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Information from or copies of records may be released only to authorized individuals, and the hospital shall ensure that unauthorized individuals cannot gain access to or alter patient records. Original medical records shall be released by the hospital only in accordance with federal or state laws, court orders, or subpoenas. (4) Content of record.
The Washington Coalition for Open Government (COG) was formed from several political groups in June 1971 to push for public disclosure legislation. [2] The state legislature had debated laws on campaign disclosures repeatedly beginning in 1963 and passed an open meetings law in the 1971 session, but avoided addressing public records. [3]
Individuals seeking documentation of a particular birth, death, or marriage must contact the appropriate state, city, or territory office that holds those records. The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics gathers statistics from the states, whose registration procedures may be centralized or decentralized. [7]
Citizens of the state/commonwealth Washington Washington Public Records Act: RCW §§ 42.56.001 to 42.56.904 1972 [59] Any person West Virginia West Virginia Freedom of Information Act W.Va. Code §§ 29B-1-1 to 29B-1-7 1977 [60] Any person Wisconsin Wisconsin Open Records Law Wisconsin Statute §§ 19.21 to 19.39 1981 [61] Any person Wyoming
Twenty-eight states and Washington, D.C., have no laws that define ownership of medical records. Twenty-one states have laws stating that the providers are the owners of the records. Only one state, New Hampshire, has a law ascribing ownership of medical records to the patient. [28]
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In 1960 the Washington State Medical Association called for the complete abolition of the office of coroner, supporting its replacement with a system of state medial examiners and, in 1969, legislation was passed by the state's House of Representatives to do just that, however, the legislation failed in the state Senate.
In early March 2020, coronavirus cases within Washington state grew along with the rest of the country. Washington State Department of Health officials requested, from the federal government's Strategic National Stockpile (the U.S. government's repository of drugs, vaccines and equipment to be used in major public health emergencies), 233,000 respirators and 200,000 surgical masks.