Each nursing home shall establish and maintain, as a service to the resident, a bookkeeping system incorporated into the business records for all resident moneys entrusted to the contractor and received by the facility for the resident.

     The department shall adopt rules to ensure that resident personal funds handled by the facility are maintained by each nursing home in a manner that is, at a minimum, consistent with federal requirements.

[1991 sp.s. c 8 § 19; 1980 c 177 § 70.]

NOTES:

     Effective date -- 1991 sp.s. c 8: See note following RCW 18.51.050.