Sections
| 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. | |
| 72.23.175 | Identicard—Release. | |
| 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. |
Notes:
Commitment to veterans' administration or other federal agency: RCW 73.36.165.
County hospitals: Chapter 36.62 RCW.
Division of mental health: Chapter 43.20A RCW.
Mental illness, commitment procedures, rights, etc.: Chapter 71.05 RCW.
Minors—Mental health services, commitment: Chapter 71.34 RCW.
Out-of-state physicians, conditional license to practice in conjunction with institutions: RCW 18.71.095.
Private mental establishments: Chapter 71.12 RCW.
Sexual psychopaths: Chapter 71.06 RCW.