# Washington — Certificate of need programs by US state

For Washington, has con program is yes; facilities covered is hospices, hospice care centers, hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical facilities, home health agencies; moratorium is No; statute citation is Wash. Rev. Code §70-38-025 et seq, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19; source re-checked 2026-09-01.

- **State:** Washington _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Has CON program:** yes _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Facilities covered:** hospices, hospice care centers, hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical facilities, home health agencies
- **Moratorium:** No
- **Statute citation:** Wash. Rev. Code §70-38-025 et seq.

## What the source says

> Washington Health Care Facility Licensing/Certification Agency | <https://www.doh.wa.gov/LicensesPermitsandCertificates/FacilitiesNewReneworUpdate/CertificateofNeed> Washington State Department of Health | Certificate of Need Law | <https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=70.38.025> Wash. Rev. Code §70-38-025 et seq. |

## Source

- https://www.ncsl.org/health/certificate-of-need-state-laws

Last verified: 2026-09-01. Review by: 2027-02-15.
Part of [Certificate of need programs by US state](https://referencesource.org/state-certificate-of-need-programs/).