WSR 20-22-012

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

[Filed October 22, 2020, 1:07 p.m., effective November 22, 2020]

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

Purpose: The board of physical therapy (board) is repealing WAC 246-915-380 Spinal manipulation—Endorsement. (Effective July 1, 2015, until June 30, 2020.) and 246-915-382 Spinal manipulation—Clinical supervisor. (Effective July 1, 2015, until June 30, 2020.). These sections of rule are no longer needed because the statutory authority established under HB 2160 (chapter 116, Laws of 2014) included a sunset clause that removed the ability for physical therapists to receive supervised clinical practical experience in spinal manipulative procedures from an out-of-state clinical supervisor who holds an endorsement or advanced certification.

RCW 18.74.190 (1)(d)(i)(C) allowed out-of-state applicants to complete the required training from a clinical supervisor who holds an endorsement or advanced certification, from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2020. Effective July 1, 2020, RCW 18.74.190 (1)(d)(i)(C) is repealed which makes the rules obsolete.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 246-915-380 and 246-915-382.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.74.023.

Other Authority: RCW 18.74.190.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 20-14-103 on June 30, 2020.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 2.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 2.

Date Adopted: September 1, 2020.

Renee Compton

Board Chair

The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed: