means a data file containing multiple records.
(4) "Department" means the department of
				health.
(5) "Direct identifier"
				means a single data element that identifies an individual person.
(6) "Fetal death" means any product of
				conception that shows no evidence of life, such as breathing, beating of the
				heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary
				muscles after complete expulsion or extraction from the individual who gave
				birth that is not an induced termination of pregnancy and:
(a) Has completed twenty or more weeks of
				gestation as calculated from the date the last menstrual period of the
				individual who gave birth began, to the date of expulsion or extraction;
				or
(b) Weighs three hundred fifty
				grams or more, if weeks of gestation are not known.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-492 › Section 246-492-100 - Requests for birth or fetal death record data that contains direct identifiers for research purposes

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(1) A researcher
				requesting birth or fetal death record data that contains direct identifiers
				for research purposes must comply with the requirements of chapter 70.58A RCW
				and this section. The department will not release data to a researcher
				requesting data from the department until all the requirements of this section
				have been completed to the satisfaction of the state registrar.
(2) A researcher submitting a data request
				under this section must submit all of the following to the department:
(a) A completed records request form
				associated with the human research review board application that contains all
				the information required in subsection (3) of this section;
(b) Approval from the human research review
				board of the research proposal for which the data is being requested;
(c) A signed confidentiality agreement with
				the department; and
(d) All fees
				required by WAC 246-492-990.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-492 › Section 246-492-200 - Requests from government agencies for birth and fetal death record data that contains direct identifiers for nonresearch public health purposes

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(1) A government
				agency requesting birth and fetal death record data that contains direct
				identifiers for nonresearch public health purposes must comply with the
				requirements of chapter 70.58A RCW and this section. The department will not
				release data to a government agency requesting data from the department
				pursuant to this section until all the requirements of this section have been
				completed to the satisfaction of the state registrar.
(2) A government agency submitting a data
				request under this section from the department for nonresearch public health
				purposes must submit all of the following to the department in the form or
				format required by the state registrar:
(a) A
				completed application on the form provided by the department;
(b) A signed data sharing agreement with the
				department that conforms with WAC 246-492-400;
(c) All information required in subsection
				(3) of this section; and
(d) All
				fees required by WAC 246-492-990.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-492 › Section 246-492-300 - Requests from individuals or entities for birth and fetal death data that contains indirect identifiers, infant death data, death data, or marriage and divorce data

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(1) This section
				applies to the following data requests:
(a)
				Birth and fetal death data that contains only indirect identifiers;
(b) Infant death data that contains indirect
				identifiers;
(c) Death data files;
				and
(d) Marriage and divorce data
				files.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-492 › Section 246-492-400 - Vital statistics data sharing agreements

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(1) All written data sharing agreements with
				the department for the release of vital records data must comply with the
				requirements of chapter 70.58A RCW and this section.
(2) A data sharing agreement with the
				department is required for the following:
(a)
				Government agencies requesting birth and fetal death record data that contains
				direct identifiers for nonresearch public health purposes;
(b) Individuals or entities requesting birth
				and fetal death record data that contains only indirect identifiers;
(c) Individuals or entities requesting infant
				death data that contains indirect identifiers;
(d) Individuals or entities requesting death,
				marriage, or divorce record data; and
(e) Government agencies requesting vital
				records in the conduct of official duties as permitted by chapter 70.58A
				RCW.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-492 › Section 246-492-500 - Data file production

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(1) The
				department retains the discretion to determine what form or format is most
				appropriate to provide to a particular requestor. Where the department provides
				data files on a routine schedule, the department may automate file production.
				The department may manually produce data files when deemed appropriate by the
				state registrar. Nothing in this chapter should be deemed to entitle any
				requestor to receive data in a particular form or format, and nothing in this
				chapter should be deemed to require the state registrar to produce the data in
				a particular form or format.
(2)
				Where the department provides data files on a routine schedule, the department
				may, in the discretion of the state registrar, allow a requestor to update
				their original data request with the department. If the department permits a
				requestor to update their data request, the requestor must pay the fee required
				by WAC 246-492-990(5).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-492 › Section 246-492-990 - Vital statistics data fees

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(1)
				The department shall collect nonrefundable fees as follows:
(a) One hundred seventy-five dollars per
				preliminary standard data file;
(b)
				Three hundred fifty dollars per annual final standard data file;
(c) Two hundred dollar flat fee for up to two
				hours of analytic services or general data inquiry requests;
(d) Any analytic services or general data
				inquiry requests that exceed two hours, in addition to subsection (1)(b) of
				this section, will be charged an hourly fee of one hundred dollars;
				and
(e) Fifty dollars per standard
				data file for students with proof of valid student status.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-500 - Handling of human remains › Section 246-500-020 - Contact with human remains

