CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        SENATE BILL 5114

 

 

                    Chapter 41, Laws of 1999

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

 

 

OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITALS‑-EXEMPTION FROM ANNUAL INSPECTIONS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/25/99

Passed by the Senate March 4, 1999

  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 7, 1999

  YEAS 89   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SENATE BILL 5114 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

            TONY M. COOK

                            Secretary

 

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

 

Approved April 20, 1999 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.    

                                FILED          

 

 

           April 20, 1999 - 3:06 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                         SENATE BILL 5114

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             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

 

By Senators Honeyford, Thibaudeau and Deccio

 

Read first time 01/13/1999.  Referred to Committee on Health & Long Term Care.

Exempting certain hospitals from annual inspections.   


    AN ACT Relating to an exemption from annual inspections for hospitals accredited by the American osteopathic association; and amending RCW 70.41.122.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 70.41.122 and 1995 c 282 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

    Notwithstanding RCW 70.41.120, a hospital accredited by the joint commission on the accreditation of health care organizations or the American osteopathic association is not subject to the annual inspection provided for in RCW 70.41.120 if:

    (1) The department determines that the applicable survey standards of the joint commission on the accreditation of health care organizations or the American osteopathic association are substantially equivalent to its own;

    (2) It has been inspected by the joint commission on the accreditation of health care organizations or the American osteopathic association within the previous twelve months; and

    (3) The department receives directly from the joint commission on the accreditation of health care organizations, the American osteopathic association, or the hospital itself copies of the survey reports prepared by the joint commission on the accreditation of health care organizations or the American osteopathic association demonstrating that the hospital meets applicable standards.

 


    Passed the Senate March 4, 1999.

    Passed the House April 7, 1999.

Approved by the Governor April 20, 1999.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 20, 1999.