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State Board of Health adopts new retention policy for Health Impact Reviews
Summary
The Board adopted Draft Policy 2026-001 to retain Health Impact Reviews and source materials internally after six years and keep executive summaries and final reports publicly available for 10 years, directing staff to finalize the policy and incorporate it into the Board’s Records Retention Guide.
The Washington State Board of Health on March 12 adopted Draft Policy 2026-001 to change how Health Impact Reviews (HIRs) are retained. The new policy converts HIRs and their source materials into internal reference materials after six years while keeping HIR request forms, executive summaries and final reports publicly available on the Board website for 10 years. The Board directed staff to finalize the policy and incorporate it into the…
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