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WA Rev Code § 70.180.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.180 - Rural Health Care.|70.180.040 - Request procedure—Acceptance of gifts.

RCW 70.180.040 Request procedure—Acceptance of gifts.(1) Requests for a temporary substitute health care professional may be made to the department by the certified health plan, local rural hospital, public health department or district, community health clinic, local practicing physician, physician assistant, pharmacist, or advanced registered nurse practitioner, or local city or county government.(2) The department may provide directly or contract for services to:(a) Establish a manner and form for receiving requests;(b) Minimize paperwork and compliance requirements for participant health care professionals and entities requesting assistance; and(c) Respond promptly to all requests for assistance.(3) The department may apply for, receive, and accept gifts and other payments, including property and services, from any governmental or other public or private entity or person, and may make arrangements as to the use of these receipts to operate the pool. The department shall make available upon request to the appropriate legislative committees information concerning the source, amount, and use of such gifts or payments.[ 1994 c 103 § 3; 1990 c 271 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 70.180.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.180 - Rural Health Care.|70.180.110 - Rural training opportunities—Plan development.

RCW 70.180.110 Rural training opportunities—Plan development.(1) The department, in consultation with at least the student achievement council, the state board for community and technical colleges, the superintendent of public instruction, and state-supported education programs in medicine, pharmacy, and nursing, shall develop a plan for increasing rural training opportunities for students in medicine, pharmacy, and nursing. The plan shall provide for direct exposure to rural health professional practice conditions for students planning careers in medicine, pharmacy, and nursing.(2) The department and the medical, pharmacy, and nurse education programs shall:(a) Inventory existing rural-based clinical experience programs, including internships, clerkships, residencies, and other training opportunities available to students pursuing degrees in nursing, pharmacy, and medicine;(b) Identify where training opportunities do not currently exist and are needed;(c) Develop recommendations for improving the availability of rural training opportunities;(d) Develop recommendations on establishing agreements between education programs to assure that all students in medical, pharmacist, and nurse education programs in the state have access to rural training opportunities; and(e) Review private and public funding sources to finance rural-based training opportunities.[ 2012 c 229 § 593; 1998 c 245 § 120; 1990 c 271 § 15.]NOTES:Effective date—2012 c 229 §§ 101, 117, 401, 402, 501 through 594, 601 through 609, 701 through 708, 801 through 821, 902, and 904: See note following RCW 28B.77.005.
WA Rev Code § 70.180.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.180 - Rural Health Care.|70.180.120 - Midwifery—Statewide plan.

RCW 70.180.120 Midwifery—Statewide plan.The department, in consultation with training programs that lead to licensure in midwifery and certification as a certified nurse midwife, and other appropriate private and public groups, shall develop a statewide plan to address access to midwifery services.The plan shall include at least the following: (1) Identification of maternity service shortage areas in the state where midwives could reduce the shortage of services; (2) an inventory of current training programs and preceptorship activities available to train licensed and certified nurse midwives; (3) identification of gaps in the availability of training due to such factors as geographic or economic conditions that prevent individuals from seeking training; (4) identification of other barriers to utilizing midwives; (5) identification of strategies to train future midwives such as developing training programs at community colleges and universities, using innovative telecommunications for training in rural areas, and establishing preceptorship programs accessible to prospective midwives in shortage areas; (6) development of recruitment strategies; and (7) estimates of expected costs associated in recruitment and training.The plan shall identify the most expeditious and cost-efficient manner to recruit and train midwives to meet the current shortages. Plan development and implementation shall be coordinated with other state policy efforts directed toward, but not limited to, maternity care access, rural health care system organization, and provider recruitment for shortage and medically underserved areas of the state.[ 1998 c 245 § 121; 1990 c 271 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 70.180.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.180 - Rural Health Care.|70.180.130 - Expenditures, funding.

RCW 70.180.130 Expenditures, funding.Any additional expenditures incurred by the University of Washington from provisions of chapter 271, Laws of 1990 shall be funded from existing financial resources.[ 1990 c 271 § 28.]
WA Rev Code § 70.185.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.185 - Rural and Underserved Areas—Health Care Professional Recruitment and Retention.|70.185.010 - Definitions.

