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Chapter 18.51
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RCW Dispositions
Chapter
18.51
RCW
NURSING HOMES
Sections
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18.51.005
Purpose.
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18.51.007
Legislative intent.
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18.51.009
Resident rights.
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18.51.010
Definitions.
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18.51.030
License required.
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18.51.040
Application for license.
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18.51.050
License
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Issuance, renewal
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Fee
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Display.
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18.51.054
Denial of license.
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18.51.060
Penalties
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Grounds.
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18.51.062
Temporary managers
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Department shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless.
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18.51.065
Penalties
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Hearing
(as amended by 1989 c 175).
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18.51.065
Penalties
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Hearing
(as amended by 1989 c 372).
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18.51.067
License suspension
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Noncompliance with support order
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Reissuance.
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18.51.070
Rules.
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18.51.091
Inspection of nursing homes and community-based services
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Notice of violations
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Approval of alterations or new facilities.
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18.51.095
Resident contact information
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Department requirements and duties.
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18.51.140
Fire protection
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Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol.
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18.51.145
Building inspections
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Authority of chief of the Washington state patrol.
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18.51.150
Operating without license
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Penalty.
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18.51.160
Operating without license
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Injunction.
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18.51.170
Application of chapter to homes or institutions operated by certain religious organizations.
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18.51.180
Outpatient services
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Authorized
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Defined.
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18.51.185
Outpatient services
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Cost studies
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Vendor rates.
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18.51.190
Complaint of violation
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Request for inspection
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Notice
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Confidentiality.
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18.51.200
Preliminary review of complaint
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On-site investigation.
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18.51.210
Authority to enter and inspect nursing home
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Advance notice
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Defense.
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18.51.220
Retaliation or discrimination against complainant prohibited, penalty
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Presumption.
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18.51.230
Periodic general inspection
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Emergency rules.
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18.51.240
Alterations or additions
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Preliminary inspection and approval.
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18.51.250
Nursing homes without violations
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Public agencies notified
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Priority.
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18.51.260
Posting citations for violation of RCW
18.51.060
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18.51.270
Annual report of citations
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Publication
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Contents.
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18.51.280
Chapter cumulative.
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18.51.290
Writings as public records.
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18.51.300
Retention and preservation of records of patients.
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18.51.310
Comprehensive plan for utilization review
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Licensing standards
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Regulations.
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18.51.320
Contact with animals
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Rules.
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18.51.350
Conflict with federal requirements.
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18.51.400
Receivership
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Legislative findings.
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18.51.410
Receivership
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Petition to establish
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Grounds.
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18.51.420
Receivership
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Defenses to petition.
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18.51.430
Receivership
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Persons qualified to act as receiver.
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18.51.440
Receivership
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Judicial hearing.
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18.51.450
Receivership
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Appointment of receiver.
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18.51.460
Receivership
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Termination
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Conditions.
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18.51.470
Receivership
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Accounting of acts and expenditures by receiver.
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18.51.480
Receivership
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Compensation, liability
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Revision of medicaid reimbursement rate.
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18.51.490
Receivership
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Powers of receiver.
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18.51.500
Receivership
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Financial assistance
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Use of revenues and proceeds of facility.
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18.51.510
Receivership
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State medical assistance.
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18.51.520
Receivership
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Foreclosures and seizures not allowed.
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18.51.530
Notice of change of ownership or management.
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18.51.540
Cost disclosure to attending physicians.
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18.51.550
Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians.
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18.51.560
Employment of physicians.
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18.51.570
Employment
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Certificates of parental improvement.
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18.51.575
Communication system
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Telephones and other equipment.
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18.51.580
Disaster preparedness plan.
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18.51.590
Multistate nurse license
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Conditions of employment.
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18.51.920
Construction
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Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships
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2009 c 521.
NOTES:
Assisted living facilities: Chapter
18.20
RCW.
Birthing centers: Chapter
18.46
RCW.
Employment of dental hygienist without supervision of dentist authorized: RCW
18.29.056
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Labor regulations, collective bargaining
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Health care activities: Chapter
49.66
RCW.
Resident care, operating standards: Chapter
74.42
RCW.
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