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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
                       ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6151
                       Chapter 329, Laws of 2024
                               68th Legislature
                             2024 Regular Session
                     MEDICAL ULTRASOUNDS—LICENSURE
                      EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the Senate March 5, 2024                   CERTIFICATE
  Yeas 30 Nays 19
                                        I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of
                                        the   Senate   of   the   State  of
              DENNY HECK                Washington, do hereby certify that
President of the Senate                 the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE
                                        BILL 6151 as passed by the Senate
                                        and the House of Representatives on
                                        the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the House February 27, 2024
  Yeas 94 Nays 0
                                                  SARAH BANNISTER
            LAURIE JINKINS                                           Secretary
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Approved March 28, 2024 10:50 AM                        FILED
                                                    March 29, 2024
                                                Secretary of State
              JAY INSLEE                        State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
                           ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6151
                            AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
                   Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
     State of Washington         68th Legislature       2024 Regular Session
     By Senators Randall, C. Wilson, Nobles, Trudeau, Kuderer, Dhingra,
     Frame, Hasegawa, Keiser, Liias, Saldaña, Stanford, and Valdez
     Read first time 01/10/24.     Referred to Committee on Health & Long
     Term Care.
1        AN ACT Relating to the provision of an ultrasound; and adding a
2    new section to chapter 18.130 RCW.
3    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
 4       NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 18.130
 5   RCW to read as follows:
 6       (1) An ultrasound or a similar medical imaging device or
 7   procedure may only be provided by: (a) A health care provider holding
 8   an active license under one of the chapters listed in RCW 18.130.040
 9   and acting within their scope of practice; or (b) a person acting
10   under the supervision of a health care provider holding an active
11   license under one of the chapters listed in RCW 18.130.040, where all
12   actions performed are within the supervising health care provider's
13   scope of practice.
14       (2) A violation of this section shall constitute practice without
15   a license and the disciplining authority shall investigate and
16   adjudicate complaints pursuant to RCW 18.130.190.
17       (3) This section does not apply to the use of an ultrasound by a
18   person on livestock or other animals owned or being raised by that
19   person.
         Passed by the Senate March 5, 2024.
         Passed by the House February 27, 2024.
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Approved by the Governor March 28, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 29, 2024.
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