WSR 97-20-102

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

[Filed September 29, 1997, 4:31 p.m.]

Date of Adoption: August 18, 1997.

Purpose: 1996 legislation replaced the trainee program with an apprenticeship program. These two sections are no longer applicable.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 246-828-060 and 246-828-065.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.35.161.

Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 97-14-059 on June 30, 1997.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 2.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

September 10, 1997

Delores E. Spice