Adoptions

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department of revenue is updating WAC 458-20-101 and 458-20-104 to recognize 2022 legislation updates to RCW 82.32.045 to increase the tax registration/reporting threshold, and RCW 82.04.4451 to increase small business tax credits. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 458-20-101 Tax registration and tax reporting and 458-20-104 Small business tax relief based on income of business. Statutory Authority for Adopti

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The agency amended these rules to (1) correct an incorrect WAC subsection reference in WAC 182-535-1098 (4)(c) (subsection (4)(c) indicates "refer to WAC 182-535-1094(3)" and should say "WAC 182-535-1094(4)"; and (2) remove subsection (2)(f)(x), replacement of agency-purchased prosthodontics, from WAC 182-535-1100 Not covered. Dentures are a covered service. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-535-1098 and 182-

Effective Date of Rule: May 7, 2023. Purpose: WAC 246-840-365 Inactive and reactivating an ARNP license and 246-840-367 Expired license. The nursing care quality assurance commission (commission) is adopting amendments to WAC 246-840-365 and 246-840-367 to remove nonevidence-based licensure requirements for inactive and reactivating advanced registered nurse practitioner (ARNP) licenses. Amendments to WAC 246-840-365 and 246-840-367 are currently enacted under emergency rule, and the commission

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Safe and effective analgesia and anesthesia administration in office-based settings, WAC 246-853-650. The board of osteopathic medicine and surgery (board) is adopting rule amendments to remain consistent with the recent Washington medical commission updates and best practices. These changes include clarifying definitions, exemption while performing surgery under general anesthesia, exemption for anesthesia in a dental office, criter

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The purpose of this rule making is to clearly explain when a presumption for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) exists for certain firefighters, law enforcement officers, and emergency medical technicians. This rule also explains the addition of telecommunicators to the list of those who can file an occupational disease claim for PTSD; however, it is not presumptively caused by their work. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order:

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Previously adopted WAC regarding the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices contained minor errors. Correcting these errors will result in accurate language for the intended rules. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 468-95-085, 468-95-120, 468-95-131, and 468-95-280. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 47.36.030 . Adopted under notice filed as WSR 22-19-002 on September 7, 2022. Number of Sections Adopted in

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Commerce conducted a comprehensive review and update of the administrative rules that implement the Growth Management Act so that local governments have clear guidance before the next round of county and city periodic updates to comprehensive plans and development regulations, required under RCW 36.70A.130 . Updates are necessary to reflect recent legislative changes such as the periodic update deadline, the buildable lands program,

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The proposal is to update program changes that may include, but are not limited to: Updating and clarifying eligibility criteria, making technical corrections to ensure consistency within existing programs, updating definitions and policies to be consistent with changes in federal and state laws, and deleting obsolete program criteria. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 479-06-095. Statutory Authority for Adoption: Cha

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The agency amended this rule to remove subsection (4)(e) to be less restrictive for providers using removable appliances as part of orthodontic treatment. The agency also removed "with alveolar process involvement" from subsection (1)(a) to eliminate limiting clients who have a cleft lip to shoe [those] with an alveolar process involvement. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-535A-0040. Statutory Authority for

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department of revenue is amending WAC 458-65A-10001 to incorporate the changes under the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act enacted in 2022 legislation, ESSB 5531 (chapter 63, Laws of 2022). Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 458-65A-10001. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 63.30.030 . Adopted under notice filed as WSR 23-01-092 on December 16, 2022. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with F

Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2023. Purpose: The agency is amending the electronic record and signature components of WAC 182-537-0700 to streamline requirements, eliminate electronic signature log requirements, and decrease administrative burden on school districts. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-537-0700. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.05.021 , 41.05.160 . Adopted under notice filed as WSR 23-05-031 on February 7, 2023. Number of Sections Adopted in Orde

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The agency is amending these rules to provide medical nutrition therapy for eligible adult medicaid clients. The agency is also updating the program names for alien emergency medical and TAKE CHARGE , consistent with the current names for those programs. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-501-0060, 182-555-0300, and 182-555-0500. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.05.021 , 41.05.160 . Adopted under notic

