CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2704

                        55th Legislature

                      1998 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 7, 1998 Yeas 96   Nays 0 Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 3, 1998   Yeas 47   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2704  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2704

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                     AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

             Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Skinner, Cody and Anderson

Read first time 01/19/98.  Referred to Committee on Health Care.

Creating inactive license status for physical therapists.  

    AN ACT Relating to inactive status for physical therapists; and adding a new section to chapter 18.74 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 18.74 RCW to read as follows:

    Any physical therapist licensed under this chapter not practicing physical therapy or providing services may place his or her license in an inactive status.  The board shall prescribe requirements for maintaining an inactive status and converting from an inactive or active status.  The secretary may establish fees for alterations in license status.

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