Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 43.20 - State Board of Health.
43.20.025 - Definitions.

RCW 43.20.025
Definitions.

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Commissary" means an approved food establishment where food is stored, prepared, portioned, or packaged for service elsewhere.
(2) "Commissions" means the Washington state commission on African American affairs established in chapter 43.113 RCW, the Washington state commission on Asian Pacific American affairs established in chapter 43.117 RCW, the Washington state commission on Hispanic affairs established in chapter 43.115 RCW, and the governor's office of Indian affairs.
(3) "Consumer representative" means any person who is not an elected official, who has no fiduciary obligation to a health facility or other health agency, and who has no material financial interest in the rendering of health services.
(4) "Council" means the governor's interagency coordinating council on health disparities, convened according to this chapter.
(5) "Department" means the department of health.
(6) "Health disparities" means the difference in incidence, prevalence, mortality, or burden of disease and other adverse health conditions, including lack of access to proven health care services that exists between specific population groups in Washington state.
(7) "Health impact review" means a review of a legislative or budgetary proposal completed according to the terms of this chapter that determines the extent to which the proposal improves or exacerbates health disparities.
(8) "Local health board" means a health board created pursuant to chapter 70.05, 70.08, or 70.46 RCW.
(9) "Local health officer" means the legally qualified physician appointed as a health officer pursuant to chapter 70.05, 70.08, or 70.46 RCW.
(10) "Mobile food unit" means a readily movable food establishment.
(11) "Regulatory authority" means the local, state, or federal enforcement body or authorized representative having jurisdiction over the food establishment. The local board of health, acting through the local health officer, is the regulatory authority for the activity of a food establishment, except as otherwise provided by law.
(12) "Secretary" means the secretary of health, or the secretary's designee.
(13) "Servicing area" means an operating base location to which a mobile food unit or transportation vehicle returns regularly for such things as vehicle and equipment cleaning, discharging liquid or solid wastes, refilling water tanks and ice bins, and boarding food.
(14) "Social determinants of health" means those elements of social structure most closely shown to affect health and illness, including at a minimum, early learning, education, socioeconomic standing, safe housing, gender, incidence of violence, convenient and affordable access to safe opportunities for physical activity, healthy diet, and appropriate health care services.
(15) "State board" means the state board of health created under this chapter.

[ 2019 c 185 § 1; 2006 c 239 § 2; 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 208; 1984 c 243 § 1.]
NOTES:

Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).


Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 43 - State Government—Executive

Chapter 43.20 - State Board of Health.

43.20.025 - Definitions.

43.20.030 - State board of health—Members—Chair—Staff support—Executive director, confidential secretary—Compensation and travel expenses of members.

43.20.035 - State board of health—Cooperation with environmental agencies.

43.20.050 - Powers and duties of state board of health—Rule making—Delegation of authority—Enforcement of rules.

43.20.065 - On-site sewage system failures and inspections—Rule making.

43.20.100 - Biennial report.

43.20.145 - Food service rules—Consideration of federal food code—Safety standards for Asian rice-based noodles and Korean rice cakes.

43.20.148 - Mobile food units—Commissary and servicing area requirements.

43.20.149 - Mobile food units—Reciprocity—Rule making.

43.20.175 - Violations—Injunctions and legal proceedings authorized.

43.20.185 - Enforcement of health laws and state or local rules and regulations upon request of local health officer.

43.20.215 - Right of person to rely on prayer to alleviate ailments not abridged.

43.20.230 - Water resource planning—Procedures, criteria, technical assistance.

43.20.235 - Water conservation—Water delivery rate structures.

43.20.240 - Public water systems—Complaint process.

43.20.250 - Review of water system plan—Time limitations—Notice of rejection of plan or extension of timeline.

43.20.260 - Review of water system plan, requirements—Municipal water suppliers, retail service.

43.20.265 - Elevated lead level—Definition.

43.20.270 - Governor's interagency coordinating council on health disparities—Action plan—Statewide policy.

43.20.275 - Council created—Membership—Duties—Advisory committees.

43.20.280 - Action plan for eliminating health disparities—Council meetings—Reports to the legislature.

43.20.285 - Health impact reviews—Obtaining and allocating federal or private funding to implement chapter.

43.20.290 - Obtaining and allocating federal or private funding.

43.20.300 - Local boards of health—Membership.