WSR 19-02-074

INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

[Filed December 31, 2018, 9:44 a.m.]

Title of Interpretive or Policy Statement: Application of WAC 246-840-4659 to Nursing Homes and Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals.

Issuing Entity: Nursing care quality assurance commission.

Subject Matter: The commission clarifies, that under WAC 246-840-4659, an advanced registered nurse practitioner may consider the discharge facility's patient history and physical examination to be an appropriate patient history and physical examination for the purpose of prescribing opioids within a reasonable period of time.

Effective Date: December 21, 2018.

Contact Person: Amber Zawislak.