Washington Code 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 manner as to make all types of hospital and medical facility service reasonably accessible to all persons in the state.
[ 1959 c 252 § 7; 1949 c 197 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 6090-66.]
Terms Used In Washington Code 70.40.070
- federal act: means Title VI of the public health service act, as amended, or as hereafter amended by congress;
Washington Code 70.40.020Hospital: includes public health centers and general, tuberculosis, mental, chronic disease, and other types of hospitals, and related facilities, such as laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses' home and training facilities, and central service facilities operated in connection with hospitals;
Washington Code 70.40.020Medical facilities: means diagnostic or diagnostic and treatment centers, rehabilitation facilities and nursing homes as those terms are defined in the federal act. See Washington Code 70.40.020