RCW 70.24.450
Confidentiality—Reports—Unauthorized disclosures.
(1) In order to assure compliance with the protections under this chapter and the rules of the board, and to assure public confidence in the confidentiality of reported information, the department shall:
(a) Report annually to the board any incidents of unauthorized disclosure by the department, local health departments, or their employees of information protected under RCW 70.02.220. The report shall include recommendations for preventing future unauthorized disclosures and improving the system of confidentiality for reported information; and
(b) Assist health care providers, facilities that conduct tests, local health departments, and other persons involved in disease reporting to understand, implement, and comply with this chapter and the rules of the board related to disease reporting.
(2) This section is exempt from RCW 70.24.084, 70.05.070, and 70.05.120.
[ 2013 c 200 § 27; 1999 c 391 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2013 c 200: See note following RCW 70.02.010.
Findings—Purpose—1999 c 391: See note following RCW 70.05.180.
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.