2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 49.19.010: Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter:

     (1) "Health care setting" means:

     (a) Hospitals as defined in RCW 70.41.020;

     (b) Home health, hospice, and home care agencies under chapter 70.127 RCW, subject to RCW 49.19.070;

     (c) Evaluation and treatment facilities as defined in *RCW 71.05.020(12); and

     (d) Community mental health programs as defined in RCW 71.24.025(5).

     (2) "Department" means the department of labor and industries.

     (3) "Employee" means an employee as defined in RCW 49.17.020.

     (4) "Violence" or "violent act" means any physical assault or verbal threat of physical assault against an employee of a health care setting.

[2000 c 94 § 18; 1999 c 377 § 2.]

*Reviser's note: "Evaluation and treatment facility" is defined in RCW 71.05.020(13). RCW 71.05.020 was subsequently amended by 2005 c 504 § 104, changing subsection (13) to subsection (15).