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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.54 - Optometry Board. › 18.54.050 - Meetings.

RCW 18.54.050
Meetings.
The board must meet at least once yearly or more frequently upon call of the chair or the secretary of health at such times and places as the chair or the secretary of health may designate by giving three days' notice or as otherwise required by RCW 42.30.075. A full record of the board's proceedings shall be kept in the office of the board and shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times.
[ 2023 c 400 § 2; 2011 c 336 § 491; 1991 c 3 § 139; 1989 c 175 § 65; 1979 c 158 § 48; 1975 1st ex.s. c 69 § 9; 1963 c 25 § 5.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.54 - Optometry Board. › 18.54.060 - Quorum.

RCW 18.54.060
Quorum.
A majority of the board members appointed and serving constitutes a quorum for the transaction of board business. The affirmative vote of a majority of a quorum of the board is required to carry a motion or resolution, to adopt a rule, or to pass a measure.
[ 2022 c 240 § 24; 1963 c 25 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.54 - Optometry Board. › 18.54.070 - Powers and duties—Licensure procedures—Register—Rules.

RCW 18.54.070
Powers and duties—Licensure procedures—Register—Rules.
The board has the following powers and duties:
(1) To develop and administer, or approve, or both, a licensure examination. The board may approve an examination prepared or administered by a private testing agency or association of licensing authorities.
(2) The board shall adopt rules and regulations to promote safety, protection, and the welfare of the public, to carry out the purposes of this chapter, to aid the board in the performance of its powers and duties, and to govern the practice of optometry. The administrative regulations shall include the classification and licensure of optometrists by examination or credentials, retirement of a license, and reinstatement of a license.
(3) The board shall have the authority to provide rule making regarding the allowable procedures and their educational requirements within the confines of this chapter and chapter 18.53 RCW.
(4) The board shall keep a register containing the name, address, license number, email, and phone number of every person licensed to practice optometry in this state to the best of their ability.
[ 2023 c 400 § 3; 1995 c 198 § 7; 1991 c 3 § 140; 1986 c 259 § 84; 1979 c 158 § 49; 1975 1st ex.s. c 69 § 10; 1963 c 25 § 7.]
NOTES:
Severability—1986 c 259: See note following RCW 18.130.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.54 - Optometry Board. › 18.54.076 - Application of uniform disciplinary act.

RCW 18.54.076
Application of uniform disciplinary act.
The uniform disciplinary act, chapter 18.130 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter and chapter 18.53 RCW.
[ 1987 c 150 § 37; 1986 c 259 § 79.]
NOTES:
Severability—1987 c 150: See RCW 18.122.901.
Severability—1986 c 259: See note following RCW 18.130.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.54 - Optometry Board. › 18.54.090 - Administrative procedures—Minimum fees.

RCW 18.54.090
Administrative procedures—Minimum fees.
The board is an administrative agency of the state of Washington, and the provisions of the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW as amended from time to time, govern the conduct and proceedings of the board. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to give the board the power to set or recommend a minimum schedule of fees to be charged by licensed optometrist.
[ 1963 c 25 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.54 - Optometry Board. › 18.54.130 - Compensation and travel expenses of members.

RCW 18.54.130
Compensation and travel expenses of members.
Members of the board are entitled to receive their travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060. Each member of the board will also be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.265. The board is designated as a class five group for purposes of chapter 43.03 RCW.
[ 2022 c 240 § 25; 1984 c 287 § 41; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34 § 39; 1967 c 188 § 3; 1963 c 25 § 13.]
NOTES:
Legislative findings—Severability—Effective date—1984 c 287: See notes following RCW 43.03.220.
Effective date—Severability—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34: See notes following RCW 2.08.115.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.54 - Optometry Board. › 18.54.140 - Board may draw from health professions account.

RCW 18.54.140
Board may draw from health professions account.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, rule or regulation, the board may draw from the health professions account on vouchers approved by the secretary of health, so much money as is necessary to carry into effect, to administer, and to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1991 c 3 § 141; 1983 c 168 § 9; 1979 c 158 § 50; 1975 1st ex.s. c 69 § 12; 1963 c 25 § 14.]
NOTES:
Health professions account: RCW 43.70.320.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.54 - Optometry Board. › 18.54.150 - Devolution of powers relating to revocation of certificates.

RCW 18.54.150
Devolution of powers relating to revocation of certificates.
All powers previously vested in the director of licenses under the provisions of RCW 18.53.100 are vested in the optometry board.
[ 1963 c 25 § 15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.54 - Optometry Board. › 18.54.800 - Outcomes of advanced procedures—Report.

