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NURSING CARE

  • RCW 18.79.010— Purpose.
  • RCW 18.79.020— Definitions.
  • RCW 18.79.030— Licenses required—Titles. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.040— "Registered nursing practice" defined—Exceptions. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.050— "Advanced registered nursing practice" defined—Exceptions. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.060— "Licensed practical nursing practice" defined—Exceptions. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.070— Board established—Membership—Qualifications (as amended by 2025 c 58). (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.080— Board—Order of removal—Vacancy.
  • RCW 18.79.090— Board—Compensation.
  • RCW 18.79.100— Board—Officers—Meetings.
  • RCW 18.79.110— Board—Duties and powers—Rules—Successor to boards. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.120— Application of Uniform Disciplinary Act.
  • RCW 18.79.140— Executive director—Qualifications.
  • RCW 18.79.150— Schools and programs—Requirements—Approval.
  • RCW 18.79.160— Applicants—Required documentation—Criteria—Rules. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.170— Examination—Rules. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.180— Interim permits—License—Expiration upon failure. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.190— Reciprocity—Foreign programs—Examination.
  • RCW 18.79.200— License procedures, requirements, fees. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.202— License fee surcharge—Use of proceeds—Nursing resource center account—Report to the legislature—Review—Rules.
  • RCW 18.79.210— License renewal—Procedures, requirements, fees.
  • RCW 18.79.230— Temporary retirement—Renewal—Fee—Qualification. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.240— Construction. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.250— Advanced registered nurse practitioner—Activities allowed. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.256— Advanced registered nurse practitioner—Scope of practice—Document attestation. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.260— Registered nurse—Activities allowed—Delegation of tasks. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.270— Licensed practical nurse—Activities allowed. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.280— Medication, tests, treatments allowed.
  • RCW 18.79.290— Catheterization of students—Rules. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.300— Department—Rules for administration.
  • RCW 18.79.310— Rules, regulations, decisions of previous boards—Effect.
  • RCW 18.79.330— Finding.
  • RCW 18.79.340— Nursing technicians.
  • RCW 18.79.350— Nursing technicians—Nursing functions.
  • RCW 18.79.360— Applications for registration as a nursing technician—Fee.
  • RCW 18.79.370— Nursing technicians—Registration renewal.
  • RCW 18.79.390— Secretary and board relationship.
  • RCW 18.79.400— Pain management rules—Criteria for new rules. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.410— Board—Information to legislature.
  • RCW 18.79.420— Down syndrome—Parent information.
  • RCW 18.79.430— Student nurse preceptor grant program—Report.
  • RCW 18.79.435— Rural workforce pilot projects. (Expires July 1, 2026.)
  • RCW 18.79.440— Public posting of enforcement actions restricted—Substance use disorder monitoring stipend program.
  • RCW 18.79.450— Multistate license.
  • RCW 18.79.460— Multistate license—Background checks.
  • RCW 18.79.470— Multistate license—Publication on website.
  • RCW 18.79.480— Multistate license—Rule making.
  • RCW 18.79.490— Nurse anesthetists grant program.
  • RCW 18.79.492— Nurse anesthetists workforce shortage report. (Expires June 30, 2030.)
  • RCW 18.79.800— Opioid drug prescribing rules—Adoption. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.810— Opioid drugs—Right to refuse. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)
  • RCW 18.79.900— Severability—1994 sp.s. c 9.
  • RCW 18.79.901— Headings and captions not law—1994 sp.s. c 9.
  • RCW 18.79.902— Effective date—1994 sp.s. c 9.