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WA Rev Code § 70.41.045 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.045 - Hospital surveys or audits—Frequent problems to be posted on agency websites—Hospital evaluation of survey or audit, form—Notice.

RCW 70.41.045 Hospital surveys or audits—Frequent problems to be posted on agency websites—Hospital evaluation of survey or audit, form—Notice.(1) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section.(a) "Agency" means a department of state government created under RCW 43.17.010 and the office of the state auditor.(b) "Audit" means an examination of records or financial accounts to evaluate accuracy and monitor compliance with statutory or regulatory requirements.(c) "Hospital" means a hospital licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW.(d) "Survey" means an inspection, examination, or site visit conducted by an agency to evaluate and monitor the compliance of a hospital or hospital services or facilities with statutory or regulatory requirements.(2) By July 1, 2004, each state agency which conducts hospital surveys or audits shall post to its agency website a list of the most frequent problems identified in its hospital surveys or audits along with information on how to avoid or address the identified problems, and a person within the agency that a hospital may contact with questions or for further assistance.(3) By July 1, 2004, the department of health, in cooperation with other state agencies which conduct hospital surveys or audits, shall develop an instrument, to be provided to every hospital upon completion of a state survey or audit, which allows the hospital to anonymously evaluate the survey or audit process in terms of quality, efficacy, and the extent to which it supported improved patient care and compliance with state law without placing an unnecessary administrative burden on the hospital. The evaluation may be returned to the department of health for distribution to the appropriate agency.(4) Except when responding to complaints or immediate public health and safety concerns or when such prior notice would conflict with other state or federal law, any state agency that provides notice of a hospital survey or audit must provide such notice to the hospital no less than four weeks prior to the date of the survey or audit.[ 2016 c 197 § 7; 2004 c 261 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 70.41.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.100 - Applications for licenses and renewals—Fees.

RCW 70.41.100 Applications for licenses and renewals—Fees.An application for license shall be made to the department upon forms provided by it and shall contain such information as the department reasonably requires which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with the standards, rules, and regulations as are lawfully prescribed hereunder. An application for renewal of license shall be made to the department upon forms provided by it and submitted thirty days prior to the date of expiration of the license. Each application for a license or renewal thereof by a hospital as defined by this chapter shall be accompanied by a fee as established by the department under RCW 43.20B.110.[ 1987 c 75 § 8; 1982 c 201 § 9; 1955 c 267 § 10.]NOTES:Savings—1987 c 75: See RCW 43.20B.900.
WA Rev Code § 70.41.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.110 - Licenses, provisional licenses—Issuance, duration, assignment, posting.

RCW 70.41.110 Licenses, provisional licenses—Issuance, duration, assignment, posting.Upon receipt of an application for license and the license fee, the department shall issue a license or a provisional license if the applicant and the hospital facilities meet the requirements of this chapter and the standards, rules and regulations established by the department. All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall expire on a date to be set by the department: PROVIDED, That no license issued pursuant to this chapter shall exceed thirty-six months in duration. Each license shall be issued only for the premises and persons named in the application, and no license shall be transferable or assignable except with the written approval of the department. Licenses shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.If there be a failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the standards, rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the department may in its discretion issue to an applicant for a license, or for the renewal of a license, a provisional license which will permit the operation of the hospital for a period to be determined by the department.[ 1985 c 213 § 20; 1982 c 201 § 12; 1971 ex.s. c 247 § 3; 1955 c 267 § 11.]NOTES:Savings—Effective date—1985 c 213: See notes following RCW 43.20.050.
WA Rev Code § 70.41.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.120 - Inspection of hospitals—Final report—Alterations or additions, new facilities—Coordination with state and local agencies—Notice of inspection.

