WSR 21-15-069

POLICY STATEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

[Filed July 16, 2021, 10:36 a.m.]

Title of Policy Statement: Simulation and Clinical Training for Respiratory Care Practitioners during the COVID-19 Declared Emergency. Policy Number: RCP-21-01.

Issuing Entity: Department of health (department).

Subject Matter: Clarifying the department's position on respiratory care practitioners using simulations to meet required clinical hours during the COVID-19 declared emergency and the subsequent one hundred eighty-day period.

Effective Date: July 1, 2021.

Contact Person: U. James Chaney, Executive Director, Respiratory Therapists, james.chaney@doh.wa.gov, 360-236-2831.