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                                           ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1629

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Representatives Schoon, Braddock, Brooks, Moyer, Kremen, D. Sommers, Sprenkle, May and Miller

Read first time 1/20/88 and referred to Committee on Health Care.

AN ACT Relating to physicians' assistants; amending RCW 18.71A.010; and adding a new section to chapter 18.71A RCW.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 30, Laws of 1971 ex. sess. as amended by section 1, chapter 190, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. and RCW 18.71A.010 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) "Physician's assistant" means((:

          (a))) a person who is enrolled in, or who has satisfactorily completed, a board approved training program designed to prepare persons to practice medicine to a limited extent((; or

          (b) A person who is a university medical graduate of a foreign medical school or college)).

          (2) "Board" means the board of medical examiners.

          (3) "Practice medicine" shall have the meaning defined in RCW ((18.71.010)) 18.71.011.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 18.71A RCW to read as follows:

          RCW 18.71A.010 shall not apply to foreign medical school or college graduates who began practicing as physician's assistant prior to the effective date of this 1988 act.