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Chapter 18.51 RCW

NURSING HOMES

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