Washington Public Health

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Laws and Regulations

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This section includes links to public health laws and regulations. Click on the desired topic below to open the desired site in a new browser window.

• Selected Public Health Laws and Regulations - provides links to public health laws and regulations organized by topic.
   

• Washington Administrative Code (WACs) - links to the Washington State laws or statutes. View the Table of Contents. You can navigate the statutes by title, chapter, and section.
   

• The Revised Code of Washington (RCWs) - links to the regulations of Washington State’s executive branch agencies. The regulations are arranged by subject or agency. View the Table of Contents. You can navigate the regulations by title, chapter, and section.
   

• Currently reportable conditions in Washington State - links to a site that provides information about requirements and processes for reporting diseases and other conditions in Washington State.
   

• Reportable conditions in neighboring states and countries - links to sites that provide information about requirements and processes for reporting diseases and other conditions in neighboring states and countries.

Idaho (rules)
Oregon (list)
Oregon (rules)
Alaska (rules)

• Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions under Public Health Surveillance - links to a report that provides updated uniform criteria to use when reporting nationally notifiable infectious diseases.