RCW 70.38.230
Residential hospice care centers—Defined—Change in bed capacity—Applicability of chapter.
(1) A change in bed capacity at a residential hospice care center shall not be subject to certificate of need review under this chapter if the department determined prior to June 1994 that the construction, development, or other establishment of the residential hospice care center was not subject to certificate of need review under this chapter.
(2) For purposes of this section, a "residential hospice care center" means any building, facility, place, or equivalent that opened in December 1996 and is organized, maintained, and operated specifically to provide beds, accommodations, facilities, and services over a continuous period of twenty-four hours or more for palliative care of two or more individuals, not related to the operator, who are diagnosed as being in the latter stages of an advanced disease that is expected to lead to death.
[ 1998 c 322 § 50.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 70.38 - Health Planning and Development.
70.38.015 - Declaration of public policy.
70.38.018 - Statewide health resources strategy—Consistency—Waivers.
70.38.095 - Public disclosure.
70.38.105 - Health services and facilities requiring certificate of need—Fees.
70.38.111 - Certificates of need—Exemptions.
70.38.118 - Certificates of need—Applications submitted by hospice agencies.
70.38.125 - Certificates of need—Issuance—Duration—Penalties for violations.
70.38.128 - Certificates of need—Elective percutaneous coronary interventions—Rules.
70.38.135 - Services and surveys—Rules.
70.38.155 - Certificates of need—Savings—1979 ex.s. c 161.
70.38.156 - Certificates of need—Savings—1980 c 139.
70.38.157 - Certificates of need—Savings—1983 c 235.
70.38.158 - Certificates of need—Savings—1989 1st ex.s. c 9 §§ 601 through 607.
70.38.220 - Ethnic minorities—Nursing home beds that reflect cultural differences.
70.38.250 - Redistribution and addition of beds—Determination.
70.38.270 - Psychiatric beds added under RCW 70.38.260.
70.38.905 - Conflict with federal law—Construction.
70.38.914 - Pending certificates of need—1983 c 235.
70.38.915 - Effective dates—Pending certificates of need—1979 ex.s. c 161.
70.38.916 - Effective date—1980 c 139.
70.38.918 - Effective dates—Pending certificates of need—1989 1st ex.s. c 9.