Title 70 — Title 70 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

(1)(a) The secretary of the department of social and health services and the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families shall actively participate in the development of a nongovernmental private-public initiative focused on coordinating government and philanthro…

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Authority" means the health care authority.(2) "Department" means the department of social and health services.(3) "Emerging best practice" or "promising practice" mea…

(1) The authority and the department shall base contract performance measures developed under RCW 70.320.030 on the following outcomes when contracting with service contracting entities: Improvements in client health status and wellness; increases in client participation in meani…

(1) The authority shall adopt performance measures to determine whether service contracting entities are achieving the outcomes described in RCW 70.320.020 and 41.05.690 for clients enrolled in medical managed care programs operated according to Title XIX or XXI of the federal so…

By July 1, 2015, the authority and the department shall require that contracts with service coordination organizations include provisions requiring:(1) The adoption of the outcomes and performance measures developed under this chapter and RCW 41.05.690 and mechanisms for reportin…

(1) By December 1, 2014, the department and the authority shall report jointly to the legislature on the expected outcomes and the performance measures. The report must identify the performance measures and the expected outcomes established for each program, the relationship betw…

The outcomes and performance measures established pursuant to this chapter do not establish a standard of care in any civil action brought by a recipient of services. The failure of a service coordination organization to meet the outcomes and performance measures established purs…

The authority, the department, and service contracting entities shall establish record retention schedules for maintaining data reported by service contracting entities under RCW 70.320.020. For data elements related to the identity of individual clients, the schedules may not al…

The health care authority, department of social and health services, and department of health shall collaborate to identify goals and benchmarks while also developing individual agency plans to reduce the incidence of diabetes in Washington, improve diabetes care, and control com…

The health care authority, department of social and health services, and department of health shall each submit a report to the governor and the legislature by December 31, 2019, and every second year thereafter, on the following:(1) The financial impact and reach diabetes of all…

The legislature finds that maintaining public trust and confidence in the safety of the community blood supply is important to the health care system. Patients in Washington needing lifesaving transfusions rightly expect safe blood and blood donors in Washington rightly expect th…

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Blood-collecting or distributing establishment" or "establishment" means any organization that collects or distributes blood for allogeneic transfusion in Washington. …

(1) A blood-collecting or distributing establishment may not collect or distribute blood for transfusion in Washington, unless it is registered by the department.(2) A blood-collecting or distributing establishment shall submit an application for registration to the department on…

(1) The department shall create and maintain an online public registry of all registered blood-collecting or distributing establishments that supply blood products for transfusion in Washington.(2) The department shall, within fourteen days of receipt, publish in the public regis…

The department may, in the manner provided by law and upon the advice of the attorney general, who shall represent the department in the proceedings, maintain an action in the name of the state for an injunction or other process against any blood-collecting or distributing establ…

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Board" means the Washington state liquor and cannabis board.(2) "Business" means any trade, occupation, activity, or enterprise engaged in for the purpose of selling o…

(1) The licenses issuable by the board under this chapter are as follows:(a) A vapor product retailer's license;(b) A vapor product distributor's license; and(c) A vapor product delivery sale license.(2) Application for the licenses must be made through the business licensing sys…

(1)(a) No person may engage in or conduct business as a retailer, distributor, or delivery seller in this state without a valid license issued under this chapter, except as otherwise provided by law. Any person who sells vapor products to ultimate consumers by a means other than …

A fee of one hundred fifty dollars must accompany each vapor product distributor's license application or license renewal application under RCW 70.345.020. If a distributor sells or intends to sell vapor products at two or more places of business, whether established or temporary…

(1) A fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars must accompany each vapor product retailer's license application or license renewal application under RCW 70.345.020. A separate license is required for each separate location at which the retailer operates.(2) A retailer applying for…

A fee of two hundred fifty dollars must accompany each vapor product delivery sale license application or license renewal application under RCW 70.345.020.[ 2016 sp.s. c 38 s 10.]Notes:Contingent effective date—2016 sp.s. c 38 ss 5-10 and 28: See note following RCW 70.345.020.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person who holds a retailer's license issued under this chapter must display a sign concerning the prohibition of vapor product sales to persons under the age of twenty-one. Such sign must:(a) Be posted so that it is cle…

(1) A manufacturer or distributor that sells, offers for sale, or distributes liquid nicotine containers shall label the vapor product with a: (a) Warning regarding the harmful effects of nicotine; (b) warning to keep the vapor product away from children; (c) warning that vaping …

(1) No person may offer a vapor product for sale in an open, unsecured display that is accessible to the public without the intervention of a store employee.(2) It is unlawful to sell or distribute vapor products from self-service displays.(3) Retail establishments are exempt fro…

(1) No person may conduct a delivery sale or otherwise ship or transport, or cause to be shipped or transported, any vapor product ordered or purchased by mail or through the internet to any person unless such seller has a valid delivery sale license as required under this chapte…

