CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5000
Chapter 140, Laws of 2019
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
VETERINARIANS AND VETERINARIAN TECHNICIANS--ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE RESOURCES
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 2019
Passed by the Senate February 26, 2019
  Yeas 49  Nays 0
KAREN KEISER

President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 12, 2019
  Yeas 95  Nays 0
FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5000 as passed by Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
BRAD HENDRICKSON

Secretary
Secretary
Approved April 26, 2019 11:04 AM
FILED
April 29, 2019
JAY INSLEE

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

SENATE BILL 5000

Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2019 Regular Session
BySenators Palumbo, Rivers, Cleveland, Conway, Saldaña, and Kuderer
Prefiled 12/03/18.Read first time 01/14/19.Referred to Committee on Health & Long Term Care.
AN ACT Relating to online access to health care resources for veterinarians and veterinary technicians; and amending RCW 43.70.110.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 43.70.110 and 2015 c 77 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The secretary shall charge fees to the licensee for obtaining a license. Physicians regulated pursuant to chapter 18.71 RCW who reside and practice in Washington and obtain or renew a retired active license are exempt from such fees. ((After June 30, 1995,))Municipal corporations providing emergency medical care and transportation services pursuant to chapter 18.73 RCW shall be exempt from such fees, provided that such other emergency services shall only be charged for their pro rata share of the cost of licensure and inspection, if appropriate. The secretary may waive the fees when, in the discretion of the secretary, the fees would not be in the best interest of public health and safety, or when the fees would be to the financial disadvantage of the state.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, fees charged shall be based on, but shall not exceed, the cost to the department for the licensure of the activity or class of activities and may include costs of necessary inspection.
(3) License fees shall include amounts in addition to the cost of licensure activities in the following circumstances:
(a) For registered nurses and licensed practical nurses licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW, support of a central nursing resource center as provided in RCW 18.79.202;
(b) For all health care providers licensed under RCW 18.130.040, the cost of regulatory activities for retired volunteer medical worker licensees as provided in RCW 18.130.360; and
(c) For physicians licensed under chapter 18.71 RCW, physician assistants licensed under chapter 18.71A RCW, osteopathic physicians licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW, osteopathic physicians' assistants licensed under chapter 18.57A RCW, naturopaths licensed under chapter 18.36A RCW, podiatrists licensed under chapter 18.22 RCW, chiropractors licensed under chapter 18.25 RCW, psychologists licensed under chapter 18.83 RCW, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW, optometrists licensed under chapter 18.53 RCW, mental health counselors licensed under chapter 18.225 RCW, massage therapists licensed under chapter 18.108 RCW, advanced social workers licensed under chapter 18.225 RCW, independent clinical social workers and independent clinical social worker associates licensed under chapter 18.225 RCW, midwives licensed under chapter 18.50 RCW, marriage and family therapists and marriage and family therapist associates licensed under chapter 18.225 RCW, occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants licensed under chapter 18.59 RCW, dietitians and nutritionists certified under chapter 18.138 RCW, speech-language pathologists licensed under chapter 18.35 RCW, ((and)) East Asian medicine practitioners licensed under chapter 18.06 RCW, and veterinarians and veterinary technicians licensed under chapter 18.92 RCW, the license fees shall include up to an additional twenty-five dollars to be transferred by the department to the University of Washington for the purposes of RCW 43.70.112.
(4) Department of health advisory committees may review fees established by the secretary for licenses and comment upon the appropriateness of the level of such fees.
Passed by the Senate February 26, 2019.
Passed by the House April 12, 2019.
Approved by the Governor April 26, 2019.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 29, 2019.
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