PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Physician and physician assistant fees.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.71.017, 18.71A.020, and 43.70.280.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: (1) Creating a new fee for those transitioning from a limited license to a full license; (2) revising the description of the "impaired physicians program" fee which is confusing, not to change the fee; (3) removing language of the "one year renewal that is no longer necessary; and (4) correcting typographic error for the expired license reissuance fee that is set by WAC.
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 Beverly A. Teeter, Medical Quality Assurance Commission, P.O. Box 47866, Olympia, WA 98504-7866, phone (360) 236-4788, fax (360) 586-4573.
M. C. Selecky
Secretary