Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-78A - Assisted living facility licensing rules › ADMINISTRATION › Inspections, Enforcement Remedies, and Appeals › Section 388-78A-3183 - Remedies-Civil fine grid

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Effective May 17, 2020, the department will consider the
						guidance in the tiered sanction grid below when imposing civil fine
						remedies:
No Harm
Minimal to Moderate Harm
Severe Harm
Imminent Danger, Immediate Threat, or Both
Recurring/ Uncorrected
Initial
Recurring/ Uncorrected
Initial
Recurring/ Uncorrected
Any Violation
Civil fine of at least one hundred dollars per
								violation.
Civil fine up to two hundred and fifty dollars per
								violation per day.
Civil fine up to five hundred dollars per violation
								per day.
Civil fine up to seven hundred and fifty dollars per
								violation per day.
Civil fine up to one thousand dollars per violation
								per day.
Civil fine of one thousand dollars per violation per
								day.
Beginning July 1, 2019, the department will consider the
						guidance in the tiered sanction grid below when imposing civil fine
						remedies:
No Harm
Minimal to Moderate Harm
Severe Harm
Imminent Danger, Immediate Threat, or Both
Recurring/ Uncorrected
Initial
Recurring/ Uncorrected
Initial
Recurring/ Uncorrected
Any Violation
Civil fine of at least one hundred dollars per
								violation.
Civil fine up to two hundred and fifty dollars per
								violation or a daily civil fine of at least one hundred and twenty-five dollars
								per day.
Civil fine up to five hundred dollars per violation
								or a daily civil fine of at least two hundred and fifty dollars per day.
Civil fine up to one thousand dollars per violation
								or a daily civil fine of at least five hundred dollars per day.
Civil fine up to one thousand five hundred dollars
								per violation or a daily civil fine of at least seven hundred and fifty dollars
								per day.
Civil fine of two thousand dollars or daily civil
								fine of at least one thousand dollars per day.
Beginning July 1, 2020, the department will consider the
						guidance in the tiered sanction grid below when imposing civil fine
						remedies:
No Harm
Minimal to Moderate Harm
Severe Harm
Imminent Danger, Immediate Threat, or Both
Recurring/ Uncorrected
Initial
Recurring/ Uncorrected
Initial
Recurring/ Uncorrected
Any Violation
Civil fine of at least one hundred dollars per
								violation.
Civil fine up to five hundred dollars per violation
								or a daily civil fine of at least two hundred and fifty dollars per day.
Civil fine up to one thousand dollars per violation
								or a daily civil fine of at least five hundred dollars per day.
Civil fine up to two thousand dollars per violation
								or a daily civil fine of at least one thousand dollars per day.
Civil fine up to three thousand dollars per
								violation or a daily civil fine of at least one thousand five hundred dollars
								per day.
Civil fine of three thousand dollars or daily civil
								fine of at least one thousand dollars per day.
For the purpose of this section, the following
						definitions of harm apply:
(1)
"Minimal"
means violations that result in little to no negative
					 outcome or little or no potential harm for a resident.
(2)
"Moderate"
means violations
					 that result in negative outcome and actual or potential harm for a
					 resident.
(3)
"Severe"
means violations that either result in one or more negative outcomes and
					 significant actual harm to residents that does not constitute imminent danger,
					 or there is a reasonable predictability of recurring actions, practices,
					 situations, or incidents with potential for causing significant harm to a
					 resident, or both.
(4)
"Imminent danger"
or
"immediate threat"
means serious
					 physical harm to or death of a resident has occurred, or there is a serious
					 threat to the resident's life, health, or safety.