RCW 70.24.370
Correction facility inmates—Testing—Procedure.
(1) The chief medical officer of the department of corrections may order blood-borne pathogen testing for an inmate if the chief medical officer or his or her designee determines that the inmate's behavior exposed the staff, general public, or other inmates, and that exposure presents a possible risk of transmitting a blood-borne pathogen. The department of corrections shall establish a procedure to document the exposure that presents a possible risk of transmitting a blood-borne pathogen which is the basis for the testing. The chief medical officer, or his or her designee, shall review the exposure that presents a possible risk of transmitting a blood-borne pathogen in the documentation of the behavior with the inmate to ensure that he or she understands the basis for the testing.
(2) Administrative hearing requirements set forth in chapter 34.05 RCW do not apply to the procedure developed by the department of corrections pursuant to this section. This section shall not be construed as requiring any hearing process except as may be required under existing federal constitutional law.
[ 2020 c 76 § 15; 1988 c 206 § 707.]
Structure 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.
70.24.025 - 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.
70.24.084 - 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.
70.24.420 - 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.