2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
70.230 Ambulatory surgical facilities.
70.230.150 Unanticipated outcomes -- Notification.
RCW 70.230.150 Unanticipated outcomes — Notification.
Ambulatory surgical facilities shall have in place policies to assure that, when appropriate, information about unanticipated outcomes is provided to patients or their families or any surrogate decision makers identified pursuant to RCW 7.70.065. Notifications of unanticipated outcomes under this section do not constitute an acknowledgment or admission of liability, nor may the fact of notification, the content disclosed, or any and all statements, affirmations, gestures, or conduct expressing apology be introduced as evidence in a civil action.
[2007 c 273 § 16.]
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