BILL REQ. #:  S-5608.1 

Read first time 02/22/08.   Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

     AN ACT Relating to establishing fees for certain health professions; amending RCW 18.250.080, 18.260.020, 18.74.030, 18.74.070, and 18.74.073; adding a new section to chapter 18.74 RCW; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 18.250.080 and 2007 c 253 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Each applicant and license holder must comply with administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and fees under RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280 and subsection (2) of this section. The secretary shall furnish a license to any person who applies and who has qualified under the provisions of this chapter.
     (2) The secretary must collect fees under this chapter as follows:
     (a) Application fee, one hundred seventy-five dollars;
     (b) Renewal fee, two hundred dollars;
     (c) Late renewal penalty fee, two hundred dollars;
     (d) Expired license reactivation fee, one hundred dollars;
     (e) Inactive license reactivation fee, forty dollars;
     (f) Duplicate license copy fee, fifteen dollars; and
     (g) License verification fee, twenty-five dollars.

Sec. 2   RCW 18.260.020 and 2007 c 269 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1)(a) No person may practice or represent himself or herself as a registered dental assistant by use of any title or description without being registered by the commission as having met the standards established for registration under this chapter unless he or she is exempt under RCW 18.260.110.
     (b) The secretary must collect the following fees from persons seeking or maintaining the status of a registered dental assistant under this chapter:
     (i) Application fee, forty dollars; and
     (ii) Renewal fee, twenty dollars.
     (2)(a) No person may practice or represent himself or herself as a licensed expanded function dental auxiliary by use of any title or description without being licensed by the commission under this chapter unless he or she is exempt under RCW 18.260.110.
     (b) The secretary must collect the following fees from persons seeking or maintaining the status of a licensed expanded function dental auxiliary under this chapter:
     (i) Application fee, one hundred seventy-five dollars; and
     (ii) Renewal fee, one hundred sixty dollars.

Sec. 3   RCW 18.74.030 and 2007 c 98 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) An applicant for a license as a physical therapist shall have the following minimum qualifications:
     (a) Be of good moral character; and
     (b) Have obtained either (i) a baccalaureate degree in physical therapy from an institution of higher learning approved by the board or (ii) a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher learning and a certificate or advanced degree from a school of physical therapy approved by the board.
     (2) An applicant for a license as a physical therapist assistant must have the following minimum qualifications:
     (a) Be of good moral character; ((and))
     (b) Have successfully completed a board-approved physical therapist assistant program; and
     (c) Pay a license application fee of one hundred dollars to the secretary.
     (3) The applicant shall present proof of qualification to the board in the manner and on the forms prescribed by the board.

Sec. 4   RCW 18.74.070 and 2007 c 98 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Every licensed physical therapist and physical therapist assistant shall apply to the secretary for a renewal of the license and pay ((to the state treasurer)) a fee determined by the secretary as provided in RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280.
     (2) Every physical therapist assistant seeking to renew his or her license must pay a fee to the secretary as follows:
     (a) Renewal fee, one hundred twenty-five dollars;
     (b) Late renewal fee, sixty-two dollars and fifty cents; and
     (c) Expired license reissuance fee, seventy-five dollars.

Sec. 5   RCW 18.74.073 and 2007 c 98 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Any physical therapist or physical therapist assistant 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.
     (2) The secretary must collect the following fees from a physical therapist assistant seeking to place his or her license on inactive status:
     (a) Inactive status fee, fifty dollars; and
     (b) Expired inactive status reissuance fee, seventy-five dollars.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 6   A new section is added to chapter 18.74 RCW to read as follows:
     The secretary must collect the following fees from physical therapist assistants under this chapter:
     (1) Issuance of a duplicate license fee, fifteen dollars; and
     (2) Certification of a license fee, twenty-five dollars.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 7   This act takes effect July 1, 2008.