WSR 99-03-058
POLICY STATEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
[Filed January 18, 1999, 1:53 p.m.]
notice of adoption of policy statement
Title of Policy: Monitoring of Nurses in Chemical Dependency Cases.
Issuing Entity: Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission.
Subject Matter: The Nursing Commission endorses the Washington health professional services (WHPS) program as a means of voluntary monitoring of nurses as an alternative to the discipline process. The Nursing Commission will not order licensees into the WHPS program as a condition of compliance in agreed orders or final orders.
Effective Date: November 13, 1998.
Contact Person: Jeanne Giese, P.O. Box 47864, Olympia, WA 98504-7864, (360) 236-4728.