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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2364
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Passed
Legislature - 1998 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1998 Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/22/98.
Referred to Committee on .
Extending
the time for the secretary of health to establish administrative procedures and
requirements for health professions.
AN
ACT Relating to extending the time for the secretary of health to establish
administrative procedures and requirements for health professions; and amending
RCW 43.70.280.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
43.70.280 and 1996 c 191 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The secretary, in consultation with health profession boards and commissions,
shall establish by rule the administrative procedures, administrative
requirements, and fees for initial issue, renewal, and reissue of a credential
for professions under RCW 18.130.040, including procedures and requirements for
late renewals and uniform application of late renewal penalties. Failure to
renew invalidates the credential and all privileges granted by the credential.
Administrative procedures and administrative requirements do not include
establishing, monitoring, and enforcing qualifications for licensure, scope or
standards of practice, continuing competency mechanisms, and discipline when
such authority is authorized in statute to a health profession board or
commission. For the purposes of this section, "in consultation with"
means providing an opportunity for meaningful participation in development of
rules consistent with processes set forth in RCW 34.05.310.
(2)
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary which provides for a
licensing period for any type of license subject to this chapter including
those under RCW 18.130.040, the secretary of health may, from time to time,
extend or otherwise modify the duration of any licensing, certification, or
registration period, whether an initial or renewal period, if the secretary
determines that it would result in a more economical or efficient operation of
state government and that the public health, safety, or welfare would not be
substantially adversely affected thereby. However, no license, certification,
or registration may be issued or approved for a period in excess of four years,
without renewal. Such extension, reduction, or other modification of a
licensing, certification, or registration period shall be by rule or regulation
of the department of health adopted in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 34.05 RCW. Such rules and regulations may provide a method for
imposing and collecting such additional proportional fee as may be required for
the extended or modified period.
(3) Unless extended by the legislature, effective ((July 1, 1998))
March 1, 1999, the authority of the secretary to establish
administrative procedures and administrative requirements for initial issue,
renewal, and reissue of a credential, including procedures and requirements for
late renewals and uniform application of late renewal penalties, shall cease to
apply to those health professions otherwise regulated by a board or commission
with statutory rule-making authority. If not extended by the legislature, such
authority shall transfer to the respective board or commission. Rules adopted
by the secretary under this section shall remain in effect after ((July 1,
1998)) March 1, 1999, until modified or repealed in accordance with
the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW.
