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2020 Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 18.51 - Nursing Homes.
- 18.51.005 Purpose.
- 18.51.007 Legislative intent.
- 18.51.009 Resident rights.
- 18.51.010 Definitions.
- 18.51.030 License required.
- 18.51.040 Application for license.
- 18.51.050 License—Issuance, renewal—Fee—Display.
- 18.51.054 Denial of license.
- 18.51.060 Penalties—Grounds.
- 18.51.062 Temporary managers—Department shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless.
- 18.51.065 Penalties—Hearing (as amended by 1989 c 175).
- 18.51.067 License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
- 18.51.070 Rules.
- 18.51.091 Inspection of nursing homes and community-based services—Notice of violations—Approval of alterations or new facilities.
- 18.51.140 Fire protection—Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol.
- 18.51.145 Building inspections—Authority of chief of the Washington state patrol.
- 18.51.150 Operating without license—Penalty.
- 18.51.160 Operating without license—Injunction.
- 18.51.170 Application of chapter to homes or institutions operated by certain religious organizations.
- 18.51.180 Outpatient services—Authorized—Defined.
- 18.51.185 Outpatient services—Cost studies—Vendor rates.
- 18.51.190 Complaint of violation—Request for inspection—Notice—Confidentiality.
- 18.51.200 Preliminary review of complaint—On-site investigation.
- 18.51.210 Authority to enter and inspect nursing home—Advance notice—Defense.
- 18.51.220 Retaliation or discrimination against complainant prohibited, penalty—Presumption.
- 18.51.230 Periodic general inspection.
- 18.51.240 Alterations or additions—Preliminary inspection and approval.
- 18.51.250 Nursing homes without violations—Public agencies notified—Priority.
- 18.51.260 Posting citations for violation of RCW 18.51.060.
- 18.51.270 Annual report of citations—Publication—Contents.
- 18.51.280 Chapter cumulative.
- 18.51.290 Writings as public records.
- 18.51.300 Retention and preservation of records of patients.
- 18.51.310 Comprehensive plan for utilization review—Licensing standards—Regulations.
- 18.51.320 Contact with animals—Rules.
- 18.51.350 Conflict with federal requirements.
- 18.51.400 Receivership—Legislative findings.
- 18.51.410 Receivership—Petition to establish—Grounds.
- 18.51.420 Receivership—Defenses to petition.
- 18.51.430 Receivership—Persons qualified to act as receiver.
- 18.51.440 Receivership—Judicial hearing.
- 18.51.450 Receivership—Appointment of receiver.
- 18.51.460 Receivership—Termination—Conditions.
- 18.51.470 Receivership—Accounting of acts and expenditures by receiver.
- 18.51.480 Receivership—Compensation, liability—Revision of medicaid reimbursement rate.
- 18.51.490 Receivership—Powers of receiver.
- 18.51.500 Receivership—Financial assistance—Use of revenues and proceeds of facility.
- 18.51.510 Receivership—State medical assistance.
- 18.51.520 Receivership—Foreclosures and seizures not allowed.
- 18.51.530 Notice of change of ownership or management.
- 18.51.540 Cost disclosure to attending physicians.
- 18.51.550 Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians.
- 18.51.560 Employment of physicians.
- 18.51.570 Employment—Certificates of parental improvement.
- 18.51.920 Construction—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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