70.41.170 - Operating or maintaining unlicensed hospital or unapproved tertiary health service -- Penalty.

Operating or maintaining unlicensed hospital or unapproved tertiary health service — Penalty.

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.

[1989 1st ex.s. c 9 § 612; 1955 c 267 § 17.]

Notes: Effective date -- Severability -- 1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920.