Medical and health services N.O.C.

Applies to licensed medical practitioners, medical or treatment clinics, and other health practices not providing overnight care or residency. Medical and health services examine, test, diagnose, refer, consult, and treat patients for all types of diseases, conditions, maladies, injuries, syndromes, addictions, and disorders.

Classification 6109 includes:

• All work performed at clinics;

• Employees of a clinic visiting patients at home, or in other care related facilities such as hospitals or nursing homes;

• Clerical office and sales personnel, whether working at a clinic or in a separate business office.

Occupations typically reported in classification 6109 include employment such as:

• Acupuncturists;

• Alternative medicine practitioners;

• Chiropractors;

• Counselors;

• Dental assistants;

• Dental technicians;

• Dentists;

• Dieticians;

• Eyewear technicians;

• Foot massagers;

• Hygienists;

• Laboratory technicians;

• Licensed massage therapists;

• Medical billers;

• Midwives;

• Naturopaths;

• Nurse practitioners;

• Nurses;

• Occupational therapists;

• Ophthalmologists;

• Optometrists;

• Orthotic technicians;

• Pharmacists;

• Phlebotomists;

• Physical therapists;

• Physicians;

• Prosthetic technicians;

• Psychiatrists;

• Psychologists;

• Radiologists;

• Receptionists;

• Reflexologists;

• Respiratory therapists;

• Speech therapists;

• Surgeons;

• X-ray technicians.

Special note: Some organizations such as schools, spas, sports teams, and summer camps may employ medical and health practitioners to provide care to their employees or customers. These medical services are included in the basic classification representing the nature of the organization's business.

Classification 6109 excludes:

• Firms providing medical services treating animals, which are classified in 6107-01;

• Firms providing medical care, therapy, and nursing services whose principal business is treating patients in their homes, which are classified in 6110-00;

• Firms providing in-home personal care and chore services which are classified in 6511;

• Personal care and chore service employees employed by the person being cared for, who are classified in 6510 or 6512, and dieticians and counselors employed by home health care services who meet the standard exception requirements and are classified 6303-21;

• Medical facilities that include overnight acute care, recovery, and rehabilitation, which are classified in 6105, 6120, and 6121;

• Medical facilities providing care in state licensed convalescent and nursing homes, which are classified in 6108-00;

• Long-term residential facilities providing personal care services with less than acute care medical services, which are classified in 6509.

For administrative purposes, classification 6109 is divided into the following subclassification(s):

6109-00 Physicians and medical clinics, N.O.C.

6109-01 Dental clinics

6109-02 Chiropractors

6109-04 Naturopaths

6109-08 Physical, occupational, respiratory, and speech therapists

6109-09 Eye clinics

6109-10 Licensed mental health practitioners; psychologists and psychiatrists

6109-12 Clinics for nutrition, diet, or weight loss

6109-13 Childbirth classes

6109-14 Orthotic and prosthesis clinics

6109-15 Midwife services

6109-16 Licensed massage therapy, reflexology, and nonlicensed massage services

6109-17 Radiology and MRI referral clinics

[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 16-14-085, § 296-17A-6109, filed 7/5/16, effective 1/1/17; WSR 15-02-060, § 296-17A-6109, filed 1/6/15, effective 7/1/15. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-6109, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06; WSR 00-14-052, § 296-17-686, filed 7/1/00, effective 7/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 99-18-068, § 296-17-686, filed 8/31/99, effective 10/1/99; WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-686, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020(1) and 51.16.035. WSR 94-12-063, § 296-17-686, filed 5/30/94, effective 6/30/94; WSR 93-12-093, § 296-17-686, filed 5/31/93, effective 7/1/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 87-24-060 (Order 87-26), § 296-17-686, filed 12/1/87, effective 1/1/88; WSR 87-12-032 (Order 87-12), § 296-17-686, filed 5/29/87, effective 7/1/87; WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-686, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; WSR 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-686, filed 2/28/85, effective 4/1/85; WSR 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-686, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; WSR 81-24-042 (Order 81-30), § 296-17-686, filed 11/30/81, effective 1/1/82; Order 73-22, § 296-17-686, filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.]

PDFWAC 296-17A-6109

Classification 6109.