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.