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2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
70.96A Treatment for alcoholism, intoxication, and drug addiction.
70.96A.160 Visitation and communication with patients.


WA Rev Code § 70.96A.160 (2013) What's This?

RCW 70.96A.160 Visitation and communication with patients.

(1) Subject to reasonable rules regarding hours of visitation which the secretary may adopt, patients in any approved treatment program shall be granted opportunities for adequate consultation with counsel, and for continuing contact with family and friends consistent with an effective treatment program.

     (2) Neither mail nor other communication to or from a patient in any approved treatment program may be intercepted, read, or censored. The secretary may adopt reasonable rules regarding the use of telephone by patients in approved treatment programs.

[1989 c 270 § 29; 1972 ex.s. c 122 § 16.]


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