Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
FACILITY STANDARDS AND LICENSING
Chapter 246-320 - Hospital licensing regulations
Section 246-320-031 - Criminal history, disclosure, and background inquiries - Department responsibility

Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 246-320-031

Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024

This section outlines the department's responsibilities to review and use criminal history, disclosure and background information.

(1) The department will:

(a) Review hospital records required under WAC 246-320-126;

(b) Investigate allegations of noncompliance by hospitals with RCW 43.43.830 through 43.43.842; and

(c) Use information collected under this section only to determine hospital licensure or relicensure eligibility under RCW 43.43.842.

(2) The department may require the hospital to complete additional disclosure statements or background inquiries, if the department believes offenses specified under RCW 43.43.830 have occurred since the previous disclosure statement or background inquiry, for any person having unsupervised access to children, vulnerable adults, and developmentally disabled adults.

Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.41 RCW and RCW 43.70.040. 09-07-050, § 246-320-031, filed 3/11/09, effective 4/11/09.

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