2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 70.56.050: Confidentiality of notifications and reports.

(1) When a notification or report of an adverse event or incident under RCW 70.56.020 or 70.56.040 is made by or through a coordinated quality improvement program under RCW 43.70.510 or 70.41.200, or by a peer review committee under RCW 4.24.250, information and documents, including complaints and incident reports, created specifically for and collected and maintained by a quality improvement committee for the purpose of preparing a notification or report of an adverse event or incident, and the notification or report itself, shall be subject to the confidentiality protections of those laws and RCW * 42.17.310(1)(hh) and 42.56.360(1)(c).

(2) When a notification or report of an adverse event or incident made by a health care worker under RCW 70.56.020 or 70.56.040 uses information and documents, including complaints and incident reports, created specifically for and collected and maintained by a quality improvement committee under RCW 43.70.510 or 70.41.200 or a peer review committee under RCW 4.24.250, the notification or report itself and the information or documents used for the purpose of preparing the notification or report, shall be subject to the confidentiality protections of those laws and RCW * 42.17.310(1)(hh) and 42.56.360(1)(c).

[2006 c 8 § 110.]

*Reviser's note: RCW 42.17.310 was recodified as RCW 42.56.210 pursuant to 2005 c 274 § 103, effective July 1, 2006, however the exemption formerly found in RCW 42.17.310(1)(hh) is now found in RCW 42.56.360(1)(c).