WSR 18-04-109 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH [Filed February 6, 2018, 5:25 p.m., effective June 1, 2018] Effective Date of Rule: June 1, 2018. Purpose: WAC 246-834-990 Midwifery fees and renewal cycle, the amended rule increases initial application, renewal, and late renewal penalty fees to bring licensing fee revenues into closer alignment with the actual costs of regulating this profession, while bringing year-end fund balances nearer to a level needed to cover unanticipated expenses over a ten-year period. Current licensing revenues are lower than the annual cost of regulating the profession plus an amount needed for an appropriate annual fund balance. The adopted increased fee levels will allow reserves, which are used to cover unanticipated events such as increased disciplinary costs, to rise to a more desirable level, while bringing in additional revenue to assist in covering the expense of administering the program. The rule also updates language, and the duplicate license amount to be consistent with other fee rules. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 246-834-990. Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-23-121 on November 17, 2017. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: February 5, 2018. John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH Secretary
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 17-15-024, filed 7/7/17, effective 8/7/17)
WAC 246-834-990 Midwifery fees and renewal cycle.
(1) Licenses must be renewed every year on the practitioner's birthday as provided in chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 2.
(2) The following fees are nonrefundable:
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