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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2919

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2002 Regular Session

By House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Miloscia and McMorris)

Read first time 02/08/2002.  Referred to Committee on .

Concerning the release of certain laboratory records.

    AN ACT Relating to laboratory records; and adding a new section to chapter 43.43 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 43.43 RCW to read as follows:

    Requests for records to the state toxicology laboratory for records related to testing performed on deceased individuals in death investigations and on living suspects in impaired driving cases must be made to the agency that submitted the material for analysis.

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