CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2209

Chapter 439, Laws of 2007

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session



ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONERS--AUTOPSY REPORTS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/07

Passed by the House April 17, 2007
  Yeas 98   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 12, 2007
  Yeas 47   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2209 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 11, 2007, 11:17 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 11, 2007







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2209
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By House Committee on Health Care Wellness (originally sponsored by Representatives Seaquist, Morrell, Curtis, Green, Moeller and Ormsby)

READ FIRST TIME 02/28/07.   



     AN ACT Relating to allowing advanced registered nurse practitioners to examine and obtain copies of autopsy reports and records; and amending RCW 68.50.105.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 68.50.105 and 1987 c 331 s 58 are each amended to read as follows:
     Reports and records of autopsies or post mortems shall be confidential, except that the following persons may examine and obtain copies of any such report or record: The personal representative of the decedent as defined in RCW 11.02.005, any family member, the attending physician or advanced registered nurse practitioner, the prosecuting attorney or law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction, public health officials, or to the department of labor and industries in cases in which it has an interest under RCW 68.50.103.
     The coroner, the medical examiner, or the attending physician shall, upon request, meet with the family of the decedent to discuss the findings of the autopsy or post mortem. For the purposes of this section, the term "family" means the surviving spouse, or any child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, or sister of the decedent, or any person who was guardian of the decedent at the time of death.


         Passed by the House April 17, 2007.
         Passed by the Senate April 12, 2007.
         Approved by the Governor May 11, 2007.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 11, 2007.