PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: To implement legislation related to continuing education requirements for respiratory care practitioners.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.89.050(1), 18.89.140.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The intent of continuing education is to ensure the highest quality of professional work. Continuing education consists of educational activities designed to review existing concepts and techniques and to convey information and knowledge about advances in respiratory care as applied to the work settings. The objectives are to improve and increase the ability of the respiratory care practitioner to deliver the highest possible quality of respiratory care work and to keep the professional respiratory care practitioner abreast of current developments in a rapidly changing field.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Collaborative rule making.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Tracy Hansen, Program Manager, Respiratory Care Practitioners Program, 1300 S.E. Quince Street, Mailstop 47870, Olympia, WA 98504-7870, phone (360) 236-4940, fax (360) 586-0745.
M. C. Selecky
Secretary