Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 70 Public Health And Safety - Chapter 70.97 Enhanced Services Facilities

70.97.010 Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Antipsychotic medications" means that class of drugs primarily used ...

70.97.020 Advance directives
A facility shall honor an advance directive that was validly executed pursuant to chapter 70.122 RCW and a mental health advance directive that was validly ...

70.97.030 Admission criteria
A person, eighteen years old or older, may be admitted to an enhanced services facility if he or she meets the criteria in subsections (1) ...

70.97.040 Rights of residents
(1)(a) Every person who is a resident of an enhanced services facility shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this chapter, and ...

70.97.050 Right to refuse antipsychotic medication
A person who is gravely disabled or presents a likelihood of serious harm as a result of a mental or chemical dependency disorder or co-occurring ...

70.97.060 Capacity -- Security -- Licensing -- Application of state and local rules
(1)(a) The department shall not license an enhanced services facility that serves any residents under sixty-five years of age for a capacity to exceed sixteen ...

70.97.070 Comprehensive assessments -- Individualized treatment plan
(1) The enhanced services facility shall complete a comprehensive assessment for each resident within fourteen days of admission, and the assessments shall be repeated upon ...

70.97.080 Staffing levels -- Staff credentials and training -- Background checks
(1) An enhanced services facility must have sufficient numbers of staff with the appropriate credentials and training to provide residents with the appropriate care and ...

70.97.090 Facilities exempted
This chapter does not apply to the following residential facilities: (1) Nursing homes licensed under chapter 18.51 RCW; (2) Boarding homes licensed under chapter 18.20 ...

70.97.100 Licensing requirements -- Information available to public, residents, families
(1) The department shall establish licensing rules for enhanced services facilities to serve the populations defined in this chapter. (2) No person or public or ...

70.97.110 Enforcement authority -- Penalties, sanctions
(1) In any case in which the department finds that a licensee of a facility, or any partner, officer, director, owner of five percent or ...

70.97.120 Enforcement orders -- Hearings
(1) All orders of the department denying, suspending, or revoking the license or assessing a monetary penalty shall become final twenty days after the same ...

70.97.130 Unlicensed operation -- Application of consumer protection act
Operation of a facility without a license in violation of this chapter and discrimination against medicaid recipients is a matter vitally affecting the public interest ...

70.97.140 Unlicensed operation -- Criminal penalty
A person operating or maintaining a facility without a license under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and each day of a continuing violation ...

70.97.150 Unlicensed operation -- Injunction or other remedies
Notwithstanding the existence or use of any other remedy, the department may, in the manner provided by law, maintain an action in the name of ...

70.97.160 Inspections
(1) The department shall make or cause to be made at least one inspection of each facility prior to licensure and an unannounced full inspection ...

70.97.170 Persons eligible for admittance
The facility shall only admit individuals: (1) Who are over the age of eighteen; (2) Who meet the resident eligibility requirements described in RCW 70.97.030; ...

70.97.180 Services of qualified professional
If the facility does not employ a qualified professional able to furnish needed services, the facility must have a written contract with a qualified professional ...

70.97.190 Notice of change of ownership or management
At least sixty days before the effective date of any change of ownership, or change of management of a facility, the current operating entity must ...

70.97.200 Recordkeeping -- Compliance with state, federal regulations -- Health care information releases
The facility shall: (1) Maintain adequate resident records to enable the provision of necessary treatment, care, and services and to respond appropriately in emergency situations; ...

70.97.210 Standards for fire protection
(1) Standards for fire protection and the enforcement thereof, with respect to all facilities licensed under this chapter, are the responsibility of the chief of ...

70.97.220 Exemption from liability
No facility providing care and treatment for individuals placed in a facility, or agency licensing or placing residents in a facility, acting in the course ...

70.97.230 Rules for implementation of chapter
(1) The secretary shall adopt rules to implement this chapter. (2) Such rules shall at the minimum: (a) Promote safe treatment and necessary care of ...