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HOUSE
BILL 1872
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AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed
Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th
Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By
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 to define and specify the education and training requirements
for physical therapist assistants and physical therapy aides.
