(1) "Board" means the Washington health care policy board and also refers to employees of the board.

(2) "Public record" means any writing containing information relating to the conduct of government or the performance of any governmental or proprietary function prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics.

(3) "Writing" means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostatting, photographing, and every other means of recording any form of communication or representation, including but not limited to, letters, words, pictures, sounds or symbols, or any combination thereof, and all papers, maps, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic films and prints, motion pictures, film and video recordings, magnetic or punch cards, disks, drums, diskettes, sound recordings, and other documents, including existing data compilations from which information may be obtained or translated.