Title 71, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Standards for fire protection and the enforcement thereof, with respect to all establishments to be licensed hereunder, shall be the responsibility of the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, who shall adopt such recognized standards as m…

All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall expire on a date to be set by the department of health. No license issued pursuant to this chapter shall exceed thirty-six months in duration. Application for renewal of the license, accompanied by the necessary fee a…

The department may at any time examine a licensed private establishment to determine whether it has failed or refused to comply with the requirements of this chapter, the standards or rules adopted under this chapter, or other applicable state or federal statutes or rules regulat…

The department of health may at any time cause any establishment as defined in this chapter to be visited and examined. [ 2000 c 93 s 26; 1959 c 25 s 71.12.510. Prior: 1949 c 198 s 60; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 6953-59.]

Each such visit may include an inspection of every part of each establishment. The representatives of the department of health may make an examination of all records, methods of administration, the general and special dietary, the stores and methods of supply, and may cause an ex…

The representatives of the department of health may, from time to time, at times and places designated by the department, meet the managers or responsible authorities of such establishments in conference, and consider in detail all questions of management and improvement of the e…

The authorities of each establishment as defined in this chapter shall place on file in the office of the establishment the recommendations made by the department of health as a result of such visits, for the purpose of consultation by such authorities, and for reference by the d…

(1) The department may give written notice to cease and desist to any person whom the department has reason to believe is engaged in the unlicensed operation of a private establishment. (2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the requirement to cease and desist unlic…

This chapter shall not prevent local authorities of any city, or city and county, within the reasonable exercise of the police power, from adopting rules and regulations, by ordinance or resolution, prescribing standards of sanitation, health and hygiene for establishments as def…

The person in charge of any private institution, hospital, or sanatorium which is conducted for, or includes a department or ward conducted for, the care and treatment of persons who are mentally ill or deranged may receive therein as a voluntary patient any person suffering from…

No person in an establishment as defined in this chapter shall be restrained from sending written communications of the fact of his or her detention in such establishment to a friend, relative, or other person. The physician in charge of such person and the person in charge of su…

Failure to comply with any of the provisions of RCW 71.12.550 through 71.12.570 or the requirements of RCW 71.34.375 shall constitute grounds for revocation of license: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That nothing in this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall be …

The department of health shall immediately suspend the license or certificate of a person who has been certified pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320 by the department of social and health services as a person who is not in compliance with a support order or a *residential or visitation or…

The prosecuting attorney of every county shall, upon application by the department of social and health services, the department of health, or its authorized representatives, institute and conduct the prosecution of any action brought for the violation within his or her county of…

The department of health shall adopt rules for the licensing, operation, and inspections of establishments and institutions and the enforcement thereof. [ 2000 c 93 s 28.]

(1) An establishment providing pediatric transitional care services to drug exposed infants must demonstrate that it is capable of providing services for children who: (a) Are no more than one year of age; (b) Have been exposed to drugs before birth; (c) Require twenty-four hour …

For the purposes of this chapter, the rules for pediatric transitional care services are not considered as a new department of social and health services service category. [ 2017 c 263 s 4.] Notes: Findings—Intent—2017 c 263: See note following RCW 71.12.455.

The secretary must, in consultation with the department of social and health services, adopt rules on pediatric transitional care services. The rules must: (1) Establish requirements for medical examinations and consultations which must be delivered by an appropriate health care …

After referral by the department of social and health services of an infant to an establishment approved to provide pediatric transitional care services, the department of social and health services: (1) Retains primary responsibility for case management and must provide consulta…

Facilities that provide pediatric transitional care services that are in existence on July 23, 2017, are not subject to construction review by the department for initial licensure. [ 2017 c 263 s 7.] Notes: Findings—Intent—2017 c 263: See note following RCW 71.12.455.

(1) Any *psychiatric hospital may request from the department or the department may offer to any *psychiatric hospital technical assistance. The department may not provide technical assistance during an inspection or during the time between when an investigation of a *psychiatric…

(1) In any case in which the department finds that a private establishment has failed or refused to comply with the requirements of this chapter, the standards or rules adopted under this chapter, RCW 48.43.732, or other applicable state or federal statutes or rules, the departme…

(1) Every *psychiatric hospital licensed under this chapter shall report to the department every patient elopement and every death that meets the circumstances specified in subsection (2) of this section that occurs on the hospital grounds within three days of the elopement or de…

With respect to a person enrolled in medical assistance under chapter 74.09 RCW, a *psychiatric hospital shall make every effort to: (1) Inform the medicaid managed care organization in which the person is enrolled of the person's discharge or change in care plan on the following…

(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 establishments licensed under this chapter shall complete any demographic data surveys required by the board of n…

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 …