Health districts in Washington

Most health departments in the U.S. state of Washington are part of county government. The following districts are exceptions:^[1]

• Benton-Franklin Health District (Benton and Franklin counties)
• Chelan-Douglas Health District (Chelan and Douglas counties)
• Northeast Tri County Health District (Ferry County, Pend Oreille, and Stevens counties)
• Yakima Health District is a one-county health district. It was created in 1911 and was one of the first health districts in the United States.^[2][3]

Health districts were enabled by the Washington State Legislature in 1945, codified in chapter 70.46 of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW).^[4]

References

1. "Local health jurisdictions". Official website. Washington State Department of Health. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
2. Mullan 1989.
3. Kahn 2009, p. 28.
4. MRSC 2003, p. A1-3.

Sources

• Mullan, Fitzhugh (1989). Plagues and Politics: The Story of the United States Public Health Service. Basic Books.
• Special Purpose Districts in Washington State, Seattle: Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC), August 2003
• Kahn, Laura H. (2009). Who's in Charge?: Leadership During Epidemics, Bioterror, Attacks, and Other Public Health Crises. Praeger Security International Series. Praeger Security International. ISBN 978-0-275-99485-3.

Further reading

• Chapter 70.05 Revised Code of Washington: Local health departments, boards, officers—regulations
• Chapter 70.46 Revised Code of Washington: Health districts