WSR 17-07-038 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH [Filed March 8, 2017, 12:21 p.m., effective July 1, 2017] Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2017.
Purpose: WAC 246-840-990 Fees and renewal cycle, it has been determined that current licensing fees will not generate sufficient revenue to cover the costs of administering and regulating nursing professions. The goal of the adopted fee adjustment is to align licensing fee revenues with the actual costs of regulating these professions, while bringing year-end fund balances to the level needed to cover unanticipated expenses over a ten-year period.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-840-990.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-21-042 on October 12, 2016.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: March 8, 2017.
John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH
Secretary
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 13-24-097, filed 12/3/13, effective 2/1/14)
WAC 246-840-990 Fees and renewal cycle.
(1) ((Applicants for a practical nurse license must pay the application fee, the LPN UW online access fee (HEAL-WA)*, and the nursing center surcharge fee when applying for a license. Licenses for practical nurse must be renewed)) A licensed practical nurse (LPN) or a registered nurse (RN) must renew his or her license every year on the ((practitioner's birthday as provided in chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 2. Practical nurses must pay the renewal fee, the HEAL-WA fee, and the nursing center surcharge fee when renewing licenses)) licensee's birthday.
(2) When applying for a license an applicant((s)) for ((a registered nurse)) an initial or renewal LPN license or RN license must pay, in addition to the application fee, the ((RN UW online access fee (HEAL-WA), and the nursing center surcharge fee when applying for a license. Licenses for registered nurse must be renewed every year on the practitioner's birthday as provided in chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 2. Registered nurses must pay the renewal fee, the HEAL-WA fee, and the nursing center surcharge fee when renewing licenses.
(3) Licenses for)) University of Washington (UW) health sciences online library access (HEAL-WA) surcharge and the central nursing resource center (nursing center) surcharge, as required in RCW 43.70.110.
(3) An advanced registered nurse ((must be renewed)) practitioner (ARNP) must renew his or her license every two years on the ((practitioner's)) licensee's birthday ((as provided in chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 2)). An ARNP must also hold a valid RN license and pay all associated fees every year on the licensee's birthday.
(4) ((Registrations for)) A nursing technician((s)) must ((be renewed)) renew his or her registration every year on the practitioner's birthday ((as provided in chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 2)). The renewal must be accompanied by an attestation as ((described)) required in RCW 18.79.370((. This attestation will)) that includes the nursing technician's anticipated graduation date. If the anticipated graduation date is within one year, the registration will expire thirty days after the anticipated graduation date. The expiration date may be extended to sixty days after graduation if the nursing technician can show good cause as defined in WAC 246-840-010(15).
(5) ((The following nonrefundable fees shall be charged by the health professions quality assurance division of the department of health. Persons who hold an RN and an LPN license shall be charged separate fees for each license. Persons who are licensed as an advanced registered nurse practitioner in more than one specialty will be charged a fee for each specialty:
RN/LPN fees:
Advanced registered nurse fees:
Nurse technologist fees:
A practitioner who holds more than one credential will be charged separate fees for each credential, in compliance with chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 2 and RCW 43.70.110.
(6) The following nonrefundable fees will be charged:
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