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SENATE BILL NO. 4691
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
C 293 L 86 PV
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1986 Regular Session
By Senators Kiskaddon, Newhouse and Vognild
Read first time 1/20/86 and referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to the definition of child for industrial insurance purposes; amending RCW 51.08.030; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 4, chapter 14, Laws of 1980 and RCW 51.08.030 are each amended to read as follows:
"Child" means every natural born child, posthumous child, stepchild, child legally adopted prior to the injury, child born after the injury where conception occurred prior to the injury, and dependent child in the legal custody and control of the worker, all while under the age of eighteen years, or under the age of twenty-three years while permanently enrolled at a full time course in an accredited school, and over the age of eighteen years if the child is a dependent as a result of a physical, mental, or sensory handicap.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The director of the department of labor and industries shall appoint a temporary chiropractic advisory committee from health care professionals licensed under chapter 18.25 RCW. The committee shall consist of six members, three from eastern Washington and three from western Washington, who shall serve without compensation, with the director or the director's designee as chair. The committee shall assist in the development for the director's consideration of standards for the determination of temporary and permanent disability, standards for chiropractic treatment, care and practice, and a proposal for a chiropractic peer review program. The temporary chiropractic advisory committee established by this section shall cease to exist on June 30, 1987.