RCW 70.185.010 Definitions.Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Department" means the department of health.(2) "Health care professional recruitment and retention strategic plan" means a plan developed by the participant and includes identification of health care personnel needs of the community, how these professionals will be recruited and retained in the community following recruitment.(3) "Institutions of higher education" means educational institutions as defined in RCW 28B.10.016.(4) "Local administrator" means an individual or organization representing the participant who may enter into legal agreements on behalf of the participant.(5) "Participant" means communities, counties, and regions that serve as a health care catchment area where the project site is located.(6) "Project" means the community-based retention and recruitment project.(7) "Project site" means a site selected to participate in the project.(8) "Secretary" means the secretary of health.[ 1991 c 332 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 70.185.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.185 - Rural and Underserved Areas—Health Care Professional Recruitment and Retention.|70.185.020 - Statewide recruitment and retention clearinghouse.

RCW 70.185.020 Statewide recruitment and retention clearinghouse.The department, in consultation with appropriate private and public entities, shall establish a health professional recruitment and retention clearinghouse. The clearinghouse shall:(1) Inventory and classify the current public and private health professional recruitment and retention efforts;(2) Identify recruitment and retention program models having the greatest success rates;(3) Identify recruitment and retention program gaps;(4) Work with existing recruitment and retention programs to better coordinate statewide activities and to make such services more widely known and broadly available;(5) Provide general information to communities, health care facilities, and others about existing available programs;(6) Work in cooperation with private and public entities to develop new recruitment and retention programs;(7) Identify needed recruitment and retention programming for state institutions, county public health departments and districts, county human service agencies, and other entities serving substantial numbers of public pay and charity care patients, and may provide to these entities when they have been selected as participants necessary recruitment and retention assistance including:(a) Assistance in establishing or enhancing recruitment of health care professionals;(b) Recruitment on behalf of sites unable to establish their own recruitment program; and(c) Assistance with retention activities when practitioners of the health professional loan repayment and scholarship program authorized by *chapter 18.150 RCW are present in the practice setting.[ 1991 c 332 § 8.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: Chapter 18.150 RCW was recodified as chapter 28B.115 RCW by 1991 c 332 § 36.
WA Rev Code § 70.185.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.185 - Rural and Underserved Areas—Health Care Professional Recruitment and Retention.|70.185.040 - Rules.

RCW 70.185.040 Rules.The department shall adopt rules consistent with this chapter to carry out the purpose of this chapter. All rules shall be adopted in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW. All rules and procedures adopted by the department shall minimize paperwork and compliance requirements for participants and should not be complex in nature so as to serve as a barrier or disincentive for prospective participants applying for the project.[ 1991 c 332 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 70.185.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.185 - Rural and Underserved Areas—Health Care Professional Recruitment and Retention.|70.185.050 - Secretary's powers and duties.

RCW 70.185.050 Secretary's powers and duties.The secretary shall have the following powers and duties:(1) To design the project application and selection process, including a program to advertise the project to rural communities and encourage prospective applicants to apply. Subject to funding, project sites shall be selected that are eligible to receive funding. Funding shall be used to hire consultants and perform other activities necessary to meet participant requirements under this chapter. The secretary shall require at least fifty percent matching funds or in-kind contributions from participants. In considering selection of participants eligible for seed grant funding, the secretary should consider project sites where (a) existing access to health care is severely inadequate, (b) recruitment and retention problems have been chronic, (c) the community is in need of primary care practitioners, or (d) the community has unmet health care needs for specific target populations;(2) To design acceptable health care professional recruitment and retention strategic plans, and to serve as a general resource to participants in the planning, administration, and evaluation of project sites;(3) To assess and approve strategic plans developed by participants, including an assessment of the technical and financial feasibility of implementing the plan and whether adequate local support for the plan is demonstrated;(4) To identify existing private and public resources that may serve as eligible consultants, identify technical assistance resources for communities in the project, create a register of public and private technical resource services available, and provide the register to participants. The secretary shall screen consultants to determine their qualifications prior to including them on the register;(5) To work with other state agencies, institutions of higher education, and other public and private organizations to coordinate technical assistance services for participants;(6) To administer available funds for community use while participating in the project and establish procedures to assure accountability in the use of seed grant funds by participants;(7) To define data and other minimum requirements for adequate evaluation of projects and to develop and implement an overall monitoring and evaluation mechanism for the projects;(8) To act as facilitator for multiple applicants and entrants to the project;(9) To report to the appropriate legislative committees and others from time to time on the progress of the projects including the identification of statutory and regulatory barriers to successful completion of rural health care delivery goals and an ongoing evaluation of the project.[ 1991 c 332 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 70.185.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.185 - Rural and Underserved Areas—Health Care Professional Recruitment and Retention.|70.185.060 - Duties and responsibilities of participating communities.

