Revised Code of Washington (RCW) (Last Updated: August 9, 2016) |
Title 70. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY |
Chapter 70.41. Hospital licensing and regulation. |
Section 70.41.005. Transfer of duties to the department of health. |
Section 70.41.010. Declaration of purpose. |
Section 70.41.020. Definitions. |
Section 70.41.030. Standards and rules. |
Section 70.41.040. Enforcement of chapter—Personnel—Merit system. |
Section 70.41.045. Hospital surveys or audits—Frequent problems to be posted on agency web sites—Hospital evaluation of survey or audit, form—Notice. |
Section 70.41.080. Fire protection. |
Section 70.41.090. Hospital license required—Certificate of need required—Participation in Washington rural health access preservation pilot. |
Section 70.41.100. Applications for licenses and renewals—Fees. |
Section 70.41.110. Licenses, provisional licenses—Issuance, duration, assignment, posting. |
Section 70.41.115. Specialty hospitals—Licenses—Exemptions. |
Section 70.41.120. Inspection of hospitals—Final report—Alterations or additions, new facilities—Coordination with state and local agencies—Notice of inspection. |
Section 70.41.122. Exemption from RCW 70.41.120 for hospitals accredited by other entities. |
Section 70.41.125. Hospital construction review process—Coordination with state and local agencies. |
Section 70.41.130. Denial, suspension, revocation, modification of license—Procedure. |
Section 70.41.150. Denial, suspension, revocation of license—Disclosure of information. |
Section 70.41.155. Duty to investigate patient well-being. |
Section 70.41.160. Remedies available to department—Duty of attorney general. |
Section 70.41.170. Operating or maintaining unlicensed hospital or unapproved tertiary health service—Penalty. |
Section 70.41.180. Physicians' services. |
Section 70.41.190. Medical records of patients—Retention and preservation. |
Section 70.41.200. Quality improvement and medical malpractice prevention program—Quality improvement committee—Sanction and grievance procedures—Information collection, reporting, and sharing. |
Section 70.41.210. Duty to report restrictions on health care practitioners' privileges based on unprofessional conduct—Penalty. |
Section 70.41.220. Duty to keep records of restrictions on practitioners' privileges—Penalty. |
Section 70.41.230. Duty of hospital to request information on physicians granted privileges. |
Section 70.41.235. Doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery—Discrimination based on board certification is prohibited. |
Section 70.41.240. Information regarding conversion of hospitals to nonhospital health care facilities. |
Section 70.41.250. Cost disclosure to health care providers. |
Section 70.41.300. Long-term care—Definitions. |
Section 70.41.310. Long-term care—Program information to be provided to hospitals—Information on options to be provided to patients. |
Section 70.41.320. Long-term care—Patient discharge requirements for hospitals and acute care facilities—Pilot projects. |
Section 70.41.322. Discharge planning—Requirements—Lay caregivers. |
Section 70.41.324. Discharge planning—Certain policies and criteria not required. |
Section 70.41.326. Discharge planning—Construction—Liability. |
Section 70.41.330. Hospital complaint toll-free telephone number. |
Section 70.41.340. Investigation of hospital complaints—Rules. |
Section 70.41.350. Emergency care provided to victims of sexual assault—Development of informational materials on emergency contraception—Rules. |
Section 70.41.360. Emergency care provided to victims of sexual assault—Department to respond to violations—Task force. |
Section 70.41.365. Statewide sexual assault kit tracking system—Participation by hospitals. |
Section 70.41.370. Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians. |
Section 70.41.380. Notice of unanticipated outcomes. |
Section 70.41.390. Safe patient handling. |
Section 70.41.400. Patient billing—Written statement describing who may be billing the patient required—Contact phone numbers—Exceptions. |
Section 70.41.410. Nurse staffing committee—Definitions. |
Section 70.41.420. Nurse staffing committee. |
Section 70.41.430. Licensed hospitals must adopt a policy regarding methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)—Elements. |
Section 70.41.440. Duty to report violent injuries—Preservation of evidence—Immunity—Privilege. |
Section 70.41.450. Estimated charges of hospital services—Notice. |
Section 70.41.460. Contract with department of corrections. |
Section 70.41.470. Information to be made widely available by certain hospitals—Community health needs assessment—Description of community served—Community benefit implementation strategy. |
Section 70.41.480. Findings—Intent—Authority to prescribe prepackaged emergency medications—Definitions. |
Section 70.41.490. Authorization for certain transfers of drugs between hospitals and their affiliated companies. |
Section 70.41.500. Down syndrome—Parent information. |
Section 70.41.900. Severability—1955 c 267. |