Washington § 70.38.157 - Certificates of need — Savings — 1983 c 235.

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§ 70.38.157. Certificates of need — Savings — 1983 c 235.

The enactment of amendments to chapter 70.38 RCW by chapter 235, Laws of 1983 shall not have the effect of terminating or in any way modifying the validity of a certificate of need which was issued prior to *the effective date of this 1983 act.
[ 1983 c 235 s 11.]

Notes

*Reviser's note: "the effective date of this 1983 act" [1983 c 235] for sections 16 and 17 of that act was May 17, 1983. For all other sections of that act the effective date was July 24, 1983.

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