It is the policy of Lincoln County Public Hospital District No. 1 (The District) d.b.a. Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center (OMHC), to release records of the District in compliance with the Public Records Act (The Act), set forth at RCW 42.17.250 to 42.17.348, and any other applicable provisions of federal or state law.

Public record is defined under The Act to include any writing containing information relating to the conduct of government or the performance of any governmental or proprietary function prepared, owned used or retained by the District regardless of form or characteristics. RCW 42.14.020

Writing is defined under The Act as: handwriting, typewriting, printing, photocopying, photographing, and any every other means of recoding any form of communication or representation including but not limited to, letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combination thereof, and all papers, maps, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic films and prints, motion pictures, film and video recordings, magnetic or punched cards, disks, drums, diskettes, sound recordings, or other documents including existing data compilations from which information may be obtained or translated.

How to Request Records

OMHC’s public records officer is: Alyssa Oestreich, or if unavailable Annette Edwards (per RCW 42.17.253)A request for public records can be initiated two ways:

All request for public records must include the name, address and telephone number of the requester and detailed information necessary to readily identify the public records requested.