Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 70.128.007 (2026)
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The purposes of this chapter are to:
(1) Encourage the establishment and maintenance of adult family homes that provide a humane, safe, and residential home environment for persons with functional limitations who need personal and special care;
(2) Establish standards for regulating adult family homes that adequately protect residents;
(3) Encourage consumers, families, providers, and the public to become active in assuring their full participation in development of adult family homes that provide high quality and cost-effective care;
(4) Provide for appropriate care of residents in adult family homes by requiring that each resident have a care plan that promotes the most appropriate level of physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being consistent with client choice; and
(5) Accord each resident the right to participate in the development of the care plan and in other major decisions involving the resident and their care.
Notes:
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective date—1995 1st sp.s. c 18: See notes following RCW 74.39A.030.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2021–2025 · leading case: Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London Subscribing to Policy No. WN144245 v. The Vision AFH LLC (W.D. Wash. 2021).
Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London Subscribing to Policy No. WN144245 v. The Vision AFH LLC (W.D. Wash. 2021). “RCW 70.128.007. 6 In support of the argument that the physical abuse exclusion violates public 7 policy, Nitschke points to WAC 388-76-10191.”
Nancy James, Et Ano. V. State Of Washington, Et Ano. (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). “RCW 70.128.007(1), (2). DSHS has broad authority when determining whether to issue a license, suspend or revoke a license, and take other licensing actions.”
Wash. Rev. Code § 70.128.007(1): 1 case
Nancy James, Et Ano. V. State Of Washington, Et Ano. (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). “RCW 70.128.007(1), (2). DSHS has broad authority when determining whether to issue a license, suspend or revoke a license, and take other licensing actions.”
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