PERMANENT RULES
(Podiatric Medical Board)
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 246-922-001 Scope of practice, the amended rule identifies which practitioners may provide anesthesia services for surgical patients of podiatric physicians.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-922-001.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.22.015.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 06-24-134 on December 6, 2006.
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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 18, 2007.
Blake T. Maresh
Executive Director
OTS-8930.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 158B, filed 4/25/91,
effective 5/26/91)
WAC 246-922-001
Scope of practice.
(1) An "ailment of
the human foot" as set forth in RCW 18.22.010 is defined as
any condition, symptom, disease, complaint, or disability
involving the functional foot. The functional foot includes
the anatomical foot and any muscle, tendon, ligament, or other
soft tissue structure directly attached to the anatomical foot
and which impacts upon or affects the foot or foot function
and osseous structure up to and including the articulating
surfaces of the ankle joint.
(2) In diagnosing or treating the ailments of the functional foot, a podiatric physician and surgeon is entitled to utilize medical, surgical, mechanical, manipulative, radiological, and electrical treatment methods and the diagnostic procedure or treatment method may be utilized upon an anatomical location other than the functional foot. The diagnosis and treatment of the foot includes diagnosis and treatment necessary for preventive care of the well foot.
(3) A podiatric physician and surgeon may examine, diagnose, and commence treatment of ailments for which differential diagnoses include an ailment of the human foot. Upon determination that the condition presented is not an ailment of the human foot, the podiatric physician and surgeon shall obtain an appropriate consultation or make an appropriate referral to a licensed health care practitioner authorized by law to treat systemic conditions. The podiatric physician and surgeon may take emergency actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the patient's health until the intervention of a licensed health care practitioner authorized by law to treat systemic conditions.
(4) A podiatric physician and surgeon may diagnose or treat an ailment of the human foot caused by a systemic condition provided an appropriate consultation or referral for the systemic condition is made to a licensed health care practitioner authorized by law to treat systemic conditions.
(5) A podiatric physician and surgeon shall not
administer a general or spinal anesthetic, however, a
podiatric physician and surgeon may treat ailments of the
human foot when the treatment requires use of a general or
spinal anesthetic provided that the administration of the
general or spinal anesthetic is by ((or under the supervision
of)) a physician authorized under chapter 18.71 or 18.57 RCW;
or a certified registered nurse anesthetist authorized under
chapter 18.79 RCW.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.22.015. 91-10-041 (Order 158B), § 246-922-001, filed 4/25/91, effective 5/26/91; 91-03-095 (Order 118B), recodified as § 246-922-001, filed 1/18/91, effective 2/18/91; 87-09-045 (Order PM 643), § 308-31-025, filed 4/14/87; 87-04-050 (Order PM 638), § 308-31-025, filed 2/3/87.]