CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE
BILL 6526
Chapter
162, Laws of 1996
54th
Legislature
1996
Regular Session
MEDICINES
PRESCRIBED BY NATUROPATHS--TAX EXEMPTIONS
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 7/1/96
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Passed by the Senate March 7, 1996
YEAS 48 NAYS 0
 JOEL PRITCHARD
President
of the Senate
Passed by
the House March 7, 1996
YEAS 97 NAYS 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Marty
Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify
that the attached is SENATE BILL 6526 as passed by the Senate and the
House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
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CLYDE
BALLARD
Speaker
of the
House
of Representatives
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 MARTY
BROWN
Secretary
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Approved
March 25, 1996 Place Style On Codes above, and
Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March
25, 1996 - 4:41 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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SENATE
BILL 6526
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Passed Legislature -
1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th
Legislature 1996 Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/17/96.
Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
Exempting from
sales and use tax medicines prescribed by naturopaths.
AN ACT Relating to tax
exemptions for medicines prescribed by naturopaths; amending RCW 82.08.0283 and
82.12.0277; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 82.08.0283 and 1991
c 250 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
The tax levied by RCW
82.08.020 shall not apply to sales of insulin; prosthetic and orthotic devices
prescribed for an individual by a person licensed under chapters 18.25, 18.57,
or 18.71 RCW or dispensed or fitted by a person licensed under chapter 18.35
RCW; medicines of mineral, animal, and botanical origin prescribed,
administered, dispensed, or used in the treatment of an individual by a person
licensed under chapter 18.36A RCW; ostomic items; and medically prescribed
oxygen. For the purposes of this section, "medically prescribed
oxygen" includes, but is not limited to, sale or rental of oxygen
concentrator systems, oxygen enricher systems, liquid oxygen systems, and
gaseous, bottled oxygen systems to an individual under a prescription issued by
a person licensed under chapter 18.57 or 18.71 RCW for use in the medical
treatment of that individual.
Sec. 2. RCW 82.12.0277 and 1991
c 250 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
The provisions of this
chapter shall not apply in respect to the use of insulin; prosthetic and
orthotic devices prescribed for an individual by a person licensed under
chapters 18.25, 18.57, or 18.71 RCW or dispensed or fitted by a person licensed
under chapter 18.35 RCW; medicines of mineral, animal, and botanical origin
prescribed, administered, dispensed, or used in the treatment of an individual
by a person licensed under chapter 18.36A RCW; ostomic items; and medically
prescribed oxygen. For the purposes of this section, "medically
prescribed oxygen" includes, but is not limited to, sale or rental of
oxygen concentrator systems, oxygen enricher systems, liquid oxygen systems,
and gaseous, bottled oxygen systems to an individual under a prescription
issued by a person licensed under chapter 18.57 or 18.71 RCW for use in the
medical treatment of that individual.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
3. This act shall take
effect July 1, 1996.
Passed
the Senate March 7, 1996.
Passed
the House March 7, 1996.
Approved by the Governor March 25, 1996.
Filed in
Office of Secretary of State March 25, 1996.