PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: July 26, 2000.
Purpose: Meet criteria supporting Governor Locke's Executive Order 97-02.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 308-96A-306 Definitions -- Disabled person special parking privileges.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.16.381.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 00-11-120 on May 22, 2000.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Add the words "advanced registered" before the words "nurse practitioners."
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
July 26, 2000
Fred Stephens
Director
OTS-4043.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-21-034, filed 10/15/99,
effective 11/15/99)
WAC 308-96A-306
Definitions -- Disabled person special
parking privileges.
For the purposes of determining eligibility for special disabled person parking placards and license plates, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Licensed physician" means, for the purpose of determining the disability that limits the ability to walk and meets the criteria set forth in RCW 46.16.381(1), a health care provider licensed by the department of health to provide health care whose scope of practice includes those areas covered in the statute. Licensed physician includes chiropractic physicians, naturopaths, medical doctors, advanced registered nurse practitioners, osteopathic physicians and podiatric physicians. Licensed physician does not include persons licensed in the professions of dentistry and optometry.
(2) "Permanent" means a licensed physician has certified that the qualifying disability condition is expected to last at least five years.
(3) "Permit" means the eligibility for the temporary or permanent placard or special license plate(s) and identification card.
(4) "Identification card" means the identification card referred to in RCW 46.16.381(3).
(5) "Private carriers" means those entities contracting with public transportation authorities to transport persons with disabilities described in RCW 46.16.381.
(6) "Privilege" means the right to utilize the benefits associated with the permit.
(7) "Expiration date" means:
(a) The last day of the month specified on a temporary placard; or
(b) Not less than five years from the month and year of issuance of a permanent placard, as specified by the department on the placard.
(8) "Public transportation authorities" means those entities operating motor vehicles owned or leased by Washington state, or a town, city, county, municipality, or metropolitan or municipal corporation within the state, or United States government agencies or Indian nations used for the primary purpose of transporting persons with disabilities described in RCW 46.16.381.
(9) "Signature" means any memorandum, mark, or sign made with intent to authenticate an application for a placard, or the subscription of any person thereto as provided in RCW 9A.04.110(23).
(10) "Application" means the form provided by the department that must be completed by the individual and physician or the form that must be completed by the organization.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.16.381, 46.01.110 and 46.16.276. 99-21-034, § 308-96A-306, filed 10/15/99, effective 11/15/99; 98-22-032, § 308-96A-306, filed 10/29/98, effective 10/29/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 46.01.110. 97-02-001, § 308-96A-306, filed 12/19/96, effective 1/19/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 46.01.110 and 46.16.276. 92-03-076, § 308-96A-306, filed 1/14/92, effective 2/14/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 46.16.600, 46.16.276 and 46.01.110. 87-12-023 (Order TL/RG-34), § 308-96A-306, filed 5/28/87.]