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(1)
				Funeral directors, embalmers, medical examiners, coroners, health care
				providers, and others directly handling or touching human remains must:
(a) Wash hands and other exposed skin
				surfaces with soap and water or equivalent immediately and thoroughly after
				contact with human remains, blood, or body fluids;
(b) Use barrier precautions if a procedure
				involves potential contact with blood, body fluids, or internal tissues of the
				deceased or hazardous chemicals, dust, or other potentially hazardous
				material;
(c) Not eat, drink, or
				smoke in areas where handling of human remains or body fluids takes
				place;
(d) Use reasonable
				precautions to prevent spillage of body fluids during transfer and transport of
				human remains including, when necessary:
(i)
				Containing, wrapping, or pouching with materials appropriate to the condition
				of the human remains; and
(ii)
				Obtaining approval from the coroner or medical examiner prior to pouching any
				human remains under their jurisdiction.
(e) Wash hands immediately after gloves are
				removed;
(f) Take precautions to
				prevent injuries by needles, scalpels, instruments, chemicals, and equipment
				during use, cleaning, and disposal;
(g) Properly disinfect or discard protective
				garments and gloves immediately after use;
(h) Properly disinfect all surfaces,
				instruments, and equipment after contact with human remains, blood, or body
				fluids;
(i) Provide appropriate
				means for disposing of body fluids, blood, tissues, and wastes or for retaining
				them for final disposition with the body, including:
(i) All autopsy rooms, morgues, preparation
				rooms, and other places where human remains are handled must be equipped with
				impervious containers with disposable, impervious liners and tightly fitting
				closures;
(ii) Body fluids, blood,
				tissues, and wastes removed from human remains must be kept with the body or
				disposed in accordance with local ordinances and other applicable laws and
				rules for infectious waste;
(iii) A
				sewage system approved by the local health officer or the department may be
				used for the disposal of blood, other body fluids, and effluent; and
(iv) All containers and liners used to
				receive solid or fluid materials removed from human remains must be cleaned and
				disinfected immediately after use, interred with the body, or disposed in
				accordance with local ordinances and other applicable laws and rules for
				infectious waste.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-500 - Handling of human remains › Section 246-500-030 - Refrigeration or embalming of human remains

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(1) Funeral directors, embalmers, and others
				assisting in the preparation of human remains for final disposition shall
				refrigerate or embalm the remains upon receipt.
(2) Funeral directors, embalmers, and others
				assisting in the preparation of human remains for final disposition may delay
				refrigeration upon receipt or remove human remains from refrigeration for the
				following activities:
(a)
				Embalming;
(b)
				Transporting;
(c) Cremating,
				reducing by alkaline hydrolysis, or burying;
(d) Reducing by natural organic
				reduction;
(e) Washing, anointing,
				clothing, praying over, reading to, singing to, sitting with, guarding,
				viewing, or otherwise accompanying the deceased for a period of time not to
				exceed twenty-four hours by persons acting according to the directions of the
				deceased or the person having the right to control the disposition of the
				remains under
				RCW
				 68.50.160, provided that anyone directly
				touching the remains uses barrier precautions according to requirements under
				WAC 246-500-020(1)(b);
				or
(f) As otherwise approved by the
				local health officer after evaluating specific circumstances, the need to
				protect public health, and recognition of religious beliefs.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-500 - Handling of human remains › Section 246-500-040 - Transportation of human remains

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(1) A
				person who transports human remains shall:
(a)
				Use effective hygienic measures consistent with handling potentially infectious
				material; and
(b) Obtain a
				burial-transit permit from the local registrar of vital statistics or initiates
				a report of death with the local registrar where the death occurred according
				to requirements of
				RCW
				 70.58A.210 prior to transporting human
				remains from one registration district to another.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-500 - Handling of human remains › Section 246-500-050 - Human remains reduced through cremation

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(1) Other than the provisions in this section
				and WAC 246-500-010, this chapter does
				not apply to human remains after cremation.
(2) A local registrar, in cooperation with
				the Washington state funeral and cemetery board, may issue a burial-transit
				permit for disposition of cremated human remains. The permit for the
				disposition of cremated remains may be used in connection with the
				transportation of cremated remains by common carrier or other means.
(3) The local registrar or the department of
				health may issue a burial-transit permit for the disposition of cremated human
				remains which have been in the lawful possession of any person, firm,
				corporation, or association for a period of ninety days or more. This permit
				will specify that the disposition of cremated remains must be consistent with
				Washington state laws and rules.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					  43.20.050 and
					 18.39.215. 06-17-182, §
					 246-500-050, filed 8/23/06, effective
					 9/23/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-500 - Handling of human remains › Section 246-500-053 - Human remains reduced through alkaline hydrolysis

