PDFWAC 246-945-365

Approval of impaired practitioner substance abuse monitoring program.

(1) The commission will approve recovery, assistance and monitoring programs under RCW 18.130.175 for its credential holders.
(2) For the purposes of RCW 18.130.175(1), the commission will consider a licensee to have not successfully completed the program if they are discharged from the program for failure to comply with the program's terms and conditions.
(3) A licensee referred or required to participate in a program will be subject to disciplinary action under chapter 18.130 RCW if they fail to sign or otherwise revoke a waiver allowing the program to release information to the commission.
(4) An approved program shall report a licensee who fails to comply with the program's terms and conditions within seven calendar days.
(5) A licensee shall report themselves to the commission if they fail to comply with RCW 18.130.175, the program's terms and conditions, or any part of this section within seven calendar days. The fact an approved program has reported under subsection (4) of this section does not absolve the licensee of a responsibility to report.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.64.005, 18.64.080, 18.130.075, 18.64.043, 18.64.044, 18.64.045, 18.64.046, 18.64.370, 18.64.460, 69.50.310, 18.64.011, 18.64.245, 18.64.470, 18.64.255, 18.64.205, 18.64.253, 18.64.410, 18.64.500, 18.64.590. WSR 20-12-072, § 246-945-365, filed 6/1/20, effective 7/1/20.]