WSR 15-06-013
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
(Board of Physical Therapy)
[Filed February 23, 2015, 9:14 a.m., effective March 26, 2015]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 246-915-995, the board of physical therapy (board) is repealing this rule because it is no longer needed. RCW 18.74.038 required the board to establish rules that waive the examination requirement and issue a license to a person who meets the commonly accepted standard for practicing as a physical therapist assistant from July 1, 2008, through July 1, 2009.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 246-915-995.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.74.023.
Other Authority: RCW 18.74.038.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-22-081 on November 3, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Date Adopted: February 20, 2015.
Robert Schmidt, Jr., PT, DPT
Board Chair
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 246-915-995
Waiver of examinationPhysical therapist assistants.