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(1) Other than the provisions in this section
				and WAC 246-500-010, this chapter does
				not apply to human remains after alkaline hydrolysis.
(2) A hydrolysis facility must:
(a) Operate a high-temperature purpose built
				vessel, that reaches a minimum temperature of two hundred fifty degrees
				Fahrenheit for a minimum of thirty minutes during the reduction process;
				or
(b) Operate a purpose built
				vessel, for which third-party validation testing is provided demonstrating the
				reduction process destroys prions, and achieves sterilization in both the water
				and airspace, according to the manufacturer's specifications. The testing
				criteria must include a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of
				flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry peptide sizing analysis and a 6 spore log
				reduction or greater in the level of
Bacillus
spores. An
				operator shall retain this documentation on-site and be able to provide it upon
				request to state or local health officials.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH INFORMATION › Chapter 246-500 - Handling of human remains › Section 246-500-060 - Authority of the local health officer

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To protect public health and respond to emergency situations,
				  the local health officer may:
(1)
				Impose additional requirements for the handling, care, transport, or
				disposition of human remains; or
(2) Suspend any requirements of this
				chapter.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.20.050 and
					 18.39.215. 06-17-182, §
					 246-500-060, filed 8/23/06, effective
					 9/23/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION › Chapter 246-560 - Rural health system project › Section 246-560-001 - Purpose

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(1) The purpose of
				these rules is to implement
				RCW
				 70.175.010 through
				70.175.090, and
				RCW
				 70.185.030 through
				70.185.080. The Washington health
				systems resources program includes rural health systems development and
				community-based recruitment and retention. The health systems resources program
				was established to provide financial and technical assistance to promote
				affordable access to health care services in rural and urban underserved
				populations of the state.
(2) The
				goals of the health systems resources program are:
(a) To promote affordable access to health
				care services to residents in rural areas of Washington state.
(b) To assure the availability of health care
				providers to:
(i) Residents of rural areas;
				and
(ii) Urban underserved
				populations.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION › Chapter 246-560 - Rural health system project › Section 246-560-002 - Implementation

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The department may use the following methods to implement
				  this chapter:
(1) Solicit and select
				projects as described in WAC
				246-560-035 through
				246-560-081.
(2) Offer, or contract
				for, services to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.175.010 - [70.175.]090 and70.185.030 -
					 [70.185.]080. 99-03-043, § 246-560-002, filed 1/14/99, effective
					 2/14/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION › Chapter 246-560 - Rural health system project › Section 246-560-010 - Definitions

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For the purpose of this chapter the following words and
				  phrases have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise.
(1) "Applicant" means any
				interested party who has been invited to submit an application proposing a
				health systems resources project.
(2) "Application" means an invited proposal
				for a health systems resources project.
(3) "Basic health care services" means
				organized care modalities to prevent death, disability, and serious illness.
				The term includes, but is not limited to:
(a)
				Emergency services;
(b) Primary
				care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and midwifery
				services;
(c) Short term inpatient
				care;
(d) Home health
				care;
(e) Community based care for
				chronic conditions;
(f) Dental
				care;
(g) Vision care;
(h) Hearing care;
(i) Hospice care;
(j) Mental health;
(k) Necessary support services; and
(l) Nutrition related services.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION › Chapter 246-560 - Rural health system project › Section 246-560-011 - Activities

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(1) Health systems
				development activities include:
(a) The
				planning, development, and/or implementation of the infrastructure needed to
				support a cost effective health care delivery system. Examples of
				infrastructure development include:
(i)
				Telemedicine and other communications systems;
(ii) Modeling of managed care
				systems;
(iii) Financial business
				systems;
(iv) Clinical and quality
				assurance systems;
(v) Development
				of cooperative agreements and referral arrangements between similar or
				dissimilar entities to ensure easy transition between care levels for patients
				and their families; and
(vi)
				Development of networks of providers and others, organized to share services,
				negotiate contracts and, plan new services or service delivery
				systems.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION › Chapter 246-560 - Rural health system project › Section 246-560-025 - Requests to receive information

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Any interested party may be placed on the health systems
				  resources mailing list maintained by the Department of Health, Office of
				  Community and Rural Health, or its successor, P.O. Box 7834, Olympia, WA
				  98504-7834. Contacts on the mailing list will receive instructions for the next
				  funding cycle.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.175.010 - [70.175.]090 and70.185.030 -
					 [70.185.]080. 99-03-043, § 246-560-025, filed 1/14/99, effective
					 2/14/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION › Chapter 246-560 - Rural health system project › Section 246-560-035 - Eligibility

