RCW 72.23.080
Voluntary patients—Legal competency—Record.
Any person received and detained in a state hospital under chapter 71.34 RCW is deemed a voluntary patient and, except as chapter 9.41 RCW may limit the right of a person to purchase or possess a firearm or to qualify for a concealed pistol license, shall not suffer a loss of legal competency by reason of his or her application and admission. Upon the admission of a voluntary patient to a state hospital the superintendent shall immediately forward to the department the record of such patient showing the name, address, sex, date of birth, place of birth, occupation, social security number, date of admission, name of nearest relative, and such other information as the department may from time to time require.
[ 1994 sp.s. c 7 § 442; 1959 c 28 § 72.23.080. Prior: 1951 c 139 § 12; 1949 c 198 § 19, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6953-19, part. Formerly RCW 71.02.040.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—Severability—1994 sp.s. c 7: See notes following RCW 43.70.540.
Effective date—1994 sp.s. c 7 §§ 401-410, 413-416, 418-437, and 439-460: See note following RCW 9.41.010.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 72.23 - Public and Private Facilities for Mentally Ill.
72.23.020 - State hospitals designated.
72.23.030 - Superintendent—Powers—Direction of clinical care, exception.
72.23.035 - Background checks of prospective employees.
72.23.050 - Superintendent as witness—Exemptions from military duty.
72.23.080 - Voluntary patients—Legal competency—Record.
72.23.100 - Voluntary patients—Policy—Duration.
72.23.110 - Voluntary patients—Limitation as to number.
72.23.120 - Voluntary patients—Charges for hospitalization.
72.23.125 - Temporary residential observation and evaluation of persons requesting treatment.
72.23.130 - History of patient.
72.23.160 - Escape—Apprehension and return.
72.23.170 - Escape of patient—Penalty for assisting.
72.23.180 - Discharge, parole, death, escape—Notice—Certificate of discharge.
72.23.190 - Death—Report to coroner.
72.23.200 - Persons under eighteen—Confinement in adult wards.
72.23.210 - Persons under eighteen—Special wards and attendants.
72.23.230 - Patient's property—Superintendent as custodian—Management and accounting.
72.23.240 - Patient's property—Delivery to superintendent as acquittance—Defense, indemnity.
72.23.250 - Funds donated to patients.
72.23.260 - Federal patients—Agreements authorized.
72.23.280 - Nonresidents—Hospitalization.
72.23.290 - Transfer of patients—Authority of transferee.
72.23.390 - Safe patient handling.
72.23.400 - Workplace safety plan.
72.23.410 - Violence prevention training.
72.23.420 - Record of violent acts.
72.23.430 - Noncompliance—Citation under chapter 49.17 RCW.
72.23.440 - Technical assistance and training.
72.23.451 - Annual report to the legislature.
72.23.460 - Provisions applicable to hospitals governed by chapter.
72.23.900 - Construction—Purpose—1959 c 28.
72.23.920 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.