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Amendments to WAC 388-101D-0065 replace details about background checks in WAC 388-101D-0065 with cross-references to chapters 388-113 and 388-825 WAC for consistency. Amendments to chapter 388-825 WAC: Replace inaccurate cross references; add, remove, and amend definitions; clarify service eligibility for state-only funded services and medicaid state plan services; update rules about home care agencies and individual providers to al

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The amendments correct inadvertent errors in WAC 296-128-99050 and 296-128-99290 and update WAC 296-128-99030 for clarity, all filed under WSR 22-24-034 on November 30, 2022. The adopted language clarifies that a 12-month period is an acceptable interpretation of the 365 calendar day requirement outlined in WAC 296-128-99030 (2)(g) adopted effective January 1, 2023. The adopted amendments only correct typographical errors or clarify

Effective Date of Rule: April 1, 2023. Purpose: The department of labor and industries' (L&I) division of occupational safety and health (DOSH) is adopting amendments to chapter 296-850 WAC, Beryllium, necessary to align with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) final rule revising the beryllium standard for general industry, 29 C.F.R. 1910.1024 and OSHA final rule occupational exposure to beryllium and beryllium compounds in construction and shipyard sectors, 29 C.F.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department of social and health services is adopting amendments to WAC 388-412-0015 General information about your food assistance allotments, 388-450-0185 What income deductions does the department allow when determining if I am eligible for food benefits and the amount of my monthly benefits?, 388-450-0190 How does the department figure my shelter cost income deduction for basic food?, 388-450-0195 Does the department use my ut

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The purpose of this rule change is to allow commercial landings of dressed rockfish for vessels that obtain a director's permit to do so. To ensure accurate data collection for stock assessments, fish are currently required to be landed into Washington ports in the whole (also known as "round") condition, unless specifically exempted in regulation. This rule would expand the list of exempted species/species groups to include rockfish

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The purpose of this rule change is to adopt WAC for the coastal recreational bottomfish fishery that are consistent with regulations adopted by the Pacific Fishery Management Council. Recreational fisheries in Washington harvest copper rockfish, quillback rockfish, and vermilion rockfish. To keep catch consistent with federal annual catch limits and within state-specific harvest guidelines (HGs), the possession of copper rockfish, qu

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Update procedures, guidelines, and language of the hearings rules to align with the intent of the governing statutes. These updates will bring the hearings in compliance with the governing authority set forth in RCW, clarify procedures that are unclear, allow for procedures currently prohibited, clarify portions of WAC that are no longer procedural, and bring WAC more in line with inclusive language. Citation of Rules Affected by thi

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Update procedures, guidelines, and language of the financial responsibility judgment hearings to align with the intent of chapter 46.29 RCW. The purpose of these WAC amendments is to update and clarify the process of financial responsibility hearings, specifically to bring the rules into compliance with the governing authority set forth in RCW, clarify portions of WAC that are harder to read, and bring WAC more in line with inclusive

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The purpose of this rule is to rescind open fishing periods from the permanent Eulachon commercial fishing regulations to align these fishing regulations with current management strategies. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-358-060 Commercial fisheries — Columbia River below Bonneville Dam — Smelt. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012 , 77.04.020 , 77.04.130 , 77.12.045 , 77.12.047 . Adopted under

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The university is updating the policies and regulations for all student living groups, specifically WAC 504-24-030 Undergraduate housing requirement. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 504-24-030. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28B.30.150 . Adopted under notice filed as WSR 23-02-066 on January 4, 2023. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department of children, youth, and families (DCYF) is filing permanent rules to clarify DCYF's authority to access licensed space and the consequences for refusing access. The rules also require two emergency exits for each floor of licensed space in family home child cares and describe the specific criteria for each exit. The rules better ensure nondiscrimination of LGBTQIA+ children enrolled in child care. Lastly, the rules ali

