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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
An ophthalmologist, optometrist, or dispensing optician who provides:
(1) Free vision services; or
(2) Eyeglasses, or any part thereof, including used frames, at or below retail cost to homeless people in the state of Washington
and who is not reimbursed for such services or eyeglasses as allowed for in RCW 43.20A.840, is not liable for civil damages for injury to a homeless person resulting from any act or omission in providing such services or eyeglasses, other than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or intentional conduct.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Washington Revised Code Title 43. State Government--Executive § 43.20A.830. Vision services for the homeless--Provider liability - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wa/title-43-state-governmentexecutive/wa-rev-code-43-20a-830/
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