Department of Health
Senate Bill 6247 Imposes Penalties for Failure to Report Adverse Events
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Washington’s adverse health events and incident reporting system sets forth notification
and reporting obligations for certain medical facilities, including ambulatory surgical
facilities. When a medical facility confirms that an adverse event has occurred, it is
required to submit to the Washington State Department of Health (the “Department”) a
notification of the event within 48 hours…
WASCA Letter to DOH Regarding Proposed Office-Based Surgery Rules
Friday, January 8th, 2010Click here to read the letter.
Re: KING 5 TV – “Why no one’s watching cosmetic clinics”
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Dear Representative Cody and Senator Keiser:
The Washington Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (“WASCA”) desires to share with you the thoughts of its leadership on the tragic accident described in the KING 5 TV piece entitled “Why no one’s watching cosmetic clinics”. A copy of the piece is enclosed for your reference…
ASF licensure — “Frequently Asked Questions” from the Washington State Department of Health
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009Guidance in the form of “Frequently Asked Questions” from the Washington State Department of Health concerning the practitioner office exception from the ambulatory surgical facility licensure requirement.
WA State Department of Health
Thursday, June 4th, 2009The Healthcare Associated Infection program at the Department of Health is in the Division of Epidemiology Health Statistics and Public Health Laboratories. The ASC licensing program is in the Division of Health Systems Quality Assurance.