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Wash. Rev. Code § 70.41.030 (2026)

Standards and rules

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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.
[ 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.]

Notes:

Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.
Savings—Effective date—1985 c 213: See notes following RCW 43.20.050.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1989–2024 · leading case: Andrews v. Burke, 779 P.2d 740 (Wash. Ct. App. 1989).
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Andrews v. Burke, 779 P.2d 740 (Wash. Ct. App. 1989). “Negligence Per Se Former RCW 70.41.030 requires the Department of Social and Health Services to adopt such minimum standards and regulations pertaining to the operation of hospitals "required for the safe and adequate care and treatment of patients.”
Est. of Cindy Essex v. Grant Cnty. Pub. Hosp. Dist. No. 1 (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). “” RCW 70.41.030. Pursuant to this authority, the Department of Health has adopted regulations requiring “hospital leaders” to “[p]rovide all patients access to safe and appropriate care.”
Est. of Essex v. Grant Cnty. Pub. Hosp. Dist. No. 1 (Wash. 2024). “RCW 70.41.030. The Department must amend or modify those rules as is necessary to maintain “standards of hospitalization required for the safe and adequate care and treatment of patients.”
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