Mail and telephone—Privacy in communications.

1. Law
2. Revised Code of Washington
3. Public Health and Safety
4. Long-Term Care Resident Rights.
5. Mail and telephone—Privacy in communications.

The resident has the right to privacy in communications, including the right to:

(1) Send and promptly receive mail that is unopened;

(2) Have access to stationery, postage, and writing implements at the resident's own expense; and

(3) Have reasonable access within a reasonable time to the use of a telephone and other communication equipment where calls can be made without being overheard.

[ 2021 c 159 § 25; 1994 c 214 § 9.]

NOTES:

Findings—2021 c 159: See note following RCW 18.20.520.

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