Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 5.62 · 3 active provisions
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Registered nurse" means a registered nurse or advanced nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW.(2) "Protocol" means a regimen to be carried out by a registered nurse and prescribed by a licensed…
No registered nurse providing primary care or practicing under protocols, whether or not the physical presence or direct supervision of a physician is required, may be examined in a civil or criminal action as to any information acquired in attending a patient in the registered nurse's professional capacity, if the inf…
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this chapter, the privilege created in this chapter is subject to the same limitations and exemptions contained in RCW 26.44.060(3) and 51.04.050 as those limitations and exemptions relate to the physician/patient privilege of RCW 5.60.060.