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RCW 9.02.170 — Definitions
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 9.02: Abortion, Revised Code of Washington.
Amendment pending: a new version of this section takes effect Wed Jun 30 2027 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time).
Full text of RCW 9.02.170
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the official text of the Revised Code of Washington from the Code Reviser's published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Washington.
For purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Abortion" means any medical treatment intended to induce the termination of a pregnancy except for the purpose of producing a live birth.
(2) "*Advanced registered nurse practitioner" means an *advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW.
(3) "Health care provider" means a person regulated under Title 18 RCW to practice health or health-related services or otherwise practicing health care services in this state consistent with state law.
(4) "Physician" means a physician licensed to practice under chapter 18.57 or 18.71 RCW in the state of Washington.
(5) "Physician assistant" means a physician assistant licensed to practice under chapter 18.71A RCW in the state of Washington.
(6) "Pregnancy" means the reproductive process beginning with the implantation of an embryo.
(7) "Private medical facility" means any medical facility that is not owned or operated by the state.
(8) "State" means the state of Washington and counties, cities, towns, municipal corporations, and quasi-municipal corporations in the state of Washington.
(9) "Viability" means the point in the pregnancy when, in the judgment of the physician, physician assistant, *advanced registered nurse practitioner, or other health care provider acting within the provider's scope of practice on the particular facts of the case before such physician, physician assistant, *advanced registered nurse practitioner, or other health care provider acting within the provider's scope of practice, there is a reasonable likelihood of the fetus's sustained survival outside the uterus without the application of extraordinary medical measures.
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