2193 AMH HC WELS 1
HB 2193 - H COMM AMD ADOPTED 02/04/94
By Committee on Health Care
On page 1, after line 3, strike everything after the enacting clause and insert
"Sec. 1. RCW 18.135.020 and 1991 c 3 s 272 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) "Secretary" means the secretary of health.
(2) "Health care assistant" means an unlicensed person who assists a licensed health care practitioner in providing health care to patients pursuant to this chapter. However persons trained by a federally approved end-stage renal disease facility who perform end-stage renal dialysis are exempt from certification under this chapter.
(3) "Health care practitioner" means:
(a) A physician licensed under chapter 18.71 RCW;
(b) An osteopathic physician or surgeon licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW; or
(c) Acting within the scope of their respective licensures, a *podiatrist licensed under chapter 18.22 RCW or a registered nurse licensed under chapter 18.88 RCW.
(4) "Supervision" means supervision of procedures permitted pursuant to this chapter by a health care practitioner who is physically present and is immediately available in the facility during the administration of injections, as defined in this chapter, but need not be present during procedures to withdraw blood.
(5) "Health care facility" means any hospital, hospice care center, licensed or certified health care facility, health maintenance organization regulated under chapter 48.46 RCW, federally qualified health maintenance organization, renal dialysis center or facility federally approved under 42 C.F.R. 405.2100, blood bank federally licensed under 21 C.F.R. 607, or clinical laboratory certified under 20 C.F.R. 405.1301‑16.
(6) "Delegation" means direct authorization granted by a licensed health care practitioner to a health care assistant to perform the functions authorized in this chapter which fall within the scope of practice of the delegator and which are not within the scope of practice of the delegatee."