| Passed by the House April 17, 2007 Yeas 98 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 10, 2007 Yeas 49 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1722 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/25/2007. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to physician assistants executing certain certificates and other forms for labor and industries; adding a new section to chapter 51.28 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 51.28 RCW
to read as follows:
The department shall accept the signature of a physician assistant
on any certificate, card, form, or other documentation required by the
department that the physician assistant's supervising physician or
physicians may sign, provided that it is within the physician
assistant's scope of practice, and is consistent with the terms of the
physician assistant's practice arrangement plan as required by chapters
18.57A and 18.71A RCW. Consistent with the terms of this section, the
authority of a physician assistant to sign such certificates, cards,
forms, or other documentation includes, but is not limited to, the
execution of the certificate required in RCW 51.28.020. A physician
assistant may not rate a worker's permanent partial disability under
RCW 51.32.055.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 By December 1, 2008, the department of labor
and industries shall report to the legislature on implementation of
this act, including but not limited to the effects of this act on
injured worker outcomes, claim costs, and disputed claims.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 This act is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the
state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect
July 1, 2007.