PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: June 10, 1999.
Purpose: The proposed changes adjust the fee that medical providers may charge for searching and duplicating medical records. The adjustment is based on the change in the consumer price index based on all consumers for the Seattle/Tacoma area.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-08-400.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 70.02.010.
Other Authority: RCW 43.70.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-10-078 on May 4, 1999.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Effective date was corrected.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
June 11, 1999
M. C. Selecky
Secretary
OTS-3125.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 97-12-087, filed 6/4/97, effective 7/5/97)
WAC 246-08-400
How much can a medical provider charge for searching and
duplicating medical records?
RCW 70.02.010(12) allows medical providers to charge fees for searching and duplicating medical records. The fees a provider may charge cannot exceed the fees listed below:
(1) Copying charge per page:
(a) No more than ((seventy-four)) seventy-nine cents per page for the first thirty pages;
(b) No more than ((fifty-seven)) sixty cents per page for all other pages.
(2) Additional charges:
(a) The provider can charge ((a seventeen)) an eighteen dollar clerical fee for searching
and handling records;
(b) If the provider personally edits confidential information from the record, as required by statute, the provider can charge the usual fee for a basic office visit.
(3) This section is effective July 1, ((1997)) 1999, through June 30, ((1999)) 2001.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.02.010(12) and 43.70.040. 97-12-087, § 246-08-400, filed 6/4/97, effective 7/5/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040 and 70.02.101(12). 95-20-080, § 246-08-400, filed 10/4/95, effective 11/4/95.]