RCW 74.13.810 — Child malnutrition field guide.

By September 1, 2023, the department, in consultation with the department of health, shall produce and make available to department staff a child malnutrition field guide. This child malnutrition field guide must:

1. (1) Be concise, but provide references to additional comprehensive and trauma-informed resources for department staff to access if needed;
2. (2) Be easily accessible by department staff;
3. (3) Describe how to identify signs of child malnutrition;
4. (4) Include appropriate questions to ask the child and others close to the child when child malnutrition is suspected;
5. (5) Include the appropriate next steps department staff may take when child malnutrition is suspected; and
6. (6) Include any additional information the department deems relevant.

[ 2023 c 70 s 1.]