Title 70 — Title 70 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
98 chapters · 1,450 sections in this title.
RCW 70.40.005 Transfer of duties to the department of health.
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The powers and duties of the department of social and health services and the secretary of social and health services under this chapter shall be performed by the department of health and the secretary of health.[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 248.]Notes:Effective date—Severability—1989 1…
RCW 70.40.010 Short title.
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This chapter may be cited as the "Washington Hospital and Medical Facilities Survey and Construction Act."[ 1959 c 252 s 1; 1949 c 197 s 1; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 6090-60.]
RCW 70.40.020 Definitions.
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As used in this chapter:(1) "Secretary" means the secretary of the state department of health;(2) "The federal act" means Title VI of the public health service act, as amended, or as hereafter amended by congress;(3) "The surgeon general" means the surgeon general of the public h…
RCW 70.40.030 Section of hospital and medical facility survey and construction established—Duties.
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There is hereby established in the state department of health a "section of hospital and medical facility survey and construction" which shall be administered by a full time salaried head under the supervision and direction of the secretary. The state department of health, throug…
RCW 70.40.040 General duties of the secretary.
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In carrying out the purposes of the chapter the secretary is authorized and directed:(1) To require such reports, make such inspections and investigations, and prescribe such regulations as he or she deems necessary;(2) To provide such methods of administration, appoint a head an…
RCW 70.40.060 Development of program for construction of facilities needed.
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The secretary is authorized and directed to make an inventory of existing hospitals and medical facilities, including public nonprofit and proprietary hospitals and medical facilities, to survey the need for construction of hospitals and medical facilities, and, on the basis of s…
RCW 70.40.070 Distribution of facilities.
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The construction program shall provide, in accordance with regulations prescribed under the federal act, for adequate hospital and medical facilities for the people residing in this state and insofar as possible shall provide for their distribution throughout the state in such ma…
RCW 70.40.080 Federal funds—Application for—Deposit, use.
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The secretary is authorized to make application to the surgeon general for federal funds to assist in carrying out the survey and planning activities herein provided. Such funds shall be deposited with the state treasurer and shall be available to the secretary for expenditure in…
RCW 70.40.090 State plan—Publication—Hearing—Approval by surgeon general—Modifications.
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The secretary shall prepare and submit to the surgeon general a state plan which shall include the hospital and medical facility construction program developed under this chapter and which shall provide for the establishment, administration, and operation of hospital and medical …
RCW 70.40.100 Plan shall provide for construction in order of relative needs.
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The state plan shall set forth the relative need for the several projects included in the construction program determined in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to the federal act, and provide for the construction, insofar as financial resources available therefor and…
RCW 70.40.110 Minimum standards for maintenance and operation.
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The secretary shall by regulation prescribe minimum standards for the maintenance and operation of hospitals and medical facilities which receive federal aid for construction under the state plan.[ 1979 c 141 s 102; 1959 c 252 s 9; 1949 c 197 s 10; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 6090-69.]
RCW 70.40.120 Applications for construction projects—Diagnostic, treatment centers.
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Applications for hospital and medical facility construction projects for which federal funds are requested shall be submitted to the secretary and may be submitted by the state or any political subdivision thereof or by any public or nonprofit agency authorized to construct and o…
RCW 70.40.130 Hearing—Approval.
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The secretary shall afford to every applicant for a construction project an opportunity for a fair hearing. If the secretary, after affording reasonable opportunity for development and presentation of applications in the order of relative need, finds that a project application co…
RCW 70.40.140 Inspection of project under construction—Certification as to federal funds due.
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From time to time the secretary shall inspect each construction project approved by the surgeon general, and, if the inspection so warrants, the secretary shall certify to the surgeon general that work has been performed upon the project, or purchases have been made, in accordanc…
RCW 70.40.150 Hospital and medical facility construction fund—Deposits, use.
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The secretary is hereby authorized to receive federal funds in behalf of, and transmit them to, such applicants or to approve applicants for federal funds and authorize the payment of such funds directly to such applicants as may be allowed by federal law. To achieve that end the…