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18.11.903 | Effective date—1986 c 324. | This act shall take effect on July 1, 1986.
[ 1986 c 324 s 29 .] |
18.16.010 | Intent. | The legislature recognizes that the practices of cosmetology, hair design, barbering, manicuring, and esthetics involve the use of tools and chemicals which may be dangerous when mixed or applied improperly, and therefore finds it necessary in the interest of the public health, safety, and welfare to regulate those pra... |
18.16.020 | Definitions.(Effective until March 1, 2026.) | As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Apprentice" means a person who is engaged in a state-approved apprenticeship program and who must receive a wage or compensation while engaged in the program. (2) "Apprentice monthly report" mean... |
18.16.030 | Director—Powers and duties.(Effective until March 1, 2026.) | In addition to any other duties imposed by law, including RCW 18.235.030 and 18.235.040 , the director shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To set all license, examination, and renewal fees in accordance with RCW 43.24.086 ; (2) To adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter; (3) To prepare and administe... |
18.16.050 | Advisory board—Members—Compensation. | (1) There is created a state cosmetology, hair design, barbering, esthetics, and manicuring advisory board consisting of a maximum of ten members appointed by the director. These members of the board shall include: A representative of private schools licensed under this chapter; a representative from an approved appren... |
18.16.060 | License required—Penalty—Exemptions. | (1) It is unlawful for any person to engage in a practice listed in subsection (2) of this section unless the person has a license in good standing as required by this chapter. A license issued under this chapter shall be considered to be "in good standing" except when: (a) The license has expired or has been canceled ... |
18.16.070 | Licensing—Persons to whom chapter inapplicable. | This chapter shall not apply to persons licensed under other laws of this state who are performing services within their authorized scope of practice and shall not be construed to require a license for students enrolled in a school or an apprentice engaged in a state-approved apprenticeship program as defined in RCW 18... |
18.16.080 | Licensing—Other persons to whom chapter inapplicable. | Nothing in this chapter prohibits any person authorized under the laws of this state from performing any service for which the person may be licensed, nor prohibits any person from performing services as an electrologist if that person has been otherwise certified, registered, or trained as an electrologist. This chapt... |
18.16.090 | Examinations. | Examinations for licensure under this chapter shall be conducted at such times and places as the director determines appropriate. Examinations shall consist of tests designed to reasonably measure the applicant's knowledge of safe and sanitary practices and may also include the applicant's knowledge of this chapter and... |
18.16.100 | Issuance of licenses—Requirements. | (1) Upon completion of an application approved by the department and payment of the proper fee, the director shall issue the appropriate license to any person who: (a) Is at least seventeen years of age or older; (b)(i) Has completed and graduated from a school licensed under this chapter in a curriculum approved by th... |
18.16.110 | Issuance of licenses—Renewals—Reinstatement—Duplicates. | (1) The director shall issue the appropriate license to any applicant who meets the requirements as outlined in this chapter. (2) Except as provided in RCW 18.16.260 : (a) Failure to renew a license by its expiration date subjects the holder to a penalty fee and payment of each year's renewal fee, at the current rate; ... |
18.16.130 | Issuance of licenses—Persons licensed in other jurisdictions. | (1) Any person who is properly licensed in any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or foreign country shall be eligible for examination if the applicant submits the approved application and fee and provides proof to the director that he or she is currently licensed in good standing as a cosmetologist,... |
18.16.135 | Issuance of licenses—Revenues—Costs.(Effective June 1, 2028.) | In administering and managing Washington single-state cosmetology licenses in accordance with chapter 18.16 RCW and multistate licenses under the cosmetology licensure compact as described in RCW 18.16.400 , the department shall track and manage revenues and costs generated by each license separately. For purposes of R... |
18.16.140 | School licenses—Application—Approved security—Issuance—Changes in application information—Changes in controlling interest—Posting of licenses. | (1) Any person wishing to operate a school shall, before opening such a school, pay the license fee and file with the director for approval a license application containing the following information: (a) The names and addresses of all owners, managers, and instructors; (b) A copy of the school's curriculum satisfying t... |
