WAC 246-817-901 through 246-817-980 do not apply to:

(1) The treatment of patients with cancer-related pain. Cancer-related pain means pain that is unpleasant, persistent, subjective sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue injury or damage or described in such terms and is related to cancer or cancer treatment that interferes with usual functioning;

(2) The provision of palliative, hospice, or other end-of-life care;

(3) The provision of procedural medications;

(4) The treatment of patients who have been admitted to any of the following facilities for more than 24 hours:

(a) Acute care hospitals licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW;

(b) Psychiatric hospitals licensed under chapter 71.12 RCW;

(c) Nursing homes licensed under chapter 18.51 RCW and nursing facilities as defined in WAC 388-97-0001;

(d) Long-term acute care hospitals as defined in RCW 74.60.010; or

(e) Residential treatment facilities as defined in RCW 71.12.455.

(5) The treatment of patients in residential habilitation centers as defined in WAC 388-825-089 when the patient has been transferred directly from a facility listed in subsection (4) of this section.