(1) No person may offer a tasting of vapor products to the general public unless:(a) The person is a licensed retailer under RCW 70.345.020;(b) The tastings are offered only within the licensed premises operated by the licensee and the products tasted are not removed from within …

(1) No person may give or distribute vapor products to a person free of charge by coupon, unless the vapor product was provided to the person as a contingency of prior or the same purchase as part of an in-person transaction or delivery sale.(2) This section does not prohibit the…

(1) When there may be a question of a person's right to purchase or obtain vapor products by reason of age, the retailer or agent thereof, must require the purchaser to present any one of the following officially issued forms of identification that shows the purchaser's age and b…

(1) Any liquid nicotine container that is sold at retail shall be packaged in accordance with the child-resistant effectiveness standards set forth in 16 C.F.R. Sec. 1700.15, as in effect on June 28, 2016, as determined through testing in accordance with the method described in 1…

(1) A person under the age of eighteen who purchases or attempts to purchase, possesses, or obtains or attempts to obtain vapor products commits a class 3 civil infraction under chapter 7.80 RCW and is subject to participation in up to four hours of community service and referral…

(1) Indoor areas.(a) The use of vapor products is prohibited in the following indoor areas:(i) Inside a child care facility, provided that a child care facility that is home-based is excluded from this paragraph when children enrolled in such child care facility are not present;(…

(1) The board must have, in addition to the board's other powers and authorities, the authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter.(2) The board and the board's authorized agents or employees have full power and authority to enter any place of business where vapor products…

(1) The board, or its enforcement officers, has the authority to enforce provisions of this chapter.(2) The board may revoke or suspend a retailer's, distributor's, or delivery seller's license issued under this chapter upon sufficient cause showing a violation of this chapter.(3…

(1) The board may impose a monetary penalty as set forth in subsection (2) of this section, if the board finds that the licensee has violated RCW 26.28.080 or any other provision of this chapter.(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, the sanctions that the board may impos…

All license fees collected and funds collected by the board from the imposition of monetary penalties pursuant to this chapter must be deposited into the youth tobacco and vapor products prevention account created in RCW 70.155.120.[ 2016 sp.s. c 38 s 25.]

This chapter does not apply to a motor carrier or a freight forwarder as defined in 49 U.S.C. Sec. 13102 or an air carrier as defined in 49 U.S.C. Sec. 40102.[ 2016 sp.s. c 38 s 26.]

(1) This chapter preempts political subdivisions from adopting or enforcing requirements for the licensure and regulation of vapor product promotions and sales at retail. No political subdivision may impose fees or license requirements on retail outlets for possessing or selling …

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Dental health aide therapist" means a person who has met the training and education requirements, and satisfies other conditions, to be certified as a dental health ai…

(1) Dental health aide therapist services are authorized by this chapter under the following conditions:(a) The person providing services is certified as a dental health aide therapist by:(i) A federal community health aide program certification board; or(ii) A federally recogniz…

For the purposes of this chapter:(1) "Certified dental technician" means a person certified by the national board for certification in dental laboratory technology.(2) "Dental laboratory" means a facility that engages in the making, repairing, altering, or supplying of artificial…

(1) Each dental laboratory operating, doing business, or intending to operate or do business in this state must register with the department and pay the fee established pursuant to RCW 70.352.030 and 70.352.060.(2) A dental laboratory is considered operating or doing business wit…

(1) Each dental laboratory operating, doing business, or intending to operate or do business within this state must submit an application for registration of dental laboratory or renewal of registration of dental laboratory to the department on a form provided by the department a…

(1) Upon granting a registration for a dental laboratory, the department shall assign the dental laboratory a dental registration number. The dental laboratory registration number must appear on all invoices or other correspondence of the dental laboratory.(2) A dentist shall inc…

(1) Effective January 31, 2021, to be eligible for dental laboratory registration the applicant must document that the applicant or one of the applicant's employees who works at least thirty hours per week in the applicant's dental laboratory:(a) Has successfully completed at lea…

Each dental laboratory registered with the department must renew its registration before July 31st each year by completing and submitting a renewal of registration of dental laboratory form and paying a fee determined by the secretary as provided in RCW 43.70.280.[ 2019 c 68 s 6.…

If a dental laboratory violates any provision of this chapter, the department may, in the manner provided by law and upon the advice of the attorney general who shall represent the department in the proceedings, maintain an action in the name of the state for an injunction or oth…

RCW 70.352.010 through 70.352.070 do not apply to activities authorized under chapter 18.30 RCW.[ 2019 c 68 s 8.]

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Authority" means the Washington state health care authority.(2) "Peer support services" means services authorized under RCW 71.24.385 which are delivered by individual…

(1) The authority shall administer a peer counselor certification program to support the delivery of peer support services in Washington state.(2) By July 1, 2019, the authority shall incorporate education and training for substance use disorder peers in its peer counselor certif…

To ensure an adequate workforce of peer counselors, the authority must approve entities to perform specialized peer training for peer counselor certification using the state curriculum upon request if the entity meets qualifications to perform the training as determined by the au…