{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-43.70.480","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 43.70.480","heading":"Emergency medical personnel—Futile treatment and natural death directives—Guidelines.","body":"The department of health shall adopt guidelines and protocols for how emergency medical personnel shall respond when summoned to the site of an injury or illness for the treatment of a person who has signed a written directive or durable power of attorney requesting that he or she not receive futile emergency medical treatment.\nThe guidelines shall include development of a simple form that shall be used statewide.","path":["Title 43","Chapter 43.70"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=43.70.480","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:50:58Z","sha256":"38473cae3bc2b44f9044fee33f0530f7a067426d8f6f52ac22c88da1610f5968","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-43.70.470","next":"us-wa/rcw-43.70.490"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}