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: WAC 246-830-201, 246-830-485, 246-830-490, 246-830-500, and 246-830-510, massage therapists. The department of health (department) and the board of massage (board) are adopting amendments to existing sections of the massage therapist rules to correct the names of the national examinations, clarify the training requirements for somatic education and intraoral massage education, and clarify and modernize the language in the equipment a

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department is repealing WAC 388-437-0015 Good cause extension of Social Security number (SSN) requirement for basic food applicants during COVID-19. The federal COVID-19 flexibility waiver that authorized this WAC expired September 30, 2022. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 388-437-0015. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050 , 74.04.055 , 74.04.057 , 74.04.510 , 74.08.090 . Other Authority: 7 C.F.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department is adopting amendments to WAC 388-460-0005 Can I choose someone to apply for basic food for my assistance unit?, to more accurately align rule language with statewide protocol for approving authorized representatives to apply for basic food assistance for an assistance unit in which they are not a member. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-460-0005. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.05

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department is adopting amendments to WAC 388-444-0055 What are the penalties if I refuse or fail to meet basic food work requirements?, to more accurately align with federal regulations related to basic food disqualification, and clarify that a basic food sanction can be lifted effective the first of the following month when a client meets work requirements or becomes exempt from work requirements during a basic food sanction. Ci

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department is adopting amendments to WAC 388-464-0001 Am I required to cooperate with quality control? These amendments more accurately align with federal regulations related to quality control for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and specifically clarify to which programs these requirements apply. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-464-0001. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.04.050 ,

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Establishing WAC 246-945-171 Retired active pharmacist license status. On March 26, 2020, Governor Inslee signed Proclamation 20-32 to help increase the number of health care workers available to meet the needs of patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This proclamation included a provision that allows a pharmacist with a retired active pharmacist license status to practice pharmacy. Specifically, the procl

Effective Date of Rule: June 1, 2023. Purpose: Multiple health profession fee amendments, including WAC 246-803-990, 246-809-990, 246-810-990, 246-815-990, 246-817-990, 246-817-99005, 246-828-990, 246-845-990, 246-915-990, 246-915-99005, 246-930-990, and 246-980-990. Changes to fees are being adopted to align revenue with program costs for the following professions: Acupuncturist or acupuncture and Eastern medicine practitioner, licensed mental health counselor, licensed advanced social worker a

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: This revision to the fishing guide logbook rule will improve enforceability and compliance of the rule. Specifically, this revision will require trip location and date information before the fishing activity begins, remove the web reporting tool as a reporting option, and remove reference to vessel so it's clear that all guided fishing trips, whether on foot or on a vessel, must be reported. The revision will also increase the freque

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: To adopt new and revised language on hazing as mandated by the Washington state legislature (HB [2SHB] 1751). Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 495C-121-065; and amending WAC 495C-121-010, 495C-121-030, and 495C-121-050. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 288.50.140 [28B.50.140], United States Department of Education 34 C.F.R. Part 106; HB [2SHB] 1751. Adopted under notice filed as WSR 22-24-008 on November 28, 202

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: This rule-making order implements the new and updated appliance standards as required by ESHB 1619 (Laws of 2022). This law adds energy efficiency standards to three new product categories, updates the efficiency standard for three existing product categories, and repeals two standards from rule which have been federally pre-empted. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 194-24-127, 194-24-151, 194-24-187 and 194-24-200; r

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Occasionally, a beneficiary decides that they do not want to receive a benefit when a retired member passes away. This rule clarifies how any disclaimed benefit will pass to other beneficiaries and/or the estate of the deceased. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 415-02-261. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.50.050 . Adopted under notice filed as WSR 23-03-035 on January 9, 2023. Number of Sections Adopted in Or

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: To clarify when the department can correct a member's record in cases where the member has been underpaid or overpaid. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 415-02-075. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.50.130 . Adopted under notice filed as WSR 23-03-036 on January 9, 2023. 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

