Revised Code of Washington
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Chapter 43.20 RCW
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
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43.20.025Definitions.
43.20.030State board of healthMembersChairStaff supportExecutive director, confidential secretaryCompensation and travel expenses of members.
43.20.035State board of healthCooperation with environmental agencies.
43.20.050Powers and duties of state board of healthRule makingDelegation of authorityEnforcement of rules.
43.20.065On-site sewage system failures and inspectionsRule making.
43.20.100Biennial report.
43.20.145Food service rulesConsideration of federal food codeSafety standards for Asian rice-based noodles and Korean rice cakes.
43.20.148Mobile food unitsCommissary and servicing area requirements.
43.20.149Mobile food unitsReciprocityRule making.
43.20.175ViolationsInjunctions and legal proceedings authorized.
43.20.185Enforcement of health laws and state or local rules and regulations upon request of local health officer.
43.20.215Right of person to rely on prayer to alleviate ailments not abridged.
43.20.230Water resource planningProcedures, criteria, technical assistance.
43.20.235Water conservationWater delivery rate structures.
43.20.240Public water systemsComplaint process.
43.20.250Review of water system planTime limitationsNotice of rejection of plan or extension of timeline.
43.20.260Review of water system plan, requirementsMunicipal water suppliers, retail service.
43.20.265Elevated lead levelDefinition.
43.20.270Governor's interagency coordinating council on health disparitiesAction planStatewide policy.
43.20.275Council createdMembershipDutiesAdvisory committees.
43.20.280Action plan for eliminating health disparitiesCouncil meetingsReports to the legislature.
43.20.285Health impact reviewsObtaining and allocating federal or private funding to implement chapter.
43.20.290Obtaining and allocating federal or private funding.
43.20.300Local boards of healthMembership.
43.20.310Water system plansClimate resilience element.
NOTES:
Certification of birth, death, or fetal death: Chapter 70.58A RCW.
Contagious diseases
abatement: RCW 70.05.070.
report of local officers and physicians: RCW 70.05.110.
Control of pet animals infected with diseases communicable to humans, state board of health duties: Chapter 16.70 RCW.
Drinking water quality consumer complaints: RCW 80.04.110.
Food and beverage service workers' permits, prescribed by: RCW 69.06.010.
Health, department of: Chapter 43.70 RCW.
Hospitals
disclosure of information: RCW 70.41.150.
enforcement of board rules: RCW 70.41.040.
inspection: RCW 70.41.120.
Immunization program, state board of health participation: RCW 28A.210.060 through 28A.210.170.
Physicians, regulation of professional services: RCW 70.41.180.
Sexually transmitted diseases: Chapter 70.24 RCW.
Social and health services, department created: RCW 43.17.010, 43.20A.030.
Vital statistics: Chapter 70.58A RCW.