RCW 70.41.120 Inspection of hospitals—Final report—Alterations or additions, new facilities—Coordination with state and local agencies—Notice of inspection.(1) The department shall make or cause to be made an unannounced inspection of all hospitals on average at least every eighteen months. Every inspection of a hospital may include an inspection of every part of the premises. The department may make an examination of all phases of the hospital operation necessary to determine compliance with the law and the standards, rules and regulations adopted thereunder.(2) The department shall not issue its final report regarding an unannounced inspection by the department until: (a) The hospital is given at least two weeks following the inspection to provide any information or documentation requested by the department during the unannounced inspection that was not available at the time of the request; and (b) at least one person from the department conducting the inspection meets personally with the chief administrator or executive officer of the hospital following the inspection or the chief administrator or executive officer declines such a meeting.(3) Any licensee or applicant desiring to make alterations or additions to its facilities or to construct new facilities shall, before commencing such alteration, addition or new construction, comply with the regulations prescribed by the department.(4) No hospital licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be required to be inspected or licensed under other state laws or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or local ordinances, relative to hotels, restaurants, lodging houses, boarding houses, places of refreshment, nursing homes, maternity homes, or psychiatric hospitals.(5) To avoid unnecessary duplication in inspections, the department shall coordinate with the department of social and health services, the office of the state fire marshal, and local agencies when inspecting facilities over which each agency has jurisdiction, the facilities including but not necessarily being limited to hospitals with both acute care and skilled nursing or psychiatric nursing functions. The department shall notify the office of the state fire marshal and the relevant local agency at least four weeks prior to any inspection conducted under this section and invite their attendance at the inspection, and shall provide a copy of its inspection report to each agency upon completion.[ 2009 c 242 § 1; 2005 c 447 § 1; 2004 c 261 § 4; 1995 c 282 § 4; 1985 c 213 § 21; 1955 c 267 § 12.]NOTES:Savings—Effective date—1985 c 213: See notes following RCW 43.20.050.
WA Rev Code § 70.41.122 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.122 - Exemption from RCW 70.41.120 for hospitals accredited by other entities.

RCW 70.41.122 Exemption from RCW 70.41.120 for hospitals accredited by other entities.Surveys conducted on hospitals by the joint commission on the accreditation of health care organizations, the American osteopathic association, or Det Norske Veritas shall be deemed equivalent to a department survey for purposes of meeting the requirements for the survey specified in RCW 70.41.120 if the department determines that the applicable survey standards are substantially equivalent to its own.(1) Hospitals so surveyed shall provide to the department within thirty days of learning the result of a survey documentary evidence that the hospital has been certified as a result of a survey and the date of the survey.(2) Hospitals shall make available to department surveyors the written reports of such surveys during department surveys, upon request.[ 2009 c 242 § 2; 2005 c 447 § 2; 1999 c 41 § 1; 1995 c 282 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 70.41.125 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.125 - Hospital construction review process—Coordination with state and local agencies.

RCW 70.41.125 Hospital construction review process—Coordination with state and local agencies.(1) The department shall coordinate its hospital construction review process with other state and local agencies having similar review responsibilities, including the department of labor and industries, the office of the state fire marshal, and local building and fire officials. Inconsistencies or conflicts among the agencies shall be identified and eliminated. The department shall provide local agencies with relevant information derived from its construction review process.(2) By September 1, 2004, the department shall report to the legislature regarding its implementation of subsection (1) of this section.[ 2004 c 261 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 70.41.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.150 - Denial, suspension, revocation of license—Disclosure of information.

RCW 70.41.150 Denial, suspension, revocation of license—Disclosure of information.Information received by the department through filed reports, inspection, or as otherwise authorized under this chapter, may be disclosed publicly, as permitted under chapter 42.56 RCW, subject to the following provisions:(1) Licensing inspections, or complaint investigations regardless of findings, shall, as requested, be disclosed no sooner than three business days after the hospital has received the resulting assessment report;(2) Information regarding administrative action against the license shall, as requested, be disclosed after the hospital has received the documents initiating the administrative action;(3) Information about complaints that did not warrant an investigation shall not be disclosed except to notify the hospital and the complainant that the complaint did not warrant an investigation. If requested, the individual complainant shall receive information on other like complaints that have been reported against the hospital; and(4) Information disclosed pursuant to this section shall not disclose individual names.[ 2005 c 274 § 333; 2000 c 6 § 1; 1985 c 213 § 24; 1955 c 267 § 15.]NOTES:Savings—Effective date—1985 c 213: See notes following RCW 43.20.050.
WA Rev Code § 70.41.155 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.155 - Duty to investigate patient well-being.

