Revised Code of Washington (RCW) (Last Updated: August 9, 2016) |
Title 70. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY |
Chapter 70.185. Rural and underserved areas—Health care professional recruitment and retention. |
Section 70.185.060. Duties and responsibilities of participating communities.
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- The duties and responsibilities of participating communities shall include:(1) To involve major health care providers, businesses, public officials, and other community leaders in project design, administration, and oversight;(2) To identify an individual or organization to serve as the local administrator of the project. The secretary may require the local administrator to maintain acceptable accountability of seed grant funding;(3) To coordinate and avoid duplication of public health and other health care services;(4) To assess and analyze community health care professional needs;(5) To write a health care professional recruitment and retention strategic plan;(6) To screen and contract with consultants for technical assistance if the project site was selected to receive funding and assistance is needed;(7) To monitor and evaluate the project in an ongoing manner;(8) To provide data and comply with other requirements of the administrator that are intended to evaluate the effectiveness of the projects;(9) To assure that specific populations with unmet health care needs have access to services.