Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 18.79 - Nursing Care.

18.79.010 - Purpose. - RCW 18.79.010 Purpose. It is the purpose of the nursing...

18.79.020 - Definitions. - RCW 18.79.020 Definitions. Unless a different meaning is plainly required...

18.79.030 - Licenses required—Titles. - RCW 18.79.030 Licenses required—Titles. (1) It is unlawful for a...

18.79.040 - "Registered nursing practice" defined—Exceptions. - RCW 18.79.040 "Registered nursing practice" defined—Exceptions. (1) "Registered nursing practice"...

18.79.050 - "Advanced registered nursing practice" defined—Exceptions. - RCW 18.79.050 "Advanced registered nursing practice" defined—Exceptions. "Advanced registered nursing...

18.79.060 - "Licensed practical nursing practice" defined—Exceptions. - RCW 18.79.060 "Licensed practical nursing practice" defined—Exceptions. "Licensed practical nursing...

18.79.070 - Commission established—Membership—Qualifications. - RCW 18.79.070 Commission established—Membership—Qualifications. (1) The state nursing care quality...

18.79.080 - Commission—Order of removal—Vacancy. - RCW 18.79.080 Commission—Order of removal—Vacancy. The governor may remove a...

18.79.090 - Commission—Compensation. - RCW 18.79.090 Commission—Compensation. Each commission member shall be compensated in...

18.79.100 - Commission—Officers—Meetings. - RCW 18.79.100 Commission—Officers—Meetings. The commission shall annually elect officers from...

18.79.110 - Commission—Duties and powers—Rules—Successor to boards. - RCW 18.79.110 Commission—Duties and powers—Rules—Successor to boards. (1) The commission...

18.79.120 - Application of Uniform Disciplinary Act. - RCW 18.79.120 Application of Uniform Disciplinary Act. The Uniform Disciplinary...

18.79.140 - Executive director—Qualifications. - RCW 18.79.140 Executive director—Qualifications. The executive director must be a...

18.79.150 - Schools and programs—Requirements—Approval. - RCW 18.79.150 Schools and programs—Requirements—Approval. An institution desiring to conduct...

18.79.160 - Applicants—Required documentation—Criteria—Rules. - RCW 18.79.160 Applicants—Required documentation—Criteria—Rules. (1) An applicant for a license...

18.79.170 - Examination—Rules. - RCW 18.79.170 Examination—Rules. An applicant for a license to practice...

18.79.180 - Interim permits—License—Expiration upon failure. - RCW 18.79.180 Interim permits—License—Expiration upon failure. When authorized by the...

18.79.190 - Reciprocity—Foreign programs—Examination. - RCW 18.79.190 Reciprocity—Foreign programs—Examination. Upon approval of the application by...

18.79.200 - License procedures, requirements, fees. - RCW 18.79.200 License procedures, requirements, fees. An applicant for a...

18.79.202 - License fee surcharge—Use of proceeds—Nursing resource center account—Report to the legislature—Review—Rules. - RCW 18.79.202 License fee surcharge—Use of proceeds—Nursing resource center account—Report...

18.79.210 - License renewal—Procedures, requirements, fees. - RCW 18.79.210 License renewal—Procedures, requirements, fees. A license issued under...

18.79.230 - Temporary retirement—Renewal—Fee—Qualification. - RCW 18.79.230 Temporary retirement—Renewal—Fee—Qualification. A person licensed under this chapter...

18.79.240 - Construction. - RCW 18.79.240 Construction. (1) In the context of the definition...

18.79.250 - Advanced registered nurse practitioner—Activities allowed. - RCW 18.79.250 Advanced registered nurse practitioner—Activities allowed. An advanced registered...

18.79.256 - Advanced registered nurse practitioner—Scope of practice—Document attestation. - RCW 18.79.256 Advanced registered nurse practitioner—Scope of practice—Document attestation. An...

18.79.260 - Registered nurse—Activities allowed—Delegation of tasks. - RCW 18.79.260 Registered nurse—Activities allowed—Delegation of tasks. (1) A registered...

18.79.270 - Licensed practical nurse—Activities allowed. - RCW 18.79.270 Licensed practical nurse—Activities allowed. A licensed practical nurse...

18.79.280 - Medication, tests, treatments allowed. - RCW 18.79.280 Medication, tests, treatments allowed. It is not a...

18.79.290 - Catheterization of students—Rules. - RCW 18.79.290 Catheterization of students—Rules. (1) In accordance with rules...

18.79.300 - Department—Rules for administration. - RCW 18.79.300 Department—Rules for administration. The department, subject to chapter...

18.79.310 - Rules, regulations, decisions of previous boards—Effect. - RCW 18.79.310 Rules, regulations, decisions of previous boards—Effect. As of...

18.79.330 - Finding. - RCW 18.79.330 Finding. The legislature finds a need to provide...

18.79.340 - Nursing technicians. - RCW 18.79.340 Nursing technicians. (1) "Nursing technician" means a nursing...

18.79.350 - Nursing technicians—Nursing functions. - RCW 18.79.350 Nursing technicians—Nursing functions. (1) Nursing technicians are authorized...

18.79.360 - Applications for registration as a nursing technician—Fee. - RCW 18.79.360 Applications for registration as a nursing technician—Fee. (1)...

18.79.370 - Nursing technicians—Registration renewal. - RCW 18.79.370 Nursing technicians—Registration renewal. The secretary shall establish by...

18.79.390 - Secretary and commission relationship. - RCW 18.79.390 Secretary and commission relationship. (1) The secretary shall...

18.79.400 - Pain management rules—Criteria for new rules. - RCW 18.79.400 Pain management rules—Criteria for new rules. (1) By...

18.79.410 - Commission—Information to legislature. - RCW 18.79.410 Commission—Information to legislature. In addition to the authority...

18.79.420 - Down syndrome—Parent information. - RCW 18.79.420 Down syndrome—Parent information. A nurse who provides a...

18.79.800 - Opioid drug prescribing rules—Adoption. - RCW 18.79.800 Opioid drug prescribing rules—Adoption. (1) By January 1,...

18.79.810 - Opioid drugs—Right to refuse. - RCW 18.79.810 Opioid drugs—Right to refuse. By January 1, 2020,...

18.79.900 - Severability—1994 sp.s. c 9. - RCW 18.79.900 Severability—1994 sp.s. c 9. If any provision of...

18.79.901 - Headings and captions not law—1994 sp.s. c 9. - RCW 18.79.901 Headings and captions not law—1994 sp.s. c 9....

18.79.902 - Effective date—1994 sp.s. c 9. - RCW 18.79.902 Effective date—1994 sp.s. c 9. This act takes...