| Passed by the Senate March 4, 2004 YEAS 47 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 2, 2004 YEAS 94 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5797 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 03/05/03.
AN ACT Relating to the timing of the inspection of adult family homes; and amending RCW 70.128.070.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 70.128.070 and 1998 c 272 s 4 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) A license shall remain valid unless voluntarily surrendered,
suspended, or revoked in accordance with this chapter.
(2)(a) Homes applying for a license shall be inspected at the time
of licensure.
(b) Homes licensed by the department shall be inspected at least
every eighteen months, subject to available funds. However, an adult
family home may be allowed to continue without inspection for two years
if the adult family home had no inspection citations for the past three
consecutive inspections and has received no written notice of
violations resulting from complaint investigations during that same
time period.
(c) The department may make an unannounced inspection of a licensed
home at any time to assure that the home and provider are in compliance
with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter.
(3) If the department finds that the home is not in compliance with
this chapter, it shall require the home to correct any violations as
provided in this chapter.