RCW 70.28.005 Health officials, broad powers to protect public health. (1) Tuberculosis has been and continues to be a threat to the public’s health in the state of Washington. (2) While it is important to respect the rights of individuals, the legitimate public interest in protecting the public health and welfare from the spread of […]
RCW 70.28.008 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Department” means the department of health; (2) “Secretary” means the secretary of the department of health or his or her designee; (3) “Tuberculosis control” refers to the procedures administered in the counties for the control, prevention, […]
RCW 70.28.010 Health care providers required to report cases. All practicing health care providers in the state are hereby required to report to the local health department cases of every person having tuberculosis who has been attended by, or who has come under the observation of, the health care provider within one day thereof. [ […]
RCW 70.28.020 Record of reports. All local health departments in this state are hereby required to receive and keep a record, for a period of ten years from the date of the report, of the reports required by RCW 70.28.010 to be made to them; such records shall not be open to public inspection, but […]
RCW 70.28.025 Secretary’s administrative responsibility—Scope. The secretary shall have responsibility for establishing standards for the control, prevention, and treatment of tuberculosis and hospitals approved to treat tuberculosis in the state operated under this chapter and chapter 70.30 RCW and for providing, either directly or through agreement, contract, or purchase, appropriate facilities and services for persons […]
RCW 70.28.031 Powers and duties of health officers. Each health officer is hereby directed to use every available means to ascertain the existence of, and immediately to investigate, all reported or suspected cases of tuberculosis in the infectious stages within his or her jurisdiction and to ascertain the sources of such infections. In carrying out […]
RCW 70.28.032 Due process standards for testing, treating, detaining—Reporting requirements—Training and scope for skin test administration. (1) The state board of health shall adopt rules establishing the requirements for: (a) Reporting confirmed or suspected cases of tuberculosis by health care providers and reporting of laboratory results consistent with tuberculosis by medical test sites; (b) Due […]
RCW 70.28.033 Treatment, isolation, or examination order of health officer—Violation—Penalty. Inasmuch as the order provided for by RCW 70.28.031 is for the protection of the public health, any person who, after service upon him or her of an order of a health officer directing his or her treatment, isolation, or examination as provided for in […]
RCW 70.28.035 Order of health officer—Refusal to obey—Application for superior court order. In addition to the proceedings set forth in RCW 70.28.031, where a local health officer has reasonable cause to believe that an individual has tuberculosis as defined in the rules and regulations of the state board of health, and the individual refuses to […]
RCW 70.28.037 Superior court order for confinement of individuals having active tuberculosis. Where it has been determined after an examination as prescribed in this chapter that an individual has active tuberculosis, upon application to the superior court by the local health officer, the superior court shall order the sheriff to transport the individual to a […]
