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.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.130.250 and 43.70.250.
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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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