RCW 18.20.160
Persons requiring medical or nursing care.
No person operating an assisted living facility licensed under this chapter shall admit to or retain in the assisted living facility any aged person requiring nursing or medical care of a type provided by institutions licensed under chapters 18.51, 70.41 or 71.12 RCW, except that when registered nurses are available, and upon a doctor's order that a supervised medication service is needed, it may be provided. Supervised medication services, as defined by the department and consistent with chapters 69.41 and 18.79 RCW, may include an approved program of self-medication or self-directed medication. Such medication service shall be provided only to residents who otherwise meet all requirements for residency in an assisted living facility. No assisted living facility shall admit or retain a person who requires the frequent presence and frequent evaluation of a registered nurse, excluding persons who are receiving hospice care or persons who have a short-term illness that is expected to be resolved within fourteen days.
[ 2012 c 10 § 11; 2004 c 142 § 12; 1985 c 297 § 2; 1975 1st ex.s. c 43 § 1; 1957 c 253 § 16.]
NOTES:
Application—2012 c 10: See note following RCW 18.20.010.
Effective dates—2004 c 142: See note following RCW 18.20.020.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 18.20 - Assisted Living Facilities.
18.20.040 - Application for license.
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.
18.20.126 - 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.
18.20.184 - Communication system—Telephones and other equipment.
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.
18.20.350 - 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.