WSR 21-06-046
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
(Occupational Therapy Practice Board)
[Filed February 25, 2021, 10:12 a.m., effective March 28, 2021]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 246-847-051(4) and 246-847-190, enforcement of AIDS education and training rules. The occupational therapy practice board is repealing these requirements in response to ESHB 1551 (chapter 76, Laws of 2020).
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 246-847-190; and amending WAC 246-847-051.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW
18.59.130.
Other Authority: ESHB 1551.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 20-24-046 on November 23, 2020.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 1.
Date Adopted: January 22, 2021.
Sunny Anderson, OTA
Chair
OTS-2574.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 18-09-032, filed 4/11/18, effective 8/1/18)
WAC 246-847-051Military equivalence.
A graduate of a United States military occupational therapy assistant course that is substantially equivalent to the requirements in chapters
18.59 RCW and 246-847 WAC may apply for licensure in this state when the following additional requirements have been submitted to the department:
(1) Proof of completion of the military's residency program included in their education program in lieu of the field work required under WAC 246-847-150;
(2) Proof of successfully passing the national certification examination as specified in WAC 246-847-080; and
(3) Proof of completion of the online jurisprudence examination for occupational therapy with a passing score of one hundred percent((; and
(4) An attestation to the completion of seven hours of HIV/AIDS awareness training as specified in chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 8)).
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 246-847-190 | AIDS education and training. |