Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
- (1) "Health care facility" means a facility that provides health care services directly to patients, including but not limited to, a hospital, clinic, health care provider's office, health maintenance organization, diagnostic or treatment center, neuropsychiatric or mental health facility, hospice, or nursing home.
- (2) "Health care provider" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 7.70.020 (1) and (2), and also means an officer, director, employee, or agent of a health care facility who sues or testifies regarding matters within the scope of his or her employment.
(3) "Aggrieved" means:
- (a) A person, physically present at the health care facility when the prohibited actions occur, whose access is or is about to be obstructed or impeded;
- (b) A person, physically present at the health care facility when the prohibited actions occur, whose care is or is about to be disrupted;
- (c) The health care facility, its employees, or agents;
- (d) The owner of the health care facility or the building or property upon which the health care facility is located.
[ 1993 c 128 s 2.]