RCW 71.34.410
Liability for performance of duties under this chapter limited.
(1) No public or private agency or governmental entity, nor officer of a public or private agency, nor the superintendent, or professional person in charge, his or her professional designee or attending staff of any such agency, nor any public official performing functions necessary to the administration of this chapter, nor peace officer responsible for detaining a minor under this chapter, nor any designated crisis responder, nor professional person, nor evaluation and treatment facility, nor secure withdrawal management and stabilization facility, nor approved substance use disorder treatment program shall be civilly or criminally liable for performing actions authorized in this chapter with regard to the decision of whether to admit, release, administer antipsychotic medications, or detain a minor for evaluation and treatment: PROVIDED, That such duties were performed in good faith and without gross negligence.
(2) This section does not relieve a person from giving the required duty to warn or to take reasonable precautions to provide protection from violent behavior where the minor has communicated an actual threat of physical violence against a reasonably identifiable victim or victims. The duty to warn or to take reasonable precautions to provide protection from violent behavior is discharged if reasonable efforts are made to communicate the threat to the victim or victims and to law enforcement personnel.
[ 2020 c 302 § 71; 2019 c 446 § 27; 2016 sp.s. c 29 § 259; 2005 c 371 § 5; 1985 c 354 § 27. Formerly RCW 71.34.270.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2016 sp.s. c 29: See note following RCW 71.05.760.
Short title—Right of action—2016 sp.s. c 29: See notes following RCW 71.05.010.
Finding—Intent—Severability—2005 c 371: See notes following RCW 71.34.600.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 71.34 - Behavioral Health Services for Minors.
71.34.300 - Evaluation and treatment program for minors—Authority's responsibility.
71.34.305 - Notice to parents, school contacts for referring students to inpatient treatment.
71.34.310 - Jurisdiction over proceedings under chapter—Venue.
71.34.315 - Mental health commissioners—Authority.
71.34.320 - Transfer of superior court proceedings to juvenile department.
71.34.325 - Court proceedings under chapter subject to rules of state supreme court.
71.34.330 - Attorneys appointed for minors—Compensation.
71.34.335 - Court records and files confidential—Availability.
71.34.351 - Delivery of minor to treatment facilities.
71.34.355 - Rights of minors undergoing treatment—Posting—Waiver—Presumption of incompetency.
71.34.356 - Possessions of minors undergoing treatment.
71.34.360 - No detention of minors after eighteenth birthday—Exceptions.
71.34.365 - Release of minor—Requirements.
71.34.375 - Family-initiated treatment—Notice to parents of available treatment options.
71.34.377 - Failure to notify parent or guardian of treatment options—Civil penalty.
71.34.379 - Notice to parent or guardian—Treatment options—Policy and protocol adoption—Report.
71.34.380 - Department, department of health, and authority to adopt rules to effectuate chapter.
71.34.385 - Uniform application of chapter—Training for designated crisis responders.
71.34.390 - Redirection of Title XIX funds to fund placements within the state.
71.34.395 - Availability of treatment does not create right to obtain public funds.
71.34.400 - Eligibility for medical assistance under chapter 74.09 RCW—Payment by authority.
71.34.405 - Liability for costs of minor's treatment and care—Rules.
71.34.406 - Liability of costs of minor's treatment—Involuntary detention—Rules.
71.34.410 - Liability for performance of duties under this chapter limited.
71.34.415 - Judicial services—Civil commitment cases—Reimbursement.
71.34.420 - Evaluation and treatment services—Unavailability—Single bed certification.
71.34.440 - Detention of minors—Permission to leave facility.
71.34.530 - Outpatient treatment of adolescent.
71.34.640 - Evaluation of treatment of adolescents.
71.34.660 - Limitation on liability for admitting or accepting adolescent.
71.34.670 - "Appropriately trained professional person" defined by rule.
71.34.680 - Data collection and tracking system for adolescents receiving treatment.
71.34.700 - Evaluation of adolescent brought for immediate inpatient treatment—Temporary detention.
71.34.705 - Evaluation of adolescent brought for immediate inpatient treatment—Considerations.
71.34.706 - Evaluation of adolescent brought for immediate inpatient treatment—Considerations.
71.34.730 - Petition for fourteen-day commitment—Requirements.
71.34.735 - Commitment hearing—Continuance or postponement.
71.34.740 - Commitment hearing—Requirements—Findings by court—Commitment—Release.
71.34.755 - Less restrictive alternative treatment—Requirements.
71.34.770 - Release of minor—Conditional release—Discharge.
71.34.905 - Rule making—Access to files and records of court proceedings.
71.34.910 - Appearance by video technology.
71.34.915 - Authority outreach—Law and policy communication—Accessibility.
71.34.918 - Authority outreach—Parent portal—Report to legislature.