Revised Code of Washington
2024 Archive

Chapter 18.51 RCW
NURSING HOMES
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18.51.005Purpose.
18.51.007Legislative intent.
18.51.009Resident rights.
18.51.010Definitions.
18.51.030License required.
18.51.040Application for license.
18.51.050License—Issuance, renewal—Fee—Display.
18.51.054Denial of license.
18.51.060Penalties—Grounds.
18.51.062Temporary managers—Department shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless.
18.51.065Penalties—Hearing (as amended by 1989 c 175).
18.51.065Penalties—Hearing (as amended by 1989 c 372).
18.51.067License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
18.51.070Rules.
18.51.091Inspection of nursing homes and community-based services—Notice of violations—Approval of alterations or new facilities.
18.51.095Resident contact information—Department requirements and duties.
18.51.140Fire protection—Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol.
18.51.145Building inspections—Authority of chief of the Washington state patrol.
18.51.150Operating without license—Penalty.
18.51.160Operating without license—Injunction.
18.51.170Application of chapter to homes or institutions operated by certain religious organizations.
18.51.180Outpatient services—Authorized—Defined.
18.51.185Outpatient services—Cost studies—Vendor rates.
18.51.190Complaint of violation—Request for inspection—Notice—Confidentiality.
18.51.200Preliminary review of complaint—On-site investigation.
18.51.210Authority to enter and inspect nursing home—Advance notice—Defense.
18.51.220Retaliation or discrimination against complainant prohibited, penalty—Presumption.
18.51.230Periodic general inspection—Emergency rules.
18.51.240Alterations or additions—Preliminary inspection and approval.
18.51.250Nursing homes without violations—Public agencies notified—Priority.
18.51.260Posting citations for violation of RCW 18.51.060.
18.51.270Annual report of citations—Publication—Contents.
18.51.280Chapter cumulative.
18.51.290Writings as public records.
18.51.300Retention and preservation of records of patients.
18.51.310Comprehensive plan for utilization review—Licensing standards—Regulations.
18.51.320Contact with animals—Rules.
18.51.350Conflict with federal requirements.
18.51.400Receivership—Legislative findings.
18.51.410Receivership—Petition to establish—Grounds.
18.51.420Receivership—Defenses to petition.
18.51.430Receivership—Persons qualified to act as receiver.
18.51.440Receivership—Judicial hearing.
18.51.450Receivership—Appointment of receiver.
18.51.460Receivership—Termination—Conditions.
18.51.470Receivership—Accounting of acts and expenditures by receiver.
18.51.480Receivership—Compensation, liability—Revision of medicaid reimbursement rate.
18.51.490Receivership—Powers of receiver.
18.51.500Receivership—Financial assistance—Use of revenues and proceeds of facility.
18.51.510Receivership—State medical assistance.
18.51.520Receivership—Foreclosures and seizures not allowed.
18.51.530Notice of change of ownership or management.
18.51.540Cost disclosure to attending physicians.
18.51.550Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians.
18.51.560Employment of physicians.
18.51.570Employment—Certificates of parental improvement.
18.51.575Communication system—Telephones and other equipment.
18.51.580Disaster preparedness plan.
18.51.590Multistate nurse license—Conditions of employment.
18.51.920Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
NOTES:
Assisted living facilities: Chapter 18.20 RCW.
Birthing centers: Chapter 18.46 RCW.
Employment of dental hygienist without supervision of dentist authorized: RCW 18.29.056.
Labor regulations, collective bargaining—Health care activities: Chapter 49.66 RCW.
Resident care, operating standards: Chapter 74.42 RCW.