5921 AMH CAMP SCHL 74

SB 5921 - H AMD FAILED 4/11/01

By Representative Campbell

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

ANEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28B.35 RCW to read as follows:

     The higher education coordinating board shall review the national trend in the education of physical therapist requiring a doctorate degree as the entry-level degree for the profession. The board shall make recommendations to the Legislature as to whether there is a need to expand the opportunity for attaining a doctoral degree in physical therapy by making the degree available at regional universities which are currently prohibited from conferring doctoral degrees under state law. The board shall make the report available to the appropriate legislative committees by December 15, 2002.@