RCW 18.54.800
Outcomes of advanced procedures—Report. (Expires December 31, 2028.)
(1) The board shall develop a process for an optometrist that has received an endorsement to perform advanced procedures authorized under RCW 18.53.010 to submit information to the board on the outcome, including any complication or adverse event, of every advanced procedure that the optometrist completed in the previous year. An optometrist with a license endorsement must file this information in the manner determined by the board at the time of license renewal. All information submitted under this subsection is confidential and may not be disclosed under chapter 42.56 RCW.
(2) By December 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the board in coordination with the department of health must analyze and report on the outcomes of the advanced procedures authorized in RCW 18.53.010 during the previous year. The report should include any complications or adverse events related to the performance of advanced procedures. The data should be aggregated and not identify any individual provider or facility and may not reveal any confidential information. The department of health must make this report publicly available on its website.
(3) This section expires December 31, 2028.
[ 2023 c 400 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.54 - Optometry Board. › 18.54.920 - RCW 43.24.060 and 43.24.120 not applicable to optometry.

RCW 18.54.920
RCW 43.24.060 and 43.24.120 not applicable to optometry.
The provisions of RCW 43.24.060 and 43.24.120 are not applicable to the licensing and regulation of the practice of optometry.
[ 1999 c 240 § 6; 1963 c 25 § 18.]
NOTES:
Examining committee reconstituted as optometry board: RCW 18.54.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.007 - License required.

RCW 18.55.007
License required.
No person may practice or represent himself or herself as an ocularist without first having a valid license to do so.
[ 1987 c 150 § 40.]
NOTES:
Severability—1987 c 150: See RCW 18.122.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.010 - Licensing—Exemptions—Limitations.

RCW 18.55.010
Licensing—Exemptions—Limitations.
(1) Nothing in this chapter shall:
(a) Be construed to limit or restrict a duly licensed physician or employees working under the personal supervision of a duly licensed physician from the practices enumerated in this chapter;
(b) Be construed to prohibit an unlicensed person from performing mechanical work upon inert matter in an ocularist's office or laboratory;
(c) Be construed to authorize or permit a licensee under this chapter to hold himself or herself out as being able to, or to offer to, or to undertake to attempt, by any manner of means, to examine or exercise eyes, or diagnose, treat, correct, relieve, operate, or prescribe for disease or any visual deficiency.
(2) Each practitioner duly licensed pursuant to chapters 18.53, 18.57, and 18.71 RCW shall have all the rights and privileges which may accrue under this chapter to ocularists licensed under this chapter.
[ 1980 c 101 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.015 - Intent.

RCW 18.55.015
Intent.
The legislature finds it necessary to regulate the practice of ocularist to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. The legislature intends that only individuals who meet and maintain minimum standards of competence and conduct may provide service to the public.
[ 1991 c 180 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.020 - Definitions.

RCW 18.55.020
Definitions.
The terms defined in this section shall have the meaning ascribed to them wherever appearing in this chapter, unless a different meaning is specifically used to such term in such statute.
(1) "Department" means the department of health.
(2) "Secretary" means the secretary of health.
(3) "Ocularist" means a person licensed under this chapter.
(4) "Apprentice" means a person designated an apprentice in the records of the secretary to receive from a licensed ocularist training and direct supervision in the work of an ocularist.
(5) "Stock-eye" means an ocular stock prosthesis that has not been originally manufactured or altered by the ocularist or service provider selling or fitting, or both, said prosthesis to a patient or customer. "Altered" means either taking away or adding materials, or colorization, or otherwise changing the prosthesis' appearance, function, or fit in the socket or on the implant of the patient or customer.
(6) "Modified stock-eye" means a stock-eye that has been altered in some manner by the ocularist or service provider selling or fitting, or both, said prosthesis to a patient or customer. "Altered" is as defined in subsection (5) of this section. A modified stock-eye cannot be defined as either a "custom" or "impression-fitted" eye or prosthesis by adding material that incorporates an impression-surface of the patient or customer socket or implant surfaces.
(7) "Custom-eye" means an original, newly manufactured eye or prosthesis that has been specifically crafted by an ocularist or authorized service provider for the patient or customer to whom it is sold or provided. The "custom-eye" may be either an impression-fitted eye (an impression of the socket or implant surfaces) or an empirical/wax pattern-fitted method eye, or a combination of either, as delineated in the ocularist examination.
[ 1994 sp.s. c 9 § 504; 1991 c 180 § 2; (1991 c 3 § 142 repealed by 1991 sp.s. c 11 § 2); 1980 c 101 § 2.]
NOTES:
Severability—Headings and captions not law—Effective date—1994 sp.s. c 9: See RCW 18.79.900 through 18.79.902.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.030 - Licenses—Renewal.

RCW 18.55.030
Licenses—Renewal.
The secretary shall determine administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and fees for licenses and renewals as provided in RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280.
[ 1996 c 191 § 31; 1991 c 3 § 143; 1980 c 101 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.040 - License applicants—Qualifications—Examination.