18.16.150 | Schools—Compliance with chapter. | Schools shall be audited and inspected by the director or the director's designee for compliance with this chapter at least once a year. If the director determines that a licensed school is not maintaining the standards required according to this chapter, written notice thereof shall be given to the school. A school wh... |
18.16.160 | Schools—Claims against—Procedure. | In addition to any other legal remedy, any student or instructor-trainee having a claim against a school may bring suit upon the approved security required in RCW 18.16.140 (1)(d) in the superior or district court of Thurston county or the county in which the educational services were offered by the school. Action upon... |
18.16.170 | Expiration of licenses. | (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, licenses issued under this chapter expire as follows: (a) A salon/shop, personal services, or mobile unit license expires one year from issuance or when the insurance required by RCW 18.16.175 (1)(g) expires, whichever occurs first; (b) A school license expires one year fr... |
18.16.175 | Salon/shop or mobile unit requirements—Liability insurance—Complaints—Inspection—Registration—Use of motor homes—Posting of licenses. | (1) A salon/shop or mobile unit shall meet the following minimum requirements: (a) Maintain an outside entrance separate from any rooms used for sleeping or residential purposes; (b) Provide and maintain for the use of its customers adequate toilet facilities located within or adjacent to the salon/shop or mobile unit;... |
18.16.180 | Salon/shop—Apprenticeship shop—Notice required. | (1) The director shall prepare and provide to all licensed salons/shops a notice to consumers. At a minimum, the notice shall state that cosmetology, hair design, barber, esthetics, master esthetics, and manicure salons/shops are required to be licensed, that salons/shops are required to maintain minimum safety and san... |
18.16.190 | Location of practice—Penalty—Placebound clients. | It is a violation of this chapter for any person to engage in the commercial practice of cosmetology, hair design, barbering, esthetics, master esthetics, or manicuring, except in a licensed salon/shop or the home, office, or other location selected by the client for obtaining the services of a personal service operato... |
18.16.200 | Disciplinary action—Grounds. | In addition to the unprofessional conduct described in RCW 18.235.130 , the director may take disciplinary action against any applicant or licensee under this chapter if the licensee or applicant: (1) Has been found to have violated any provisions of chapter 19.86 RCW; (2) Has engaged in a practice prohibited under RCW... |
18.16.210 | Violations—Penalties. | If, following a hearing, the director finds that any person or an applicant or licensee has violated any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted under it, the director may impose one or more of the following penalties: (1) Denial of a license or renewal; (2) Revocation or suspension of a license; (3) A fine of no... |
18.16.220 | Appeal—Procedure. | Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the director to issue any license provided for in this chapter, or to renew the same, or by the revocation or suspension of any license issued under this chapter or by the application of any penalty under RCW 18.16.210 , shall have the right to appeal the decision of the director ... |
18.16.240 | License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance. | The department shall immediately suspend the license of a person who has been certified pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320 by the department of social and health services as a person who is not in compliance with a support order. If the person has continued to meet all other requirements for reinstatement during the suspension... |
18.16.250 | Finding—Consumer protection act. | The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. A violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business and is an unfair or dec... |
18.16.260 | License renewal—Fee—Examination—Fee.(Effective until June 30, 2027.) | (1)(a) Prior to July 1, 2005, (i) a cosmetology licensee who held a license in good standing between June 30, 1999, and June 30, 2003, may request a renewal of the license or an additional license in barbering, manicuring, and/or esthetics; and (ii) a licensee who held a barber, manicurist, or esthetics license between... |
18.16.270 | Uniform regulation of business and professions act. | The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter.
[ 2002 c 86 s 218 .]
Effective dates — 2002 c 86: See note following RCW 18.08.340 .
