Title 18 — Title 18 BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS
113 chapters · 2,288 sections in this title.
RCW 18.51.530 Notice of change of ownership or management.
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At least sixty days before the effective date of any change of ownership, change of operating entity, or change of management of a nursing home, the current operating entity shall notify separately and in writing, each resident of the home or the resident's guardian of the propos…
RCW 18.51.540 Cost disclosure to attending physicians.
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(1) The legislature finds that the spiraling costs of nursing home care continue to surmount efforts to contain them, increasing at approximately twice the inflationary rate. The causes of this phenomenon are complex. By making nursing home facilities and care providers more awar…
RCW 18.51.550 Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians.
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The department shall investigate complaints of violations of RCW 18.79.350 and 18.79.360 by an employer. The department shall maintain records of all employers that have violated RCW 18.79.350 and 18.79.360.[ 2003 c 258 s 9.]Notes:Severability—Effective date—2003 c 258: See notes…
RCW 18.51.560 Employment of physicians.
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(1) A nursing home licensed under this chapter may employ physicians for the provision of professional services to its residents under the following conditions:(a) The nursing home may not in any manner, directly or indirectly, supplant, diminish, or regulate any employed physici…
RCW 18.51.570 Employment—Certificates of parental improvement.
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Nursing homes, as defined in this chapter, may not automatically deny a prospective volunteer or employee solely because of a founded finding of child abuse or neglect involving the individual revealed in the record check or a court finding or a court finding that the individual'…
RCW 18.51.575 Communication system—Telephones and other equipment.
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(1) Each nursing home must be responsive to incoming communications and respond within a reasonable time to phone and electronic messages.(2) Each nursing home must have a communication system, including a sufficient quantity of working telephones and other communication equipmen…
RCW 18.51.580 Disaster preparedness plan.
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(1) Each nursing home shall develop and maintain a comprehensive disaster preparedness plan to be followed in the event of a disaster or emergency, including fires, earthquakes, floods, infectious disease outbreaks, loss of power or water, and other events that may require shelte…
RCW 18.51.590 Multistate nurse license—Conditions of employment.
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(1) Beginning September 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, individuals that hold a multistate nurse license issued by a state other than Washington and are employed by nursing homes licensed under this chapter shall complete any demographic data surveys required by the board of nu…
RCW 18.51.920 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
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For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to …