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Code · Washington · Title 70 — Public Health and Safety · Chapter 70.46

RCW 70.46.090

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Any county may withdraw from membership in said health district any time after it has been within the district for a period of two years, but no withdrawal shall be effective except at the end of the calendar year in which the county gives at least six months' notice of its intention to withdraw at the end of the calendar year. No withdrawal shall entitle any member to a refund of any moneys paid to the district nor relieve it of any obligations to pay to the district all sums for which it obligated itself due and owing by it to the district for the year at the end of which the withdrawal is to be effective.
Any county which withdraws from membership in said health district shall immediately establish a health department or provide health services which shall meet the standards for health services promulgated by the state board of health. No local health department may be deemed to provide adequate public health services unless there is at least one full time professionally trained and qualified physician as set forth in RCW 70.05.050 .
[ 1993 c 492 s 251 ; 1967 ex.s. c 51 s 21 ; 1945 c 183 s 9 ; Rem. Supp. 1945 s 6099-18.]
Notes:
Findings — Intent — 1993 c 492: See notes following RCW 43.20.050 .
Short title — Savings — Reservation of legislative power — Effective dates — 1993 c 492: See RCW 43.72.910 through 43.72.915 .
Severability — 1967 ex.s. c 51: See note following RCW 70.05.010 .
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