Part headings not law — Severability — 20... |
18.16.280 | Cosmetology apprenticeship program. | (1) An approved cosmetology apprenticeship program is hereby created. The apprenticeship program allows for the direct entry of individuals into a training program approved as provided in this chapter and chapter 49.04 RCW. (2) The department of licensing shall adopt rules, including a mandatory requirement that appren... |
18.16.290 | License—Inactive status. | (1) If the holder of an individual license in good standing submits a written and notarized request that the licensee's cosmetology, hair design, barber, manicurist, esthetician and master esthetician, or instructor license be placed on inactive status, together with a fee equivalent to that established by rule for a d... |
18.16.300 | Military training or experience. | An applicant with military training or experience satisfies the training or experience requirements of this chapter unless the director determines that the military training or experience is not substantially equivalent to the standards of this state.
[ 2011 c 351 s 3 .] |
18.16.305 | Recognition as institution of postsecondary study. | Schools shall be recognized as institutions of postsecondary study under the following conditions: (1) The school admits as regular students only those individuals who have earned a recognized high school diploma or the equivalent of a recognized high school diploma, or who are beyond the age of compulsory education as... |
18.16.310 | Department of licensing tuition recovery trust fund. | (1)(a) For the purpose of providing relief to students impacted by the voluntary or involuntary closure of schools regulated under this chapter, the director shall establish, maintain, and administer a department of licensing tuition recovery trust fund created in RCW 18.16.320 . The department of licensing tuition rec... |
18.16.320 | Department of licensing tuition recovery trust fund—State treasurer. | The department of licensing tuition recovery trust fund is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from each school owner under RCW 18.16.310 must be deposited into the fund. Expenditures from the fund may be used only for the purposes in RCW 18.16.310 . Only the director or the director's designee ... |
18.16.400 | Cosmetology licensure compact.(Effective June 1, 2028.) | ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE The purpose of this compact is to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of cosmetology with the goal of improving public access to, and the safety of, cosmetology services and reducing unnecessary burdens related to cosmetology licensure. Through this compact, the member states seek to est... |
18.16.410 | Cosmetology licensure compact—Adoption—Applicability.(Effective June 1, 2028.) | (1) By enacting the cosmetology licensure compact in RCW 18.16.400 , Washington state hereby adopts the compact as of June 1, 2028. (2) This compact only applies to multistate licenses for the practice of cosmetology as defined in RCW 18.16.020 .
[ 2025 c 238 s 4 .]
Effective date — 2025 c 238: See note following RCW 1... |
18.16.900 | Short title. | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Washington cosmetologists, hair designers, barbers, manicurists, and estheticians act."
[ 2015 c 62 s 12 ; 2002 c 111 s 17 ; 1984 c 208 s 20 .]
Effective date — 2002 c 111: See note following RCW 18.16.010 . |
18.16.907 | Effective date—1984 c 208. | This act shall take effect July 1, 1984.
