CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1808

Chapter 168, Laws of 2009

61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session



PARAMEDIC TRAINING AND NURSING PROGRAMS--WORK GROUP



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/26/09

Passed by the House March 10, 2009
  Yeas 96   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 7, 2009
  Yeas 41   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1808 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 22, 2009, 11:27 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 23, 2009







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1808
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Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By House Education Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Hinkle, Morrell, Bailey, Green, and Kelley)

READ FIRST TIME 03/02/09.   



     AN ACT Relating to an interdisciplinary work group with faculty from a paramedic training program and an associate degree in nursing program; creating a new section; and providing an expiration date.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The state board for community and technical colleges shall create an interdisciplinary work group with faculty from a paramedic training program, faculty from an associate degree nursing program, faculty from a bachelor's degree nursing program, a representative of the Washington center for nursing, and a representative of the Washington state nursing association. The work group shall review the training and curriculum of the programs to establish a set of recognized course equivalencies or skill competencies between the programs. The work group shall report its findings and any recommendations to the board by July 1, 2010. The board may use the findings and recommendations as the basis for any proposals for statewide policies regarding articulation between paramedic training programs and nursing programs. This section expires December 1, 2010.


         Passed by the House March 10, 2009.
         Passed by the Senate April 7, 2009.
         Approved by the Governor April 22, 2009.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 23, 2009.