Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 18 Businesses And Professions - Chapter 18.79 Nursing Care

  • 18.79.010 Purpose
    It is the purpose of the nursing care quality assurance commission to regulate the competency and quality of professional health care providers under its jurisdiction ...
  • 18.79.020 Definitions
    Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Commission" means the ...
  • 18.79.030 Licenses required -- Titles
    (1) It is unlawful for a person to practice or to offer to practice as a registered nurse in this state unless that person has ...
  • 18.79.040 "Registered nursing practice" defined -- Exceptions
    (1) "Registered nursing practice" means the performance of acts requiring substantial specialized knowledge, judgment, and skill based on the principles of the biological, physiological, behavioral, ...
  • 18.79.050 "Advanced registered nursing practice" defined -- Exceptions
    "Advanced registered nursing practice" means the performance of the acts of a registered nurse and the performance of an expanded role in providing health care ...
  • 18.79.060 "Licensed practical nursing practice" defined -- Exceptions
    "Licensed practical nursing practice" means the performance of services requiring the knowledge, skill, and judgment necessary for carrying out selected aspects of the designated nursing ...
  • 18.79.070 Commission established -- Membership -- Qualifications
    (1) The state nursing care quality assurance commission is established, consisting of fifteen members to be appointed by the governor to four-year terms. The governor ...
  • 18.79.080 Commission -- Order of removal -- Vacancy
    The governor may remove a member of the commission for neglect of duty, misconduct, malfeasance or misfeasance in office, or for incompetency or unprofessional conduct ...
  • 18.79.090 Commission -- Compensation
    Each commission member shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.265 and shall be paid travel expenses when away from home in accordance with RCW ...
  • 18.79.100 Commission -- Officers -- Meetings
    The commission shall annually elect officers from among its members. The commission shall meet at least quarterly at times and places it designates. It shall ...
  • 18.79.110 Commission -- Duties and powers -- Rules -- Successor to boards
    The commission shall keep a record of all of its proceedings and make such reports to the governor as may be required. The commission shall ...
  • 18.79.120 Application of Uniform Disciplinary Act
    The Uniform Disciplinary Act, chapter 18.130 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter.[1994 sp.s. ...
  • 18.79.130 Executive director -- Staff
    Except as provided in RCW 18.79.390 for the duration of the pilot project, the secretary shall appoint, after consultation with the commission, an executive director ...
  • 18.79.140 Executive director -- Qualifications
    The executive director must be a graduate of an approved nursing education program and of a college or university, with a masters' degree, and currently ...
  • 18.79.150 Schools and programs -- Requirements -- Approval
    An institution desiring to conduct a school of registered nursing or a school or program of practical nursing, or both, shall apply to the commission ...
  • 18.79.160 Applicants -- Required documentation -- Criteria -- Rules
    (1) An applicant for a license to practice as a registered nurse shall submit to the commission: (a) An attested written application on a department ...
  • 18.79.170 Examination -- Rules
    An applicant for a license to practice as a registered nurse, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or licensed practical nurse must pass an examination in subjects ...
  • 18.79.180 Interim permits -- License -- Expiration upon failure
    When authorized by the commission, the department shall issue an interim permit authorizing the applicant to practice registered nursing, advanced registered nursing, or licensed practical ...
  • 18.79.190 Reciprocity -- Foreign programs -- Examination
    Upon approval of the application by the commission, the department shall issue a license by endorsement without examination to practice as a registered nurse or ...
  • 18.79.200 License procedures, requirements, fees
    An applicant for a license to practice as a registered nurse, advanced registered nurse practitioner, or licensed practical nurse shall comply with administrative procedures, administrative ...
  • 18.79.202 License fee surcharge--Use of proceeds--Nursing resource center account--Report to the legislature--Review--Rules
    (1) In addition to the licensing fee for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses licensed under this chapter, the department shall impose an additional surcharge ...
