| Passed by the Senate March 8, 2005 YEAS 46 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 5, 2005 YEAS 93 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5146 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2005 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/14/05.
AN ACT Relating to allowing confidential quality improvement committee meetings, proceedings, and deliberations; and amending RCW 70.44.062.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 70.44.062 and 1985 c 166 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) All meetings, proceedings, and deliberations of the board of
commissioners, its staff or agents, concerning the granting, denial,
revocation, restriction, or other consideration of the status of the
clinical or staff privileges of a physician or other health care
provider as that term is defined in RCW 7.70.020, if such other
providers at the discretion of the district's commissioners are
considered for such privileges, shall be confidential and may be
conducted in executive session: PROVIDED, That the final action of the
board as to the denial, revocation, or restriction of clinical or staff
privileges of a physician or other health care provider as defined in
RCW 7.70.020 shall be done in public session.
(2) All meetings, proceedings, and deliberations of a quality
improvement committee established under RCW 4.24.250, 43.70.510, or
70.41.200 and all meetings, proceedings, and deliberations of the board
of commissioners, its staff or agents, to review the report or the
activities of a quality improvement committee established under RCW
4.24.250, 43.70.510, or 70.41.200 may, at the discretion of the quality
improvement committee or the board of commissioners, be confidential
and may be conducted in executive session. Any review conducted by the
board of commissioners or quality improvement committee, or their
staffs or agents, shall be subject to the same protections,
limitations, and exemptions that apply to quality improvement committee
activities under RCW 4.24.240, 4.24.250, 43.70.510, and 70.41.200.
However, any final action of the board of commissioners on the report
of the quality improvement committee shall be done in public session.