[ 1984 c 208 s 23 .] |
18.17.005 | Purpose. | The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of licensed professional counselors with the goal of improving public access to professional counseling services. The practice of professional counseling occurs in the state where the client is located at the time of the counseling services. The compact p... |
18.17.010 | Definitions. | As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Active duty military" means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. chapters 1209 and... |
18.17.020 | State participation in compact. | (1) To participate in the compact, a state must currently: (a) License and regulate licensed professional counselors; (b) Require licensees to pass a nationally recognized exam approved by the commission; (c) Require licensees to have a 60 semester-hour (or 90 quarter-hour) master's degree in counseling or 60 semester-... |
18.17.030 | Privilege to practice. | (1) To exercise the privilege to practice under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall: (a) Hold a license in the home state; (b) Have a valid United States social security number or national practitioner identifier; (c) Be eligible for a privilege to practice in any member state in accordance with... |
18.17.040 | Obtaining a new home state license based on a privilege to practice. | (1) A licensed professional counselor may hold a home state license, which allows for a privilege to practice in other member states, in only one member state at a time. (2) If a licensed professional counselor changes primary state of residence by moving between two member states: (a) The licensed professional counsel... |
18.17.050 | Active duty military personnel or their spouses. | Active duty military personnel, or their spouse, shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty. Subsequent to designating a home state, the individual shall only change... |
18.17.060 | Compact privilege to practice telehealth. | (1) Member states shall recognize the right of a licensed professional counselor, licensed by a home state in accordance with RCW 18.17.020 and under rules promulgated by the commission, to practice professional counseling in any member state via telehealth under a privilege to practice as provided in the compact and r... |
18.17.070 | Adverse actions. | (1) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to: (a) Take adverse action against a licensed professional counselor's privilege to practice within that member state; and (b) Issue subpoenas for both hearings and in... |
18.17.080 | Counseling compact commission—Establishment. | (1) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the counseling compact commission: (a) The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states. (b) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall be brought solely and exclusively in a court of comp... |
18.17.090 | Data system. | (1) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and investigative information on all licensed individuals in member states. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the contr... |
18.17.100 | Rule making. | (1) The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purpose of the compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the commission exercises its rule-making authority in a manner that is beyond the scope of the purposes of the compact, or the powers granted hereu... |
18.17.110 | Oversight—Dispute resolution—Enforcement. | (1) Oversight. (a) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact's purposes and intent. The provisions of this compact and the rules promulgated hereunder shall have standing ... |
18.17.120 | Date of implementation of the counseling compact commission and associated rules, withdrawal, and amendment. | (1) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the 10th member state. The provisions, which become effective at that time, shall be limited to the powers granted to the commission relating to assembly and the promulgation of rules. Thereafter, the commission shall... |
18.17.130 | Construction—Severability. | This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the Constitution of any member state or of the United States or the applicability thereof ... |
18.17.140 | Binding effect of compact and other laws. | (1) A licensee providing professional counseling services in a remote state under the privilege to practice shall adhere to the laws and regulations, including scope of practice, of the remote state. (2) Nothing herein prevents enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact. (3... |
18.19.010 | Legislative findings—Insurance benefits not mandated. | The qualifications and practices of counselors in this state are virtually unknown to potential clients. Beyond the regulated practices of psychiatry and psychology, there are a considerable variety of disciplines, theories, and techniques employed by other counselors under a number of differing titles. The legislature... |
18.19.020 | Definitions.(Effective until January 1, 2028.) | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Agency" means (a) an agency or facility operated, licensed, or certified by the state of Washington; (b) a federally recognized Indian tribe located within the state; or (c) a county. (2) "Agency affiliated... |
18.19.030 | Credential required—Counselors. | A person may not, as a part of his or her position as an employee of a state agency, practice counseling without being registered, certified, or licensed to practice as an agency affiliated counselor by the department under this chapter unless exempt under RCW 18.19.040 .
[ 2023 c 425 s 14 ; 2008 c 135 s 2 ; 2001 c 251... |
18.19.031 | Registered counselor credentials—Limitation on issuance. | The department of health may not issue any new registered counselor credentials after July 1, 2009.
[ 2008 c 135 s 22 .] |
18.19.035 | Registration required—Hypnotherapists. | A person may not, for a fee or as a part of his or her position as an employee of a state agency, practice hypnotherapy without being registered to practice as a hypnotherapist by the department under this chapter unless exempt under RCW 18.19.040 .
[ 2008 c 135 s 3 .] |
18.19.040 | Exemptions. | Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prohibit or restrict: (1) The practice of a profession by a person who is either registered, certified, licensed, or similarly regulated under the laws of this state and who is performing services within the person's authorized scope of practice, including any attorney admitt... |
18.19.050 | Powers of secretary—Application of uniform disciplinary act—Public education program. | (1) In addition to any other authority provided by law, the secretary has the following authority: (a) To adopt rules, in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW, necessary to implement this chapter; (b) To set all registration, certification, and renewal fees in accordance with RCW 43.70.250 and to collect and deposit all s... |
18.19.060 | Information disclosure to clients. | Certified counselors and certified advisers shall provide clients at the commencement of any program of treatment with accurate disclosure information concerning their practice, in accordance with guidelines developed by the department, that will inform clients of the purposes of and resources available under this chap... |
18.19.080 | Official records. | The secretary shall keep an official record of all proceedings, a part of which record shall consist of a register of all applicants for registration under this chapter, with the result of each application.
