Current through Register Vol. 24-24, December 15, 2024
(1) Implementation
of this chapter, in whole or in part, requires one or more of the following
actions:
(a) Authorization of expenditures in
the Omnibus Appropriations Act for the expressed purpose of funding
implementation for public schools;
(b) Repeal, modification or expiration of
statutory restrictions on implementation; or
(c) Enactment of any statute or resolution
authorizing implementation.
(2) The state board of health shall amend as
necessary any order adopting this chapter, filed in accordance with
RCW
34.05.060, and any effective dates listed
therein to ensure no portion of this rule is implemented at a time and in a
manner prohibited by the legislature.
(3) Before implementing this rule, in whole
or in part, the state board of health, in addition to filing an amended rule
making order for publication in the Washington State Register,
shall provide notice of implementation.
(a)
The notice shall identify the action taken by the legislature that allows for
implementation, the section or sections of chapter 246-366A WAC being
implemented as a result of that action, the effective date or dates for each
section or sections, the corresponding section or sections of chapter 246-366
WAC that will be superseded or repealed, and a brief explanation of significant
differences between the requirements of this chapter that are being implemented
and the corresponding requirements of chapter 246-366 WAC.
(b) The state board of health shall maintain
a roster of interested persons and shall send an electronic copy of the notice
to each person on the roster as well as to the following agencies and
organizations:
(i) The Washington state code
reviser;
(ii) The Washington state
department of health;
(iii) The
Washington state office of superintendent of public instruction;
(iv) Washington state local health
jurisdictions;
(v) Washington state
professional associations representing school officials;
(vi) The Washington federation of independent
schools;
(vii) Washington state
labor organizations representing school employees;
(viii) The Washington state association of
local public health officials;
(ix)
The Washington state PTA; and
(x)
The Washington state legislature through the chairs of the fiscal, health, and
education committees of both houses.
(c) The office of superintendent of public
instruction shall forward, to the extent possible, the notice of implementation
electronically to school districts and approved private schools.
(4) The state board of health
shall maintain a web page showing the sections of this chapter that have been
or are scheduled to be implemented, their effective dates, and the
corresponding sections of chapter 246-366 WAC that have been or will be
superseded or repealed.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. 10-01-174, 10-12-018
and 11-10-080, § 246-366A-003, filed 12/22/09, 5/21/10 and 5/3/11,
effective 7/1/13.
