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Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the department of health.
(2) "Poison information center medical director" means a person who: (a) Is licensed to practice medicine and surgery under chapter
18.71 RCW or osteopathic medicine and surgery under chapter
18.57 RCW; (b) is certified by the secretary under standards adopted under RCW
18.76.050; and (c) provides services enumerated under RCW
18.76.030, and is responsible for supervision of poison information specialists.
(3) "Poison information specialist" means a person who provides services enumerated under RCW
18.76.030 under the supervision of a poison information center medical director and is certified by the secretary under standards adopted under RCW
18.76.050.
(4) "Secretary" means the secretary of health.
NOTES:
Effective date—1996 c 178: See note following RCW
18.35.110.