Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 70.44.062 (2026)

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(1) All meetings, proceedings, and deliberations of the board of commissioners, its staff or agents, concerning the granting, denial, revocation, restriction, or other consideration of the status of the clinical or staff privileges of a physician or other health care provider as that term is defined in RCW 7.70.020, if such other providers at the discretion of the district's commissioners are considered for such privileges, shall be confidential and may be conducted in executive session: PROVIDED, That the final action of the board as to the denial, revocation, or restriction of clinical or staff privileges of a physician or other health care provider as defined in RCW 7.70.020 shall be done in public session.

(2) All meetings, proceedings, and deliberations of a quality improvement committee established under RCW 4.24.250, 43.70.510, or 70.41.200 and all meetings, proceedings, and deliberations of the board of commissioners, its staff or agents, to review the report or the activities of a quality improvement committee established under RCW 4.24.250, 43.70.510, or 70.41.200 may, at the discretion of the quality improvement committee or the board of commissioners, be confidential and may be conducted in executive session. Any review conducted by the board of commissioners or quality improvement committee, or their staffs or agents, shall be subject to the same protections, limitations, and exemptions that apply to quality improvement committee activities under RCW 4.24.240, 4.24.250, 43.70.510, and 70.41.200. However, any final action of the board of commissioners on the report of the quality improvement committee shall be done in public session.

[ 2005 c 169 s 1; 1985 c 166 s 1.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2013–2015 · leading case: Cornu-Labat v. Hosp. Dist. No. 2, 298 P.3d 741 (Wash. 2013).

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Cornu-Labat v. Hosp. Dist. No. 2, 298 P.3d 741 (Wash. 2013). · cites it 19× “200 (documents prepared for and maintained by a regularly constituted quality improvement committee), or RCW 70.44.062 (meetings or proceedings of a public hospital district board or its agents concerning the status of a health care provider’s clinical privileges).”

Cornu-Labat v. Hosp. Dist. No. 2 of Grant Cnty. (Wash. 2013). · cites it 19× “200 (documents prepared for and maintained by a regularly constituted quality improvement committee), or RCW 70.44.062 (meetings ·or proceedings of a public hospital district board or its agents concerning the status of a health care provider's clinical privileges).”

Gaston Cornu-labat v. Hosp. Dist. 2 of Grant Cnty. dba Quincy Valley Hosp. (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 6× “200, and RCW 70.44.062. RCW 4.24.250 shields from review and disclosure records of a hospital's regularly constituted review committee engaged in evaluations of the competency and qualifications of a health care provider.”

— Wash. Rev. Code § 70.44.062(1) — 2 cases

Cornu-Labat v. Hosp. Dist. No. 2, 298 P.3d 741 (Wash. 2013). “200 (documents prepared for and maintained by a regularly constituted quality improvement committee), or RCW 70.44.062 (meetings or proceedings of a public hospital district board or its agents concerning the status of a health care provider’s clinical privileges).”

Cornu-Labat v. Hosp. Dist. No. 2 of Grant Cnty. (Wash. 2013). “200 (documents prepared for and maintained by a regularly constituted quality improvement committee), or RCW 70.44.062 (meetings ·or proceedings of a public hospital district board or its agents concerning the status of a health care provider's clinical privileges).”

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