2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 74 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
74.42 Nursing homes -- Resident care, operating standards.
74.42.080 Confidentiality of records.


WA Rev Code § 74.42.080 (2013) What's This?

RCW 74.42.080 Confidentiality of records.

Residents' records, including information in an automatic data bank, shall be treated confidentially. The facility shall not release information from a resident's record to a person not otherwise authorized by law to receive the information without the resident's or the resident's guardian's written consent.

[1979 ex.s. c 211 ยง 8.]


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