(1) All reports required by this chapter shall be submitted to the department as soon as possible, but no later than twenty days after a determination is made.
(2) A report should contain the following information if known:
(a) The name, profession, address, and telephone number of the person making the report.
(b) The name and address and telephone numbers of the radiological technologist or X-ray technician being reported.
(c) The case number of any client whose treatment is a subject of the report.
(d) A brief description or summary of the facts which gave rise to the issuance of the report, including dates of occurrences.
(e) If court action is involved, the name of the court in which the action is filed along with the date of filing and docket number.
(f) Any further information which would aid in the evaluation of the report.
(3) Mandatory reports shall be exempt from public inspection and copying to the extent permitted under RCW
42.17.310 or to the extent that public inspection or copying of the report or any portion of the report would invade or violate a person's right to privacy as set forth in RCW
42.17.255.
(4) A person is immune from civil liability, whether direct or derivative, for providing information to the department pursuant to RCW
18.130.070.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
18.84.040 and
18.130.070. WSR 92-05-010 (Order 237), § 246-926-030, filed 2/7/92, effective 2/19/92. Statutory Authority: RCW
43.70.040. WSR 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-926-030, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: RCW
18.130.070. WSR 89-14-092 (Order PM 842), § 308-183-020, filed 6/30/89.]