BILL REQ. #:  Z-0525.1 

Read first time 01/30/2003.   Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.

     AN ACT Relating to the timing of the inspection of boarding homes; and amending RCW 18.20.110.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 18.20.110 and 2000 c 47 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     The department shall make or cause to be made, at least ((a yearly)) every eighteen months, an inspection and investigation of all boarding homes. Every inspection shall focus primarily on actual or potential resident outcomes, and may include an inspection of every part of the premises and an examination of all records (other than financial records), methods of administration, the general and special dietary, and the stores and methods of supply. Following such an inspection or inspections, written notice of any violation of this law or the rules adopted hereunder shall be given to the applicant or licensee and the department. The department may prescribe by rule that any licensee or applicant desiring to make specified types of alterations or additions to its facilities or to construct new facilities shall, before commencing such alteration, addition, or new construction, submit plans and specifications therefor to the agencies responsible for plan reviews for preliminary inspection and approval or recommendations with respect to compliance with the rules and standards herein authorized.