Effective Date of Rule: June 6, 2023. Purpose: • Put in place an administrative process for campus exclusion (prohibiting someone from coming onto the campus), including an appeal process. • Establish the consequences for not complying with a notice of exclusion from the campus constitutes criminal trespass under chapter 9A.52 RCW, Burglary and trespass. • Clarify the department of enterprise services (DES) has delegated authority to the Washington state patrol for enforcement on the campus and

Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2023. Purpose: The department of ecology (ecology) is adopting amendments to chapter 173-455 WAC, Air quality fee rule, in WAC 173-455-038, 173-455-050, 173-455-100, 173-455-120, 173-455-130, and 173-455-140. Ecology is also adopting new WAC 173-455-031. The adopted rule: • Adds: o WAC 173-455-031 to establish a new process to update fees more frequently. • Updates the hourly fee rate to reflect the new ecology rate: o WAC 173-455-050 Carbon dioxide mitigation fee

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: This rule making makes inflationary adjustments to the monetary limits and reporting values of the campaign finance category, based on the economic changes since the time of enactment, as reflected in the inflationary index recommended by the office of financial management. The adjusted values are rounded to be most accessible to the public. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 390-05-400 and 390-16-034. Statutory A

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The purpose of the rule revision is to align rules on state subject and credit requirements for high school graduation with current statute by allowing computer science courses to substitute for math or science graduation requirements under certain circumstances. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 180-51-210. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.230.090 , 28A.150.220 (7). Adopted under notice filed as WSR 22-

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Amendments to WAC 196-26A-040 remove reference to the director of the department of licensing; speak to the legal background question on the initial and renewal applications for professional engineers and land surveyors; require licensees to pass the board's law review exam if the license was expired for five or more years; and increase the expiration date for initial licenses issued to no earlier than one year after the issue date.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Chapter 196-32 WAC has not been significantly updated since 2000. The amendments and new sections clarify the processes and better define requirements for designers and inspector certificate of competency holders and will impact all applicants applying for the exam, and licensure/certification. These changes also allow more flexibility to the board when reviewing applications that may have uncommon education and/or experience. Citati

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Recreational clam and oyster seasons are adjusted based on recent clam and oyster population survey data, recreational harvest projections, and negotiations affecting intertidal treaty and nontreaty fisheries, along with public health considerations. Seasons will be opened or extended on some public beaches and closed or shortened on others. These amendments reflect openings and closures based on current data. One new area will be de

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The purpose of this rule making is to define what is and is not verification for contraction by frontline workers and what is and is not verification for contraction or quarantine by health care workers of an infectious or contagious disease that is the subject of a public health emergency. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 296-14-340 and 296-14-341. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 51.04.020 . Other Authority: R

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Address state and federal law compliance requirements and general updates to organization and usefulness of the student conduct code for students and the campus community. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 132J-126-125; and amending WAC 132J-126-030 and 132J-126-090. Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28B.50.140 (13). Other Authority: HB [2SHB] 1751. Adopted under notice filed as WSR 23-01-108 on December 18, 2022.

Effective Date of Rule: March 3, 2023. Purpose: The department of children, youth, and families (DCYF) is correcting language in the CR-103P document filed on January 31, 2023, WSR 23-04-082, to reflect the following: DCYF is repealing WAC 110-50-0310 and amending WAC 110-80-0260, 110-50-0300, and 110-50-0320. DCYF is making changes regarding referrals to the division of child support (DCS) when children are placed into the care of DCYF. DCYF had an automatic referral process to start collecting

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department is amending WAC 388-450-0015 What types of income are not used by the department to figure out my benefits?, 388-470-0045 How do my resources count toward the resource limits for cash assistance?, and 388-470-0055 How do my resources count toward the resource limit for basic food? to clarify how the Washington working families tax credit will be treated for purposes of cash and food assistance program eligibility. Cita

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: The department is adopting amendments to WAC 388-310-0100 WorkFirst — Purpose, and 388-450-0165 Gross earned income limit for TANF/SFA, to revise obsolete policy language that was not updated when related TANF laws changed in 1999. With the passage of P.L. 104-193, there is no longer a requirement under federal law for a pregnant person with no other eligible child to be in their third trimester to qualify for TANF. In addition, thes