You can read and comment on all Department of Health proposed rules (CR-102 notices) during the official comment period. Some draft rules may be posted here also. When you comment on a rule through this website your comments become part of the public record. Your comments help in the decision to adopt the rule as proposed or to revise the proposal if appropriate. Everyone who comments on a proposed rule will get a copy of the Department's official response to the comments.
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| Document Title | Program | Program Contact for questions or problems | Add Your Comment | Comment Deadline | View All Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAC 246-817-305 Record Content and WAC 246-817-310 Record Retention and Accessibility Requirements for Dental Treatment Record Content and Retention Requirements Modifies and creates a new rule to provide detailed requirements for content that must be included in a patient records |
HSQA - HLTH PROF & FACILITIES | Jennifer D Santiago | Add Comment | 3/28/2014 | No Comments |
| WAC 246-817-305 Record Content and WAC 246-817-310 Record Retention and Accessibility Requirements for Dental Treatment Record Content and Retention Requirements Significant Legislative Analysis |
HSQA - HLTH PROF & FACILITIES | Jennifer D Santiago | Add Comment | 3/28/2014 | No Comments |
| WAC 246-101-010 Definitions within notifiable conditions regluations. Changes the definitions of assisted living facility, elevated blood lead level, and laboratory. Amends the definitions of elevated blood lead level for children and adults for consistency with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) blood lead reference level for children and adults. Also changes the term boarding home to assisted living facility consistent with SHB 2056, Chapter 10, Laws of 2012, and clarifies the definition of laboratory. |
EPH - ENVIRON HLTH & SAFETY | Rad N Cunningham | Comments Closed | 3/5/2014 | 1 Comment |
| WAC 246-101-010 Definitions within notifiable conditions regluations. Changes the definitions of assisted living facility, elevated blood lead level, and laboratory. Significant Legislative Analysis |
EPH - ENVIRON HLTH & SAFETY | Rad N Cunningham | Comments Closed | 3/5/2014 | No Comments |
| WAC 246-817-550 Acts that may be performed by licensed dental hygienists Enacts rules to carry out chapter 87, Laws of 2013 which amended RCW 18.29.050 and authorized a dentist to delegate to a dental hygienist application of topical anesthetic agents |
HSQA - HLTH PROF & FACILITIES | Jennifer D Santiago | Add Comment | 4/11/2014 | No Comments |
| WAC 246-282-005 Minimum performance standards, WAC 246-282-006 Washington state Vibrio parahaemolyticus control plan, WAC 246-282-010 Definitions Clarifies references within the chapter to the U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration, National Shellfish Sanitation Program, Guide for Control of Molluscan Shellfish (Model Ordinance) as adopted in WAC 246-282-005 Minimum performance standards |
EPH - ASSISTANT SECRETARY | Vicki M Bouvier | Add Comment | 3/25/2014 | No Comments |
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