Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
70.24.150 - Immunity of certain public employees.

RCW 70.24.150
Immunity of certain public employees.

Members of the state board of health and local boards of health, public health officers, and employees of the department of health and local health departments are immune from civil action for damages arising out of the good faith performance of their duties as prescribed by this chapter, unless such performance constitutes gross negligence.

[ 1991 c 3 § 326; 1988 c 206 § 918.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 70 - Public Health and Safety

Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

70.24.005 - Transfer of duties to the department of health.

70.24.015 - Legislative finding.

70.24.017 - Definitions.

70.24.022 - Interviews, examination, counseling, or treatment of infected persons or persons believed to be infected—Dissemination of false information—Penalty.

70.24.024 - Orders for examinations and counseling—Investigation—Issuance of health order—Notice and hearing—Exception.

70.24.025 - Violations of health order—Penalties.

70.24.027 - Intentional transmission of HIV—Penalties.

70.24.034 - Detention—Grounds—Order—Hearing.

70.24.050 - Diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases—Confirmation—Anonymous prevalence reports.

70.24.070 - Detention and treatment facilities.

70.24.080 - Penalty.

70.24.084 - Violations of chapter—Aggrieved persons—Right of action.

70.24.090 - Pregnant women—Test for syphilis.

70.24.110 - Minors—Treatment, consent, liability for payment for care.

70.24.120 - Sexually transmitted disease case investigators—Authority to obtain specimens.

70.24.130 - Adoption of rules.

70.24.150 - Immunity of certain public employees.

70.24.220 - Sexually transmitted disease education in public schools—Finding.

70.24.290 - Public school employees—Rules for blood-borne pathogens education and training.

70.24.325 - Testing—Insurance requirements.

70.24.340 - Employees' substantial exposure to bodily fluids—Procedure and court orders.

70.24.360 - Jail detainees—Testing of persons who present a possible risk.

70.24.370 - Correction facility inmates—Testing—Procedure.

70.24.400 - Funding for office on AIDS—Center for AIDS education—Department's duties for awarding grants.

70.24.420 - Additional local funding of treatment programs not required.

70.24.430 - Application of chapter to persons subject to jurisdiction of department of corrections.

70.24.450 - Confidentiality—Reports—Unauthorized disclosures.

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