WSR 21-01-023

PERMANENT RULES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

(Board of Naturopathy)

[Filed December 4, 2020, 9:10 a.m., effective January 4, 2021]

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

Purpose: The board of naturopathy (board) has repealed WAC 246-836-410 as a result of ESHB 1551 Modernizing the control of certain communicable diseases (chapter 76, Laws of 2020).

Section 22(11) of ESHB 1551 repeals RCW 70.24.270-Health professionals—Rules for AIDS education and training. This statutory repeal no longer requires health professionals to obtain AIDS education and training. As a result, the board has repealed the requirement for AIDS training in WAC 246-836-410.

The intent of ESHB 1551 is to help reduce stigma toward people living with HIV/AIDS by not singling out AIDS as an exceptional disease requiring special training and education separate from other communicable health conditions.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 246-836-410.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.36A.160.

Other Authority: Chapter 76, Laws of 2020, ESHB 1551.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 20-16-001 on July 22, 2020.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

Date Adopted: October 6, 2020.

Chad Aschtgen, ND

Chair

OTS-2324.1

The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed: