(1) The treatment and pretreatment records of license holders referred to or voluntarily participating in approved monitoring programs shall be confidential, shall be exempt from RCW
42.17.250 through
42.17.450 and shall not be subject to discovery by subpoena or admissible as evidence except for monitoring records reported to the disciplinary authority for cause as defined in WAC
246-867-050 (1) and (2). Records held by the board under this section shall be exempt from RCW
42.17.250 through
42.17.450 and shall not be subject to discovery by subpoena except by the license holder.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, board orders shall be subject to RCW
42.17.250 through
42.17.450.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
18.64.005 and
18.130.050. WSR 92-12-035 (Order 277B), § 246-867-060, filed 5/28/92, effective 6/28/92. Statutory Authority: RCW
18.64.005 and chapter
18.64A RCW. WSR 91-18-057 (Order 191B), recodified as § 246-867-060, filed 8/30/91, effective 9/30/91. Statutory Authority: RCW
18.64.005. WSR 90-03-054 (Order 025), § 360-15-070, filed 1/17/90, effective 2/17/90.]