RCW 49.12.485: Hospital staffing committee—Oversight. (<i>Effective July 1, 2024.</i>)

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49.12.483 << 49.12.485 >> 49.12.902

PDFRCW 49.12.485

Hospital staffing committee—Oversight. (Effective July 1, 2024.)

By July 1, 2024, the department and the department of health must jointly establish a formal agreement that identifies the roles of each of the two agencies with respect to the oversight and enforcement of RCW 70.41.420(7) and 70.41.425 (1) and (5)(b), as follows:

(1) To the extent feasible, provide for oversight and enforcement actions by a single agency, and must include measures to avoid multiple citations for the same violation; and

(2) Include provisions that allow for data sharing, including hospital staffing plans, reports submitted under RCW 70.41.420(7), and hospital staffing committee complaints submitted to the department of health.

[ 2023 c 114 § 6.]

NOTES:

Effective date—2023 c 114: See note following RCW 70.41.410.