BILL REQ. #:  S-3561.1 

Read first time 01/25/10.   Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Rural Economic Development.

     AN ACT Relating to veterinary technician licenses; amending RCW 18.92.128 and 18.92.128; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 18.92.128 and 2007 c 235 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The board shall issue a veterinary technician license to an individual who has:
     (a) Successfully ((passed an)) completed required examinations administered or approved by the board; and
     (b)(i) Successfully completed a posthigh school course approved by the board in the care and treatment of animals; or
     (ii) ((Had)) Completed, before July 1, 2015, five years' practical experience, acceptable to the board, with a licensed veterinarian.
     (2) The board shall adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW identifying standard tasks and procedures that must be included in the experience of a person who qualifies to take the veterinarian technician examination through the period of practical experience required in subsection (1)(b)(ii) of this section, and requirements for the supervising veterinarian's attestation to completion of the practical experience and that training included the required tasks and procedures.

Sec. 2   RCW 18.92.128 and 2010 c . . . s 1 (section 1 of this act) are each amended to read as follows:
     (((1))) The board shall issue a veterinary technician license to an individual who has:
     (((a))) (1) Successfully completed required examinations administered or approved by the board; and
     (((b)(i))) (2) Successfully completed a posthigh school course approved by the board in the care and treatment of animals((; or
     (ii) Completed, before July 1, 2015, five years' practical experience, acceptable to the board, with a licensed veterinarian.
     (2) The board shall adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW identifying standard tasks and procedures that must be included in the experience of a person who qualifies to take the veterinarian technician examination through the period of practical experience required in subsection (1)(b)(ii) of this section, and requirements for the supervising veterinarian's attestation to completion of the practical experience and that training included the required tasks and procedures)).

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   Section 2 of this act takes effect July 1, 2015.