The department shall establish and adopt such minimum standards and rules pertaining to the construction, maintenance, and operation of hospitals, and rescind, amend, or modify such rules from time to time, as are necessary in the public interest, and particularly for the establishment and maintenance of standards of hospitalization required for the safe and adequate care and treatment of patients. To the extent possible, the department shall endeavor to make such minimum standards and rules consistent in format and general content with the applicable hospital survey standards of the joint commission on the accreditation of health care organizations. The department shall adopt standards that are at least equal to recognized applicable national standards pertaining to medical gas piping systems.
RCW 70.41.030
Standards and rules.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 55 Wash. App. 622 - Andrews v. Burke (1989)
Most recently applied in 55 Wash. App. 622 - Andrews v. Burke (August 1989)
1995 c 282 s 1; 1989 c 175 s 127; 1985 c 213 s 17; 1971 ex.s. c 189 s 9; 1955 c 267 s 3.
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