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Chapter 18.130 RCW

REGULATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS—UNIFORM DISCIPLINARY ACT

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HTMLPDF 18.130.010Intent.
HTMLPDF 18.130.020Definitions.
HTMLPDF 18.130.035Background check activities—Fees.
HTMLPDF 18.130.037Application and renewal fees.
HTMLPDF 18.130.039Licensee not required to participate in third-party reimbursement program.
HTMLPDF 18.130.040Application to certain professions—Authority of secretary—Grant or denial of licenses—Procedural rules.
HTMLPDF 18.130.042Required licensure information—Sale to third party prohibited—Exemptions.
HTMLPDF 18.130.045Massage therapists—Procedures governing convicted prostitutes.
HTMLPDF 18.130.050Authority of disciplining authority.
HTMLPDF 18.130.055Authority of disciplining authority—Denial of applications.
HTMLPDF 18.130.057Disciplining authority—Duties—Documents.
HTMLPDF 18.130.060Additional authority of secretary.
HTMLPDF 18.130.062Authority of secretary—Disciplinary process—Sexual misconduct—Victim interview training.
HTMLPDF 18.130.063Disclosure—Sexual misconduct.
HTMLPDF 18.130.064Authority and duties—Secretary and disciplining authority—Background checks.
HTMLPDF 18.130.065Rules, policies, and orders—Secretary's role.
HTMLPDF 18.130.070Rules requiring reports—Court orders—Immunity from liability—Licensees required to report.
HTMLPDF 18.130.075Temporary practice permits—Penalties.
HTMLPDF 18.130.077Licensure requirements waiver for out-of-state and nationally certified applicants.
HTMLPDF 18.130.080Unprofessional conduct—Complaint—Investigation—Civil penalty.
HTMLPDF 18.130.085Communication with complainant.
HTMLPDF 18.130.090Statement of charge—Request for hearing.
HTMLPDF 18.130.095Uniform procedural rules.
HTMLPDF 18.130.098Settlement—Disclosure—Conference.
HTMLPDF 18.130.100Hearings—Adjudicative proceedings under chapter 34.05 RCW.
HTMLPDF 18.130.110Findings of fact—Order—Report.
HTMLPDF 18.130.120Actions against license—Exception.
HTMLPDF 18.130.127License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
HTMLPDF 18.130.130Orders—When effective—Stay.
HTMLPDF 18.130.135Suspension or restriction orders—Show cause hearing.
HTMLPDF 18.130.140Appeal.
HTMLPDF 18.130.150Reinstatement.
HTMLPDF 18.130.160Finding of unprofessional conduct—Orders—Sanctions—Stay—Costs—Stipulations.
HTMLPDF 18.130.165Enforcement of fine.
HTMLPDF 18.130.170Capacity of license holder to practice—Hearing—Mental or physical examination—Implied consent.
HTMLPDF 18.130.172Evidence summary and stipulations.
HTMLPDF 18.130.175Physician health and voluntary substance use disorder monitoring programs.
HTMLPDF 18.130.177Physician well-being program records—Disclosure.
HTMLPDF 18.130.180Unprofessional conduct.
HTMLPDF 18.130.185Injunctive relief for violations of RCW 18.130.170 or 18.130.180.
HTMLPDF 18.130.186Voluntary substance abuse monitoring program—Content—License surcharge.
HTMLPDF 18.130.190Practice without license—Investigation of complaints—Cease and desist orders—Injunctions—Penalties.
HTMLPDF 18.130.195Violation of injunction—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 18.130.200Fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining or maintaining a license—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 18.130.210Crime by license holder—Notice to attorney general or county prosecuting attorney.
HTMLPDF 18.130.230Production of documents—Administrative fines.
HTMLPDF 18.130.250Retired active license status.
HTMLPDF 18.130.270Continuing competency pilot projects.
HTMLPDF 18.130.300Immunity from liability.
HTMLPDF 18.130.310Biennial report—Contents—Format.
HTMLPDF 18.130.340Opiate therapy guidelines.
HTMLPDF 18.130.350Application—Use of records or exchange of information not affected.
HTMLPDF 18.130.360Retired volunteer medical worker license—Supervision—Rules.
HTMLPDF 18.130.370Prohibition on practicing in another state—Prohibited from practicing in this state until proceedings of appropriate disciplining authority are completed.
HTMLPDF 18.130.390Sanctioning schedule—Development.
HTMLPDF 18.130.400Abuse of vulnerable adult—Prohibition on practice.
HTMLPDF 18.130.410Collecting blood samples without consent under direction of law enforcement.
HTMLPDF 18.130.420Stem cell therapies—Informed consent.
HTMLPDF 18.130.430Pelvic exams.
HTMLPDF 18.130.440Educational materials on nationwide 988 phone number—Veterans crisis line and resources.
HTMLPDF 18.130.450Reproductive health care services and gender-affirming treatment.
HTMLPDF 18.130.460Female genital mutilation—Minors—Prohibition on procedure.
HTMLPDF 18.130.470Ultrasounds.
HTMLPDF 18.130.800Rule making—Licensure requirements.
HTMLPDF 18.130.900Short title—Applicability.
HTMLPDF 18.130.901Severability—1984 c 279.

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AIDS education and training: Chapter 70.24 RCW.