§ 18.51.005 Purpose
§ 18.51.007 Legislative intent
§ 18.51.009 Resident rights
§ 18.51.010 Definitions
§ 18.51.030 License required
§ 18.51.040 Application for license
§ 18.51.050 License — Issuance, renewal — Fee — Display
§ 18.51.054 Denial of license
§ 18.51.060 Penalties — Grounds
§ 18.51.062 Temporary managers — Department shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless
§ 18.51.065 Penalties — Hearing (as amended by 1989 c 175)
§ 18.51.065 v2 Penalties — Hearing (as amended by 1989 c 372)
§ 18.51.067 License suspension — Noncompliance with support order — Reissuance
§ 18.51.070 Rules
§ 18.51.091 Inspection of nursing homes and community-based services — Notice of violations — Approval of alterations or new facilities
§ 18.51.095 Resident contact information — Department requirements and duties
§ 18.51.140 Fire protection — Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol
§ 18.51.145 Building inspections — Authority of chief of the Washington state patrol
§ 18.51.150 Operating without license — Penalty
§ 18.51.160 Operating without license — Injunction
§ 18.51.170 Application of chapter to homes or institutions operated by certain religious organizations
§ 18.51.180 Outpatient services — Authorized — Defined
§ 18.51.185 Outpatient services — Cost studies — Vendor rates
§ 18.51.190 Complaint of violation — Request for inspection — Notice — Confidentiality
§ 18.51.200 Preliminary review of complaint — On-site investigation
§ 18.51.210 Authority to enter and inspect nursing home — Advance notice — Defense
§ 18.51.220 Retaliation or discrimination against complainant prohibited, penalty — Presumption
§ 18.51.230 Periodic general inspection — Emergency rules
§ 18.51.240 Alterations or additions — Preliminary inspection and approval
§ 18.51.250 Nursing homes without violations — Public agencies notified — Priority
§ 18.51.260 Posting citations for violation of RCW 18.51.060
§ 18.51.270 Annual report of citations — Publication — Contents
§ 18.51.280 Chapter cumulative
§ 18.51.290 Writings as public records
§ 18.51.300 Retention and preservation of records of patients
§ 18.51.310 Comprehensive plan for utilization review — Licensing standards — Regulations
§ 18.51.320 Contact with animals — Rules
§ 18.51.350 Conflict with federal requirements
§ 18.51.400 Receivership — Legislative findings
§ 18.51.410 Receivership — Petition to establish — Grounds
§ 18.51.420 Receivership — Defenses to petition
§ 18.51.430 Receivership — Persons qualified to act as receiver
§ 18.51.440 Receivership — Judicial hearing
§ 18.51.450 Receivership — Appointment of receiver
§ 18.51.460 Receivership — Termination — Conditions
§ 18.51.470 Receivership — Accounting of acts and expenditures by receiver
§ 18.51.480 Receivership — Compensation, liability — Revision of medicaid reimbursement rate
§ 18.51.490 Receivership — Powers of receiver
§ 18.51.500 Receivership — Financial assistance — Use of revenues and proceeds of facility
§ 18.51.510 Receivership — State medical assistance
§ 18.51.520 Receivership — Foreclosures and seizures not allowed
§ 18.51.530 Notice of change of ownership or management
§ 18.51.540 Cost disclosure to attending physicians
§ 18.51.550 Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians
§ 18.51.560 Employment of physicians
§ 18.51.570 Employment — Certificates of parental improvement
§ 18.51.575 Communication system — Telephones and other equipment
§ 18.51.580 Disaster preparedness plan
§ 18.51.590 Multistate nurse license — Conditions of employment
§ 18.51.920 Construction — Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships — 2009 c 521
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