WSR 97-20-103

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

(Board of Physical Therapy)

[Filed September 29, 1997, 4:32 p.m.]

Date of Adoption: August 18, 1997.

Purpose: To repeal WAC 246-915-080 and 246-915-090. 1996 legislation (HB 2151) established secretary authority to adopt rules establishing procedures for administrative tasks such as license renewal and change of address or name.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 246-915-080 and 246-915-090.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.70.280.

Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 97-14-067 on June 30, 1997.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 2.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 2.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 2.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

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

September 16, 1997

Gail L. Zimmerman