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(1) An interested
				party, may be a for-profit, not-for-profit, or governmental entity which is:
(a) Proposing services benefiting the
				population in a rural catchment area; and/or
(b) Proposing services benefiting an urban
				underserved area and including recruitment and retention activities.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION › Chapter 246-560 - Rural health system project › Section 246-560-040 - Letters of interest

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An interested party must submit a letter of interest to be
				  considered for a health systems resources project. The department may solicit
				  letters of interest.
The letter of interest must:
(1) Not exceed three pages;
(2) Include the applicant name and
				address;
(3) Briefly describe the
				catchment area and the community;
(4) Identify the health systems resources
				program goal(s) addressed by the project;
(5) Identify the health care
				problem;
(6) Briefly describe
				proposed activities and the anticipated outcome;
(7) Identify key health care providers,
				business representatives, public officials, and community leaders to be
				involved in the project; and
(8)
				Indicate projected total project costs and the amount of state funding
				requested. If the project includes recruitment and retention activities,
				indicate the source or sources of matching funds.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.175.010 - [70.175.]090 and70.185.030 -
					 [70.185.]080. 99-03-043, § 246-560-040, filed 1/14/99, effective 2/14/99.
					 Statutory Authority:
					 Chapter
					 70.175 RCW. 91-16-108
					 (Order 186), § 246-560-040, filed 8/7/91, effective
					 9/7/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION › Chapter 246-560 - Rural health system project › Section 246-560-045 - Letter of interest review and action

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(1) Reviewers shall score letters of interest
				independently using a scoring system established by the department, which is
				incorporated by reference.
(2)
				Copies of the scoring system may be requested by writing to the Washington
				State Department of Health, Office of Community and Rural Health, P.O. Box
				47834, Olympia, Washington 98504-7834.
(3) The director of the office of community
				and rural health shall make the final decision regarding letters of interest
				based on letter of interest scores and the best utilization of resources to
				promote the goals of the program.
(4) The department will send a written
				response to all interested parties who submit a letter of interest.
(5) The department may invite applications
				from some, none, or all of the interested parties who submit a letter of
				interest.
(a) The invitation will include:
(i) Application content outline;
(ii) Directions for completing applications;
				and
(iii) Any letter of interest
				review comments to be addressed in the application.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION › Chapter 246-560 - Rural health system project › Section 246-560-050 - Criteria for inviting applications

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(1) The project addresses at least one of the
				goals of the health systems resources program, as described in WAC
				246-560-001.
(2) The project addresses needed improvements
				in the delivery of basic health care services, including preventive
				services.
(3) The project reflects
				a cooperative approach, which may involve several organizations, categories of
				health care providers, or communities.
(4) The project can serve as a model for
				other communities.
(5) The project
				reflects priorities established for a particular funding cycle as set forth in
				the application materials.
(6) The
				project addresses access to basic health care services in an area where access
				is severely limited or inadequate; and
(7) If recruitment and retention of providers
				is identified as an outcome the application demonstrates:
(a) Recruitment and retention problems have
				been chronic; or
(b) The community
				is in need of primary care practitioners; or
(c) The community has unmet health care needs
				for specific target populations; and
(d) There is a fifty percent local funding
				match.
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(1) A completed
				face sheet.
(2) A description of
				the applicant and its capacity to manage and oversee the project.
(3) A description of the proposed project
				including:
(a) Health systems resources
				program goal(s) addressed; and
(b)
				Health systems resources program priority addressed.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION › Chapter 246-560 - Rural health system project › Section 246-560-065 - Application screening criteria

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(1)
				The department will screen applications for the following criteria:
(a) Received in the Office of Community and
				Rural Health, P.O. Box 47834, Olympia, Washington 98504-7834, on or before the
				due date.
(b) One original
				application and two unbound copies provided, sufficiently legible to be copied.
				The department will determine legibility; and
(c) Application contains each of the items
				described in WAC
				246-560-060.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › HEALTH PROMOTION AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION › Chapter 246-560 - Rural health system project › Section 246-560-075 - Reviewer selection

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The department may consider the input of individuals outside
				  the department who have expertise with rural and underserved communities.
				  Selected reviewers must sign a statement:
(1) Agreeing to refrain from discussion of
				letters of interest or applications outside of the review process;
				and
(2) Asserting that they do not
				have a conflict of interest. A conflict of interest includes a reviewer:
(a) Holding a position in an organization
				under review;
(b) Having a
				significant financial interest in the outcome of the review; or
(c) Participating in the development of the
				letter of interest or application under review.