Washington Code 70.41.324 – Discharge planning — Certain policies and criteria not required
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Terms Used In Washington Code 70.41.324
- Discharge: means a patient's release from a hospital following the patient's admission to the hospital. See Washington Code 70.41.020
- Hospital: as used in this chapter does not include hotels, or similar places furnishing only food and lodging, or simply domiciliary care; nor does it include clinics, or physician's offices where patients are not regularly kept as bed patients for twenty-four hours or more; nor does it include nursing homes, as defined and which come within the scope of chapter 18. See Washington Code 70.41.020
- Lay caregiver: means any individual designated as such by a patient under this chapter who provides aftercare assistance to a patient in the patient's residence. See Washington Code 70.41.020
(1) Delay a patient’s discharge or transfer to another facility or to home; or
(2) Require the disclosure of protected health information to a lay caregiver without obtaining a patient’s consent as required by state and federal laws governing health information privacy and security, including chapter 70.02 RCW and the federal health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 and related regulations.
[ 2016 c 226 § 3.]