WSR 17-12-103 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery) [Filed June 6, 2017, 3:00 p.m., effective July 7, 2017] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: New WAC 246-854-116 Mandatory one-time training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management for osteopathic physician assistants, the board of osteopathic medicine and surgery has adopted rules to implement mandatory one-time training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management for osteopathic physician assistants as required under RCW 43.70.442. Beginning July 1, 2017, trainings must be taken from the secretary of health's model list.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-05-052 on February 9, 2017.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Brett Cain, P.O. Box 47852, Olympia, WA 98501-7852, phone (360) 236-4766, fax (236) 236-2901, email brett.cain@doh.wa.gov.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 6, 2017.
C. Hunter, DO
Chair
NEW SECTION
WAC 246-854-116 Mandatory one-time training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management.
A licensed osteopathic physician assistant must complete a board-approved one-time training that is at least six hours long in suicide assessment, treatment, and management. This training must be completed by the end of the first full continuing education reporting period after January 1, 2016, or the first full continuing education reporting period after initial licensure, whichever is later.
(1) Until July 1, 2017, a board-approved training must be an empirically supported training in suicide assessment, including screening and referral, suicide treatment, and suicide management, and meet any other requirement in RCW 43.70.442.
(2) Beginning July 1, 2017, training accepted by the board must be on the department's model list developed in accordance with rules adopted by the department that establish minimum standards for training programs. The establishment of the model list does not affect the validity of training completed prior to July 1, 2017.
(3) A board-approved training must be at least six hours in length and may be provided in one or more sessions.
(4) The hours spent completing the training in suicide assessment, treatment, and management under this section count toward meeting any applicable continuing education requirements.
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