Revised Code of Washington
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Chapter 71.32 RCW
MENTAL HEALTH ADVANCE DIRECTIVES
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71.32.010Legislative declaration—Findings.
71.32.020Definitions.
71.32.030Construction of definitions.
71.32.040Presumption of capacity.
71.32.050Execution of directive—Scope.
71.32.060Execution of directive—Elements—Effective date—Expiration.
71.32.070Prohibited elements.
71.32.080Revocation—Waiver.
71.32.090Witnesses.
71.32.100Appointment of agent.
71.32.110Determination of capacity.
71.32.120Action to contest directive.
71.32.130Determination of capacity—Reevaluations of capacity.
71.32.140Refusal of admission to inpatient treatment—Effect of directive.
71.32.150Compliance with directive—Conditions for noncompliance.
71.32.160Electroconvulsive therapy.
71.32.170Providers—Immunity from liability—Conditions.
71.32.180Multiple directives, agents—Effect—Disclosure of court orders.
71.32.190Preexisting, foreign directives—Validity.
71.32.200Fraud, duress, undue influence—Appointment 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 residents—Readmission after inpatient behavioral health treatment—Evaluation, report to legislature.
71.32.260Form.
71.32.270Family-initiated treatment.
71.32.902Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.