WSR 17-14-093 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Occupational Therapy Practice Board) [Filed June 30, 2017, 3:15 p.m., effective July 1, 2017] Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2017.
Other Findings Required by Other Provisions of Law as Precondition to Adoption or Effectiveness of Rule: RCW 43.70.442 requires that occupational therapists begin complying with this rule beginning July 1, 2017.
Purpose: WAC 246-847-066 Suicide assessment training standards, the adopted rule clarifies that by July 1, 2017, occupational therapy professionals must complete three hours of training every six years in suicide assessment, including screening and referral from the department of health's approved model list of trainings. This is to implement 2015 changes to RCW 43.70.442.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-847-066.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-08-080 on April 4, 2017.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Subsection (1)(c) was amended. The "or" separating (i) and (ii) was replaced with "and" to clarify that both requirements apply, depending on the licensee's situation.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: June 30, 2017.
Beth Rollinger
Board Chair
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 14-05-016, filed 2/10/14, effective 2/15/14)
WAC 246-847-066 Suicide assessment training standards.
(1) A qualifying training in suicide assessment must:
(a) Be an empirically supported training in suicide assessment that includes risk assessment, screening, and referral;
(b) Be provided by a single provider and must be at least three hours in length which may be provided in one or more sessions; and
(c)(i) Until July 1, 2017, meet any other requirements of RCW 43.70.442; and
(ii) Beginning July 1, 2017, be taken from a provider listed on the department's suicide prevention training model list.
(2) The hours spent completing a training program in suicide assessment under this section count toward meeting any applicable continued competency requirements.
(3) Nothing in this section is intended to expand or limit the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant scope of practice.
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