RCW 70.185.060 Duties and responsibilities of participating communities.The duties and responsibilities of participating communities shall include:(1) To involve major health care providers, businesses, public officials, and other community leaders in project design, administration, and oversight;(2) To identify an individual or organization to serve as the local administrator of the project. The secretary may require the local administrator to maintain acceptable accountability of seed grant funding;(3) To coordinate and avoid duplication of public health and other health care services;(4) To assess and analyze community health care professional needs;(5) To write a health care professional recruitment and retention strategic plan;(6) To screen and contract with consultants for technical assistance if the project site was selected to receive funding and assistance is needed;(7) To monitor and evaluate the project in an ongoing manner;(8) To provide data and comply with other requirements of the administrator that are intended to evaluate the effectiveness of the projects;(9) To assure that specific populations with unmet health care needs have access to services.[ 1991 c 332 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 70.185.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.185 - Rural and Underserved Areas—Health Care Professional Recruitment and Retention.|70.185.070 - Cooperation of state agencies.

RCW 70.185.070 Cooperation of state agencies.(1) The secretary may call upon other agencies of the state to provide available information to assist the secretary in meeting the responsibilities under this chapter. This information shall be supplied as promptly as circumstances permit.(2) The secretary may call upon other state agencies including institutions of higher education as authorized under Titles 28A and 28B RCW to identify and coordinate the delivery of technical assistance services to participants in meeting the responsibilities of this chapter. The state agencies, vocational-technical institutions, and institutions of higher education shall cooperate and provide technical assistance to the secretary to the extent that current funding for these entities permits.[ 1991 c 332 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 70.185.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.185 - Rural and Underserved Areas—Health Care Professional Recruitment and Retention.|70.185.080 - Participants authorized to contract—Penalty—Secretary and state exempt from liability.

RCW 70.185.080 Participants authorized to contract—Penalty—Secretary and state exempt from liability.(1) Participants are authorized to use funding granted to them by the secretary for the purpose of contracting for technical assistance services. Participants shall use only consultants identified by the secretary for consulting services unless the participant can show that an alternative consultant is qualified to provide technical assistance and is approved by the secretary. Adequate records shall be kept by the participant showing project site expenditures from grant moneys. Inappropriate use of grant funding is a gross misdemeanor and shall incur the penalties under chapter 9A.20 RCW.(2) In providing a list of qualified consultants the secretary and the state shall not be held responsible for assuring qualifications of consultants and shall be held harmless for the actions of consultants. Furthermore, the secretary and the state shall not be held liable for the failure of participants to meet contractual obligations established in connection with project participation.[ 1991 c 332 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 70.185.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.185 - Rural and Underserved Areas—Health Care Professional Recruitment and Retention.|70.185.100 - Contracts with area health education centers.

RCW 70.185.100 Contracts with area health education centers.The secretary may establish and contract with area health education centers in the eastern and western parts of the state. Consistent with the recruitment and retention objectives of this chapter, the centers shall provide or facilitate the provision of health professional educational and continuing education programs that strengthen the delivery of primary health care services in rural and medically underserved urban areas of the state. The center shall assist in the development and operation of health personnel recruitment and retention programs that are consistent with activities authorized under this chapter. The centers shall further provide technical expertise in the development of well managed health care delivery systems in rural Washington consistent with the goals and objectives of chapter 492, Laws of 1993.[ 1993 c 492 § 275.]NOTES:Finding—1993 c 492: See note following RCW 28B.115.080.Findings—Intent—1993 c 492: See notes following RCW 43.20.050.Short title—Savings—Reservation of legislative power—Effective dates—1993 c 492: See RCW 43.72.910 through 43.72.915.
WA Rev Code § 70.185.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.185 - Rural and Underserved Areas—Health Care Professional Recruitment and Retention.|70.185.900 - Application to scope of practice—Captions not law—1991 c 332.

