The department must perform criminal background checks for individual providers and prospective individual providers and ensure that the authority has ready access to any long-term care abuse and neglect registry used by the department.

[2002 c 3 § 5 (Initiative Measure No. 775, approved November 6, 2001).]

NOTES:

     Findings--Captions not law--Severability -- 2002 c 3 (Initiative Measure No. 775): See RCW 74.39A.220 and notes following.