There is a newer version of the Revised Code of Washington
2009 Washington Code
Title 70 - Public health and safety
Chapter 70.41 - Hospital licensing and regulation.
- 70.41.005 - Transfer of duties to the department of health.
- 70.41.010 - Declaration of purpose.
- 70.41.020 - Definitions.
- 70.41.030 - Standards and rules.
- 70.41.040 - Enforcement of chapter -- Personnel -- Merit system.
- 70.41.045 - Hospital surveys or audits -- Frequent problems to be posted on agency web sites -- Hospital evaluation of survey or audit, form -- Notice.
- 70.41.080 - Fire protection.
- 70.41.090 - Hospital license required -- Certificate of need required.
- 70.41.100 - Applications for licenses and renewals -- Fees.
- 70.41.110 - Licenses, provisional licenses -- Issuance, duration, assignment, posting.
- 70.41.115 - Specialty hospitals -- Licenses -- Exemptions.
- 70.41.120 - Inspection of hospitals -- Final report -- Alterations or additions, new facilities -- Coordination with state and local agencies -- Notice of inspection.
- 70.41.122 - Exemption from RCW 70.41.120 for hospitals accredited by other entities.
- 70.41.125 - Hospital construction review process -- Coordination with state and local agencies.
- 70.41.130 - Denial, suspension, revocation, modification of license -- Procedure.
- 70.41.150 - Denial, suspension, revocation of license -- Disclosure of information.
- 70.41.155 - Duty to investigate patient well-being.
- 70.41.160 - Remedies available to department -- Duty of attorney general.
- 70.41.170 - Operating or maintaining unlicensed hospital or unapproved tertiary health service -- Penalty.
- 70.41.180 - Physicians' services.
- 70.41.190 - Medical records of patients -- Retention and preservation.
- 70.41.200 - Quality improvement and medical malpractice prevention program -- Quality improvement committee -- Sanction and grievance procedures -- Information collection, reporting, and sharing.
- 70.41.210 - Duty to report restrictions on health care practitioners' privileges based on unprofessional conduct -- Penalty.
- 70.41.220 - Duty to keep records of restrictions on practitioners' privileges -- Penalty.
- 70.41.230 - Duty of hospital to request information on physicians granted privileges.
- 70.41.235 - Doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery -- Discrimination based on board certification is prohibited.
- 70.41.240 - Information regarding conversion of hospitals to nonhospital health care facilities.
- 70.41.250 - Cost disclosure to health care providers.
- 70.41.300 - Long-term care -- Definitions.
- 70.41.310 - Long-term care -- Program information to be provided to hospitals -- Information on options to be provided to patients.
- 70.41.320 - Long-term care -- Patient discharge requirements for hospitals and acute care facilities -- Pilot projects.
- 70.41.330 - Hospital complaint toll-free telephone number.
- 70.41.340 - Investigation of hospital complaints -- Rules.
- 70.41.350 - Emergency care provided to victims of sexual assault -- Development of informational materials on emergency contraception -- Rules.
- 70.41.360 - Emergency care provided to victims of sexual assault -- Department to respond to violations -- Task force.
- 70.41.370 - Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians.
- 70.41.380 - Notice of unanticipated outcomes.
- 70.41.390 - Safe patient handling.
- 70.41.400 - Patient billing -- Written statement describing who may be billing the patient required -- Contact phone numbers -- Exceptions.
- 70.41.410 - Nurse staffing committee -- Definitions.
- 70.41.420 - Nurse staffing committee.
- 70.41.430 - Licensed hospitals must adopt a policy regarding methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) -- Elements.
- 70.41.440 - Duty to report violent injuries -- Preservation of evidence -- Immunity -- Privilege.
- 70.41.450 - Estimated charges of hospital services -- Notice.
- 70.41.900 - Severability -- 1955 c 267.
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