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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6908

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                        1990 First Special Session

By Senators Madsen and Moore

Read first time 3/28/90 and referred to Committee on Energy & Utilities.

AN ACT Relating to industrial radiography; and amending RCW 43.70.110.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 263, chapter 9, Laws of 1989 1st ex. sess. and RCW 43.70.110 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) The secretary shall charge fees to the licensee for obtaining a license.  Municipal corporations providing emergency medical care and transportation services pursuant to chapter 18.73 RCW shall be exempt from such fees, provided that such other emergency services shall only be charged for their pro rata share of the cost of licensure and inspection, if appropriate.  The secretary may waive the fees when, in the discretion of the secretary, the fees would not be in the best interest of public health and safety, or when the fees would be to the financial disadvantage of the state.

          (2) Fees charged shall be based on, but shall not exceed, the cost to the department for the licensure of the activity or class of activities and may include costs of necessary inspection.

          (3) Department of health advisory committees may review fees established by the secretary for licenses and comment upon the appropriateness of the level of such fees.

(4) The annual fee charged to any person obtaining a license to perform industrial radiography shall not exceed eight hundred dollars.