CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6151
Chapter 329, Laws of 2024
68TH LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
MEDICAL ULTRASOUNDS—LICENSURE
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the Senate March 5, 2024
  Yeas 30  Nays 19
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
Passed by the House February 27, 2024
  Yeas 94  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6151 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
SARAH BANNISTER
Secretary
Secretary
Approved March 28, 2024 10:50 AM
FILED
March 29, 2024
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington
ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6151
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2024 Regular Session
BySenators Randall, C. Wilson, Nobles, Trudeau, Kuderer, Dhingra, Frame, Hasegawa, Keiser, Liias, Saldaña, Stanford, and Valdez
Read first time 01/10/24.Referred to Committee on Health & Long Term Care.
AN ACT Relating to the provision of an ultrasound; and adding a new section to chapter 18.130 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 18.130 RCW to read as follows:
(1) An ultrasound or a similar medical imaging device or procedure may only be provided by: (a) A health care provider holding an active license under one of the chapters listed in RCW 18.130.040 and acting within their scope of practice; or (b) a person acting under the supervision of a health care provider holding an active license under one of the chapters listed in RCW 18.130.040, where all actions performed are within the supervising health care provider's scope of practice.
(2) A violation of this section shall constitute practice without a license and the disciplining authority shall investigate and adjudicate complaints pursuant to RCW 18.130.190.
(3) This section does not apply to the use of an ultrasound by a person on livestock or other animals owned or being raised by that person.
Passed by the Senate March 5, 2024.
Passed by the House February 27, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 28, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 29, 2024.
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