WSR 18-12-112 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Dental Quality Assurance Commission) [Filed June 6, 2018, 9:51 a.m., effective July 7, 2018] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: WAC 246-817-441 Dentist suicide prevention education, creating a new section to establish a one-time continuing education requirement for dentists in suicide prevention. The adopted rule implements E2SHB 1612 (chapter 262, Laws of 2017) codified as RCW 43.70.442. The law amended RCW 43.70.442 by adding dentists to the list of professionals required to complete a one-time continuing education in suicide prevention. The adopted rule requires dentists to take a one-time, three-hour training in suicide assessment that includes screening, referral, and imminent harm via lethal means. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 246-817-441. Other Authority: RCW 43.70.442. Adopted under notice filed as WSR 18-06-026 on February 27, 2018. A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Jennifer Santiago, P.O. Box 47852, Olympia, WA 98504, phone 360-236-4893, fax 360-236-2901, TTY 360-833-6388 or 711, email jennifer.santiago@doh.wa.gov, web site www.doh.wa.gov. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Date Adopted: April 20, 2018. John B. Carbery, D.M.D., Chairperson Dental Quality Assurance Commission
NEW SECTION
WAC 246-817-441 Dentist suicide prevention education.
Effective August 1, 2020, a licensed dentist must complete a commission-approved one-time training that is at least three hours in length for suicide assessment that includes screening, referral, and imminent harm via lethal means elements.
(1) This training must be completed by the end of the first full continuing education reporting period after August 1, 2020, or during the first full continuing education reporting period after initial licensure, whichever is later.
(2) Training accepted by the commission must be on the department's model list as authorized in chapter 246-12 WAC, Part 14.
(3) A licensed dentist who has successfully completed the suicide assessment, treatment, and management curriculum in RCW 43.70.447, by the school of dentistry at the University of Washington prior to licensure is exempt from the training requirement in this section.
(4) Training completed between July 23, 2017, and August 1, 2020, that meets the requirements of subsection (2) or (3) of this section, is accepted as meeting the one-time training requirement of this section.
(5) The hours spent completing the training in suicide assessment under this section count toward meeting applicable continuing education requirements for dentist license renewal.
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