Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 18.20 - Assisted Living Facilities.
18.20.090 - Rules, regulations, and standards.

RCW 18.20.090
Rules, regulations, and standards.

The department shall adopt, amend, and promulgate such rules, regulations, and standards with respect to all assisted living facilities and operators thereof to be licensed hereunder as may be designed to further the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter in promoting safe and adequate care of individuals in assisted living facilities and the sanitary, hygienic and safe conditions of the assisted living facility in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare.

[ 2012 c 10 § 5; 1985 c 213 § 6; 1971 ex.s. c 189 § 3; 1957 c 253 § 9.]
NOTES:

Application—2012 c 10: See note following RCW 18.20.010.


Savings—Effective date—1985 c 213: See notes following RCW 43.20.050.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 18 - Businesses and Professions

Chapter 18.20 - Assisted Living Facilities.

18.20.010 - Purpose.

18.20.020 - Definitions.

18.20.030 - License required.

18.20.040 - Application for license.

18.20.050 - Licenses—Issuance—Renewal—Provisional licenses—Fees—Display—Surrender, relinquishment—Change in licensee—Refusal of renewal, when—Copy of decision.

18.20.090 - Rules, regulations, and standards.

18.20.095 - Resident contact information—Department requirements and duties.

18.20.110 - Inspection of assisted living facilities—Approval of changes or new facilities.

18.20.115 - Quality improvement consultation program—Principles.

18.20.125 - Inspections—Enforcement remedies—Screening—Limitations on unsupervised access to vulnerable adults.

18.20.126 - Screening—Certificates of parental improvement.

18.20.130 - Fire protection—Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol.

18.20.140 - Operating without license—Penalty.

18.20.150 - Operating without license—Injunction.

18.20.160 - Persons requiring medical or nursing care.

18.20.170 - Facilities operated by religious organizations.

18.20.180 - Resident rights.

18.20.184 - Communication system—Telephones and other equipment.

18.20.185 - Complaints—Toll-free telephone number—Investigation and referral—Rules—Retaliation prohibited.

18.20.190 - Department response to noncompliance or violations.

18.20.195 - Disputed violations, enforcement remedies—Informal dispute resolution process.

18.20.210 - License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.

18.20.220 - Residential care contracted services, conversion to—Requirements.

18.20.230 - Training standards review—Proposed enhancements.

18.20.250 - Federal funding programs, opportunities—Secretary's duty to comply.

18.20.270 - Long-term caregiver training.

18.20.280 - General responsibility for each resident.

18.20.290 - Holding a medicaid eligible resident's room or unit—Payment rates.

18.20.300 - Domiciliary care services—Scope of services—Disclosure form.

18.20.305 - Disclosure to nonresidents.

18.20.310 - Assistance with activities of daily living.

18.20.320 - Health support services.

18.20.330 - Intermittent nursing services.

18.20.340 - Resident's family member administers medications or treatment—Written primary or alternate plan—Licensee's duty of care/negligence.

18.20.350 - Preadmission assessment—Initial resident service plan—Respite care.

18.20.360 - Full reassessment of resident.

18.20.370 - Negotiated service agreement.

18.20.380 - Provision of outside services—Licensee's duty of care/negligence.

18.20.390 - Quality assurance committee.

18.20.400 - Correction of violation/deficiency—Not included in facility report.

18.20.410 - Standards for small assisted living facilities—Study.

18.20.415 - Rule-making authority.

18.20.420 - Temporary management.

18.20.430 - Assisted living facility temporary management account.

18.20.440 - Withdrawal from medicaid program—Notice—Duties.

18.20.500 - Information for consumers.

18.20.510 - Work group—Quality metrics.

18.20.520 - Stop placement orders and limited stop placement orders.

18.20.525 - Disaster preparedness plan.

18.20.900 - Severability—1957 c 253.

18.20.901 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.