CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1534

Chapter 129, Laws of 2013

63rd Legislature
2013 Regular Session



DENTISTRY--IMPAIRED DENTIST PROGRAM--SURCHARGE



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/28/13

Passed by the House March 11, 2013
  Yeas 94   Nays 3

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 16, 2013
  Yeas 46   Nays 1


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1534 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 3, 2013, 11:25 a.m.








JAY INSLEE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 3, 2013







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1534
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Passed Legislature - 2013 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2013 Regular Session

By Representatives Riccelli, Harris, Ryu, and Jinkins

Read first time 01/30/13.   Referred to Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Services.



     AN ACT Relating to the license surcharge for the impaired dentist program; and amending RCW 18.32.534.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 18.32.534 and 1999 c 179 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) To implement an impaired dentist program as authorized by RCW 18.130.175, the commission shall enter into a contract with a voluntary substance abuse monitoring program. The impaired dentist program may include any or all of the following:
     (a) Contracting with providers of treatment programs;
     (b) Receiving and evaluating reports of suspected impairment from any source;
     (c) Intervening in cases of verified impairment;
     (d) Referring impaired dentists to treatment programs;
     (e) Monitoring the treatment and rehabilitation of impaired dentists including those ordered by the commission;
     (f) Providing education, prevention of impairment, posttreatment monitoring, and support of rehabilitated impaired dentists; and
     (g) Performing other related activities as determined by the commission.
     (2) A contract entered into under subsection (1) of this section shall be financed by a surcharge of up to ((twenty-five)) fifty dollars on each license issuance or renewal to be collected by the department of health from every dentist licensed under chapter 18.32 RCW. These moneys shall be placed in the health professions account to be used solely for the implementation of the impaired dentist program.


         Passed by the House March 11, 2013.
         Passed by the Senate April 16, 2013.
         Approved by the Governor May 3, 2013.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 3, 2013.