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18.51.005 - Purpose. - RCW 18.51.005 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to...
18.51.007 - Legislative intent. - RCW 18.51.007 Legislative intent. It is the intent of the...
18.51.009 - Resident rights. - RCW 18.51.009 Resident rights. RCW 70.129.007, 70.129.105, 70.129.150 through 70.129.170,...
18.51.010 - Definitions. - RCW 18.51.010 Definitions. (1) "Community-based care" means but is not...
18.51.030 - License required. - RCW 18.51.030 License required. After July 1, 1951 no person...
18.51.040 - Application for license. - RCW 18.51.040 Application for license. An application for license shall...
18.51.050 - License—Issuance, renewal—Fee—Display. - RCW 18.51.050 License—Issuance, renewal—Fee—Display. (1)(a) Upon receipt of an application...
18.51.054 - Denial of license. - RCW 18.51.054 Denial of license. The department may deny a...
18.51.060 - Penalties—Grounds. - RCW 18.51.060 Penalties—Grounds. (1) In any case in which the...
18.51.062 - Temporary managers—Department shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless. - RCW 18.51.062 Temporary managers—Department shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless....
18.51.065 - Penalties—Hearing (as amended by 1989 c 175). - RCW 18.51.065 Penalties—Hearing (as amended by 1989 c 175). ((All...
18.51.067 - License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance. - RCW 18.51.067 License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance. The department shall...
18.51.070 - Rules. - RCW 18.51.070 Rules. The department, after consultation with the board...
18.51.091 - Inspection of nursing homes and community-based services—Notice of violations—Approval of alterations or new facilities. - RCW 18.51.091 Inspection of nursing homes and community-based services—Notice of...
18.51.095 - Resident contact information—Department requirements and duties. - RCW 18.51.095 Resident contact information—Department requirements and duties. (1) The...
18.51.140 - Fire protection—Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol. - RCW 18.51.140 Fire protection—Duties of chief of the Washington state...
18.51.145 - Building inspections—Authority of chief of the Washington state patrol. - RCW 18.51.145 Building inspections—Authority of chief of the Washington state...
18.51.150 - Operating without license—Penalty. - RCW 18.51.150 Operating without license—Penalty. Any person operating or maintaining...
18.51.160 - Operating without license—Injunction. - RCW 18.51.160 Operating without license—Injunction. Notwithstanding the existence or use...
18.51.170 - Application of chapter to homes or institutions operated by certain religious organizations. - RCW 18.51.170 Application of chapter to homes or institutions operated...
18.51.180 - Outpatient services—Authorized—Defined. - RCW 18.51.180 Outpatient services—Authorized—Defined. A nursing home may, pursuant to...
18.51.185 - Outpatient services—Cost studies—Vendor rates. - RCW 18.51.185 Outpatient services—Cost studies—Vendor rates. The department of social...
18.51.190 - Complaint of violation—Request for inspection—Notice—Confidentiality. - RCW 18.51.190 Complaint of violation—Request for inspection—Notice—Confidentiality. Any person may...
18.51.200 - Preliminary review of complaint—On-site investigation. - RCW 18.51.200 Preliminary review of complaint—On-site investigation. Upon receipt of...
18.51.210 - Authority to enter and inspect nursing home—Advance notice—Defense. - RCW 18.51.210 Authority to enter and inspect nursing home—Advance notice—Defense....
18.51.220 - Retaliation or discrimination against complainant prohibited, penalty—Presumption. - RCW 18.51.220 Retaliation or discrimination against complainant prohibited, penalty—Presumption. (1)...
18.51.230 - Periodic general inspection—Emergency rules. - RCW 18.51.230 Periodic general inspection—Emergency rules. (1) The department shall,...
18.51.240 - Alterations or additions—Preliminary inspection and approval. - RCW 18.51.240 Alterations or additions—Preliminary inspection and approval. The department...
18.51.250 - Nursing homes without violations—Public agencies notified—Priority. - RCW 18.51.250 Nursing homes without violations—Public agencies notified—Priority. On or...
