Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.
70.41.370 - Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians.

Revised Code of Washington

Title 70 - Public Health and Safety

Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.

70.41.005 - Transfer of duties to the department of health.

70.41.010 - Declaration of purpose.

70.41.020 - Definitions.

70.41.030 - Standards and rules.

70.41.040 - Enforcement of chapter—Personnel—Merit system.

70.41.045 - Hospital surveys or audits—Frequent problems to be posted on agency websites—Hospital evaluation of survey or audit, form—Notice.

70.41.080 - Fire protection.

70.41.090 - Hospital license required—Certificate of need required—Participation in Washington rural health access preservation pilot.

70.41.100 - Applications for licenses and renewals—Fees.

70.41.110 - Licenses, provisional licenses—Issuance, duration, assignment, posting.

70.41.115 - Specialty hospitals—Licenses—Exemptions.

70.41.120 - Inspection of hospitals—Final report—Alterations or additions, new facilities—Coordination with state and local agencies—Notice of inspection.

70.41.122 - Exemption from RCW 70.41.120 for hospitals accredited by other entities.

70.41.125 - Hospital construction review process—Coordination with state and local agencies.

70.41.130 - Administrative actions against license—Rules—Procedure.

70.41.150 - Denial, suspension, revocation of license—Disclosure of information.

70.41.155 - Duty to investigate patient well-being.

70.41.160 - Remedies available to department—Duty of attorney general.

70.41.170 - Operating or maintaining unlicensed hospital or unapproved tertiary health service—Penalty.

70.41.180 - Physicians' services.

70.41.190 - Medical records of patients—Retention and preservation.

70.41.200 - Quality improvement and medical malpractice prevention program—Quality improvement committee—Sanction and grievance procedures—Information collection, reporting, and sharing.

70.41.205 - Public hospitals—Review of hospital privileges and quality improvement committee reports—Confidentiality.

70.41.210 - Duty to report restrictions on health care practitioners' privileges based on unprofessional conduct—Penalty.

70.41.220 - Duty to keep records of restrictions on practitioners' privileges—Penalty.

70.41.230 - Duty of hospital to request information on physicians, physician assistants, or advanced registered nurse practitioners granted privileges.

70.41.235 - Doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery—Discrimination based on board certification is prohibited.

70.41.240 - Information regarding conversion of hospitals to nonhospital health care facilities.

70.41.250 - Cost disclosure to health care providers.

70.41.300 - Long-term care—Definitions.

70.41.310 - Long-term care—Program information to be provided to hospitals—Information on options to be provided to patients.

70.41.320 - Long-term care—Patient discharge requirements for hospitals and acute care facilities—Pilot projects.

70.41.322 - Discharge planning—Requirements—Lay caregivers.

70.41.324 - Discharge planning—Certain policies and criteria not required.

70.41.326 - Discharge planning—Construction—Liability.

70.41.330 - Hospital complaint toll-free telephone number.

70.41.340 - Investigation of hospital complaints—Rules.

70.41.350 - Emergency care provided to victims of sexual assault—Development of informational materials on emergency contraception—Rules.

70.41.360 - Emergency care provided to victims of sexual assault—Department to respond to violations—Task force.

70.41.365 - Statewide sexual assault kit tracking system—Participation by hospitals.

70.41.367 - Sexual assault evidence kit collection—Availability, plan, and notice requirements.

70.41.370 - Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians.

70.41.380 - Notice of unanticipated outcomes.

70.41.390 - Safe patient handling.

70.41.400 - Patient billing—Written statement describing who may be billing the patient required—Contact phone numbers—Exceptions.

70.41.410 - Nurse staffing committee—Definitions.

70.41.420 - Nurse staffing committee.

70.41.425 - Nurse staffing—Department investigations.

70.41.430 - Prevention and control of the transmission of pathogens of epidemiological concern—Policy adoption—Reporting—Definitions.

70.41.440 - Duty to report violent injuries—Preservation of evidence—Immunity—Privilege.

70.41.450 - Estimated charges of hospital services—Notice.

70.41.460 - Contract with department of corrections.

70.41.470 - Information to be made widely available by certain hospitals—Community health needs assessment—Description of community served—Community benefit implementation strategy.

70.41.480 - Findings—Intent—Authority to prescribe prepackaged emergency medications—Definitions.

70.41.485 - Opioid overdose reversal medications—Distribution—Labeling—Liability.

70.41.490 - Authorization for certain transfers of drugs between hospitals and their affiliated companies.

70.41.500 - Down syndrome—Parent information.

70.41.510 - Pattern of balance billing protection act violations by hospital—Fines and disciplinary action.

70.41.520 - Access to care policies for admission, nondiscrimination, and reproductive health care—Requirement to submit, post on website, and use department-created form.

70.41.530 - Audio-only telemedicine—Facility fees.

70.41.900 - Severability—1955 c 267.