The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the development, establishment, and enforcement of standards for the maintenance and operation of nursing homes, which, in the light of advancing knowledge, will promote safe and adequate care and treatment of the individuals therein. An important secondary purpose is the improvement of nursing home practices by educational methods so that such practices eventually exceed the minimum requirements of the basic law and its original standards.
RCW 18.51.005
Purpose.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Donohoe v. State (2006)
Most recently applied in 135 Wash. App. 824 - Donohoe v. State (August 2006)
1951 c 117 s 1.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.