(1) The tax levied by RCW
82.08.020 does not apply to sales of temporary medical housing by a health or social welfare organization, if the following conditions are met:
(a) The temporary medical housing is provided only:
(i) While the patient is receiving medical treatment at: (A) A hospital required to be licensed under RCW
70.41.090; or (B) an outpatient clinic associated with such hospital; or
(ii) During any period of recuperation or observation immediately following medical treatment received by a patient at a facility in (a)(i)(A) or (B) of this subsection; and
(b) The health or social welfare organization does not furnish lodging or related services to the general public.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Health or social welfare organization" has the meaning provided in RCW
82.04.431; and
(b) "Temporary medical housing" means transient lodging and related services provided to a patient or the patient's immediate family, legal guardian, or other persons necessary to the patient's mental or physical well-being.