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HOUSE BILL 1795
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By Representatives Conway, Mitchell, Ruderman, Parlette, Cody and Skinner
Read first time 02/05/1999. Referred to Committee on Health Care.
AN ACT Relating to nursing home administrators; and amending RCW 18.52.071.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 18.52.071 and 1996 c 271 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
The department shall issue a license to any person applying for a nursing home administrator's license who meets the following requirements:
(1) Successful completion of the requirements for a baccalaureate degree from a recognized institution of higher learning and any federal requirements;
(2) Successful completion of a practical experience requirement as determined by the board;
(3) Successful completion of examinations administered or approved by the board, or both, which shall be designed to test the candidate's competence to administer a nursing home, and shall include examination on Washington state and federal nursing home laws and regulations and other topics set by the board;
(4) At least twenty-one years of age; and
(5) Not having engaged in unprofessional conduct as defined in RCW 18.130.180 or being unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety as defined in RCW 18.130.170. The board shall establish by rule what constitutes adequate proof of meeting the above requirements.
A limited license indicating the limited extent of authority to administer institutions conducted by and for those who rely upon treatment by prayer or spiritual means in accordance with the creed or tenets of any well-recognized church or religious denomination shall be issued to individuals demonstrating membership in such church or denomination. However, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require an applicant employed by such institution to demonstrate proficiency in any medical techniques or to meet any medical educational qualifications or medical standards not in accord with the remedial care and treatment provided in such institutions.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
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