Date of Adoption: July 11, 2001.

     Purpose: WAC 246-919-330 Postgraduate medical training defined. This rule will change the name of the accrediting organization for the Canadian postgraduate program to meet one of the licensure requirement options for the state of Washington.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-919-330.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.71.017 and 18.71.050.

     Other Authority: Chapter 18.71 RCW.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 01-12-098 on June 6, 2001.

     Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Removed the word "be" from subsection (1) last sentence.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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.

August 2, 2001

Maryella E. Jansen

Acting Executive Director

OTS-4813.4

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 96-03-073, filed 1/17/96, effective 2/17/96)

WAC 246-919-330   Postgraduate medical training defined.   (1) For the purposes of this chapter, postgraduate medical training ((shall be considered to)) means clinical training approved by the commission in general medicine or surgery, or a recognized specialty or subspecialty in the field of medicine or surgery. The training must be acquired after completion of a formal course of undergraduate medical instruction outlined in RCW 18.71.055. Only satisfactory clinical performance ((deemed unsatisfactory by the program performance)) evaluations will ((not)) be accepted. This definition ((shall be considered to)) includes, but is not ((be)) limited to, internships, residencies and fellowships in medical or surgical subjects.

     (2) The commission approves only the following postgraduate clinical training courses:

     (a) Programs accredited by the ((American Medical Association)) Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) which are listed in the 1984-85 directory of residency programs, or programs approved by the ((American Medical Association)) Accreditation Council at the time of residency.

     (b) ((Preregistration training)) Programs ((approved as of July 1, 1982,)) accredited by the ((Canadian National Joint Committee on Accreditation of Preregistration Physician Training Programs)) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) or the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), or programs ((approved)) accredited by the ((Canadian National Joint Committee on Accreditation of Preregistration Physician Training Programs)) RCPSC or CFPC at the time of residency.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.71.017 and 18.71A.020. 96-03-073, § 246-919-330, filed 1/17/96, effective 2/17/96.]

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