CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2364

 

 

                    Chapter 29, Laws of 1998

 

 

 

 

                        55th Legislature

                      1998 Regular Session

 

 

HEALTH PROFESSIONS--ESTABLISHMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS BY SECRETARY OF HEALTH

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/11/98

Passed by the House February 10, 1998  Yeas 95   Nays 0

 

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

Passed by the Senate March 2, 1998

  Yeas 47   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2364  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

             IRV NEWHOUSE

President of the Senate

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

Approved March 12, 1998 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.    

                                FILED          

 

 

           March 12, 1998 - 4:06 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2364

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             Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Representatives Dyer, Cody and Backlund; by request of Department of Health)

 

Read first time 01/22/98.  Referred to Committee on .

Extending the time for the secretary of health to establish administrative procedures and requirements for health professions. 


    AN ACT Relating to extending the time for the secretary of health to establish administrative procedures and requirements for health professions; and amending RCW 43.70.280.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 43.70.280 and 1996 c 191 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The secretary, in consultation with health profession boards and commissions, shall establish by rule the administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and fees for initial issue, renewal, and reissue of a credential for professions under RCW 18.130.040, including procedures and requirements for late renewals and uniform application of late renewal penalties.  Failure to renew invalidates the credential and all privileges granted by the credential.  Administrative procedures and administrative requirements do not include establishing, monitoring, and enforcing qualifications for licensure, scope or standards of practice, continuing competency mechanisms, and discipline when such authority is authorized in statute to a health profession board or commission.  For the purposes of this section, "in consultation with" means providing an opportunity for meaningful participation in development of rules consistent with processes set forth in RCW 34.05.310.

    (2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary which provides for a licensing period for any type of license subject to this chapter including those under RCW 18.130.040, the secretary of health may, from time to time, extend or otherwise modify the duration of any licensing, certification, or registration period, whether an initial or renewal period, if the secretary determines that it would result in a more economical or efficient operation of state government and that the public health, safety, or welfare would not be substantially adversely affected thereby.  However, no license, certification, or registration may be issued or approved for a period in excess of four years, without renewal.  Such extension, reduction, or other modification of a licensing, certification, or registration period shall be by rule or regulation of the department of health adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW.  Such rules and regulations may provide a method for imposing and collecting such additional proportional fee as may be required for the extended or modified period.

    (3) Unless extended by the legislature, effective ((July 1, 1998)) March 1, 1999, the authority of the secretary to establish administrative procedures and administrative requirements for initial issue, renewal, and reissue of a credential, including procedures and requirements for late renewals and uniform application of late renewal penalties, shall cease to apply to those health professions otherwise regulated by a board or commission with statutory rule-making authority.  If not extended by the legislature, such authority shall transfer to the respective board or commission.  Rules adopted by the secretary under this section shall remain in effect after ((July 1, 1998)) March 1, 1999, until modified or repealed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW.


    Passed the House February 10, 1998.

    Passed the Senate March 2, 1998.

Approved by the Governor March 12, 1998.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 12, 1998.