Title 70 — Title 70 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
98 chapters · 1,450 sections in this title.
RCW 70.41.440 Duty to report violent injuries—Preservation of evidence—Immunity—Privilege.
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(1) A hospital shall report to a local law enforcement authority as soon as reasonably possible, taking into consideration a patient's emergency care needs, when the hospital provides treatment for a bullet wound, gunshot wound, or stab wound to a patient. A hospital shall establ…
RCW 70.41.450 Estimated charges of hospital services—Notice.
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Hospitals licensed under this chapter shall post a sign in patient registration areas containing at least the following language: "Information about the estimated charges of your hospital services is available upon request. Please do not hesitate to ask for information."[ 2009 c …
RCW 70.41.460 Contract with department of corrections.
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As a condition of licensure, a hospital must contract with the department of corrections pursuant to RCW 72.10.030.[ 2012 c 237 s 3.]
RCW 70.41.470 Information to be made widely available by certain hospitals—Community health needs assessment—Description of community served—Community benefit implementation strategy.
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(1) As of January 1, 2013, each hospital that is recognized by the internal revenue service as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity must make its federally required community health needs assessment widely available to the public and submit it to the department within fifteen days of sub…
RCW 70.41.480 Findings—Intent—Authority to prescribe prepackaged emergency medications—Definitions.
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(1) The legislature finds that high quality, safe, and compassionate health care services for patients of Washington state must be available at all times. The legislature further finds that there is a need for patients being released from hospital emergency departments to maintai…
RCW 70.41.485 Opioid overdose reversal medications—Distribution—Labeling—Liability.
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(1) A hospital shall provide a person who presents to an emergency department with symptoms of an opioid overdose, opioid use disorder, or other adverse event related to opioid use with opioid overdose reversal medication upon discharge, unless the treating practitioner determine…
RCW 70.41.490 Authorization for certain transfers of drugs between hospitals and their affiliated companies.
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(1) The legislature recognizes that in order for hospitals to ensure drugs are accessible to patients and the public to meet hospital and community health care needs, certain transfers of drugs must be authorized between hospitals and their affiliated or related companies under c…
RCW 70.41.495 Human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis drugs and therapies—Policies—Coverage.
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(1) A hospital must adopt a policy and have procedures in place, that conform with the guidelines issued by the centers for disease control and prevention, for the dispensing of human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis drugs or therapies.(2) This policy must ensure t…
RCW 70.41.500 Down syndrome—Parent information.
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A hospital that provides a parent with a positive prenatal or postnatal diagnosis of Down syndrome shall provide the parent with the information prepared by the department under RCW 43.70.738 at the time the hospital provides the parent with the Down syndrome diagnosis.[ 2016 c 7…
RCW 70.41.510 Pattern of balance billing protection act violations by hospital—Fines and disciplinary action.
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If the insurance commissioner reports to the department that he or she has cause to believe that a hospital has engaged in a pattern of violations of RCW 48.49.020 or 48.49.030 or has violated RCW 48.43.732, and the report is substantiated after investigation, the department may …
RCW 70.41.520 Access to care policies for admission, nondiscrimination, and reproductive health care—Requirement to submit, post on website, and use department-created form.
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(1) Every hospital must submit to the department its policies related to access to care regarding:(a) Admission;(b) End-of-life care and the death with dignity act, chapter 70.245 RCW;(c) Nondiscrimination; and(d) Reproductive health care.(2) The department shall post a copy of t…
RCW 70.41.530 Audio-only telemedicine—Facility fees.
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A hospital that is an originating site or distant site for audio-only telemedicine may not charge a facility fee.[ 2022 c 126 s 1.]
RCW 70.41.540 Multistate nurse license—Conditions of employment.
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(1) Beginning September 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, individuals that hold a multistate nurse license issued by a state other than Washington and are employed by hospitals licensed under this chapter shall complete any demographic data surveys required by the board of nursin…
RCW 70.41.550 Hospital at-home services.
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(1) Hospitals subject to this chapter may provide hospital at-home services if they have an active federal program waiver prior to when the department adopts rules pursuant to this section. Hospitals that have an active federal program waiver and intend to operate hospital at-hom…
RCW 70.41.560 Hospital price transparency—Publishing—Reporting.
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(1) By July 1, 2027, hospitals shall publish all data and comply with all rules related to hospital price transparency pursuant to 45 C.F.R. Part 180, subparts A and B, as they existed on January 1, 2025.(2) Beginning July 1, 2027, hospitals shall submit the most recent machine-r…
RCW 70.41.570 Pregnant persons—Provision of emergency services.
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When providing emergency services, hospitals shall provide treatment to a pregnant person who comes to the hospital with an emergency medical condition that is consistent with the applicable standard of care for such condition or, if authorized by law, transfer the patient to ano…
RCW 70.41.900 Severability—1955 c 267.
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If any part, or parts, of this chapter shall be held unconstitutional, the remaining provisions shall be given full force and effect, as completely as if the part held unconstitutional had not been included herein, if any such remaining part can then be administered for the purpo…