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                          HOUSE BILL 1872

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Representatives Crouse, Dyer, Dellwo, Wolfe, Morris, Sherstad, Conway, Cody and Padden

Read first time 02/13/95.  Referred to Committee on Health Care.

Modifying the authority of the board of physical therapy.

    AN ACT Relating to the authority of the board of physical therapy over supportive personnel; and reenacting and amending RCW 18.74.023.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 18.74.023 and 1991 c 12 s 3 and 1991 c 3 s 175 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

    The board has the following powers and duties:

    (1) To administer examinations to applicants for a license under this chapter.

    (2) To pass upon the qualifications of applicants for a license and to certify to the secretary duly qualified applicants.

    (3) To make such rules not inconsistent with the laws of this state as may be deemed necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

    (4) To establish and administer requirements for continuing competency, which shall be a prerequisite to renewing a license under this chapter.

    (5) To keep an official record of all its proceedings, which record shall be evidence of all proceedings of the board which are set forth therein.

    (6) To adopt rules not inconsistent with the laws of this state, when it deems appropriate, in response to questions put to it by professional health associations, physical therapists, and consumers in this state concerning the authority of physical therapists to perform particular acts.

(7) To adopt rules specifying education and training requirements for supportive personnel.

(8) To adopt rules for disciplining supportive personnel.

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