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Chapter 18.79

Wash. Rev. Code ch. 18.79

Nursing care.

18.79.010Purpose.18.79.020Definitions.18.79.030Licenses required—Titles. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.040"Registered nursing practice" defined—Exceptions. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.050"Advanced registered nursing practice" defined—Exceptions. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.060"Licensed practical nursing practice" defined—Exceptions. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.070Board established—Membership—Qualifications (as amended by 2025 c 58). (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.080Board—Order of removal—Vacancy.18.79.090Board—Compensation.18.79.100Board—Officers—Meetings.18.79.110Board—Duties and powers—Rules—Successor to boards. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.120Application of Uniform Disciplinary Act.18.79.140Executive director—Qualifications.18.79.150Schools and programs—Requirements—Approval.18.79.160Applicants—Required documentation—Criteria—Rules. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.170Examination—Rules. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.180Interim permits—License—Expiration upon failure. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.190Reciprocity—Foreign programs—Examination.18.79.200License procedures, requirements, fees. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.202License fee surcharge—Use of proceeds—Nursing resource center account—Report to the legislature—Review—Rules.18.79.210License renewal—Procedures, requirements, fees.18.79.230Temporary retirement—Renewal—Fee—Qualification. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.240Construction. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.250Advanced registered nurse practitioner—Activities allowed. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.256Advanced registered nurse practitioner—Scope of practice—Document attestation. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.260Registered nurse—Activities allowed—Delegation of tasks. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.270Licensed practical nurse—Activities allowed. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.280Medication, tests, treatments allowed.18.79.290Catheterization of students—Rules. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.300Department—Rules for administration.18.79.310Rules, regulations, decisions of previous boards—Effect.18.79.330Finding.18.79.340Nursing technicians.18.79.350Nursing technicians—Nursing functions.18.79.360Applications for registration as a nursing technician—Fee.18.79.370Nursing technicians—Registration renewal.18.79.390Secretary and board relationship.18.79.400Pain management rules—Criteria for new rules. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.410Board—Information to legislature.18.79.420Down syndrome—Parent information.18.79.430Student nurse preceptor grant program—Report.18.79.435Rural workforce pilot projects. (Expires July 1, 2026.)18.79.440Public posting of enforcement actions restricted—Substance use disorder monitoring stipend program.18.79.450Multistate license.18.79.460Multistate license—Background checks.18.79.470Multistate license—Publication on website.18.79.480Multistate license—Rule making.18.79.490Nurse anesthetists grant program.18.79.492Nurse anesthetists workforce shortage report. (Expires June 30, 2030.)18.79.800Opioid drug prescribing rules—Adoption. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.810Opioid drugs—Right to refuse. (Effective until June 30, 2027.)18.79.900Severability—1994 sp.s. c 9.18.79.901Headings and captions not law—1994 sp.s. c 9.18.79.902Effective date—1994 sp.s. c 9.