CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE
BILL 2849
Chapter
271, Laws of 1996
54th
Legislature
1996
Regular Session
NURSING
HOME ADMINISTRATOR LICENSING--REVISIONS
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/6/96
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Passed by the House March 4, 1996
Yeas 94 Nays 0
 CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker
of the
House
of Representatives
Passed by
the Senate March 1, 1996
Yeas 48 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Timothy
A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2849 as
passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set
forth.
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JOEL
PRITCHARD
President
of the Senate
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 TIMOTHY
A. MARTIN
Chief
Clerk
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Approved
March 29, 1996 Place Style On Codes above, and
Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March
29, 1996 - 4:54 p.m.
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MIKE
LOWRY
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary
of State
State
of Washington
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HOUSE
BILL 2849
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AS AMENDED BY
THE SENATE
Passed Legislature -
1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th
Legislature 1996 Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/23/96.
Referred to Committee on Health Care.
Modifying
nursing home administrator licensing.
AN ACT Relating to
nursing home administrator licensing; and amending RCW 18.52.071.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 18.52.071 and 1992 c
53 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
The department shall
issue a license to any person applying for a nursing home administrator's
license ((after July 1, 1993,)) who meets the following requirements:
(1) Successful
completion of the requirements for a baccalaureate degree from a recognized
institution of higher learning((: PROVIDED, That if education requirements
are adopted by the federal government, the board may adopt rules requiring
educational qualifications to meet those requirements)) and any federal
requirements;
(2) Successful
completion of a practical experience requirement as determined by the board;
(3) Successful
completion of examinations administered or approved by the board, or both,
which shall be designed to test the candidate's competence to administer a
nursing home;
(4) At least twenty-one
years of age; and
(5) Not having engaged
in unprofessional conduct as defined in RCW 18.130.180 or being unable to
practice with reasonable skill and safety as defined in RCW 18.130.170. The
board shall establish by rule what constitutes adequate proof of meeting the
above requirements.
A limited license
indicating the limited extent of authority to administer institutions ((certified
by such)) conducted by and for those who rely upon treatment by prayer
or spiritual means in accordance with the creed or tenets of any
well-recognized church or religious denomination ((teaching
religious or spiritual means for healing through prayer,)) shall be issued
to individuals demonstrating membership in such church or denomination.
However, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require an applicant ((certified))
employed by ((any well established and generally recognized church or
religious denomination teaching reliance on spiritual means alone)) such
institution to demonstrate proficiency in any medical techniques or to meet
any medical educational qualifications or medical standards not in accord with
the remedial care and treatment provided in such institutions.
Passed
the House March 4, 1996.
Passed
the Senate March 1, 1996.
Approved by the Governor March 29, 1996.
Filed in
Office of Secretary of State March 29, 1996.