Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 43 State Government -- Executive - Chapter 43.20 State Board Of Health

  • 43.20.025 Definitions
    Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Commissions" means the Washington state commission on African-American affairs ...
  • 43.20.030 State board of health -- Members -- Chairman -- Staff support -- Executive director, confidential secretary -- Compensation and travel expenses of members
    The state board of health shall be composed of ten members. These shall be the secretary or the secretary's designee and nine other persons to ...
  • 43.20.035 State board of health -- Cooperation with environmental agencies
    See RCW 43.70.310. ...
  • 43.20.050 Powers and duties of state board of health -- State public health report -- Delegation of authority -- Enforcement of rules
    (1) The state board of health shall provide a forum for the development of public health policy in Washington state. It is authorized to recommend ...
  • 43.20.100 Annual report
    The state board of health shall make an annual report to the governor including therein suggestions for such legislative action as it deems necessary.[1977 c ...
  • 43.20.110 Federal act on maternal and infancy hygiene accepted
    The provisions of the act of congress entitled "An Act for the promotion of the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy, and for other ...
  • 43.20.140 Services to crippled children -- Rules and regulations
    The director of the state board of health shall be empowered to promulgate such rules and regulations as shall be necessary to effectuate and carry ...
  • 43.20.145 Food service rules -- Consideration of federal food code
    The state board shall consider the most recent version of the United States food and drug administration's food code for the purpose of adopting rules ...
  • 43.20.175 Violations -- Injunctions and legal proceedings authorized
    See RCW 43.70.190. ...
  • 43.20.185 Enforcement of health laws and state or local rules and regulations upon request of local health officer
    See RCW 43.70.200. ...
  • 43.20.195 Reports of violations by secretary -- Duty of attorney general, prosecuting attorney or city attorney to institute proceedings -- Notice to alleged violator
    See RCW 43.20A.660. ...
  • 43.20.200 Grant-in-aid payments for local health departments
    The state board of health is hereby authorized to provide grant-in-aid payments with state funds to assist in the cost of general operation of local ...
  • 43.20.215 Right of person to rely on prayer to alleviate ailments not abridged
    See RCW 43.70.210. ...
  • 43.20.220 Cooperation with federal government -- Construction of Title 70 RCW
    See RCW 70.01.010. ...
  • 43.20.230 Water resource planning -- Procedures, criteria, technical assistance
    Consistent with the water resource planning process of the department of ecology, the department of health shall: (1) Develop procedures and guidelines relating to water ...
  • 43.20.235 Water conservation -- Water delivery rate structures
    Water purveyors required to develop a water system plan pursuant to RCW 43.20.230 shall evaluate the feasibility of adopting and implementing water delivery rate structures ...
  • 43.20.240 Public water systems -- Complaint process
    (1) The department shall have primary responsibility among state agencies to receive complaints from persons aggrieved by the failure of a public water system. If ...
  • 43.20.250 Review of water system plan -- Time limitations -- Notice of rejection of plan or extension of timeline
    For any new or revised water system plan submitted for review under this chapter, the department shall review and either approve, conditionally approve, reject, or ...
  • 43.20.260 Review of water system plan, requirements -- Municipal water suppliers, retail service
    In approving the water system plan of a public water system, the department shall ensure that water service to be provided by the system under ...
  • 43.20.270 Governor's interagency coordinating council on health disparities -- Action plan -- Statewide policy
    The legislature finds that women and people of color experience significant disparities from men and the general population in education, employment, healthful living conditions, access ...
  • 43.20.275 Council created -- Membership -- Duties -- Advisory committees
    (1) In collaboration with staff whom the office of financial management may assign, and within funds made expressly available to the state board for these ...
  • 43.20.280 Action plan for eliminating health disparities -- Council meetings -- Reports to the legislature
    The council shall consider in its deliberations and by 2012, create an action plan for eliminating health disparities. The action plan must address, but is ...
  • 43.20.285 Health impact reviews -- Obtaining and allocating federal or private funding to implement chapter
    The state board shall, to the extent that funds are available expressly for this purpose, complete health impact reviews, in collaboration with the council, and ...
  • 43.20.290 Obtaining and allocating federal or private funding
    The state board and the department shall collaborate to obtain any federal or private funding that may become available to implement the state board's duties ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009