Title 71 — Title 71 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
13 chapters · 468 sections in this title.
RCW 71.12.455 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Department" means the department of health.(2) "Elopement" means any situation in which an admitted patient of a private establishment who is cognitively, physically, …
RCW 71.12.460 License to be obtained—Penalty.
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(1) No person, association, county, municipality, public hospital district, or corporation, shall establish or keep, for compensation or hire, an establishment as defined in this chapter without first having obtained a license therefor from the department of health, complied with…
RCW 71.12.470 License application—Fees.
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Every application for a license shall be accompanied by a plan of the premises proposed to be occupied, describing the capacities of the buildings for the uses intended, the extent and location of grounds appurtenant thereto, and the number of patients proposed to be received the…
RCW 71.12.480 Examination before granting license—Inspection and technical assistance to psychiatric hospitals after granting license.
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(1) The department of health shall not grant any such license until it has made an examination of all phases of the operation of the establishment necessary to determine compliance with rules adopted under this chapter including the premises proposed to be licensed and is satisfi…
RCW 71.12.485 Fire protection—Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol.
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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…
RCW 71.12.490 Expiration and renewal of license.
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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…
RCW 71.12.500 Examination of private establishments.
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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…
RCW 71.12.510 Examination and visitation in general.
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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.]
RCW 71.12.520 Scope of examination.
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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…
RCW 71.12.530 Conference with management—Improvement.
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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…
RCW 71.12.540 Recommendations to be kept on file—Records of inmates.
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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…
RCW 71.12.545 Cease and desist notices—Adjudicative proceedings.
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(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 unlice…
RCW 71.12.550 Local authorities may also prescribe standards.
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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…
RCW 71.12.560 Voluntary patients—Receipt authorized—Application—Report.
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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…
RCW 71.12.570 Communications by patients—Rights.
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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…
RCW 71.12.590 Revocation of license for noncompliance—Exemption as to Christian Science establishments.
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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 …
RCW 71.12.595 Suspension of license—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
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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…
RCW 71.12.640 Prosecuting attorney shall prosecute violations.
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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…
RCW 71.12.670 Licensing, operation, inspection—Adoption of rules.
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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.]
RCW 71.12.680 Pediatric transitional care services—Requirements.
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(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 con…
RCW 71.12.682 Pediatric transitional care services—Rules not considered new service category.
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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.
RCW 71.12.684 Pediatric transitional care services—Rules, requirements.
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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 p…
RCW 71.12.686 Pediatric transitional care services—Duties of the department of social and health services.
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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 consultat…
RCW 71.12.688 Pediatric transitional care services—Facilities not subject to construction review.
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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.
RCW 71.12.700 Psychiatric hospitals—Technical assistance.
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(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…
RCW 71.12.710 Private establishments—Noncompliance—Penalties.
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(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…
RCW 71.12.720 Psychiatric hospitals—Reporting.
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(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…
RCW 71.12.730 Psychiatric hospitals—Managed care organizations.
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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 …
RCW 71.12.740 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 establishments licensed under this chapter shall complete any demographic data surveys required by the board of n…
RCW 71.12.900 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 …