[ 2001 c 251 s 23 ; 1991 c 3 s 23 ; 1987 c 512 s 8 .]
Severability — 2001 c 251: See RCW 18.225.900 . |
18.19.090 | Application for credentials—Contents—Form—Requirements—Exemptions. | (1) Application for agency affiliated counselor, certified counselor, certified adviser, or hypnotherapist must be made on forms approved by the secretary. The secretary may require information necessary to determine whether applicants meet the qualifications for the credential and whether there are any grounds for den... |
18.19.095 | Agency affiliated counselor practicing as peer counselor—No automatic denial of applicant with past conviction for certain offenses—Conditions. | The department may not automatically deny an applicant for an agency affiliated counselor credential who is practicing as a peer counselor in an agency or facility based on a conviction history consisting of convictions for simple assault, assault in the fourth degree, prostitution, theft in the third degree, theft in ... |
18.19.100 | Renewal of credentials. | The secretary shall establish administrative procedures, administrative requirements, continuing education, and fees for renewal of credentials as provided in RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280 . When establishing continuing education requirements for agency affiliated counselors, the secretary shall consult with the appropri... |
18.19.180 | Confidential communications. | An individual credentialed under this chapter shall not disclose the written acknowledgment of the disclosure statement pursuant to RCW 18.19.060 nor any information acquired from persons consulting the individual in a professional capacity when that information was necessary to enable the individual to render professi... |
18.19.190 | Other professions not affected. | This chapter shall not be construed as permitting the administration or prescription of drugs or in any way infringing upon the practice of medicine and surgery as defined in chapter 18.71 RCW, or in any way infringing upon the practice of psychology as defined in chapter 18.83 RCW, or restricting the scope of the prac... |
18.19.200 | Scope of practice—Certified counselors and certified advisers. | The scope of practice of certified counselors and certified advisers consists exclusively of the following: (1) Appropriate screening of the client's level of functional impairment using the global assessment of functioning as described in the fourth edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders,... |
18.19.210 | Agency affiliated counselors—Employment status—Duty to notify department. | (1)(a) An applicant for an agency affiliated counselor credential who applies to the department within thirty days of employment by an agency may work as an agency affiliated counselor while the application is processed. The applicant must provide required documentation within reasonable time limits established by the ... |
18.19.215 | Scope of practice—Agency affiliated counselors. | The scope of practice of registered, certified, and licensed agency affiliated counselors consists exclusively of the following: (1) Counseling as defined under RCW 18.19.020 ; (2) A certified agency affiliated counselor may conduct mental health assessments and make mental health diagnoses which shall be reviewed by a... |
18.19.220 | Certified counselors and hypnotherapist advisory committee. | The Washington state-certified counselors and hypnotherapist advisory committee is established. (1) The committee is comprised of seven members. Two committee members must be certified counselors or certified advisers. Two committee members must be hypnotherapists. Three committee members must be consumers and represen... |
18.19.900 | Short title. | This chapter shall be known as the omnibus credentialing act for counselors.
[ 1987 c 512 s 20 .] |
18.19.902 | Registered counselor credential abolished. | To practice counseling, all registered counselors must obtain another health profession credential by July 1, 2010. The registered counselor credential is abolished July 1, 2010.
