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70.48.210  <<  70.48.215 >>   70.48.220

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RCW 70.48.215

Booking patients of state hospitals.

A jail may not refuse to book a patient of a state hospital solely based on the patient's status as a state hospital patient, but may consider other relevant factors that apply to the individual circumstances in each case.

Notes:

Purpose—Effective date—2012 c 256: See notes following RCW 10.77.605.