  • 18.79.2021 Repealer
    The following acts or parts of acts, as now existing or hereafter amended, are each repealed, effective June 30, 2013: (1) Section 1, chapter 268, ...
  • 18.79.210 License renewal -- Procedures, requirements, fees
    A license issued under this chapter must be renewed, except as provided in this chapter. The licensee shall comply with administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and ...
  • 18.79.230 Temporary retirement -- Renewal -- Fee -- Qualification
    A person licensed under this chapter who desires to retire temporarily from registered nursing practice, advanced registered nursing practice, or licensed practical nursing practice in ...
  • 18.79.240 Construction
    (1) In the context of the definition of registered nursing practice and advanced registered nursing practice, this chapter shall not be construed as: (a) Prohibiting ...
  • 18.79.250 Advanced registered nurse practitioner -- Activities allowed
    An advanced registered nurse practitioner under his or her license may perform for compensation nursing care, as that term is usually understood, of the ill, ...
  • 18.79.260 Registered nurse -- Activities allowed -- Delegation of tasks
    (1) A registered nurse under his or her license may perform for compensation nursing care, as that term is usually understood, to individuals with illnesses, ...
  • 18.79.270 Licensed practical nurse -- Activities allowed
    A licensed practical nurse under his or her license may perform nursing care, as that term is usually understood, of the ill, injured, or infirm, ...
  • 18.79.280 Medication, tests, treatments allowed
    It is not a violation of chapter 18.71 RCW or of chapter 18.57 RCW for a registered nurse, at or under the general direction of ...
  • 18.79.290 Catheterization of students -- Rules
    (1) In accordance with rules adopted by the commission, public school districts and private schools that offer classes for any of grades kindergarten through twelve ...
  • 18.79.300 Department -- Rules for administration
    The department, subject to chapter 34.05 RCW, the Washington Administrative Procedure Act, may adopt such reasonable rules as may be necessary to carry out the ...
  • 18.79.310 Rules, regulations, decisions of previous boards -- Effect
    As of July 1, 1994, all rules, regulations, decisions, and orders of the board of nursing under *chapter 18.88 RCW or the board of practical ...
  • 18.79.330 Finding
    The legislature finds a need to provide additional work-related opportunities for nursing students. Nursing students enrolled in bachelor of science programs or associate degree programs, ...
  • 18.79.340 Nursing technicians
    (1) "Nursing technician" means a nursing student employed in a hospital licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW or a nursing home licensed under chapter 18.51 RCW, ...
  • 18.79.350 Nursing technicians -- Nursing functions
    (1) Nursing technicians are authorized to perform specific nursing functions within the limits of their education, up to their skill and knowledge, but they may ...
  • 18.79.360 Applications for registration as a nursing technician -- Fee
    (1) Applications for registration must be submitted on forms provided by the secretary. The secretary may require any information and documentation that reasonably relates to ...
  • 18.79.370 Nursing technicians -- Registration renewal
    The secretary shall establish by rule the procedural requirements and fees for renewal of the registration. Failure to renew invalidates the registration and all privileges ...
  • 18.79.380 Licensed practical nurse/nontraditional registered nurse program--Obtaining required clinical experience
    A licensed practical nurse with an active license who has completed the coursework of a nontraditional registered nurse program approved by the commission can obtain ...
  • 18.79.390 Pilot project -- Commission -- Authority over budget
    (1) The commission shall conduct a pilot project to evaluate the effect of granting the commission additional authority over budget development, spending, and staffing. The ...
  • 18.79.900 Severability -- 1994 sp.s. c 9
    If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...
  • 18.79.901 Headings and captions not law -- 1994 sp.s. c 9
    Headings and captions used in this act constitute no part of the law.[1994 sp.s. c 9 § 905.] ...
  • 18.79.902 Effective date -- 1994 sp.s. c 9
    This act takes effect July 1, 1994.[1994 sp.s. c 9 § 906.] ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009