RCW 48.02.270: Ambulance service billing—Violations.

(1) If the commissioner has cause to believe that any ambulance service has engaged in a pattern of unresolved violations of RCW 18.73.310, the commissioner may submit information to the department of health for action. Prior to submitting information to the department of health or the appropriate disciplining authority, the commissioner may provide the ambulance service with an opportunity to cure the alleged violations or explain why the actions in question did not violate RCW 18.73.310.

(2) If any ambulance service has engaged in a pattern of unresolved violations of RCW 18.73.310, the department of health may levy a fine or cost recovery upon the ambulance service in an amount not to exceed the applicable statutory amount per violation and take other action as permitted under the authority of the department. Upon completion of its review of any potential violation submitted by the commissioner or initiated directly by an enrollee, the department of health shall notify the commissioner of the results of the review, including whether the violation was substantiated and any enforcement action taken as a result of a finding of a substantiated violation.