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RCW 70.41.170

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.

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*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.