Source: https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=71.24.595
Timestamp: 2019-08-25 10:10:00
Document Index: 735002621

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 4046', '§ 16', '§ 6', '§ 3', '§ 135', '§ 3', '§ 22', '§ 14']

RCW 71.24.595: Statewide treatment and operating standards for opioid treatment programs—Evaluation and report.
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71.24.590 << 71.24.595 >> 71.24.600
RCW 71.24.595
Statewide treatment and operating standards for opioid treatment programs—Evaluation and report.
*** CHANGE IN 2019 *** (SEE 5380-S.SL) ***
(1) The department, in consultation with opioid treatment program service providers and counties and cities, shall establish statewide treatment standards for licensed or certified opioid treatment programs. The department shall enforce these treatment standards. The treatment standards shall include, but not be limited to, reasonable provisions for all appropriate and necessary medical procedures, counseling requirements, urinalysis, and other suitable tests as needed to ensure compliance with this chapter.
(2) The department, in consultation with opioid treatment programs and counties, shall establish statewide operating standards for certified opioid treatment programs. The department shall enforce these operating standards. The operating standards shall include, but not be limited to, reasonable provisions necessary to enable the department and counties to monitor certified or licensed opioid treatment programs for compliance with this chapter and the treatment standards authorized by this chapter and to minimize the impact of the opioid treatment programs upon the business and residential neighborhoods in which the program is located.
(3) The department shall analyze and evaluate the data submitted by each treatment program and take corrective action where necessary to ensure compliance with the goals and standards enumerated under this chapter. Opioid treatment programs are subject to the oversight required for other substance use disorder treatment programs, as described in this chapter.
[ 2018 c 201 § 4046; 2017 c 297 § 16; 2003 c 207 § 6; 2001 c 242 § 3; 1998 c 245 § 135; 1995 c 321 § 3; 1989 c 270 § 22. Formerly RCW 70.96A.420.]
Contingent effective date—2017 c 297 §§ 14 and 16: See note following RCW 71.24.590.
Findings—Intent—2017 c 297: See note following RCW 18.22.800.