| Passed by the House March 12, 2003 Yeas 90 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 9, 2003 Yeas 47 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1848 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. CYNTHIA ZEHNDER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved April 21, 2003. GARY LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 21, 2003 - 10:45 a.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 03/04/03.
AN ACT Relating to exempting certain medical devices from electrical licensing requirements; and amending RCW 19.28.371.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 19.28.371 and 1981 c 57 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
((Any device used or useful in the diagnosis or treatment of
disease or injury)) (1) A medical device which is not in violation of
the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, Public Law No. 94-295, 90 Stat.
539, as amended from time to time, and as interpreted by the Food and
Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human
Services or its successor, shall be deemed to be in compliance with all
requirements imposed by this chapter.
(2) The installation, maintenance, or repair of a medical device
deemed in compliance with this chapter is exempt from licensing
requirements under RCW 19.28.091, certification requirements under RCW
19.28.161, and inspection and permitting requirements under RCW
19.28.101. This exemption does not include work providing electrical
feeds into the power distribution unit or installation of conduits and
raceways. This exemption covers only those factory engineers or third-party service companies with equivalent training who are qualified to
perform such service.