5762-S AMH CL MADS 1

SSB 5762 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

On page 9, after line 8, insert the following:

ASec. 6. RCW 18.16.080 and 1984 c 208 s 19 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Nothing in this chapter prohibits any person authorized under the laws of this state from performing any service for which the person may be licensed, nor prohibits any person from performing services as an electrologist if that person has been otherwise certified, registered, or trained as an electrologist.

(2) This chapter does not apply to persons employed in the care or treatment of patients in hospitals or employed in the care of residents of nursing homes and similar residential care facilities.

(3) This chapter does not apply to persons who provide services described under this chapter when the services are incidental to those provided:

(a) Through licensed home health, hospice, or home care agencies;

(b) By individual providers under contract with the department of social and health services under chapter 74.09 or 74.39A RCW; or

Renumber the sections consecutively, correct internal references accordingly and correct the title.

EFFECT: Persons who provide home health care services, and incidental to those services may provide cosmetology services, are exempt from the laws governing cosmetology.