Exclusions.
(1) The treatment of patients with cancer-related pain;
(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; or
(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.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
18.71A.800,
18.71.017, and
18.130.050. WSR 22-22-039, § 246-919-851, filed 10/25/22, effective 11/25/22. Statutory Authority: RCW
18.71.017,
18.71.800,
18.71A.800 and 2017 c 297. WSR 18-23-061, § 246-919-851, filed 11/16/18, effective 1/1/19. Statutory Authority: RCW
18.71.450,
18.71A.100,
18.71.017, and
18.71A.020. WSR 11-12-025, § 246-919-851, filed 5/24/11, effective 1/2/12.]