CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1093
57th
Legislature
2001 Regular
Legislative Session
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Passed by the House March 9,
2001
Yeas 98 Nays 0
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 9,
2001
Yeas 49 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
We, Timothy A. Martin and
Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State
of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE
BILL 1093 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.
Chief
Clerk
Chief
Clerk
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President of the Senate
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Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes
below.
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FILED
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Governor of the State of
Washington
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Secretary of
State
State of
Washington
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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1093
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Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session
State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001
Regular Session
By
Read first time . Referred to Committee on .
Changing physician
license fees.
AN ACT Relating to
increasing the license surcharge for the impaired physician program; and
amending RCW 18.71.310.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 18.71.310 and 1998 c
132 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The commission
shall enter into a contract with the entity to implement an impaired physician
program. The commission may enter into a contract with the entity for up to
six years in length. The impaired physician program may include any or all of the
following:
(a) Entering into
relationships supportive of the impaired physician program with professionals
who provide either evaluation or treatment services, or both;
(b) Receiving and
assessing reports of suspected impairment from any source;
(c) Intervening in
cases of verified impairment, or in cases where there is reasonable cause to
suspect impairment;
(d) Upon reasonable
cause, referring suspected or verified impaired physicians for evaluation or
treatment;
(e) Monitoring the
treatment and rehabilitation of impaired physicians including those ordered by
the commission;
(f) Providing
monitoring and continuing treatment and rehabilitative support of physicians;
(g) Performing such
other activities as agreed upon by the commission and the entity; and
(h) Providing
prevention and education services.
(2) A
contract entered into under subsection (1) of this section shall be financed by
a surcharge of not less than twenty-five and not more than
thirty-five dollars per year on each license renewal or issuance of a new
license to be collected by the department of health from every physician and
surgeon licensed under this chapter in addition to other license fees. These
moneys shall be placed in the impaired physician account to be used solely for
the implementation of the impaired physician program.