PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: March 1, 2000.
Purpose: This rule allows implementation of the 1997 legislation exemption somatic educators from the massage law.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 18.108 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 00-01-185 on December 22, 1999.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Subsection (4) language was changed for clarification, such as changing "WAC requirements" to "compliance with this rule."
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
March 7, 2000
M. C. Selecky
Secretary
OTS-3490.3
NEW SECTION
WAC 246-830-485
Somatic education training program
exemption.
(1) The secretary will consider approval for exemption from this chapter any individual who has completed a somatic education program that has a professional organization with a permanent administrative location that oversees the practice of somatic education training and that has the following:
(a) Standards of practice;
(b) A training accreditation process;
(c) An instructor certification process;
(d) A practitioner certification process;
(e) A code of ethics or code of professional conduct.
(2) An authorized representative shall submit a request for approval of a program on forms provided by the secretary.
(3) The secretary or designee will evaluate the training program and grant approval or denial. If denied, applicants will be given the opportunity to appeal through the brief adjudicative hearing process as authorized in chapter 246-10 WAC.
(4) The secretary may request from an approved training program, and the program shall provide, updated information every three years to ensure the program's compliance with this rule. Approval may be withdrawn if the program fails to maintain the requirements of this rule. Where a determination has been made that the program no longer meets the requirements of this rule and a decision is made to withdraw approval, an approved program may appeal through the brief adjudicative proceeding as authorized in chapter 246-10 WAC.
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