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2018 Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
70.129 Long-term care resident rights.
70.129.120 Restraints—Physical or chemical.
Universal Citation: WA Rev Code § 70.129.120 (2018)
RCW 70.129.120 Restraints—Physical or chemical.
The resident has the right to be free from physical restraint or chemical restraint. This section does not require or prohibit facility staff from reviewing the judgment of the resident's physician in prescribing psychopharmacologic medications.
[ 1994 c 214 § 13.]
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