18.51.260 - Posting citations for violation of RCW 18.51.060. - RCW 18.51.260 Posting citations for violation of RCW 18.51.060. (1)...
18.51.270 - Annual report of citations—Publication—Contents. - RCW 18.51.270 Annual report of citations—Publication—Contents. The department shall annually...
18.51.280 - Chapter cumulative. - RCW 18.51.280 Chapter cumulative. The remedies provided by this chapter...
18.51.290 - Writings as public records. - RCW 18.51.290 Writings as public records. Any writing received, owned,...
18.51.300 - Retention and preservation of records of patients. - RCW 18.51.300 Retention and preservation of records of patients. Unless...
18.51.310 - Comprehensive plan for utilization review—Licensing standards—Regulations. - RCW 18.51.310 Comprehensive plan for utilization review—Licensing standards—Regulations. (1) The...
18.51.320 - Contact with animals—Rules. - RCW 18.51.320 Contact with animals—Rules. (1) A nursing home licensee...
18.51.350 - Conflict with federal requirements. - RCW 18.51.350 Conflict with federal requirements. If any part of...
18.51.400 - Receivership—Legislative findings. - RCW 18.51.400 Receivership—Legislative findings. The legislature finds that the closure...
18.51.410 - Receivership—Petition to establish—Grounds. - RCW 18.51.410 Receivership—Petition to establish—Grounds. A petition to establish a...
18.51.420 - Receivership—Defenses to petition. - RCW 18.51.420 Receivership—Defenses to petition. It shall be a defense...
18.51.430 - Receivership—Persons qualified to act as receiver. - RCW 18.51.430 Receivership—Persons qualified to act as receiver. A petition...
18.51.440 - Receivership—Judicial hearing. - RCW 18.51.440 Receivership—Judicial hearing. Upon receipt of a petition for...
18.51.450 - Receivership—Appointment of receiver. - RCW 18.51.450 Receivership—Appointment of receiver. Upon agreement of the candidate...
18.51.460 - Receivership—Termination—Conditions. - RCW 18.51.460 Receivership—Termination—Conditions. (1) The receivership shall terminate: (a) When...
18.51.470 - Receivership—Accounting of acts and expenditures by receiver. - RCW 18.51.470 Receivership—Accounting of acts and expenditures by receiver. The...
18.51.480 - Receivership—Compensation, liability—Revision of medicaid reimbursement rate. - RCW 18.51.480 Receivership—Compensation, liability—Revision of medicaid reimbursement rate. If a...
18.51.490 - Receivership—Powers of receiver. - RCW 18.51.490 Receivership—Powers of receiver. Upon appointment of a receiver,...
18.51.500 - Receivership—Financial assistance—Use of revenues and proceeds of facility. - RCW 18.51.500 Receivership—Financial assistance—Use of revenues and proceeds of facility....
18.51.510 - Receivership—State medical assistance. - RCW 18.51.510 Receivership—State medical assistance. If the nursing home is...
18.51.520 - Receivership—Foreclosures and seizures not allowed. - RCW 18.51.520 Receivership—Foreclosures and seizures not allowed. No seizure, foreclosure,...
18.51.530 - Notice of change of ownership or management. - RCW 18.51.530 Notice of change of ownership or management. At...
18.51.540 - Cost disclosure to attending physicians. - RCW 18.51.540 Cost disclosure to attending physicians. (1) The legislature...
18.51.550 - Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians. - RCW 18.51.550 Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians....
18.51.560 - Employment of physicians. - RCW 18.51.560 Employment of physicians. (1) A nursing home licensed...
18.51.570 - Employment—Certificates of parental improvement. - RCW 18.51.570 Employment—Certificates of parental improvement. Nursing homes, as defined...
18.51.575 - Communication system—Telephones and other equipment. - RCW 18.51.575 Communication system—Telephones and other equipment. (1) Each nursing...
18.51.580 - Disaster preparedness plan. - RCW 18.51.580 Disaster preparedness plan. (1) Each nursing home shall...
18.51.920 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. - RCW 18.51.920 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c...