2018 Revised Code of Washington
Title 71 - MENTAL ILLNESS
71.12 Private establishments.
71.12.500 Examination of premises as to compliance with the chapter, rules, and license—License changes.
RCW 71.12.500 Examination of premises as to compliance with the chapter, rules, and license—License changes.
The department of health may at any time examine and ascertain how far a licensed establishment is conducted in compliance with this chapter, the rules adopted under this chapter, and the requirements of the license therefor. If the interests of the patients of the establishment so demand, the department may, for just and reasonable cause, suspend, modify, or revoke any such license. RCW 43.70.115 governs notice of a license denial, revocation, suspension, or modification and provides the right to an adjudicative proceeding.
[ 2000 c 93 § 25. Prior: 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 230; 1989 c 175 § 137; 1979 c 141 § 136; 1959 c 25 § 71.12.500; prior: 1949 c 198 § 58; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6953-57.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.
Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.
