Revised Code of Washington
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Chapter 71.32 RCW
MENTAL HEALTH ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
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71.32.010Legislative declarationFindings.
71.32.020Definitions.
71.32.030Construction of definitions.
71.32.040Presumption of capacity.
71.32.050Execution of directiveScope.
71.32.060Execution of directiveElementsEffective dateExpiration.
71.32.070Prohibited elements.
71.32.080RevocationWaiver.
71.32.090Witnesses.
71.32.100Appointment of agent.
71.32.110Determination of capacity.
71.32.120Action to contest directive.
71.32.130Determination of capacityReevaluations of capacity.
71.32.140Refusal of admission to inpatient treatmentEffect of directive.
71.32.150Compliance with directiveConditions for noncompliance.
71.32.160Electroconvulsive therapy.
71.32.170ProvidersImmunity from liabilityConditions.
71.32.180Multiple directives, agentsEffectDisclosure of court orders.
71.32.190Preexisting, foreign directivesValidity.
71.32.200Fraud, duress, undue influenceAppointment of guardian.
71.32.210Execution of directive not evidence of behavioral health disorder or lack of capacity.
71.32.220Requiring directive prohibited.
71.32.230Coercion, threats prohibited.
71.32.240Other authority not limited.
71.32.250Long-term care facility residentsReadmission after inpatient behavioral health treatmentEvaluation, report to legislature.
71.32.260Form.
71.32.270Family-initiated treatment.
71.32.902ConstructionChapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships2009 c 521.