The department of health shall investigate human exposure to pesticides according to the degree of risk that the exposure presents to the individual and the greater population as well as the level of funding appropriated in the operating budget, and in order to carry out such investigations shall have authority to secure and analyze appropriate specimens of human tissue and samples representing sources of possible exposure.
[2009 c 495 § 11; 1991 c 3 § 359; 1971 ex.s. c 41 § 5.]
Notes: Effective date -- 2009 c 495: See note following RCW 43.20.050.