Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 70.02 - Medical Records—Health Care Information Access and Disclosure.
70.02.280 - Health care providers and facilities—Prohibited actions.

RCW 70.02.280
Health care providers and facilities—Prohibited actions.

A health care provider, health care facility, and their assistants, employees, agents, and contractors may not:
(1) Use or disclose health care information for marketing or fund-raising purposes, unless permitted by federal law; or
(2) Sell health care information to a third party, except:
(a) For purposes of treatment or payment;
(b) For purposes of sale, transfer, merger, or consolidation of a business;
(c) For purposes of remuneration to a third party for services;
(d) As disclosures are required by law;
(e) For purposes of providing access to or accounting of disclosures to an individual;
(f) For public health purposes;
(g) For research;
(h) With an individual's authorization;
(i) Where a reasonable cost-based fee is paid to prepare and transmit health information, where authority to disclose the information is provided in this chapter; or
(j) In a format that is deidentified and aggregated.

[ 2014 c 220 § 11; 2013 c 200 § 12.]
NOTES:

Effective date—2014 c 220: See note following RCW 70.02.290.


Effective date—2013 c 200: See note following RCW 70.02.010.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 70 - Public Health and Safety

Chapter 70.02 - Medical Records—Health Care Information Access and Disclosure.

70.02.005 - Findings.

70.02.010 - Definitions.

70.02.020 - Disclosure by health care provider.

70.02.030 - Patient authorization of disclosure—Health care information—Requirement to provide free copy to patient appealing denial of social security benefits.

70.02.040 - Patient's revocation of authorization for disclosure.

70.02.045 - Third-party payor release of information.

70.02.050 - Disclosure without patient's authorization—Need-to-know basis.

70.02.060 - Discovery request or compulsory process.

70.02.070 - Certification of record.

70.02.080 - Patient's examination and copying—Requirements.

70.02.090 - Patient's request—Denial of examination and copying.

70.02.100 - Correction or amendment of record.

70.02.110 - Correction or amendment or statement of disagreement—Procedure.

70.02.120 - Notice of information practices—Display conspicuously.

70.02.130 - Consent by others—Health care representatives.

70.02.140 - Representative of deceased patient.

70.02.150 - Security safeguards.

70.02.160 - Retention of record.

70.02.170 - Civil remedies.

70.02.180 - Licensees under chapter 18.225 RCW—Subject to chapter.

70.02.200 - Disclosure without patient's authorization—Permitted and mandatory disclosures.

70.02.205 - Disclosure without patient's authorization—Persons with close relationship.

70.02.210 - Disclosure without patient's authorization—Research.

70.02.220 - Sexually transmitted diseases—Permitted and mandatory disclosures.

70.02.230 - Mental health services, confidentiality of records—Permitted disclosures.

70.02.240 - Mental health services—Minors—Permitted disclosures.

70.02.250 - Mental health services—Department of corrections.

70.02.260 - Mental health services—Requests for information and records.

70.02.265 - Adolescent behavioral health services—Disclosure of treatment information and records—Restrictions and requirements—Immunity from liability.

70.02.270 - Health care information—Use or disclosure prohibited.

70.02.280 - Health care providers and facilities—Prohibited actions.

70.02.290 - Agency rule-making requirements—Use/destruction of health care information by certain state and local agencies—Unauthorized disclosure—Notice—Rules/policies available on agency's website.

70.02.300 - Sexually transmitted diseases—Required statement upon disclosure.

70.02.310 - Mental health services—Information and records.

70.02.320 - Mental health services—Minors—Prompt entry in record upon disclosure.

70.02.330 - Obtaining confidential records under false pretenses—Penalty.

70.02.340 - Disclosure of information and records related to mental health services—Agency rule-making authority.

70.02.350 - Release of information to protect the public.

70.02.900 - Conflicting laws.

70.02.901 - Application and construction—1991 c 335.

70.02.902 - Short title.

70.02.905 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.