WSR 15-15-044 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Chiropractic Quality Assurance Commission) [Filed July 8, 2015, 3:06 p.m., effective August 8, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 246-808-700 Cooperation with investigation, the chiropractic quality assurance commission is repealing WAC 246-808-700. RCW 18.130.230 requires all healthcare professionals, including chiropractors, to produce documents requested by the disciplinary authority as part of an investigation or be subject to a fine. RCW 18.130.230 controls the legal process for production of documents, so WAC 246-808-700 is being repealed.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 246-808-700.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.25.0171 and 18.130.050.
Other Authority: RCW 18.130.230.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 15-03-002 on January 7, 2015.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.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: July 8, 2015.
Matthew Waldron, DC
Chair
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
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