PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
(Board of Hearing and Speech)
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amend WAC 246-828-990 Hearing aid fitter/dispenser, audiologist and speech language pathologists fees and renewal cycle to raise fees above the I-601 limit, according to exemptions granted in the 2001-03 operating budget.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 43.70.280.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: All professions are statutorily required to be self-supporting. The current fee structure does not allow for the profession to be self-supporting. Rule change is necessary to bring the profession to a self-supporting status.
Process for Developing New Rule: Collaborative rule making; public meetings and mailings to interested persons.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Traci Troutman, Program Manager, Department of Health, Board of Hearing and Speech, P.O. Box 47869, Olympia, WA 98504-7869, phone (360) 236-4917, fax (360) 236-4918, e-mail traci.troutman@doh.wa.gov. Interested persons can participate through meetings and by submitting written comments.
December 20, 2001
Nancy Ellison
for Mary Selecky
Secretary