Washington Statutes
§ 70.41.170 — Operating or maintaining unlicensed hospital or unapproved tertiary health service—Penalty.
Washington § 70.41.170
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Wash. Rev. Code § 70.41.170 (2026).
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Any person operating or maintaining a hospital without a license under this chapter, or, after June 30, 1989, initiating a tertiary health service as defined in *RCW 70.38.025 (14) that is not approved under RCW 70.38.105 and 70.38.115 , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each day of operation of an unlicensed hospital or unapproved tertiary health service, shall constitute a separate offense.
*Reviser's note: RCW 70.38.025 was alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015 (2)(k), changing subsection (14) to subsection (15).
Effective date — Severability — 1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920 .
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§ 70.38.025
Washington § 70.38.025
§ 70.38.105
Washington § 70.38.105
§ 1.08.015
Washington § 1.08.015
§ 43.70.910
Washington § 43.70.910
Legislative History
[1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 612;1955 c 267 s 17.]
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