§ 72.23.010 Definitions
§ 72.23.020 State hospitals designated
§ 72.23.025 Eastern and western state hospitals — Primary diagnosis of mental disorder — Duties — Institutes for the study and treatment of mental disorders established
§ 72.23.027 Integrated service delivery — Incentives to discourage inappropriate placement — Specialized care programs
§ 72.23.030 Superintendent — Powers — Direction of clinical care, exception
§ 72.23.035 Background checks of prospective employees
§ 72.23.040 Seal of hospital
§ 72.23.050 Superintendent as witness — Exemptions from military duty
§ 72.23.060 Gifts — Record — Use
§ 72.23.080 Voluntary patients — Legal competency — Record
§ 72.23.100 Voluntary patients — Policy — Duration
§ 72.23.110 Voluntary patients — Limitation as to number
§ 72.23.120 Voluntary patients — Charges for hospitalization
§ 72.23.125 Temporary residential observation and evaluation of persons requesting treatment
§ 72.23.130 History of patient
§ 72.23.160 Escape — Apprehension and return
§ 72.23.170 Escape of patient — Penalty for assisting
§ 72.23.180 Discharge, parole, death, escape — Notice — Certificate of discharge
§ 72.23.190 Death — Report to coroner
§ 72.23.200 Persons under eighteen — Confinement in adult wards
§ 72.23.210 Persons under eighteen — Special wards and attendants
§ 72.23.230 Patient’s property — Superintendent as custodian — Management and accounting
§ 72.23.240 Patient’s property — Delivery to superintendent as acquittance — Defense, indemnity
§ 72.23.250 Funds donated to patients
§ 72.23.260 Federal patients — Agreements authorized
§ 72.23.280 Nonresidents — Hospitalization
§ 72.23.290 Transfer of patients — Authority of transferee
§ 72.23.300 Bringing narcotics, intoxicating liquors, weapons, etc., into institution or its grounds prohibited — Penalty
§ 72.23.390 Safe patient handling
§ 72.23.400 Workplace safety plan
§ 72.23.410 Violence prevention training
§ 72.23.420 Record of violent acts
§ 72.23.430 Noncompliance — Citation under chapter 49.17 RCW
§ 72.23.440 Technical assistance and training
§ 72.23.451 Annual report to the legislature
§ 72.23.460 Provisions applicable to hospitals governed by chapter
§ 72.23.900 Construction — Purpose — 1959 c 28
§ 72.23.910 Construction — Effect on laws relating to the criminally insane — “Insane” as used in other statutes
§ 72.23.920 Construction — Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships — 2009 c 521
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 72.23 - Public and private facilities for mentally ill

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Court: means the superior court of the state of Washington. See Washington Code 72.23.010
  • Department: means the department of social and health services. See Washington Code 72.23.010
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Employee: means an employee as defined in RCW 49. See Washington Code 72.23.010
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Mentally ill person: means any person who, pursuant to the definitions contained in RCW 71. See Washington Code 72.23.010
  • Patient: means a person under observation, care, or treatment in a state hospital, or a person found mentally ill by the court, and not discharged from a state hospital, or other facility, to which such person had been ordered hospitalized. See Washington Code 72.23.010
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Resident: means a resident of the state of Washington. See Washington Code 72.23.010
  • Secretary: means the secretary of social and health services. See Washington Code 72.23.010
  • State hospital: means any hospital, including a child study and treatment center, operated and maintained by the state of Washington for the care of the mentally ill. See Washington Code 72.23.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Superintendent: means the superintendent of a state hospital. See Washington Code 72.23.010
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • violent act: means any physical assault or attempted physical assault against an employee or patient of a state hospital. See Washington Code 72.23.010