CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5071

Chapter 35, Laws of 2011

62nd Legislature
2011 Regular Session



UW HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY--ACCESS--MIDWIVES AND THERAPISTS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/11

Passed by the Senate February 28, 2011
  YEAS 46   NAYS 2

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 1, 2011
  YEAS 92   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5071 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved April 13, 2011, 1:46 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 13, 2011







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5071
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Passed Legislature - 2011 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2011 Regular Session

By Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senators Murray, Pflug, Keiser, Conway, Kline, Parlette, and Roach)

READ FIRST TIME 02/17/11.   



     AN ACT Relating to providing licensed midwives and marriage and family therapists online access to the University of Washington health sciences library; and amending RCW 43.70.110.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.70.110 and 2010 c 286 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The secretary shall charge fees to the licensee for obtaining a license. Physicians regulated pursuant to chapter 18.71 RCW who reside and practice in Washington and obtain or renew a retired active license are exempt from such fees. After June 30, 1995, municipal corporations providing emergency medical care and transportation services pursuant to chapter 18.73 RCW shall be exempt from such fees, provided that such other emergency services shall only be charged for their pro rata share of the cost of licensure and inspection, if appropriate. The secretary may waive the fees when, in the discretion of the secretary, the fees would not be in the best interest of public health and safety, or when the fees would be to the financial disadvantage of the state.
     (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, fees charged shall be based on, but shall not exceed, the cost to the department for the licensure of the activity or class of activities and may include costs of necessary inspection.
     (3) License fees shall include amounts in addition to the cost of licensure activities in the following circumstances:
     (a) For registered nurses and licensed practical nurses licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW, support of a central nursing resource center as provided in RCW 18.79.202, until June 30, 2013;
     (b) For all health care providers licensed under RCW 18.130.040, the cost of regulatory activities for retired volunteer medical worker licensees as provided in RCW 18.130.360; and
     (c) For physicians licensed under chapter 18.71 RCW, physician assistants licensed under chapter 18.71A RCW, osteopathic physicians licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW, osteopathic physicians' assistants licensed under chapter 18.57A RCW, naturopaths licensed under chapter 18.36A RCW, podiatrists licensed under chapter 18.22 RCW, chiropractors licensed under chapter 18.25 RCW, psychologists licensed under chapter 18.83 RCW, registered nurses licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW, optometrists licensed under chapter 18.53 RCW, mental health counselors licensed under chapter 18.225 RCW, massage therapists licensed under chapter 18.108 RCW, clinical social workers licensed under chapter 18.225 RCW, midwives licensed under chapter 18.50 RCW; licensed marriage and family therapists under chapter 18.225 RCW; and East Asian medicine practitioners licensed under chapter 18.06 RCW, the license fees shall include up to an additional twenty-five dollars to be transferred by the department to the University of Washington for the purposes of RCW 43.70.112.
     (4) Department of health advisory committees may review fees established by the secretary for licenses and comment upon the appropriateness of the level of such fees.


         Passed by the Senate February 28, 2011.
         Passed by the House April 1, 2011.
         Approved by the Governor April 13, 2011.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 13, 2011.