{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-5.62.020","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 5.62.020","heading":"Registered nurse—Privileged communications—Exceptions.","body":"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 information was necessary to enable the registered nurse to act in that capacity for the patient, unless:\n(1) The patient consents to disclosure or, in the event of death or disability of the patient, his or her personal representative, heir, beneficiary, or devisee consents to disclosure; or\n(2) The information relates to the contemplation or execution of a crime in the future, or relates to the neglect or the sexual or physical abuse of a child, or of a vulnerable adult as defined in RCW 74.34.020, or to a person subject to proceedings under chapter *70.96A, 71.05, or 71.34 RCW.","path":["Title 5","Chapter 5.62"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=5.62.020","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:34:55Z","sha256":"51d6ac3baa405705ecb676090c346bf59bac68aa7ed78568ef379435ca4b15bd","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-5.62.010","next":"us-wa/rcw-5.62.030"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}