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Wash. Rev. Code § 70.05.060 (2026)

Powers and duties of local board of health

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Each local board of health shall have supervision over all matters pertaining to the preservation of the life and health of the people within its jurisdiction and shall:
(1) Enforce through the local health officer or the administrative officer appointed under RCW 70.05.040, if any, the public health statutes of the state and rules promulgated by the state board of health and the secretary of health;
(2) Supervise the maintenance of all health and sanitary measures for the protection of the public health within its jurisdiction;
(3) Enact such local rules and regulations as are necessary in order to preserve, promote and improve the public health and provide for the enforcement thereof;
(4) Provide for the control and prevention of any dangerous, contagious or infectious disease within the jurisdiction of the local health department;
(5) Provide for the prevention, control and abatement of nuisances detrimental to the public health;
(6) Make such reports to the state board of health through the local health officer or the administrative officer as the state board of health may require; and
(7) Establish fee schedules for issuing or renewing licenses or permits or for such other services as are authorized by the law and the rules of the state board of health: PROVIDED, That such fees for services shall not exceed the actual cost of providing any such services.
[ 1991 c 3 s 308; 1984 c 25 s 6; 1979 c 141 s 79; 1967 ex.s. c 51 s 10.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1973–2025 · leading case: Parkland Light & Water Co. v. Tacoma-Pierce Cnty. Bd. of Health, 90 P.3d 37 (Wash. 2004).
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Parkland Light & Water Co. v. Tacoma-Pierce Cnty. Bd. of Health, 90 P.3d 37 (Wash. 2004). · cites it 4× “RCW 70.05.060. A Board's statutory authority gives it the power to "[e]nact such local rules and regulations as are necessary in order to preserve, promote and improve the public health and provide for the enforcement thereof.”
Parkland Light & Water Co. v. Tacoma-Pierce Cnty. Bd. of Health, 151 Wash. 2d 428 (Wash. 2004). · cites it 4× “RCW 70.05.060. A Board’s statutory authority gives it the power to “[e]nact such local rules and regulations as are necessary in order to preserve, promote and improve the public health and provide for the enforcement thereof.”
Thurston Cnty. Rental Owners Ass'n v. Thurston Cnty., 931 P.2d 208 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 5× “Counties may, under their general police powers, "make and enforce within its limits all such local police, sanitary and other regulations as are not in conflict with general laws.”
Spokane Cnty. Health Dist. v. Brockett, 839 P.2d 324 (Wash. 1992). · cites it 3× “] RCW 70.05.060. Local health officers, including plaintiff Dr.”
Slidewaters LLC v. Washington State Dep't, 4 F.4th 747 (9th Cir. 2021). “Wash. Rev. Code §§ 70.05.060 (1) (1991), 70.”
Snohomish Cnty. Builders Ass'n v. Snohomish Health Dist., 508 P.2d 617 (Wash. Ct. App. 1973). · cites it 8× “RCW 70.05.060. By this action Snohomish County Builders Association seeks a declaratory judgment that three resolutions enacted by the district’s board of health are invalid.”
Ent. Indus. Coalition v. Tacoma-Pierce Cnty. Health Dep't, 105 P.3d 985 (Wash. 2005). · cites it 5× “060(4), also directs a local health board to “provide for the control and prevention of any dangerous, contagious or infectious disease within the jurisdiction of the local health department.”
Lindsey v. Tacoma-Pierce Cnty. Health Dep't, 8 F. Supp. 2d 1213 (W.D. Wash. 1997). · cites it 5× “RCW 70.05.060, .60(3). Incidental to those duties, the defendants held two hearings regarding the rising incidence of cigarette smoking by children since the initiation of the so-called “Joe Camel” advertising campaign.”
Ford v. Bellingham-Whatcom Cnty. Dist. Bd. of Health, 558 P.2d 821 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “The State of Washington has by statute delegated to local boards of health the authority to “[e]nact such local rules and regulations as are necessary in order to preserve, promote and improve the public health and provide for the enforcement thereof . . .” RCW 70.05.060(3).…”
Hunt v. Anderson, 635 P.2d 156 (Wash. Ct. App. 1981). “The enforcement of section 15 of the Chelan-Douglas County Health District Regulations for onsite sewage in this state is given to the local health board by RCW 70.05.060. No private enforcement of the regulations is provided.”
State v. Hampton, 24 P.3d 1035 (Wash. 2001). · cites it 2× “Specifically, the State points to RCW 70.05.060, which empowers local health boards to enact rules and regulations necessary to improve, promote, and preserve the public health.”
State v. Hampton, 24 P.3d 1035 (Wash. 2001). · cites it 2× “Specifically, the State points to RCW 70.05.060, which empowers local health boards to enact rules and regulations necessary to improve, promote, and preserve the public health.”
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— Wash. Rev. Code § 70.05.060(1) — 1 case
Snohomish Health Dist., Res. V. John Postema, Apps. (Wash. Ct. App. 2025).
— Wash. Rev. Code § 70.05.060(2) — 1 case
Ford v. Cnty. Dist. Bd. of Health, 558 P.2d 821 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977).
— Wash. Rev. Code § 70.05.060(3) — 9 cases
Parkland Light & Water Co. v. Tacoma-Pierce Cnty. Bd. of Health, 90 P.3d 37 (Wash. 2004). “RCW 70.05.060. A Board's statutory authority gives it the power to "[e]nact such local rules and regulations as are necessary in order to preserve, promote and improve the public health and provide for the enforcement thereof.”
Parkland Light & Water Co. v. Tacoma-Pierce Cnty. Bd. of Health, 151 Wash. 2d 428 (Wash. 2004). “RCW 70.05.060. A Board’s statutory authority gives it the power to “[e]nact such local rules and regulations as are necessary in order to preserve, promote and improve the public health and provide for the enforcement thereof.”
Ford v. Bellingham-Whatcom Cnty. Dist. Bd. of Health, 558 P.2d 821 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). “The State of Washington has by statute delegated to local boards of health the authority to “[e]nact such local rules and regulations as are necessary in order to preserve, promote and improve the public health and provide for the enforcement thereof . . .” RCW 70.05.060(3).…”
Ent. Indus. Coalition v. Tacoma-Pierce Cnty. Health Dep't, 105 P.3d 985 (Wash. 2005). “060(4), also directs a local health board to “provide for the control and prevention of any dangerous, contagious or infectious disease within the jurisdiction of the local health department.”
Ford v. Cnty. Dist. Bd. of Health, 558 P.2d 821 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977).
— Wash. Rev. Code § 70.05.060(4) — 3 cases
Spokane Cnty. Health Dist. v. Brockett, 839 P.2d 324 (Wash. 1992). “] RCW 70.05.060. Local health officers, including plaintiff Dr.”
Ent. Indus. Coalition v. Tacoma-Pierce Cnty. Health Dep't, 105 P.3d 985 (Wash. 2005). “060(4), also directs a local health board to “provide for the control and prevention of any dangerous, contagious or infectious disease within the jurisdiction of the local health department.”
EIC v. Tacoma-Pierce Cnty. Health Dept., 105 P.3d 985 (Wash. 2005).
— Wash. Rev. Code § 70.05.060(7) — 2 cases
Thurston Cnty. Rental Owners Ass'n v. Thurston Cnty., 931 P.2d 208 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). “Counties may, under their general police powers, "make and enforce within its limits all such local police, sanitary and other regulations as are not in conflict with general laws.”
Grizzly Gen. Contractors Corp v. Kitsap Pub. Health Dist. (W.D. Wash. 2025).
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