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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
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.
