RCW 70.02.280Health care providers and facilities—Prohibited actions.A health care provider, health care facility, and their assistants, employees, agents, and contractors may not:(1) Use or disclose health care information for marketing or fund-raising purposes, unless permitted by federal law; or(2) Sell health care information to a third party, except:(a) For purposes of treatment or payment;(b) For purposes of sale, transfer, merger, or consolidation of a business;(c) For purposes of remuneration to a third party for services;(d) As disclosures are required by law;(e) For purposes of providing access to or accounting of disclosures to an individual;(f) For public health purposes;(g) For research;(h) With an individual's authorization;(i) Where a reasonable cost-based fee is paid to prepare and transmit health information, where authority to disclose the information is provided in this chapter; or(j) In a format that is deidentified and aggregated.[ 2014 c 220 s 11; 2013 c 200 s 12.]NOTES:Effective date—2014 c 220: See note following RCW 70.02.290.Effective date—2013 c 200: See note following RCW 70.02.010.
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