RCW 72.23.290
Transfer of patients—Authority of transferee.
Whenever it appears to be to the best interests of the patients concerned, the department shall have the authority to transfer such patients among the various state hospitals pursuant to rules and regulations established by said department. The superintendent of a state hospital shall also have authority to transfer patients eligible for treatment to the veterans administration or other United States government agency where such transfer is satisfactory to such agency. Such agency shall possess the same authority over such patients as the superintendent would have possessed had the patient remained in a state hospital.
[ 1959 c 28 § 72.23.290. Prior: 1951 c 139 § 68. Formerly RCW 71.02.480.]
NOTES:
Commitment to veterans' administration or other federal agency: RCW 73.36.165.
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.