PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amending chapter 196-09 WAC, Board practices and procedures.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.43.035.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: As part of an effort to standardize the processes used by programs to administer brief adjudicative proceedings, the board will evaluate these rules to determine if appropriate amendments can be made.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Joe Vincent Jr., Licensing Program Director, P.O. Box 9025, Olympia, WA 98507-9025, phone (360) 664-1567, fax (360) 664-2551, e-mail engineers@dol.wa.gov. Draft language of rule amendments will be distributed to the board's list of interested persons.
July 13, 2004
George A. Twiss
Executive Director
Board of Registration for Professional
Engineers and Land Surveyors