Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
This section establishes the initial licensure and annual
renewal fees for private psychiatric hospitals licensed under chapter 71.12
RCW.
(1) Applicants and licensees
shall:
(a) Submit to the department an initial
licensure fee of four hundred ninety-five dollars for each bed space within the
licensed bed capacity of the hospital;
(b) Submit to the department an annual
renewal fee of four hundred ninety-five dollars for each bed space within the
licensed bed capacity of the hospital to the department;
(c) Include all bed spaces and rooms
complying with physical plant and movable equipment requirements of this
chapter for twenty-four-hour assigned patient rooms;
(d) Include bed spaces assigned for less than
twenty-four-hour patient use as part of the licensed bed capacity when:
(i) Physical plant requirements of this
chapter are met without movable equipment; and
(ii) The private psychiatric hospital
currently possesses the required movable equipment and certifies this fact to
the department.
(e)
Limit licensed bed spaces as required under chapter 70.38 RCW;
(f) Submit applications for bed additions to
the department for review and approval under chapter 70.38 RCW subsequent to
department establishment of the private psychiatric hospital's licensed bed
capacity;
(g) Set up
twenty-four-hour assigned patient beds only within the licensed bed capacity
approved by the department.
(2) Refunds. The department shall refund fees
paid by the applicant for initial licensure if:
(a) The department has received the
application but has not conducted an on-site survey or provided technical
assistance, the department will refund two-thirds of the fees paid, less a
fifty dollar processing fee.
(b)
The department has received the application and has conducted an on-site survey
or provided technical assistance, the department will refund one-third of the
fees paid, less a fifty dollar processing fee.
(c) The department will not refund fees if:
(i) The department has performed more than
one on-site visit for any purpose;
(ii) One year has elapsed since an initial
licensure application is received by the department, and the department has not
issued the license because the applicant has failed to complete requirements
for licensure; or
(iii) The amount
to be refunded as calculated by (a) or (b) of this subsection is ten dollars or
less.
Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.70.250. 07-17-174, § 246-322-990,
filed 8/22/07, effective 9/22/07; 05-18-073, § 246-322-990, filed 9/7/05,
effective 10/8/05. Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.70.250,
18.46.030,
43.70.110,
71.12.470. 04-19-141, §
246-322-990, filed 9/22/04, effective 10/23/04. Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.70.250 and
70.38.105(5).
03-22-020, § 246-322-990, filed 10/27/03, effective 11/27/03. Statutory
Authority:
RCW
43.70.250. 02-13-061, § 246-322-990,
filed 6/14/02, effective 7/15/02. Statutory Authority:
RCW
71.12.470,
43.70.110 and
43.70.250. 01-15-092, §
246-322-990, filed 7/18/01, effective 8/18/01. Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.70.250 and
43.20B.020. 99-24-060, §
246-322-990, filed 11/29/99, effective 12/30/99. Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.70.250,
43.70.110 and
43.20B.020. 95-12-097, §
246-322-990, filed 6/7/95, effective 7/8/95. Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.70.250. 92-12-028 (Order 273), §
246-322-990, filed 5/28/92, effective 6/28/92. Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.70.040. 91-02-050 (Order 122), §
246-322-990, filed 12/27/90, effective
1/31/91.
