Wash. Rev. Code § 74.13.810

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 74.13.810 - Child malnutrition field guide

By September 1, 2023, the department, in consultation with the department of health, shall produce and make available to department staff a child malnutrition field guide. This child malnutrition field guide must:

(1) Be concise, but provide references to additional comprehensive and trauma-informed resources for department staff to access if needed;
(2) Be easily accessible by department staff;
(3) Describe how to identify signs of child malnutrition;
(4) Include appropriate questions to ask the child and others close to the child when child malnutrition is suspected;
(5) Include the appropriate next steps department staff may take when child malnutrition is suspected; and
(6) Include any additional information the department deems relevant.

RCW 74.13.810

Added by 2023 c 70,§ 1, eff. 7/23/2023.