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Chapter 246-840 WAC

Last Update: 9/18/12

PRACTICAL AND REGISTERED NURSING

WAC Sections

246-840-010 Definitions.
246-840-020 Credentials issued to nurses in Washington.
246-840-025 Initial licensure for registered nurses and practical nurses -- Commission approved Washington state nursing education program.
246-840-030 Initial licensure for registered nurses and practical nurses -- Out-of-state traditional nursing education program approved by another United States nursing board.
246-840-035 Initial licensure for registered nurses -- Out-of-state nontraditional nursing education program approved by another United States nursing board as defined by WAC 246-840-010(16).
246-840-045 Initial licensure for registered nurses and practical nurses who graduate from an international school of nursing.
246-840-050 Licensing examination.
246-840-060 Results and retaking of examination.
246-840-090 Licensure for nurses by interstate endorsement.
246-840-095 Temporary practice permits.
246-840-105 Brief adjudicative proceedings -- Denials based on failure to meet education, experience, or examination prerequisites for licensure.
246-840-111 Expired license.
246-840-120 Inactive credential.
246-840-130 Criteria for approved refresher course.
DOCUMENTING CONTINUING COMPETENCY
246-840-201 Continuing competency purpose statement.
246-840-202 Continuing competency definitions.
246-840-203 Continuing competency requirements -- Active status.
246-840-204 Continuing competency requirements -- Reactivation from expired status.
246-840-205 Continuing competency requirements -- Reactivation from inactive status.
246-840-206 Continuing competency audit process and compliance.
246-840-207 Failure to meet continuing competency requirements.
ADVANCED PRACTICE
246-840-300 Advanced registered nurse practitioner (ARNP) scope of practice.
246-840-302 ARNP designations, certification and approved certification examinations.
246-840-304 Certification and certification program requirements.
246-840-310 Use and protection of professional titles.
246-840-311 ARNP previously adopted specialties.
246-840-340 ARNP application requirements for new graduates of advanced registered nurse programs.
246-840-342 ARNP application requirements for licensed advanced practice nurse applicants from other states or jurisdictions.
246-840-344 ARNP application requirements for advanced practice nurse applicants educated and licensed outside the United States.
246-840-350 Application requirements for ARNP interim permit.
246-840-360 Renewal of ARNP license.
246-840-361 Continuing education for ARNP license renewal.
246-840-365 Inactive credential.
246-840-367 Expired license.
246-840-400 ARNP prescriptive authority.
246-840-410 Application requirements for ARNP prescriptive authority.
246-840-420 Authorized prescriptions by ARNP with prescriptive authority.
246-840-450 Renewal of ARNP prescriptive authority.
246-840-451 Continuing education requirements for ARNP prescriptive authority.
246-840-455 Requirements for advanced registered nurse practice educational programs in Washington state.
ADVANCED PRACTICE -- PAIN MANAGEMENT
246-840-460 Pain management -- Intent.
246-840-463 Exclusions.
246-840-465 Definitions.
246-840-467 Patient evaluation.
246-840-470 Treatment plan.
246-840-473 Informed consent.
246-840-475 Written agreement for treatment.
246-840-477 Periodic review.
246-840-480 Long-acting opioids, including methadone.
246-840-483 Episodic care.
246-840-485 Consultation -- Recommendations and requirements.
246-840-487 Consultation -- Exemptions for exigent and special circumstances.
246-840-490 Consultation -- Exemptions for the advanced registered nurse practitioner.
246-840-493 Pain management specialist.
NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
246-840-500 Philosophy governing approval of nursing education programs.
246-840-505 Purposes of commission approval of nursing education programs.
246-840-510 Approval of initial (new) nursing education programs.
246-840-515 Branch campus and distance learning nursing education programs.
246-840-520 Ongoing evaluation and approval of nursing education programs.
246-840-525 Commission action following survey visits.
246-840-530 Denial, conditional approval or withdrawal of approval.
246-840-535 Reinstatement of approval.
246-840-540 Appeal of commission decisions.
246-840-545 Closing of an approved nursing education program.
246-840-548 Standards and evaluation of nursing education.
246-840-550 Standard I. Purpose and outcomes for approved nursing education programs.
246-840-555 Standard II. Organization and administration for approved nursing education programs.
246-840-560 Standard III. Resources, facilities, and services for approved nursing education programs.
246-840-565 Standard IV. Students in approved nursing education programs.
246-840-570 Standard V. Faculty in approved nursing education programs.
246-840-575 Curriculum for approved nursing education programs.
246-840-581 Early remediation program purpose.
246-840-582 Early remediation program definitions.
246-840-583 Early remediation program criteria.
PRACTICE STANDARDS
246-840-700 Standards of nursing conduct or practice.
246-840-705 Functions of a registered nurse and a licensed practical nurse.
246-840-710 Violations of standards of nursing conduct or practice.
246-840-720 Mitigating circumstances.
246-840-730 Mandatory reporting.
246-840-740 Sexual misconduct prohibited.
246-840-745 Adjudicative proceedings.
246-840-747 Appearance and practice before agency -- Standards of ethical conduct.
246-840-750 Philosophy governing voluntary substance abuse monitoring programs.
246-840-760 Definitions of terms used in WAC 246-840-750 through 246-840-780.
246-840-770 Approval of substance abuse monitoring programs.
246-840-780 Participants entering the approved substance abuse monitoring program must agree to the following conditions.
246-840-800 Scope of practice -- Advisory opinions.
246-840-810 Provision for continuity of drug therapy for residents.
246-840-820 Provision for clean, intermittent catheterization in schools.
246-840-830 Determination and pronouncement of death by a licensed registered nurse.
NURSING TECHNICIANS
246-840-840 Nursing technician.
246-840-850 Use of nomenclature.
246-840-860 Nursing technician criteria.
246-840-870 Functions of the nursing technician.
246-840-880 Functions of the registered nurse supervising the nursing technician.
246-840-890 Functions of the employing facility.
246-840-900 Functions of the nursing program.
246-840-905 How to register as a nursing technician.
DELEGATION OF NURSING CARE TASKS IN COMMUNITY-BASED AND IN-HOME CARE SETTINGS
246-840-910 Purpose.
246-840-920 Definitions.
246-840-930 Criteria for delegation.
246-840-940 Washington state nursing care quality assurance commission community-based and in-home care setting delegation decision tree.
246-840-950 How to make changes to the delegated tasks.
246-840-960 Rescinding delegation.
246-840-970 Accountability, liability, and coercion.
246-840-990 Fees and renewal cycle.