RCW 70.54.220
Practitioners to provide information on prenatal testing and cord blood banking.
All persons licensed or certified by the state of Washington to provide prenatal care or to practice medicine shall provide information to all pregnant women in their care regarding:
(1) The use and availability of prenatal tests; and
(2) Using objective and standardized information: (a) The differences between and potential benefits and risks involved in public and private cord blood banking that is sufficient to allow a pregnant woman to make an informed decision before her third trimester of pregnancy on whether to participate in a private or public cord blood banking program; and (b) the opportunity to donate, to a public cord blood bank, blood and tissue extracted from the placenta and umbilical cord following delivery of a newborn child.
[ 2009 c 495 § 9; (2009 c 495 § 8 expired July 1, 2010); 2008 c 56 § 2; 1988 c 276 § 5.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2009 c 495 § 9: "Section 9 of this act takes effect July 1, 2010." [ 2009 c 495 § 16.]
Expiration date—2009 c 495 § 8: "Section 8 of this act expires July 1, 2010." [ 2009 c 495 § 15.]
Purpose—Effective date—2008 c 56: See note following RCW 70.54.222.
Effective date—1988 c 276 § 5: "Section 5 of this act shall take effect December 31, 1989." [ 1988 c 276 § 10.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 70.54 - Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions.
70.54.005 - Transfer of duties to the department of health.
70.54.010 - Polluting water supply—Penalty.
70.54.020 - Furnishing impure water—Penalty.
70.54.030 - Pollution of watershed of city in adjoining state—Penalty.
70.54.040 - Secretary to advise local authorities on sanitation.
70.54.050 - Exposing contagious disease—Penalty.
70.54.060 - Ambulances and drivers.
70.54.065 - Ambulances and drivers—Penalty.
70.54.070 - Door of public buildings to swing outward—Penalty.
70.54.080 - Liability of person handling steamboat or steam boiler.
70.54.090 - Attachment of objects to utility poles—Penalty.
70.54.130 - Laetrile—Legislative declaration.
70.54.160 - Public restrooms—Pay facilities—Penalty.
70.54.180 - Deaf persons access to emergency services—Telecommunication devices.
70.54.190 - DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide)—Use—Liability.
70.54.200 - Fees for repository of vaccines, biologics.
70.54.220 - Practitioners to provide information on prenatal testing and cord blood banking.
70.54.222 - Cord blood banks—Regulation—Application of consumer protection act—Definitions.
70.54.230 - Cancer registry program.
70.54.240 - Cancer registry program—Reporting requirements.
70.54.250 - Cancer registry program—Confidentiality.
70.54.290 - Bone marrow donor recruitment and education program—State employees to be recruited.
70.54.305 - Bone marrow donation—Status as minor not a disqualifying factor.
70.54.310 - Semiautomatic external defibrillator—Duty of acquirer—Immunity from civil liability.
70.54.320 - Electrology and tattooing—Findings.
70.54.330 - Electrology and tattooing—Definitions.
70.54.340 - Electrology, body art, body piercing, and tattooing—Rules, sterilization requirements.
70.54.350 - Electrology and tattooing—Practitioners to comply with rules—Penalty.
70.54.355 - Scleral tattooing prohibited—Penalties—Enforcement.
70.54.370 - Meningococcal disease—Students to receive informational materials.
70.54.400 - Retail restroom access—Customers with medical conditions—Penalty.
70.54.410 - Unintended pregnancies—Sexual health education funding.
70.54.420 - Accountable care organization pilot projects—Report to the legislature.
70.54.430 - First responders—Emergency response service—Contact information.
70.54.460 - Breast health information—Mammography report—Notice.
70.54.470 - Medical debt—Limits on sale or assignment.
70.54.480 - Drayage truck operators—Access to restroom facilities.