WSR 18-21-040
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
[Filed October 8, 2018, 9:17 a.m., effective November 8, 2018]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 246-815-155 Suicide prevention training for dental hygienists, the department of health adopted a new section of rule establishing a one-time suicide prevention continuing education requirement for dental hygienists, consistent with the directives of E2SHB 1612 (chapter 262, Laws of 2017), codified in RCW
43.70.442. The adopted rule requires dental hygienists to take a one-time training in suicide assessment that includes screening and referral.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 246-815-155.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: E2SHB 1612 (chapter 262, Laws of 2017), codified in RCW
43.70.442.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 18-12-115 on June 6, 2018.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Bruce Bronoske, Jr., P.O. Box 47852, Olympia, WA 98504-7852, phone 360-236-4843, fax 360-236-2901, TTY 360-833-6388 or 711, email bruce.bronoske@doh.wa.gov, web site www.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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 5, 2018.
John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH
Secretary
NEW SECTION
WAC 246-815-155Dental hygienist suicide prevention education.
Effective August 1, 2020, a licensed dental hygienist must complete a department-approved one-time training that is at least three hours in length for suicide assessment that includes screening and referral.
(1) This training must be completed by the end of the first full continuing education reporting period after August 1, 2020, or during the first full continuing education reporting period after initial licensure, whichever is later.
(2) Training approved by the department for this requirement must be on the department's model list as authorized in chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 14.
(3) Training completed between July 23, 2017, and August 1, 2020, that meets the requirements of this section, is accepted as meeting the one-time training requirement of this section.
(4) The hours spent completing the training in suicide assessment under this section count toward meeting applicable continuing education requirements for dental hygiene license renewal.