WSR 24-03-148
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
[Filed January 23, 2024, 3:19 p.m., effective February 23, 2024]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Establishing a new retired active license fee in WAC 246-843-990 Nursing home administrator fees and renewal cycle. The department of health (department) is establishing a retired active fee for the nursing home administrator license. The board of nursing home administrators (board) is concurrently adopting a retired active status as allowed by RCW
18.130.250 to allow an individual to practice in emergent or intermittent circumstances and pay a reduced renewal fee. This will allow individuals to fill in at nursing homes that need a temporary administrator while recruiting a new administrator and to immediately assist in emergency circumstances such as a pandemic.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-843-990.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 23-22-094 on October 30, 2023.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: January 23, 2024.
Kristin Peterson, JD
Chief of Policy
for Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH
Secretary
OTS-5032.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 21-16-002, filed 7/22/21, effective 11/1/21)
WAC 246-843-990Nursing home administrator fees and renewal cycle.
(((1))) Licenses must be renewed every year on the practitioner's birthday as provided in chapter 246-12 WAC.
(((2) Between the effective date of this rule and October 31, 2022, the following fees will apply:
Title of Fee | Fee |
Application-Original license | $690.00 |
Administrator-in-training | 285.00 |
Application-Endorsement | 715.00 |
License renewal | |
| Renewal | 835.00 |
| Late renewal penalty | 300.00 |
| Expired license reissuance | 285.00 |
Inactive license | |
| Inactive license renewal | 315.00 |
| Late renewal penalty | 160.00 |
| Expired inactive license reissuance | 190.00 |
Temporary permit | 325.00 |
Duplicate license | 10.00 |
Verification of license | 25.00 |
(3) On and after November 1, 2022, the following fees apply:))
Title of Fee | Fee |
Application-Original license | $805.00 |
Administrator-in-training | 285.00 |
Application-Endorsement | 805.00 |
License renewal | |
| Renewal | 975.00 |
| Late renewal penalty | 300.00 |
| Expired license reissuance | 285.00 |
Inactive license | |
| Inactive license renewal | 315.00 |
| Late renewal penalty | 160.00 |
| Expired inactive license reissuance | 190.00 |
Retired active license | 150.00 |
Temporary permit | 325.00 |
Duplicate license | 10.00 |
Verification of license | 25.00 |