Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 18 Businesses And Professions - Chapter 18.76 Poison Information Centers

18.76.010 Purpose
The legislature finds that accidental and purposeful exposure to drugs, poisons, and toxic substances continues to be a severe health problem in the state of ...

18.76.020 Definitions
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Department" means the department of health. (2) "Poison information ...

18.76.030 Poison information center -- Statewide program
The department shall, in a manner consistent with this chapter, provide support for the statewide program of poison and drug information services. These services shall, ...

18.76.041 Consulting with other poison programs
The department shall establish a system for consulting with other state and local agency programs concerned with poisons and poisonings, incidents involving exposures to potentially ...

18.76.050 Rules and standards
The secretary with the advice of the emergency medical services and trauma care steering committee established under RCW 18.73.050 shall adopt rules, under chapter 34.05 ...

18.76.060 Poison center medical director -- Poison information specialist -- Certification required
(1) A person may not act as a poison center medical director or perform the duties of poison information specialists of a poison information center ...

18.76.070 Immunity from liability
(1) No act done or omitted in good faith while performing duties as a poison center medical director or poison information specialist of a poison ...

18.76.080 Department to defend personnel
The department shall defend any poison center medical director or poison information specialist for any act or omission subject to RCW 18.76.070.[1987 c 214 § ...

18.76.090 Use of gifts and grants
The center may receive gifts, grants, and endowments from public or private sources that may be made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, ...

18.76.100 Certificate suspension -- Nonpayment or default on educational loan or scholarship
The secretary shall suspend the certificate of any person who has been certified by a lending agency and reported to the secretary for nonpayment or ...

18.76.110 Certificate suspension -- Noncompliance with support order -- Reissuance
The department shall immediately suspend the certification of a poison center medical director or a poison information specialist who has been certified pursuant to RCW ...

18.76.900 Severability -- 1987 c 214
See RCW 18.73.901. ...