WSR 21-01-161

INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

[Filed December 18, 2020, 9:52 a.m.]

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF AN INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT

Title of Interpretive Statement: Emergency Volunteers and Employment. Interpretive Statement Number: OAS 03-2020.

Issuing Entity: Department of health.

Subject Matter: Health care providers hired by a host entity for the specific purpose of responding to a governor-proclaimed state of emergency qualify as volunteer health practitioners and can register under chapter 70.15 RCW, the Uniform Volunteer Health Practitioner Act, even if hired before registration.

Effective Date: December 15, 2020.

Contact Person: Kim Butowicz, phone 360-236-4090 (desk) and 360-704-0200 (mobile), email kim.butowicz@doh.wa.gov.