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HOUSE BILL 1389
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By Representatives Dyer and Morris
Read first time 01/24/95. Referred to Committee on Health Care.
AN ACT Relating to apprenticeship supervision by a physician, registered optometrist, or dispensing optician; and amending RCW 18.34.020 and 18.34.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 18.34.020 and 1991 c 3 s 74 are each amended to read as follows:
The term
"secretary" wherever used in this chapter shall mean the secretary of
health of the state of Washington. The term "apprentice" wherever
used in this chapter shall mean a person who shall be designated an apprentice
in the records of the secretary at the request of a physician, registered
optometrist, or licensee hereunder, ((and)) who shall thereafter be
the primary supervisor of the apprentice. The apprentice may thereafter receive
from ((such)) a physician, registered optometrist, or
licensee hereunder training and direct supervision in the work of a dispensing
optician.
Sec. 2. RCW 18.34.030 and 1991 c 3 s 75 are each amended to read as follows:
No
licensee hereunder may have more than two apprentices in training or under
their direct supervision at any one time((: PROVIDED, That)).
However, the ((licensee)) primary supervisor shall be
responsible for the acts of his or her apprentices in the performance of their
work in the apprenticeship program((: PROVIDED FURTHER, That)). Apprentices
shall complete their apprenticeship in six years and shall not work longer as
an apprentice unless the secretary determines, after a hearing, that the apprentice
was prevented by causes beyond his or her control from completing his or her
apprenticeship and becoming a licensee hereunder in six years.
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