WSR 25-19-061
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
[Filed September 12, 2025, 7:18 a.m., effective October 13, 2025]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Anesthesiologist assistant (AA) profession fees. The department of health (department), in consultation with the Washington medical commission (commission), is adopting new WAC 246-921-990 to implement the licensing and regulation fees for the new AA profession.
In the 2024 legislative session, the legislature passed SB 5184 (chapter 362, Laws of 2024), codified in chapter
18.71D RCW, that directs the commission to adopt rules necessary for the licensure of AAs. In accordance with RCW
18.71D.020 and
43.70.250, the department has adopted fees to establish and regulate the AA credential. The adopted rule establishes fees that will fund the licensing and regulation of the profession in the state of Washington.
On June 26, 2025, the commission adopted the AA profession under chapter 246-921 WAC in WSR 25-14-053. The new chapter establishes the education, training, examination, and continuing education requirements for the AA profession.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 246-921-990.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 25-15-148 on July 22, 2025.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: September 11, 2025.
Kristin Peterson, JD
Chief of Policy
for Dennis E. Worsham
Secretary of Health
RDS-6194.4
NEW SECTION
WAC 246-921-990Anesthesiologist assistant fees and renewal cycle.
(1) Licenses must be renewed every two years on the practitioner's birthday as provided in chapter 246-12 WAC.
(2) The applicant or licensee must pay the following nonrefundable fees:
Title of Fee | Fee |
Original application | |
| Application | $50.00 |
Active license renewal | |
| Two-year renewal | 247.00 |
| Late renewal fee | 124.00 |
| Expired license reissuance | 50.00 |
Retired license renewal | |
| Two-year renewal | 35.00 |
| Late renewal fee | 35.00 |
Duplicate license | 15.00 |
Verification fee | 67.00 |