CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1722

Chapter 263, Laws of 2007

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session



PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS--LABOR AND INDUSTRIES--FORMS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/07

Passed by the House April 17, 2007
  Yeas 98   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 10, 2007
  Yeas 49   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

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.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 2, 2007, 10:44 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 3, 2007







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1722
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Representatives Conway, Curtis, Moeller, Darneille, Wood and Simpson

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.


         Passed by the House April 17, 2007.
         Passed by the Senate April 10, 2007.
         Approved by the Governor May 2, 2007.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 3, 2007.