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| Document Title | Program | Program Contact for questions or problems | Add Your Comment | Comment Deadline | View All Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Military spouses - removing barriers to temporary practice permits. The Department of Health is proposing amendments to WAC 246-12-051, How to obtain a temporary practice permit - Military spouse, to update language changes made by Second Substitute House Bill (2SHB) 1009 (chapter 165, Laws of 2023). |
HSQA - HEALTH PROFESSIONS | Tommy Simpson | Comments Closed | 5/6/2024 | No Comments |
| Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC) fees and renewal cycle. The Department of Health, in consultation with the Board of Hearing and Speech, is proposing a new section of rule, WAC 246-828-991, to implement House Bill (HB) 1001, (chapter 53, Laws of 2023). HB 1001 entered Washington into the ASLP-IC interstate licensure compact for audiologists and speech-language pathologists and gives member states the discretion to charge a fee for granting compact privileges. The proposed rule specifies the fees and renewal cycle for compact practice privileges in Washington state. |
HSQA - HEALTH PROFESSIONS | Kim-boi Shadduck | Comments Closed | 5/2/2024 | 1 Comment |
| Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC) fees and renewal cycle. Fee Analysis |
HSQA - HEALTH PROFESSIONS | Kim-boi Shadduck | Comments Closed | 5/2/2024 | No Comments |
| Athletic Trainer scope of practice for medication purchase, storage, and administration in chapter 246-916 WAC. The Department of Health, in consultation with the Athletic Training Advisory Committee, is proposing to create a new section of rule, WAC 246-916-070 Medications, to define terms used and establish education and training requirements for athletic trainers in response to Substitute House Bill (SHB) 1275, (chapter 143, Laws of 2023). |
HSQA - HEALTH PROFESSIONS | Allyson G Mciver | Comments Closed | 5/2/2024 | No Comments |
| Athletic Trainer scope of practice for medication purchase, storage, and administration in chapter 246-916 WAC. Significant Analysis |
HSQA - HEALTH PROFESSIONS | Allyson G Mciver | Comments Closed | 5/2/2024 | No Comments |
| Dietitians and Nutritionists requirements in chapter 246-822 WAC. The Department of Health is proposing amending, repealing, and creating new rule sections to clarify, streamline, update, and modernize rules for licensing dietitians and nutritionists. This supplemental proposal includes an additional definition in WAC 246-822-010, clarification of application and education requirements for dietitians and nutritionists in WAC 246-822-120, 246-822-130, 246-822-132, 246-822-135, 246-822-141, 246-822-145, and 246-822-160, updated requirements for dietitian qualified supervisors in WAC 246-822-147, and takes out unnecessary terms in WAC 246-822-175 Providing services. |
HSQA - HEALTH PROFESSIONS | Kim-boi Shadduck | Add Comment | 6/5/2024 | No Comments |
| Dietitians and Nutritionists requirements in chapter 246-822 WAC. Significant Analysis - Supplemental |
HSQA - HEALTH PROFESSIONS | Kim-boi Shadduck | Add Comment | 6/5/2024 | No Comments |
| Kidney disease treatment center temporary emergency exemptions. The Department of Health is proposing a new section, WAC 246-310-825 Kidney disease treatment centers— Temporary emergency situation exemption, and amending existing kidney disease treatment center rules, WAC 246-310-800 through 246-310-833, to implement Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5569 (chapter 48, Laws of 2023), codified at RCW 70.38.280. The department is also proposing amendments to address impacts to the need methodology based upon new temporary emergency situation exemption, as well as clean-up language to ensure consistency in kidney disease treatment center rules. |
HSQA - COMM. HLTH SYST. | Ross D Valore | Add Comment | 6/5/2024 | No Comments |
| Kidney disease treatment center temporary emergency exemptions. Significant Analysis |
HSQA - COMM. HLTH SYST. | Ross D Valore | Add Comment | 6/5/2024 | No Comments |
| Discharge or transfer of patients from acute care hospitals to 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state. The Department of Health is proposing to amend WAC 246-320-111, Hospital Responsibilities, in order to implement Second Substitute Senate Bill (2SSB) 5120 (chapter 433, Laws of 2023), an act concerning the establishment of 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state. |
HSQA - COMM. HLTH SYST. | Daniel R Overton | Add Comment | 6/5/2024 | No Comments |
| Discharge or transfer of patients from acute care hospitals to 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state. Significant Analysis |
HSQA - COMM. HLTH SYST. | Daniel R Overton | Add Comment | 6/5/2024 | No Comments |
| Chapter 246-500 WAC – Handling of Human Remains. The State Board of Health is proposing amending parts of the rule to align with the changes to RCW 68.50.230 prescribed in Substitute House Bill 1974, which passed during the 2024 legislative session. |
SBOH - STATE BRD OF HEALTH | Shay Bauman | Add Comment | 5/31/2024 | No Comments |
| Behavioral health agency regulations as they relate to 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state. The Department of Health (department) is proposing to amend the behavioral health agency regulations in chapter 246-341 WAC, including WAC 246-341-0110, 246-341-0200, 246-341-0365, 246-341-0901, 246-341-0912, 246-341-1140 and new WAC 246-341-0903, in order to implement Second Substitute Senate Bill (2SSB) 5120 (chapter 433, Laws of 2023), an act concerning the establishment of 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state. The department is also proposing amendments in WAC 246-341-0200, 246-341-0515 and 246-341-0901 to align the regulations with statutory changes passed by the 2023 legislature, including Second Substitute House Bill (2SHB) 1724 (chapter 425, Laws of 2023) and Second Substitute Senate Bill (2SSB) 5555 (chapter 469, Laws of 2023 partial veto). Finally, the department is conducting general clean-up, where needed, throughout these WAC sections. |
HSQA - COMM. HLTH SYST. | Daniel R Overton | Add Comment | 6/5/2024 | No Comments |
| Behavioral health agency regulations as they relate to 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state. Significant Analysis |
HSQA - COMM. HLTH SYST. | Daniel R Overton | Add Comment | 6/5/2024 | No Comments |
| Behavioral health agency regulations as they relate to 23-hour crisis relief centers in Washington state. Small Business Economic Impact Statement |
HSQA - COMM. HLTH SYST. | Daniel R Overton | Add Comment | 6/5/2024 | No Comments |
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