RCW 70.41.155 Duty to investigate patient well-being.Any complaint against a hospital and event notification required by the department that concerns patient well-being shall be investigated.[ 2000 c 6 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 70.41.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.160 - Remedies available to department—Duty of attorney general.

RCW 70.41.160 Remedies available to department—Duty of attorney general.Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the department may, in the manner provided by law, upon the advice of the attorney general who shall represent the department in the proceedings, maintain an action in the name of the state for an injunction or other process against any person or governmental unit to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, or operation of a hospital without a license under this law.[ 1985 c 213 § 25; 1955 c 267 § 16.]NOTES:Savings—Effective date—1985 c 213: See notes following RCW 43.20.050.
WA Rev Code § 70.41.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.170 - Operating or maintaining unlicensed hospital or unapproved tertiary health service—Penalty.

RCW 70.41.170 Operating or maintaining unlicensed hospital or unapproved tertiary health service—Penalty.Any person operating or maintaining a hospital without a license under this chapter, or, after June 30, 1989, initiating a tertiary health service as defined in RCW 70.38.025(14) that is not approved under RCW 70.38.105 and 70.38.115, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each day of operation of an unlicensed hospital or unapproved tertiary health service, shall constitute a separate offense.[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 612; 1955 c 267 § 17.]NOTES:Effective date—Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.
WA Rev Code § 70.41.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.180 - Physicians' services.

RCW 70.41.180 Physicians' services.Nothing contained in this chapter shall in any way authorize the department to establish standards, rules and regulations governing the professional services rendered by any physician.[ 1985 c 213 § 26; 1955 c 267 § 18.]NOTES:Savings—Effective date—1985 c 213: See notes following RCW 43.20.050.
WA Rev Code § 70.41.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.190 - Medical records of patients—Retention and preservation.

RCW 70.41.190 Medical records of patients—Retention and preservation.Unless specified otherwise by the department, a hospital shall retain and preserve all medical records which relate directly to the care and treatment of a patient for a period of no less than ten years following the most recent discharge of the patient; except the records of minors, which shall be retained and preserved for a period of no less than three years following attainment of the age of eighteen years, or ten years following such discharge, whichever is longer.If a hospital ceases operations, it shall make immediate arrangements, as approved by the department, for preservation of its records.The department shall by regulation define the type of records and the information required to be included in the medical records to be retained and preserved under this section; which records may be retained in photographic form pursuant to chapter 5.46 RCW.[ 1985 c 213 § 27; 1975 1st ex.s. c 175 § 1.]NOTES:Savings—Effective date—1985 c 213: See notes following RCW 43.20.050.Medical records, disclosure: Chapter 70.02 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 70.41.205 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.205 - Public hospitals—Review of hospital privileges and quality improvement committee reports—Confidentiality.

RCW 70.41.205 Public hospitals—Review of hospital privileges and quality improvement committee reports—Confidentiality.(1) All meetings, proceedings, and deliberations of the governing body, its staff or agents, concerning the granting, denial, revocation, restriction, or other consideration of the status of the clinical or staff privileges of a physician or other health care provider as defined in RCW 7.70.020, if such other providers at the discretion of the governing body are considered for such privileges, must be confidential and may be conducted in executive session; however, the final action of the governing body as to the denial, revocation, or restriction of clinical or staff privileges of a physician or other health care provider as defined in RCW 7.70.020 must be done in public session.(2) All meetings, proceedings, and deliberations of a quality improvement committee established under RCW 4.24.250, 43.70.510, or 70.41.200 and all meetings, proceedings, and deliberations of the governing body, its staff or agents, to review the report or the activities of a quality improvement committee established under RCW 4.24.250, 43.70.510, or 70.41.200 may, at the discretion of the quality improvement committee or the governing body, be confidential and may be conducted in executive session. Any review conducted by the governing body or quality improvement committee, or their staff or agents, must be subject to the same protections, limitations, and exemptions that apply to quality improvement committee activities under RCW 4.24.240, 4.24.250, 43.70.510, and 70.41.200. However, any final action of the governing body on the report of the quality improvement committee must be done in public session.(3) For the purposes of this section:(a) "Governing body" means the board or committee of a public hospital with authority to make final decisions concerning the granting, denial, revocation, restriction, or other consideration of the clinical or staff privileges of a physician or other health care provider, as defined in RCW 7.70.020; and(b) "Public hospital" means any hospital owned or operated by the state or any of its subdivisions, including the University of Washington.[ 2019 c 162 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 70.41.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.220 - Duty to keep records of restrictions on practitioners' privileges—Penalty.

