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                                          ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 5842

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Lee, Murray, Cantu, Niemi and Craswell

Read first time 2/10/89 and referred to Committee on  Economic Development & Labor.

AN ACT Relating to boarding homes; and amending RCW 18.20.020.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 253, Laws of 1957 as last amended by section 4, chapter 213, Laws of 1985 and RCW 18.20.020 are each amended to read as follows:

          As used in this chapter:

          (1) "Aged person" means a person of the age sixty-five years or more, or a person of less than sixty-five years who by reason of infirmity requires domiciliary care.

          (2) "Boarding home" means any home or other institution, however named, which is advertised, announced or maintained for the express or implied purpose of providing board and domiciliary care to three or more aged persons not related by blood or marriage to the operator.  It shall not include any home, institution or section thereof which is otherwise licensed and regulated under the provisions of state law providing specifically for the licensing and regulation of such home, institution or section thereof, or any independent senior housing, independent living units in continuing care retirement communities, or other similar living situations including those subsidized by the department of housing and urban development.

          (3) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association, and the legal successor thereof.

          (4) "Secretary" means the secretary of social and health services.

          (5) "Department" means the state department of social and health services.

          (6) "Authorized department" means any city, county, city-county health department or health district authorized by the secretary of social and health services to carry out the provisions of this chapter.