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RCW Sections

• 18.51.005  Purpose.
• 18.51.007  Legislative intent.
• 18.51.009  Resident rights.
• 18.51.010  Definitions.
• 18.51.030  License required.
• 18.51.040  Application for license.
• 18.51.050  License -- Issuance, renewal -- Fee -- Display.
• 18.51.054  Denial of license.
• 18.51.060  Penalties -- Grounds.
• 18.51.062  Temporary managers--Department shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless.
• 18.51.065  Penalties -- Hearing (as amended by 1989 c 175).
• 18.51.065  Penalties -- Hearing (as amended by 1989 c 372).
• 18.51.067  License suspension -- Noncompliance with support order -- Reissuance.
• 18.51.070  Rules.
• 18.51.091  Inspection of nursing homes and community-based services -- Notice of violations -- Approval of alterations or new facilities.
• 18.51.140  Fire protection -- Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol.
• 18.51.145  Building inspections -- Authority of chief of the Washington state patrol.
• 18.51.150  Operating without license -- Penalty.
• 18.51.160  Operating without license -- Injunction.
• 18.51.170  Application of chapter to homes or institutions operated by certain religious organizations.
• 18.51.180  Out-patient services -- Authorized -- Defined.
• 18.51.185  Out-patient services -- Cost studies -- Vendor rates.
• 18.51.190  Complaint of violation -- Request for inspection -- Notice -- Confidentiality.
• 18.51.200  Preliminary review of complaint -- On-site investigation.
• 18.51.210  Authority to enter and inspect nursing home -- Advance notice -- Defense.
• 18.51.220  Retaliation or discrimination against complainant prohibited, penalty -- Presumption.
• 18.51.230  General inspection before license renewal -- Required -- Advance notice prohibited.
• 18.51.240  Alterations or additions -- Preliminary inspection and approval.
• 18.51.250  Nursing homes without violations -- Public agencies notified -- Priority.
• 18.51.260  Posting citations for violation of RCW 18.51.060.
• 18.51.270  Annual report of citations -- Publication -- Contents.
• 18.51.280  Chapter cumulative.
• 18.51.290  Writings as public records.
• 18.51.300  Retention and preservation of records of patients.
• 18.51.310  Comprehensive plan for utilization review -- Licensing standards -- Regulations.
• 18.51.320  Contact with animals -- Rules.
• 18.51.350  Conflict with federal requirements.
• 18.51.400  Receivership -- Legislative findings.
• 18.51.410  Receivership -- Petition to establish -- Grounds.
• 18.51.420  Receivership -- Defenses to petition.
• 18.51.430  Receivership -- Persons qualified to act as receiver.
• 18.51.440  Receivership -- Judicial hearing.
• 18.51.450  Receivership -- Appointment of receiver.
• 18.51.460  Receivership -- Termination -- Conditions.
• 18.51.470  Receivership -- Accounting of acts and expenditures by receiver.
• 18.51.480  Receivership -- Compensation, liability -- Revision of medicaid reimbursement rate.
• 18.51.490  Receivership -- Powers of receiver.
• 18.51.500  Receivership -- Financial assistance -- Use of revenues and proceeds of facility.
• 18.51.510  Receivership -- State medical assistance.
• 18.51.520  Receivership -- Foreclosures and seizures not allowed.
• 18.51.530  Notice of change of ownership or management.
• 18.51.540  Cost disclosure to attending physicians.
• 18.51.550  Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians.
• 18.51.900  Severability -- 1951 c 117.
• 18.51.910  Nursing home advisory council -- Termination.
• 18.51.911  Nursing home advisory council -- Repeal.

Notes:

Birthing centers: Chapter 18.46 RCW. Boarding homes: Chapter 18.20 RCW. Employment of dental hygienist without supervision of dentist authorized: RCW 18.29.056. Labor regulations, collective bargaining -- Health care activities: Chapter 49.66 RCW. Resident care, operating standards: Chapter 74.42 RCW.