RCW 18.51.170
Application of chapter to homes or institutions operated by certain religious organizations.
Nothing in this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall be construed as authorizing the supervision, regulation, or control of the remedial care or treatment of residents or patients in any nursing home or institution conducted for those who rely upon treatment by prayer or spiritual means in accordance with the creed or tenets of any well-recognized church or religious denomination, or for any nursing home or institution operated for the exclusive care of members of a convent as defined in RCW 84.36.800 or rectory, monastery, or other institution operated for the care of members of the clergy.
[ 1977 c 48 § 1; 1951 c 117 § 21.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 18.51 - Nursing Homes.
18.51.007 - Legislative intent.
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.
18.51.095 - Resident contact information—Department requirements and duties.
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.
18.51.180 - 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—Emergency rules.
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.
18.51.575 - Communication system—Telephones and other equipment.
18.51.580 - Disaster preparedness plan.
18.51.920 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.