Washington § 70.02.280 Health care providers and facilities—Prohibited actions.

Washington Statutes

§ 70.02.280 — Health care providers and facilities—Prohibited actions.

Washington § 70.02.280

Title 70PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

Ch. 70.02MEDICAL RECORDS—HEALTH CARE INFORMATION ACCESS AND DISCLOSURE

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Wash. Rev. Code § 70.02.280 (2026).

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A health care provider, health care facility, and their assistants, employees, agents, and contractors may not:

(1)Use or disclose health care information for marketing or fund-raising purposes, unless permitted by federal law; or

(2)Sell health care information to a third party, except:

(a)For purposes of treatment or payment;

(b)For purposes of sale, transfer, merger, or consolidation of a business;

(c)For purposes of remuneration to a third party for services;

(d)As disclosures are required by law;

(e)For purposes of providing access to or accounting of disclosures to an individual;

(f)For public health purposes;

(g)For research;

(h)With an individual's authorization;

(i)Where a reasonable cost-based fee is paid to prepare and transmit health information, where aut

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A health care provider, health care facility, and their assistants, employees, agents, and contractors may not:

(1) Use or disclose health care information for marketing or fund-raising purposes, unless permitted by federal law; or

(2) Sell health care information to a third party, except:

(a) For purposes of treatment or payment;

(b) For purposes of sale, transfer, merger, or consolidation of a business;

(c) For purposes of remuneration to a third party for services;

(d) As disclosures are required by law;

(e) For purposes of providing access to or accounting of disclosures to an individual;

(f) For public health purposes;

(g) For research;

(h) With an individual's authorization;

(i) Where a reasonable cost-based fee is paid to prepare and transmit health information, where authority to disclose the information is provided in this chapter; or

(j) In a format that is deidentified and aggregated.

Effective date — 2014 c 220: See note following RCW 70.02.290 .

Effective date — 2013 c 200: See note following RCW 70.02.010 .