Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: The rules pertaining to joint practice arrangements between advanced registered nurse practitioners (ARNPs) and osteopathic physicians for prescribing controlled substances. Schedules II-IV, are being repealed to implement HB 1479, chapter 28, Laws of 2005. The legislation eliminated the need for ARNPs to have a joint practice arrangement with a physician to prescribe controlled substances.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 246-853-221, 246-853-222, 246-853-223, 246-853-224, 246-853-225, 246-853-226, and 246-853-227.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.57.005, 18.57.280.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-17-046 on August 9, 2005.

     A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Arlene Robertson, P.O. Box 47866, Olympia, WA 98504-7866, phone (360) 236-4945, fax (360) 236-2406, e-mail arlene.robertson@doh.wa.gov.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 7.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 7.

     Date Adopted: November 4, 2005.

Blake T. Maresh

Executive Director

OTS-8159.1

REPEALER

     The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:

WAC 246-853-221	How do advanced registered nurse practitioners qualify for prescriptive authority for Schedule II - IV drugs?
WAC 246-853-222	Criteria for joint practice arrangement.
WAC 246-853-223	Endorsement of joint practice arrangements for ARNP licensure.
WAC 246-853-224	Process for joint practice arrangement termination.
WAC 246-853-225	Seventy-two-hour limit.
WAC 246-853-226	Education for prescribing Schedule II - IV drugs.
WAC 246-853-227	Jurisdiction.