[ 2008 c 135 s 20 .] |
18.20.010 | Purpose. | The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the development, establishment, and enforcement of standards for the maintenance and operation of assisted living facilities, which, in the light of advancing knowledge, will promote safe and adequate care of the individuals therein. It is further the intent of the legislat... |
18.20.020 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Adult day services" means care and services provided to a nonresident individual by the assisted living facility on the assisted living facility premises, for a period of time not to exceed ten continuous h... |
18.20.030 | License required. | (1) After January 1, 1958, no person shall operate or maintain an assisted living facility as defined in this chapter within this state without a license under this chapter. (2) An assisted living facility license is not required for the housing, or services, that are customarily provided under landlord-tenant agreemen... |
18.20.040 | Application for license. | An application for a license shall be made to the department upon forms provided by the department and shall contain such information as the department reasonably requires, which shall include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with such rules as are lawfully adopted by the department.
[ 2000 c 47 s 2 ; 1957 c 2... |
18.20.050 | Licenses—Issuance—Renewal—Provisional licenses—Fees—Display—Surrender, relinquishment—Change in licensee—Refusal of renewal, when—Copy of decision. | (1)(a) Upon receipt of an application for license, if the applicant and the facilities of the assisted living facility meet the requirements established under this chapter, the department may issue a license. If there is a failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter, th... |
18.20.090 | Rules, regulations, and standards. | The department shall adopt, amend, and promulgate such rules, regulations, and standards with respect to all assisted living facilities and operators thereof to be licensed hereunder as may be designed to further the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter in promoting safe and adequate care of individuals in as... |
18.20.095 | Resident contact information—Department requirements and duties. | (1) The department shall require each assisted living facility to: (a) Create and regularly maintain a current resident roster containing the name and room number of each resident and provide a written copy immediately upon an in-person request from any long-term care ombuds; (b) Create and regularly maintain current, ... |
18.20.110 | Inspection of assisted living facilities—Approval of changes or new facilities. | (1) The department shall make or cause to be made, at least every eighteen months with an annual average of fifteen months, an inspection and investigation of all assisted living facilities. However, the department may delay an inspection to twenty-four months if the assisted living facility has had three consecutive i... |
18.20.115 | Quality improvement consultation program—Principles. | The department shall, within available funding for this purpose, develop and make available to assisted living facilities a quality improvement consultation program using the following principles: (1) The system shall be resident-centered and promote privacy, independence, dignity, choice, and a home or home-like envir... |
18.20.125 | Inspections—Enforcement remedies—Screening—Limitations on unsupervised access to vulnerable adults. | (1) Inspections must be outcome based and responsive to resident complaints and based on a clear set of health, quality of care, and safety standards that are easily understandable and have been made available to facilities, residents, and other interested parties. This includes that when conducting licensing inspectio... |
18.20.126 | Screening—Certificates of parental improvement. | Assisted living facilities, as defined in this chapter, may not automatically deny a prospective volunteer or employee solely because of a founded finding of child abuse or neglect involving the individual revealed in the record check or a court finding or a court finding that the individual's child was dependent as a ... |
18.20.130 | Fire protection—Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol. | Standards for fire protection and the enforcement thereof, with respect to all assisted living facilities to be licensed hereunder, shall be the responsibility of the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, who shall adopt such recognized standards as may be applicable to assisted... |
18.20.140 | Operating without license—Penalty. | Any person operating or maintaining any assisted living facility without a license under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and each day of a continuing violation shall be considered a separate offense.
[ 2012 c 10 s 9 ; 1957 c 253 s 14 .]
Application — 2012 c 10: See note following RCW 18.20.010 . |
18.20.150 | Operating without license—Injunction. | Notwithstanding the existence or use of any other remedy, the department, may, in the manner provided by law, upon the advice of the attorney general who shall represent the department in the proceedings, maintain an action in the name of the state for an injunction or other process against any person to restrain or pr... |
18.20.160 | Persons requiring medical or nursing care. | No person operating an assisted living facility licensed under this chapter shall admit to or retain in the assisted living facility any aged person requiring nursing or medical care of a type provided by institutions licensed under chapters 18.51 , 70.41 or 71.12 RCW, except that when registered nurses are available, ... |
18.20.170 | Facilities operated by religious organizations. | Nothing in this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto shall be construed as authorizing the supervision, regulation, or control of the remedial care or treatment of residents in any assisted living facility conducted for those who rely upon treatment by prayer or spiritual means in accordance wi... |
18.20.180 | Resident rights. | RCW 70.129.005 through 70.129.030 , 70.129.040 , and 70.129.050 through 70.129.170 apply to this chapter and persons regulated under this chapter.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 3 s 303 ; 1994 c 214 s 21 .]
