RCW 70.54.005 Transfer of duties to the department of health. The powers and duties of the secretary of social and health services under this chapter shall be performed by the secretary of health. [ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 250.] NOTES: Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.
RCW 70.54.010 Polluting water supply—Penalty. Every person who shall deposit or suffer to be deposited in any spring, well, stream, river or lake, the water of which is or may be used for drinking purposes, or on any property owned, leased or otherwise controlled by any municipal corporation, corporation or person as a watershed or […]
RCW 70.54.020 Furnishing impure water—Penalty. Every owner, agent, manager, operator or other person having charge of any waterworks furnishing water for public or private use, who shall knowingly permit any act or omit any duty or precaution by reason whereof the purity or healthfulness of the water supplied shall become impaired, shall be guilty of […]
RCW 70.54.030 Pollution of watershed of city in adjoining state—Penalty. Any person who shall place or cause to be placed within any watershed from which any city or municipal corporation of any adjoining state obtains its water supply, any substance which either by itself or in connection with other matter will corrupt, pollute or impair […]
RCW 70.54.040 Secretary to advise local authorities on sanitation. The commissioners of any county or the mayor of any city may call upon the secretary of health for advice relative to improving sanitary conditions or disposing of garbage and sewage or obtaining a pure water supply, and when so called upon the secretary shall either […]
RCW 70.54.050 Exposing contagious disease—Penalty. Every person who shall willfully expose himself or herself to another, or any animal affected with any contagious or infectious disease, in any public place or thoroughfare, except upon his or her or its necessary removal in a manner not dangerous to the public health; and every person so affected […]
RCW 70.54.060 Ambulances and drivers. (1) The drivers of all ambulances shall be required to take the advanced first aid course as prescribed by the American Red Cross. (2) All ambulances must be at all times equipped with first aid equipment consisting of leg and arm splints and standard twenty-four unit first aid kit as […]
RCW 70.54.065 Ambulances and drivers—Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [ 1945 c 65 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 6131-2. Formerly RCW 70.54.060, part.]
RCW 70.54.070 Door of public buildings to swing outward—Penalty. The doors of all theaters, opera houses, school buildings, churches, public halls, or places used for public entertainments, exhibitions or meetings, which are used exclusively or in part for admission to or egress from the same, or any part thereof, shall be so hung and arranged […]
RCW 70.54.080 Liability of person handling steamboat or steam boiler. Every person who shall apply, or cause to be applied to a steam boiler a higher pressure of steam than is allowed by law, or by any inspector, officer or person authorized to limit the same; every captain or other person having charge of the […]
RCW 70.54.090 Attachment of objects to utility poles—Penalty. (1) It shall be unlawful to attach to utility poles any of the following: Advertising signs, posters, vending machines, or any similar object which presents a hazard to, or endangers the lives of, electrical workers. Any attachment to utility poles shall only be made with the permission […]
RCW 70.54.120 Immunity from implied warranties and civil liability relating to blood, blood products, tissues, organs, or bones—Scope—Effective date. The procurement, processing, storage, distribution, administration, or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products and blood derivatives for the purpose of injecting or transfusing the same, or any of them, or of tissues, organs, or bones […]
RCW 70.54.130 Laetrile—Legislative declaration. It is the intent of the legislature that passage of RCW 70.54.130 through 70.54.150 shall not constitute any endorsement whatever of the efficacy of amygdalin (Laetrile) in the treatment of cancer, but represents only the legislature’s endorsement of a patient’s freedom of choice, so long as the patient has been given […]
RCW 70.54.140 Laetrile—Interference with physician/patient relationship by health facility—Pharmacy quality assurance commission, duties. No hospital or health facility may interfere with the physician/patient relationship by restricting or forbidding the use of amygdalin (Laetrile) when prescribed or administered by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 18.57 or 18.71 RCW and requested by a patient under his/her […]
RCW 70.54.150 Physicians not subject to disciplinary action for prescribing or administering laetrile—Conditions. No physician may be subject to disciplinary action by any entity of either the state of Washington or a professional association for prescribing or administering amygdalin (Laetrile) to a patient under his/her care who has requested the substance after having been given […]
RCW 70.54.160 Public restrooms—Pay facilities—Penalty. (1) Every establishment which maintains restrooms for use by the public shall not discriminate in charges required between facilities used by men and facilities used by women. (2) When coin lock controls are used, the controls shall be so allocated as to allow for a proportionate equality of free toilet […]
RCW 70.54.180 Deaf persons access to emergency services—Telecommunication devices. (1) For the purpose of this section “telecommunication device” means an instrument for telecommunication in which speaking or hearing is not required for communicators. (2) The county legislative authority of each county with a population of eighteen thousand or more and the governing body of each […]
RCW 70.54.190 DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide)—Use—Liability. No hospital or health facility may interfere with the physician/patient relationship by restricting or forbidding the use of DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide) when prescribed or administered by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 18.57 or 18.71 RCW and requested by a patient under his/her care who has requested the substance after […]
RCW 70.54.200 Fees for repository of vaccines, biologics. The department shall prescribe by rule a schedule of fees predicated on the cost of providing a repository of emergency vaccines and other biologics. [ 1981 c 284 § 2.] NOTES: Reviser’s note: Although 1981 c 284 directs this section be added to chapter 74.04 RCW, codification […]
RCW 70.54.220 Practitioners to provide information on prenatal testing and cord blood banking. All persons licensed or certified by the state of Washington to provide prenatal care or to practice medicine shall provide information to all pregnant women in their care regarding: (1) The use and availability of prenatal tests; and (2) Using objective and […]
