CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1532

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 13, 1993   Yeas 96   Nays 0 Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 15, 1993   Yeas 45   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1532 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                             SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1532

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                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By House Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Representatives Veloria, Lisk, R. Johnson, Jacobsen, King, Pruitt, Karahalios, Quall, Van Luven, Long, Eide and Anderson)

Read first time 03/03/93.

Creating an interim permit for physical therapist licensure candidates.

          AN ACT Relating to interim permits for applicants for physical therapist licenses; amending RCW 18.74.029; and adding a new section to chapter 18.74 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 18.74 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) The department, upon approval by the board, shall issue an interim permit authorizing an applicant for licensure who meets the minimum qualifications stated in RCW 18.74.030 to practice physical therapy under graduate supervision pending notification of the results of the first licensure examination for which the applicant is eligible, but not to exceed six months.

          (2) For purposes of this section, "graduate supervision" means supervision of a holder of an interim permit by a licensed physical therapist who is on the premises at all times.  Graduate supervision shall include consultation regarding evaluation, treatment plan, treatment program, and progress of each assigned patient at appropriate intervals and be documented by cosignature of notes by the licensed physical therapist.  RCW 18.74.012 is not applicable for holders of interim permits.

          (3) If the holder of the interim permit fails the examination, the permit expires upon notification and is not renewable.

        Sec. 2.  RCW 18.74.029 and 1987 c 150 s 47 are each amended to read as follows:

          The uniform disciplinary act, chapter 18.130 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses and interim permits, and the discipline of licensees and holders of interim permits under this chapter.

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