Chapter 18.51. Nursing homes.  


Section 18.51.005. Purpose.
Section 18.51.007. Legislative intent.
Section 18.51.009. Resident rights.
Section 18.51.010. Definitions.
Section 18.51.030. License required.
Section 18.51.040. Application for license.
Section 18.51.050. License—Issuance, renewal—Fee—Display.
Section 18.51.054. Denial of license.
Section 18.51.060. Penalties—Grounds.
Section 18.51.062. Temporary managers—Department shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless.
Section 18.51.065. Penalties—Hearing (as amended by 1989 c 372).
Section 18.51.067. License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
Section 18.51.070. Rules.
Section 18.51.091. Inspection of nursing homes and community-based services—Notice of violations—Approval of alterations or new facilities.
Section 18.51.140. Fire protection—Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol.
Section 18.51.145. Building inspections—Authority of chief of the Washington state patrol.
Section 18.51.150. Operating without license—Penalty.
Section 18.51.160. Operating without license—Injunction.
Section 18.51.170. Application of chapter to homes or institutions operated by certain religious organizations.
Section 18.51.180. Outpatient services—Authorized—Defined.
Section 18.51.185. Outpatient services—Cost studies—Vendor rates.
Section 18.51.190. Complaint of violation—Request for inspection—Notice—Confidentiality.
Section 18.51.200. Preliminary review of complaint—On-site investigation.
Section 18.51.210. Authority to enter and inspect nursing home—Advance notice—Defense.
Section 18.51.220. Retaliation or discrimination against complainant prohibited, penalty—Presumption.
Section 18.51.230. General inspection before license renewal—Required—Advance notice prohibited.
Section 18.51.240. Alterations or additions—Preliminary inspection and approval.
Section 18.51.250. Nursing homes without violations—Public agencies notified—Priority.
Section 18.51.260. Posting citations for violation of RCW 18.51.060.
Section 18.51.270. Annual report of citations—Publication—Contents.
Section 18.51.280. Chapter cumulative.
Section 18.51.290. Writings as public records.
Section 18.51.300. Retention and preservation of records of patients.
Section 18.51.310. Comprehensive plan for utilization review—Licensing standards—Regulations.
Section 18.51.320. Contact with animals—Rules.
Section 18.51.350. Conflict with federal requirements.
Section 18.51.400. Receivership—Legislative findings.
Section 18.51.410. Receivership—Petition to establish—Grounds.
Section 18.51.420. Receivership—Defenses to petition.
Section 18.51.430. Receivership—Persons qualified to act as receiver.
Section 18.51.440. Receivership—Judicial hearing.
Section 18.51.450. Receivership—Appointment of receiver.
Section 18.51.460. Receivership—Termination—Conditions.
Section 18.51.470. Receivership—Accounting of acts and expenditures by receiver.
Section 18.51.480. Receivership—Compensation, liability—Revision of medicaid reimbursement rate.
Section 18.51.490. Receivership—Powers of receiver.
Section 18.51.500. Receivership—Financial assistance—Use of revenues and proceeds of facility.
Section 18.51.510. Receivership—State medical assistance.
Section 18.51.520. Receivership—Foreclosures and seizures not allowed.
Section 18.51.530. Notice of change of ownership or management.
Section 18.51.540. Cost disclosure to attending physicians.
Section 18.51.550. Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians.
Section 18.51.560. Employment of physicians.
Section 18.51.920. Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.