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.] ...