RCW 70.185.900 Application to scope of practice—Captions not law—1991 c 332.See notes following RCW 18.130.010.
WA Rev Code § 70.190.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.190 - Family Policy Council.|70.190.030 - Proposals to facilitate services at the community level.

RCW 70.190.030 Proposals to facilitate services at the community level.The council shall annually solicit from community networks proposals to facilitate greater flexibility, coordination, and responsiveness of services at the community level. The council shall consider such proposals only if:(1) A comprehensive plan has been prepared by the community networks;(2) The community network has identified and agreed to contribute matching funds as specified in *RCW 70.190.010;(3) An interagency agreement has been prepared by the council and the participating local service and support agencies that governs the use of funds, specifies the relationship of the project to the principles listed in RCW 74.14A.025, and identifies specific outcomes and indicators; and(4) The community network has designed into its comprehensive plan standards for accountability. Accountability standards include, but are not limited to, the public hearing process eliciting public comment about the appropriateness of the proposed comprehensive plan. The community network must submit reports to the council outlining the public response regarding the appropriateness and effectiveness of the comprehensive plan.[ 1994 sp.s. c 7 § 316; 1992 c 198 § 5.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 70.190.010 was repealed by 2011 1st sp.s. c 32 § 13, effective June 30, 2012.Finding—Intent—Severability—1994 sp.s. c 7: See notes following RCW 43.70.540.
WA Rev Code § 70.190.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.190 - Family Policy Council.|70.190.050 - Community networks—Outcome evaluation.

RCW 70.190.050 Community networks—Outcome evaluation.(1) The Washington state institute for public policy shall conduct or contract for monitoring and tracking of the implementation of chapter 7, Laws of 1994 sp. sess. to determine whether these efforts result in a measurable reduction of violence. The institute shall also conduct or contract for an evaluation of the effectiveness of the community public health and safety networks in reducing the rate of at-risk youth through reducing risk factors and increasing protective factors. The evaluation plan shall result in statistically valid evaluation at both statewide and community levels.(2) Starting five years after the initial grant to a community network, if the community network fails to meet the outcome standards and goals in any two consecutive years, the institute shall make recommendations to the legislature concerning whether the funds received by that community network should revert back to the originating agency. In making this determination, the institute shall consider the adequacy of the level of intervention relative to the risk factors in the community and any external events having a significant impact on risk factors or outcomes.(3) The outcomes required under this chapter and social development standards and measures established by the department of health under RCW 43.70.555 shall be used in conducting the outcome evaluation of the community networks.[ 1998 c 245 § 122; 1994 sp.s. c 7 § 207.]NOTES:Finding—Intent—Severability—1994 sp.s. c 7: See notes following RCW 43.70.540.
WA Rev Code § 70.190.065 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.190 - Family Policy Council.|70.190.065 - Member's authorization of expenditures—Limitation.

RCW 70.190.065 Member's authorization of expenditures—Limitation.No network member may vote to authorize, or attempt to influence the authorization of, any expenditure in which the member's immediate family has a fiduciary interest. For the purpose of this section "immediate family" means a spouse, parent, grandparent, adult child, brother, or sister.[ 1996 c 132 § 5.]NOTES:Intent—Construction—Severability—1996 c 132: See notes following RCW 70.190.060.
WA Rev Code § 70.190.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.190 - Family Policy Council.|70.190.070 - Community networks—Duties.

RCW 70.190.070 Community networks—Duties.The community public health and safety networks shall:(1) Review state and local public health data and analysis relating to risk factors, protective factors, and at-risk children and youth;(2) Prioritize the risk factors and protective factors to reduce the likelihood of their children and youth being at risk. The priorities shall be based upon public health data and assessment and policy development standards provided by the department of health under RCW 43.70.555;(3) Develop long-term comprehensive plans to reduce the rate of at-risk children and youth; set definitive, measurable goals, based upon the department of health standards; and project their desired outcomes;(4) Distribute funds to local programs that reflect the locally established priorities and as provided in *RCW 70.190.140;(5) Comply with outcome-based standards;(6) Cooperate with the department of health and local boards of health to provide data and determine outcomes; and(7) Coordinate its efforts with anti-drug use efforts and organizations and maintain a high priority for combatting drug use by at-risk youth.[ 1994 sp.s. c 7 § 304.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 70.190.140 expired June 30, 1995.Finding—Intent—Severability—1994 sp.s. c 7: See notes following RCW 43.70.540.