Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 70 Public Health And Safety - Chapter 70.54 Miscellaneous Health And Safety Provisions

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

70.54.050 Exposing contagious disease -- Penalty
Every person who shall wilfully expose himself to another, or any animal affected with any contagious or infectious disease, in any public place or thoroughfare, ...

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 ...

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 ...

70.54.070 Door of public buildings to swing outward -- Penalty
The doors of all theatres, opera houses, school buildings, churches, public halls, or places used for public entertainments, exhibitions or meetings, which are used exclusively ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

70.54.140 Laetrile -- Interference with physician/patient relationship by health facility -- Board of pharmacy, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

70.54.220 Practitioners to provide information on prenatal testing
All persons licensed or certified by the state of Washington to provide prenatal care or to practice medicine shall provide information regarding the use and ...

70.54.222 Cord blood banks -- Regulation -- Application of consumer protection act -- Definitions
(1) A cord blood bank advertising, offering to provide, or providing private cord blood banking services to residents in this state must: (a) Have all ...

70.54.230 Cancer registry program
The secretary of health may contract with either a recognized regional cancer research institution or regional tumor registry, or both, which shall hereinafter be called ...

70.54.240 Cancer registry program -- Reporting requirements
(1) The department of health shall adopt rules as to which types of cancer shall be reported, who shall report, and the form and timing ...

70.54.250 Cancer registry program -- Confidentiality
(1) Data obtained under RCW 70.54.240 shall be used for statistical, scientific, medical research, and public health purposes only. (2) The department and its contractor ...

70.54.260 Liability
Providing information required under RCW 70.54.240 or 70.54.250 shall not create any liability on the part of the provider nor shall it constitute a breach ...

70.54.270 Rule making
The department shall adopt rules to implement RCW 70.54.230 through 70.54.260, including but not limited to a definition of cancer.[1990 c 280 § 6.]Notes: Intent ...

70.54.280 Bone marrow donor recruitment and education program -- Generally -- Target minority populations
The department of health shall establish a bone marrow donor recruitment and education program to educate residents of the state about: (1) The need for ...

70.54.290 Bone marrow donor recruitment and education program -- State employees to be recruited
The department of health shall make special efforts to educate and recruit state employees to volunteer as potential bone marrow donors. Such efforts shall include, ...

70.54.300 Bone marrow donor recruitment and education program -- Private sector and community involvement
In addition to educating and recruiting state employees, the department of health shall make special efforts to encourage community and private sector businesses and associations ...

70.54.305 Bone marrow donation -- Status as minor not a disqualifying factor
A person's status as a minor may not disqualify him or her from bone marrow donation.[2000 c 116 § 1.] ...

70.54.310 Semiautomatic external defibrillator -- Duty of acquirer -- Immunity from civil liability
(1) As used in this section, "defibrillator" means a semiautomatic external defibrillator as prescribed by a physician licensed under chapter 18.71 RCW or an osteopath ...

70.54.320 Electrology and tattooing -- Findings
The legislature finds and declares that the practices of electrology and tattooing involve an invasive procedure with the use of needles and instruments which may ...

70.54.330 Electrology and tattooing -- Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 70.54.320, 70.54.340, and 70.54.350 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Electrologist" means a person who practices ...

70.54.340 Electrology and tattooing -- Rules, sterilization requirements
The secretary of health shall adopt by rule requirements for the sterilization of needles and instruments by electrologists and tattoo artists in accordance with nationally ...

70.54.350 Electrology and tattooing -- Practitioners to comply with rules -- Penalty
(1) Any person who practices electrology or tattooing shall comply with the rules adopted by the department of health under RCW 70.54.340. (2) A violation ...

70.54.370 Meningococcal disease -- Students to receive informational materials
(1) Except for community and technical colleges, each degree-granting public or private postsecondary residential campus that provides on-campus or group housing shall provide information on ...