(1) The
department will deny issuing or renewing an agency's license or
certification(s), place an agency on probation, or suspend, or revoke an
agency's license or certification, for any of the following reasons:
(a) The agency fails to meet applicable
requirements in this chapter, chapters 71.24, 71.05, 71.34, and 71.12 RCW, or
RCW
41.05.750.
(b) The agency fails to cooperate or disrupts
department representatives during an on-site review or complaint
investigation.
(c) The agency fails
to assist the department in conducting individual interviews with either staff
members or individuals receiving services, or both.
(d) An agency owner, governing person of a
nonprofit corporation or agency administrator:
(i) Had any license or certification issued
by the department subsequently denied, suspended, revoked, or any other
sanction placed upon a license;
(ii) Was convicted of child abuse or
adjudicated as a perpetrator of a founded child protective services
report;
(iii) Was convicted of
abuse of a vulnerable adult or adjudicated as a perpetrator of substantiated
abuse of a vulnerable adult. A vulnerable adult means the same as defined in
RCW
74.34.020;
(iv) Obtained or attempted to obtain a health
provider license, certification, or registration by fraudulent means or
misrepresentation;
(v) Committed,
permitted, aided or abetted the committing of an illegal act or unprofessional
conduct as defined under
RCW
18.130.180;
(vi) Demonstrated cruelty, abuse, negligence,
misconduct, or indifference to the welfare of an individual or displayed acts
of discrimination;
(vii)
Misappropriated patient (individual) property or resources;
(viii) Failed to meet financial obligations
or contracted service commitments that affect care of individuals;
(ix) Has a history of noncompliance with
state or federal rules in an agency with which the applicant has been
affiliated;
(x) Knowingly, or with
reason to know, made a false statement of fact or failed to submit necessary
information in:
(A) The submitted application
or materials attached; or
(B) Any
matter under department investigation.
(xi) Refused to allow the department access
to view records, files, books, or portions of the premises relating to
operation of the program;
(xii)
Willfully interfered with the preservation of material information or attempted
to impede the work of an authorized department representative;
(xiii) Is currently debarred, suspended,
proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from
participating in transactions involving certain federal funds (this also
applies to any person or business entity named in the agency's application for
licensure or certification);
(xiv)
Does not meet background check requirements;
(xv) Fails to provide satisfactory
application materials; or
(xvi)
Advertises the agency as certified when licensing or certification has not been
granted, or has been revoked or canceled.
(e) The department determines there is
imminent risk to health and safety.
(f) The agency's licensure or certification
is in probationary status and the agency fails to correct the noted health and
safety deficiencies within the agreed-upon time frames.
