Purpose: Repeals WAC 246-340-085, relating to second trimester abortion facilities. This rule is no longer necessary, this section was inadvertently omitted when the rest of the chapter was repealed in 1993. The department does not license second trimester abortion facilities and therefore the rule is obsolete.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 246-340-085.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.43.830 through 43.43.842.

Adopted under preproposal statement of inquiry filed as WSR 97-20-156 on October 1, 1997.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 1.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

April 22, 1998

Bruce Miyahara

Secretary

REPEALER

The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:

WAC 246-340-085 Criminal history, disclosure, and background inquiries.