WSR 99-03-066
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
(Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission)
[Filed January 18, 1999, 2:16 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: WAC 246-840-125 New rule regarding retired/active status.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 18.130.250 and 18.79.110.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Licensees who volunteer their services for the Red Cross and other nonprofit organizations need a license. By having a retired/active license category they can volunteer their services and pay a reduced fee for their annual license. This would benefit the nurses and the community.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Public rules writing workshop will be held February 25, 1999, at 5:00 p.m. at Department of Health, 1101 Eastside Street, Olympia, WA 98504. Any person interested in drafting the language to develop this rule is invited and encouraged to attend.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Terry J. West, Program Manager, Department of Health, Nursing Program, P.O. Box 47864, Olympia, WA 98504-7864, phone (360) 236-4712, fax (360) 236-4738.
December 10, 1998
Paula R. Meyer, RN, MSN
Executive Director