Date of Adoption: July 1, 2002.

     Purpose: Chapter 246-333 WAC implements RCW 68.50.630, which states that corneal tissue may be provided by eyebanks licensed by the secretary of health under rules promulgated by the Department of Health. The 2002 legislature passed SB 6587, which repeals RCW 68.50.630, state regulation of eyebanks.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing chapter 246-333 WAC, Eyebanks.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 68.50.630.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 02-10-132 on May 1, 2002.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 4.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 4.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 4.
     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

July 19, 2002

M. C. Selecky

Secretary

OTS-5592.1

REPEALER
     The following chapter of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:

WAC 246-333-010	Definitions.
WAC 246-333-020	Approval process.
WAC 246-333-030	HIV/AIDS education and training.
WAC 246-333-040	Records.

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