BILL REQ. #:  H-0125.1 

Read first time 01/20/2003.   Referred to Committee on Health Care.

     AN ACT Relating to regulating the catheterization of students; and amending RCW 28A.210.280.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 28A.210.280 and 1994 sp.s. c 9 s 721 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Public school districts and private schools that offer classes for any of grades kindergarten through twelve may provide for clean, intermittent bladder catheterization of students, or assisted self-catheterization of students pursuant to RCW 18.79.290, if the catheterization is provided for in substantial compliance with:
     (a) Rules adopted by the state nursing care quality assurance commission and the instructions of a registered nurse or advanced registered nurse practitioner issued under such rules; and
     (b) Written policies of the school district or private school which shall be adopted in order to implement this section and shall be developed in accordance with such requirements of chapters 41.56 and 41.59 RCW as may be applicable.
     (2) School district employees, except those licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW, who have not agreed in writing to perform clean, intermittent bladder catheterizations as part of their job description, may file a written letter of refusal to perform clean, intermittent bladder catheterization of students. This written letter of refusal may not serve as grounds for discharge, nonrenewal, or other action adversely affecting the employee's contract status.
     (3) This section does not require school districts to provide intermittent bladder catheterization of students.