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Pharmacy - Updating reference to United States Pharmacopeia (USP) General Chapters 795 and 797.
The Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission is proposing a revision to WAC 246-945-100, Compounding minimum standards, to update the rule to the most recent version of the USP – National Formulary <795> and <797>.
HSQA - HEALTH PROFESSIONS Haleigh E Mauldin Add Comment 1/2/2024 No Comments
Multistate nursing license fee (new) and increase to nursing center surcharge fee.
The Department of Health (department) in consultation with the Board of Nursing (board), formerly known as the Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission, is proposing to increase the nursing center surcharge fee and proposing to create a new fee for a multistate nursing license in WAC 246-840-990. The proposed rule implements Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5499, Multistate Nurse Licensure Compact (Chapter 123, Laws of 2023).
HSQA - ASST. SECRETARY OFFICE Heather M Cantrell Comments Closed 12/5/2023 2 Comments
Multistate nursing license fee (new) and increase to nursing center surcharge fee.
Fee Analysis
HSQA - ASST. SECRETARY OFFICE Heather M Cantrell Comments Closed 12/5/2023 1 Comment
Dietician and Nutritionists, Chapter 246-822 WAC
The Department of Health is proposing amending, repealing, and creating new rule sections in chapter 246-822 WAC to clarify, streamline, update, and modernize rules for licensing dietitians and nutritionists.
HSQA - HEALTH PROFESSIONS Kim-boi Shadduck Comments Closed 12/5/2023 7 Comments
Dietician and Nutritionists, Chapter 246-822 WAC
Significant Analysis
HSQA - HEALTH PROFESSIONS Kim-boi Shadduck Comments Closed 12/5/2023 1 Comment
Dental school faculty member licenses.
The Dental Quality Assurance Commission is proposing amending WAC 246-817-150 to remove specific references about granting licenses to University of Washington faculty and replacing this with a reference to a faculty of any institution of higher education in Washington state accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA).
HSQA - HEALTH PROFESSIONS Amber R Freeberg Add Comment 1/19/2024 No Comments
Pharmacy: Citation and technical changes to pharmacy rules in chapter 246-945 WAC.
The Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission is considering amending WAC 246-945-001, 246-945-011, 246-945-014, 246-945-018, 246-945-063, 246-945-156, 246-945-170, 246-945-173, 246-945-175, 246-945-200, 246-945-217, 246-945-230, 246-945-417, and 246-945-590 to remove and replace citations to rules that have been repealed and make general grammatical and technical corrections.
HSQA - HEALTH PROFESSIONS Joshua A Munroe Add Comment 1/22/2024 No Comments
Commercial shellfish fees for licenses, certificates, monitoring, and testing.
The Department of Health is proposing a fee increase and adding new fees in WAC 246-282-990 (fees for sanitary control of shellfish) to cover the operational costs of the shellfish program.
EPH - ASSISTANT SECRETARY Peter A Beaton Add Comment 1/4/2024 No Comments
Commercial shellfish fees for licenses, certificates, monitoring, and testing.
Fee Analysis
EPH - ASSISTANT SECRETARY Peter A Beaton Add Comment 1/4/2024 No Comments


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