RCW 70.41.220 Duty to keep records of restrictions on practitioners' privileges—Penalty.Each hospital shall keep written records of decisions to restrict or terminate privileges of practitioners. Copies of such records shall be made available to the board within thirty days of a request and all information so gained shall remain confidential in accordance with RCW 70.41.200 and 70.41.230 and shall be protected from the discovery process. Failure of a hospital to comply with this section is punishable by [a] civil penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars.[ 1986 c 300 § 8.]NOTES:Legislative findings—Severability—1986 c 300: See notes following RCW 18.57.245.
WA Rev Code § 70.41.235 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.235 - Doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery—Discrimination based on board certification is prohibited.

RCW 70.41.235 Doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery—Discrimination based on board certification is prohibited.A hospital that provides health care services to the general public may not discriminate against a qualified doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW, who has applied to practice with the hospital, solely because that practitioner was board certified or eligible under an approved osteopathic certifying board instead of board certified or eligible respectively under an approved medical certifying board.[ 1995 c 64 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 70.41.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.240 - Information regarding conversion of hospitals to nonhospital health care facilities.

RCW 70.41.240 Information regarding conversion of hospitals to nonhospital health care facilities.The department of health shall compile and make available to the public information regarding medicare health care facility certification options available to hospitals licensed under this title that desire to convert to nonhospital health care facilities. The information provided shall include standards and requirements for certification and procedures for acquiring certification.[ 1991 c 3 § 338; 1988 c 207 § 3.]NOTES:Resources and staffing—1988 c 207: "The department of community development, department of trade and economic development, department of employment security, and department of social and health services are expected to use their present resources and staffing to carry out the requirements of this act." [ 1988 c 207 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 70.41.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.250 - Cost disclosure to health care providers.

RCW 70.41.250 Cost disclosure to health care providers.(1) The legislature finds that the spiraling costs of health care continue to surmount efforts to contain them, increasing at approximately twice the inflationary rate. The causes of this phenomenon are complex. By making physicians and other health care providers with hospital admitting privileges more aware of the cost consequences of health care services for consumers, these providers may be inclined to exercise more restraint in providing only the most relevant and cost-beneficial hospital services, with a potential for reducing the utilization of those services. The requirement of the hospital to inform physicians and other health care providers of the charges of the health care services that they order may have a positive effect on containing health costs. Further, the option of the physician or other health care provider to inform the patient of these charges may strengthen the necessary dialogue in the provider-patient relationship that tends to be diminished by intervening third-party payers.(2) The chief executive officer of a hospital licensed under this chapter and the superintendent of a state hospital shall establish and maintain a procedure for disclosing to physicians and other health care providers with admitting privileges the charges of all health care services ordered for their patients. Copies of hospital charges shall be made available to any physician and/or other health care provider ordering care in hospital inpatient/outpatient services. The physician and/or other health care provider may inform the patient of these charges and may specifically review them. Hospitals are also directed to study methods for making daily charges available to prescribing physicians through the use of interactive software and/or computerized information thereby allowing physicians and other health care providers to review not only the costs of present and past services but also future contemplated costs for additional diagnostic studies and therapeutic medications.[ 1993 c 492 § 265.]NOTES: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 § 70.41.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70 - Public Health and Safety|Chapter 70.41 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation.|70.41.300 - Long-term care—Definitions.

RCW 70.41.300 Long-term care—Definitions."Cost-effective care" and "long-term care services," where used in RCW 70.41.310 and 70.41.320, shall have the same meaning as that given in *RCW 74.39A.008.[ 1995 1st sp.s. c 18 § 4.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 74.39A.008 was repealed by 1997 c 392 § 530.Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective date—1995 1st sp.s. c 18: See notes following RCW 74.39A.030.