WAC 246-338-040. Approval of accreditation organizations

(1) The department will recognize the accreditation organizations granted deemed status by CMS. (2) The CMS-approved accreditation organizations are: (a) Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC); (b) American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA); (c) American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI); (d) Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB); (e) COLA; (f) College of American Pathologists (CAP); and (g) Joint Commission. (3) The accreditation organizations must: (a) Allow the department to have jurisdiction to investigate complaints, do random on-site validation inspections, and take disciplinary action against a medical test site if indicated; (b) Notify the department within 15 days of any medical test site that: (i) Has had its accreditation withdrawn, revoked, or limited; (ii) Is sanctioned as a result of a routine inspection or complaint investigation; or (iii) When adverse action has been taken for unsuccessful proficiency testing performance; (c) Notify the department within five days of any deficiency that jeopardizes the public health, safety, or welfare; and (d) Provide the department with a list of inspection schedules, as requested, for the purpose of conducting on-site validation inspections. (4) The department will: (a) Revoke deemed status from any organization which has deeming authority removed by CMS; and (b) Notify the medical test site if approval of an accreditation organization is withdrawn by the department.