Wash. Rev. Code ch. 72.23 – Public and private facilities for mentally ill. | Midpage

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Chapter 72.23

Wash. Rev. Code ch. 72.23

Public and private facilities for mentally ill.

72.23.010Definitions.72.23.020State hospitals designated.72.23.025Eastern and western state hospitals—Primary diagnosis of mental disorder—Duties—Institutes for the study and treatment of mental disorders established.72.23.027Integrated service delivery—Incentives to discourage inappropriate placement—Specialized care programs.72.23.030Superintendent—Powers—Direction of clinical care, exception.72.23.035Background checks of prospective employees.72.23.040Seal of hospital.72.23.050Superintendent as witness—Exemptions from military duty.72.23.060Gifts—Record—Use.72.23.080Voluntary patients—Legal competency—Record.72.23.100Voluntary patients—Policy—Duration.72.23.110Voluntary patients—Limitation as to number.72.23.120Voluntary patients—Charges for hospitalization.72.23.125Temporary residential observation and evaluation of persons requesting treatment.72.23.130History of patient.72.23.160Escape—Apprehension and return.72.23.170Escape of patient—Penalty for assisting.72.23.175Identicard—Release.72.23.180Discharge, parole, death, escape—Notice—Certificate of discharge.72.23.190Death—Report to coroner.72.23.200Persons under eighteen—Confinement in adult wards.72.23.210Persons under eighteen—Special wards and attendants.72.23.230Patient's property—Superintendent as custodian—Management and accounting.72.23.240Patient's property—Delivery to superintendent as acquittance—Defense, indemnity.72.23.250Funds donated to patients.72.23.260Federal patients—Agreements authorized.72.23.280Nonresidents—Hospitalization.72.23.290Transfer of patients—Authority of transferee.72.23.300Bringing narcotics, intoxicating liquors, weapons, etc., into institution or its grounds prohibited—Penalty.72.23.390Safe patient handling.72.23.400Workplace safety plan.72.23.410Violence prevention training.72.23.420Record of violent acts.72.23.430Noncompliance—Citation under chapter 49.17 RCW.72.23.440Technical assistance and training.72.23.451Annual report to the legislature.72.23.460Provisions applicable to hospitals governed by chapter.72.23.900Construction—Purpose—1959 c 28.72.23.910Construction—Effect on laws relating to the criminally insane—"Insane" as used in other statutes.72.23.920Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.