The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is sharing three draft sunrise reviews for public comment. These draft reports considered the requests from the legislature, proposed bills, applicant reports, and input from the public.
Comments on the draft reports are due at midnight October 2, 2021. Please see below for details on each review and where to submit comments.
Anesthesiologist assistant scope of practice
The department reviewed a proposal to regulate a new health profession in Washington, licensed anesthesiologist assistant, to assess whether it meets the sunrise criteria in RCW 18.120.010 for creating a new health profession. The applicant group for this proposal is the Washington State Society of Anesthesiologists.
The department is accepting public comments on this draft report to the legislature.
Please email your comments on the draft report/recommendations to anesthesiology-sunrise@doh.wa.gov by midnight October 2, 2021.
Here are the draft report and appendix:
The department reviewed a proposal to increase the midwifery scope of practice to assess whether it meets the sunrise criteria in RCW 18.120.010 for expanding a regulated health profession’s scope of practice. Specifically, the proposal would add “limited prescription authority for contraception and medications and therapies for various common conditions in pregnancy and postpartum, for those with appropriate training.” The applicant group for this proposal is the Midwives Association of Washington.
The department is accepting public comments on this draft report to the legislature.
Please email your comments on the draft report/recommendations to mwsunrise@doh.wa.gov by midnight October 2, 2021.
Here are the draft report and appendix:
The department reviewed a proposal to increase the optometrist scope of practice to assess whether it meets the sunrise criteria in RCW 18.120.010 for expanding a regulated health profession’s scope of practice. The proposed changes include expanding the medications optometrists prescribe and therapeutic procedures they perform consistent with national standards. The applicant group for this proposal is the Optometric Physicians of Washington.
The department is accepting public comments on this draft report to the legislature.
Please email your comments on the draft report/recommendations to optom-sunrise@doh.wa.gov by midnight October 2, 2021.
Here are the draft report and appendix:
Next Steps
After this final public comment period ends, we will incorporate changes to the draft reports, if needed, and submit for approval by the department and the Office of Financial Management. Once approved, we will post the final reports to this web page, submit it to the legislature, and share with our GovDelivery lists.
Thank you.
Sherry Thomas, Sunrise Review Lead
Department of Health, Health Systems Quality Assurance