Purpose: This is a technical amendment clarifying the authority for the chapter.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 180-38-005 Purpose and authority.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.210.160.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-19-099 on September 20, 2005.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: October 28, 2005.

Larry Davis

Executive Director

OTS-8373.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 02-24-019, filed 11/26/02, effective 12/27/02)

WAC 180-38-005   Purpose and authority.   (1) The purpose of this chapter is to establish the procedural and substantive due process requirements governing the exclusion of students from public and private schools for failure to comply with the immunization requirement of the state of Washington or, in the case of public schools only, failure to present a medication or treatment order for a life-threatening health condition.

     (2) The authority for this chapter is RCW 28A.210.160 ((and 28A.210.xxx)).

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.210.160. 02-24-019, § 180-38-005, filed 11/26/02, effective 12/27/02. Statutory Authority: 1990 c 33. 90-17-009, § 180-38-005, filed 8/6/90, effective 9/6/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.31.118. 85-20-040 (Order 20-85), § 180-38-005, filed 9/25/85.]