WSR 11-17-084 INTERPRETIVE OR POLICY STATEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH [ Filed August 17, 2011, 4:19 p.m. ]
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF AN INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT OR POLICY STATEMENT
Title of Interpretive or Policy Statement: Applicability of Emergency Cardiac and Stroke Care System Law to Freestanding Emergency Departments.Issuing Entity: Office of community health systems, health systems quality assurance.
Subject Matter: This interpretive statement clarifies that freestanding emergency departments are not hospitals and as such are not eligible to be categorized as a cardiac or stroke center in the emergency cardiac and stroke system.
Effective Date: August 15, 2011.
Contact Person: Kathy Schmitt, office of community health systems, (360) 236-2869.