Finding — Intent — 2011 1st sp.s. c 3: See note following RCW 70.128.005 .
Conflict with federal requirements — 1994 c 214: S... |
18.20.184 | Communication system—Telephones and other equipment. | (1) Each assisted living facility shall be responsive to incoming communications and respond within a reasonable time to phone and electronic messages. (2) Each assisted living facility must have a communication system, including a sufficient quantity of working telephones and other communication equipment, to ensure t... |
18.20.185 | Complaints—Toll-free telephone number—Investigation and referral—Rules—Retaliation prohibited. | (1) The department shall establish and maintain a toll-free telephone number for receiving complaints regarding a facility that the department licenses. (2) All facilities that are licensed under this chapter shall post in a place and manner clearly visible to residents and visitors the department's toll-free complaint... |
18.20.190 | Department response to noncompliance or violations. | (1) The department of social and health services is authorized to take one or more of the actions listed in subsection (2) of this section in any case in which the department finds that an assisted living facility provider has: (a) Failed or refused to comply with the requirements of this chapter or the rules adopted u... |
18.20.195 | Disputed violations, enforcement remedies—Informal dispute resolution process. | (1) The licensee or its designee has the right to an informal dispute resolution process to dispute any violation found or enforcement remedy imposed by the department during a licensing inspection or complaint investigation. The purpose of the informal dispute resolution process is to provide an opportunity for an exc... |
18.20.210 | License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance. | The department shall immediately suspend the license of a person who has been certified pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320 by the department of social and health services as a person who is not in compliance with a support order or a *residential or visitation order. If the person has continued to meet all other requirements f... |
18.20.220 | Residential care contracted services, conversion to—Requirements. | For the purpose of encouraging a nursing home licensed under chapter 18.51 RCW to convert a portion or all of its licensed bed capacity to provide enhanced adult residential care contracted services under chapter 74.39A RCW, the department shall: (1) Find the nursing home to be in satisfactory compliance with RCW 18.20... |
18.20.230 | Training standards review—Proposed enhancements. | (1) The department of social and health services shall review, in coordination with the department of health, the state board of nursing, adult family home providers, assisted living facility providers, in-home personal care providers, and long-term care consumers and advocates, training standards for administrators an... |
18.20.250 | Federal funding programs, opportunities—Secretary's duty to comply. | The secretary may adopt rules and policies as necessary to entitle the state to participate in federal funding programs and opportunities and to facilitate state and federal cooperation in programs under the department's jurisdiction. The secretary shall ensure that any internal reorganization carried out under the ter... |
18.20.270 | Long-term caregiver training. | (1) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (a) "Caregiver" includes any person who provides residents with hands-on personal care on behalf of an assisted living facility, except volunteers who are directly supervised. (b) "Direct supervision" mea... |
18.20.280 | General responsibility for each resident. | (1) The assisted living facility must assume general responsibility for each resident and must promote each resident's health, safety, and well-being consistent with the resident negotiated care plan. (2) The assisted living facility is not required to supervise the activities of a person providing care or services to ... |
18.20.290 | Holding a medicaid eligible resident's room or unit—Payment rates. | (1) When an assisted living facility contracts with the department to provide adult residential care services, enhanced adult residential care services, or assisted living services under chapter 74.39A RCW, the assisted living facility must hold a medicaid eligible resident's room or unit when short-term care is needed... |
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