CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6151
68TH LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the Senate March 5, 2024 Yeas 30 Nays 19
President of the Senate Passed by the House February 27, 2024 Yeas 94 Nays 0
Speaker of the House of Representatives | CERTIFICATE I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6151 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
Secretary Secretary |
Approved | FILED |
| Secretary of State State of Washington |
ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6151
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington | 68th Legislature | 2024 Regular Session |
BySenators Randall, C. Wilson, Nobles, Trudeau, Kuderer, Dhingra, Frame, Hasegawa, Keiser, Liias, Saldaña, Stanford, and Valdez
Read first time 01/10/24.Referred to Committee on Health & Long Term Care.
AN ACT Relating to the provision of an ultrasound; and adding a new section to chapter
18.130 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter
18.130 RCW to read as follows:
(1) An ultrasound or a similar medical imaging device or procedure may only be provided by: (a) A health care provider holding an active license under one of the chapters listed in RCW
18.130.040 and acting within their scope of practice; or (b) a person acting under the supervision of a health care provider holding an active license under one of the chapters listed in RCW
18.130.040, where all actions performed are within the supervising health care provider's scope of practice.
(2) A violation of this section shall constitute practice without a license and the disciplining authority shall investigate and adjudicate complaints pursuant to RCW
18.130.190.
(3) This section does not apply to the use of an ultrasound by a person on livestock or other animals owned or being raised by that person.
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