Sections
| 70.41.005 | Transfer of duties to the department of health. | |
| 70.41.010 | Declaration of purpose. | |
| 70.41.020 | Definitions. | |
| 70.41.030 | Standards and rules. | |
| 70.41.040 | Enforcement of chapter—Personnel—Merit system. | |
| 70.41.045 | Hospital surveys or audits—Frequent problems to be posted on agency websites—Hospital evaluation of survey or audit, form—Notice. | |
| 70.41.080 | Fire protection. | |
| 70.41.090 | Hospital license required—Certificate of need required—Participation in Washington rural health access preservation pilot. | |
| 70.41.100 | Applications for licenses and renewals—Fees. | |
| 70.41.110 | Licenses, provisional licenses—Issuance, duration, assignment, posting. | |
| 70.41.115 | Specialty hospitals—Licenses—Exemptions. | |
| 70.41.120 | Inspection of hospitals—Final report—Alterations or additions, new facilities—Coordination with state and local agencies—Notice of inspection. | |
| 70.41.122 | Exemption from RCW 70.41.120 for hospitals accredited by other entities. | |
| 70.41.125 | Hospital construction review process—Coordination with state and local agencies. | |
| 70.41.130 | Administrative actions against license—Rules—Procedure. | |
| 70.41.150 | Denial, suspension, revocation of license—Disclosure of information. | |
| 70.41.155 | Duty to investigate patient well-being. | |
| 70.41.160 | Remedies available to department—Duty of attorney general. | |
| 70.41.170 | Operating or maintaining unlicensed hospital or unapproved tertiary health service—Penalty. | |
| 70.41.180 | Physicians' services. | |
| 70.41.190 | Medical records of patients—Retention and preservation. | |
| 70.41.200 | Quality improvement and medical malpractice prevention program—Quality improvement committee—Sanction and grievance procedures—Information collection, reporting, and sharing. | |
| 70.41.205 | Public hospitals—Review of hospital privileges and quality improvement committee reports—Confidentiality. | |
| 70.41.210 | Duty to report restrictions on health care practitioners' privileges based on unprofessional conduct—Penalty. | |
| 70.41.220 | Duty to keep records of restrictions on practitioners' privileges—Penalty. | |
| 70.41.230 | Duty of hospital to request information on physicians, physician assistants, or advanced registered nurse practitioners granted privileges. | |
| 70.41.235 | Doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery—Discrimination based on board certification is prohibited. | |
| 70.41.240 | Information regarding conversion of hospitals to nonhospital health care facilities. | |
| 70.41.250 | Cost disclosure to health care providers. | |
| 70.41.300 | Long-term care—Definitions. | |
| 70.41.310 | Long-term care—Program information to be provided to hospitals—Information on options to be provided to patients. | |
| 70.41.320 | Long-term care—Patient discharge requirements for hospitals and acute care facilities—Pilot projects. | |
| 70.41.322 | Discharge planning—Requirements—Lay caregivers. | |
| 70.41.324 | Discharge planning—Certain policies and criteria not required. | |
| 70.41.326 | Discharge planning—Construction—Liability. | |
| 70.41.330 | Hospital complaint toll-free telephone number. | |
| 70.41.340 | Investigation of hospital complaints—Rules. | |
| 70.41.350 | Emergency care provided to victims of sexual assault—Development of informational materials on emergency contraception—Rules. | |
| 70.41.360 | Emergency care provided to victims of sexual assault—Department to respond to violations—Task force. | |
| 70.41.365 | Statewide sexual assault kit tracking system—Participation by hospitals. | |
| 70.41.367 | Sexual assault evidence kit collection—Availability, plan, and notice requirements. | |
| 70.41.370 | Investigation of complaints of violations concerning nursing technicians. | |
| 70.41.380 | Notice of unanticipated outcomes. | |
| 70.41.390 | Safe patient handling. | |
| 70.41.400 | Patient billing—Medical debt reporting prohibition—Application of consumer protection act—Exceptions. | |
| 70.41.410 | Hospital staffing committee—Definitions. | |
| 70.41.420 | Hospital staffing committee. | |
| 70.41.425 | Hospital staffing—Department investigations. | |
| 70.41.428 | Hospital staffing committee—Oversight. | |
| 70.41.430 | Prevention and control of the transmission of pathogens of epidemiological concern—Policy adoption—Reporting—Definitions. | |
| 70.41.440 | Duty to report violent injuries—Preservation of evidence—Immunity—Privilege. | |
| 70.41.450 | Estimated charges of hospital services—Notice. | |
| 70.41.460 | Contract with department of corrections. | |
| 70.41.470 | Information to be made widely available by certain hospitals—Community health needs assessment—Description of community served—Community benefit implementation strategy. | |
| 70.41.480 | Findings—Intent—Authority to prescribe prepackaged emergency medications—Definitions. | |
| 70.41.485 | Opioid overdose reversal medications—Distribution—Labeling—Liability. | |
| 70.41.490 | Authorization for certain transfers of drugs between hospitals and their affiliated companies. | |
| 70.41.495 | Human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis drugs and therapies—Policies—Coverage. | |
| 70.41.500 | Down syndrome—Parent information. | |
| 70.41.510 | Pattern of balance billing protection act violations by hospital—Fines and disciplinary action. | |
| 70.41.520 | Access to care policies for admission, nondiscrimination, and reproductive health care—Requirement to submit, post on website, and use department-created form. | |
| 70.41.530 | Audio-only telemedicine—Facility fees. | |
| 70.41.540 | Multistate nurse license—Conditions of employment. | |
| 70.41.550 | Hospital at-home services. | |
| 70.41.560 | Hospital price transparency—Publishing—Reporting. | |
| 70.41.570 | Pregnant persons—Provision of emergency services. | |
| 70.41.580 | Medical use of cannabis—Policy. | |
| 70.41.900 | Severability—1955 c 267. |
Notes:
Actions for negligence against hospitals, evidence and proof required to prevail: RCW 4.24.290.
Employment of dental hygienist without supervision of dentist authorized: RCW 18.29.056.
Hospitals, hospital personnel, actions against, limitation of: RCW 4.16.350.
Identification of potential anatomical parts donors—Procurement organizations: RCW 68.64.120.
Labor regulations, collective bargaining—Health care activities: Chapter 49.66 RCW.
Records of hospital committee or board, immunity from process: RCW 4.24.250.
Standards and procedures for hospital staff membership or privileges: Chapter 70.43 RCW.