Date of Adoption: January 10, 2002.

     Purpose: These rules will clarify fees for individuals going from a limited postgraduate license to a full license and clarify the applicability of the impaired monitoring surcharge.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-919-990 and 246-918-990.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.71.017 and 18.71A.020.

     Other Authority: RCW 43.70.280.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 01-24-105 on December 5, 2001.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

February 7, 2002

Mary C. Selecky

Secretary

OTS-5010.3

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-23-090, filed 11/16/99, effective 1/1/00)

WAC 246-918-990   Fees and renewal cycle.   (1) Licenses must be renewed every two years on the practitioner's birthday as provided in chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 2.

     (2) The applicant or licensee must pay the following nonrefundable fees ((will be charged)):

Title of Fee	Fee
Physician assistants, certified physician assistants, physician assistant-surgical assistants, acupuncture physician assistants:
Application*	$50.00
((One-year renewal	70.00))
Two-year renewal*	70.00
((Substance abuse monitoring surcharge (assessed at $25.00 each year as stipulated in RCW 18.71A.020(3))))	50.00
Expired license reissuance	35.00
Duplicate license	15.00
Impaired physician program surcharge *(assessed at $25.00 on each application and for each year of the renewal period as required in RCW 18.71.310(2))	25.00

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.71.017, 18.130.050(1), 18.130.040(4), 18.130.050(12) and 18.130.340. 99-23-090, § 246-918-990, filed 11/16/99, effective 1/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.71.017 and 18.71A.020(3). 99-13-087, § 246-918-990, filed 6/14/99, effective 7/15/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.280. 98-05-060, § 246-918-990, filed 2/13/98, effective 3/16/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.71.017 and 18.71A.020. 96-03-073, § 246-918-990, filed 1/17/96, effective 2/17/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-06-027 (Order 131), § 246-918-990, filed 2/26/91, effective 3/29/91.]

OTS-5011.3

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-23-090, filed 11/16/99, effective 1/1/00)

WAC 246-919-990   Physician and surgeon fees and renewal cycle.   (1) Licenses must be renewed every two years on the practitioner's birthday as provided in chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 2, except postgraduate training limited licenses and retired active physician licenses.

     (2) Postgraduate training limited licenses must be renewed every year to correspond to program date.

     (3) Retired active physician licenses shall be renewed every year.

     (4) The applicants and licensees must pay the following nonrefundable fees ((will be charged)):

Title of Fee	Fee
Physicians and surgeons: Chapter 18.71 RCW
Application*	$300.00
Retired active physician license renewal (((which is the $100.00 renewal fee plus $25.00 substance abuse monitoring surcharge)))*	((125.00)) 100.00
Retired active late renewal penalty	50.00
((One-year renewal	200.00))
Two-year renewal*	400.00
Late renewal penalty	100.00
Expired license reissuance	200.00
((Substance abuse monitoring surcharge (assessed at $25.00 each year as stipulated in RCW 18.71.310(2)))	50.00
Certification of license	50.00
Duplicate license	15.00
Temporary permit	50.00
Application fee for transitioning from a postgraduate training limited license*	100.00
Postgraduate limited license fees: RCW 18.71.095
Limited license application*	200.00
Limited license renewal*	200.00
((Substance abuse monitoring surcharge	25.00))
Limited duplicate license	15.00
Impaired physician program *(assessed at $25.00 on each application and for each year of the renewal period as required in RCW 18.71.310(2))	25.00

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.71.017, 18.130.050(1), 18.130.040(4), 18.130.050(12) and 18.130.340. 99-23-090, § 246-919-990, filed 11/16/99, effective 1/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.280. 98-05-060, § 246-919-990, filed 2/13/98, effective 3/16/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.71.017 and 43.70.250. 97-15-100, § 246-919-990, filed 7/21/97, effective 8/21/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.71.017 and 18.71A.020. 96-03-073, § 246-919-990, filed 1/17/96, effective 2/17/96.]

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