RCW 18.55.040
License applicants—Qualifications—Examination.
No applicant shall be licensed under this chapter until the applicant complies with administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and fees determined by the secretary according to RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280. Qualifications must require that the applicant:
(1) Is eighteen years or more of age;
(2) Has graduated from high school or has received a high school equivalency certificate as provided in RCW 28B.50.536;
(3) Is of good moral character; and
(4)(a) Had at least ten thousand hours of apprenticeship training under the direct supervision of a licensed ocularist; or
(b) Successfully completed a prescribed course in ocularist training programs approved by the secretary; or
(c) Has had at least ten thousand hours of apprenticeship training under the direct supervision of a practicing ocularist, or has the equivalent experience as a practicing ocularist, or any combination of training and supervision, not in the state of Washington; and
(5) Successfully passes an examination conducted or approved by the secretary.
[ 2013 c 39 § 2; 1996 c 191 § 32; 1991 c 180 § 4; (1991 c 3 § 144 repealed by 1991 sp.s. c 11 § 2); 1985 c 7 § 53; 1980 c 101 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.043 - Licensing requirements—Military training or experience.

RCW 18.55.043
Licensing requirements—Military training or experience.
An applicant with military training or experience satisfies the training or experience requirements of this chapter unless the secretary determines that the military training or experience is not substantially equivalent to the standards of this state.
[ 2011 c 32 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.045 - Examination.

RCW 18.55.045
Examination.
The secretary may approve an examination prepared or administered by a private testing agency or association of licensing authorities. The examination shall determine if the applicant has a thorough knowledge of the principles governing the practice of an ocularist.
[ 1991 c 180 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.050 - Licenses or registrations—Renewal.

RCW 18.55.050
Licenses or registrations—Renewal.
Every individual licensed or registered under this chapter shall comply with administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and fees determined by the secretary, as provided by RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280 to renew his or her license.
[ 1996 c 191 § 33; 1991 c 180 § 6; (1991 c 3 § 145 repealed by 1991 sp.s. c 11 § 2); 1985 c 7 § 54; 1980 c 101 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.060 - Apprentices.

RCW 18.55.060
Apprentices.
(1) A person wishing to work as an apprentice ocularist shall submit to the secretary the registration fee and completed application form signed by the applicant and the licensed ocularist who shall be responsible for the acts of the apprentice in the performance of his or her work in the apprenticeship program.
(2) Apprentices shall complete their ten thousand hours of apprenticeship within eight years and shall not work longer as an apprentice unless the secretary determines, after a hearing, that the apprentice was prevented by causes beyond his or her control from completing the apprenticeship and becoming a licensee hereunder in eight years.
(3) No licensee under this chapter may have more than two apprentices in training at one time.
[ 1991 c 180 § 7; 1991 c 3 § 146; 1980 c 101 § 5.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: This section was amended by 1991 c 3 § 146 and by 1991 c 180 § 7, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section pursuant to RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.066 - Application of uniform disciplinary act.

RCW 18.55.066
Application of uniform disciplinary act.
The uniform disciplinary act, chapter 18.130 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter.
[ 1987 c 150 § 39; 1986 c 259 § 89.]
NOTES:
Severability—1987 c 150: See RCW 18.122.901.
Severability—1986 c 259: See note following RCW 18.130.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.075 - Scope of practice.

RCW 18.55.075
Scope of practice.
An ocularist designs, fabricates, and fits ocular prosthetic appliances. An ocularist is authorized to perform the necessary procedures to provide an ocular prosthetic service for the patient in the ocularist's office or laboratory on referral of a physician. A referral is not required for the replacement of an ocular prosthetic appliance. The ocularist is authorized to make judgment on the needed care, replacement, and use of an ocular prosthetic appliance. The ocularist is authorized to design, fabricate, and fit human prosthetics in the following categories:
(1) Stock and custom prosthetic eyes;
(2) Stock and custom therapeutic scleral shells;
(3) Stock and custom therapeutic painted iris shells;
(4) External orbital and facial prosthetics; and
(5) Ocular conformers: PROVIDED, That nothing herein shall be construed to allow the fitting or fabricating of contact lenses.
[ 1991 c 180 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.085 - Unprofessional conduct.

RCW 18.55.085
Unprofessional conduct.
An ocularist or authorized service provider shall explain to patients or customers exactly which type of prosthesis or service they are receiving or purchasing. Failure to do so, or misrepresentation of said services, constitutes unprofessional conduct under this chapter and chapter 18.130 RCW.
[ 1991 c 180 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.095 - Authority of secretary.

RCW 18.55.095
Authority of secretary.
In addition to any other authority provided by law, the secretary may:
(1) Adopt rules in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW necessary to implement this chapter;
(2) Establish forms necessary to administer this chapter;
(3) Issue a license to any applicant who has met the education, training, and examination requirements for licensure and deny a license to applicants who do not meet the minimum qualifications for licensure. Proceedings concerning the denial of licenses based on unprofessional conduct or impaired practice shall be governed by the uniform disciplinary act, chapter 18.130 RCW;
(4) Employ clerical, administrative, and investigative staff as needed to implement and administer this chapter and hire individuals, including those licensed under this chapter, to serve as examiners or consultants as necessary to implement and administer this chapter;
(5) Maintain the official departmental record of all applicants and licensees;
(6) Determine the minimum education and experience requirements for licensure, including but not limited to approval of educational programs;
(7) Prepare and administer or approve the preparation and administration of examinations for licensure; and
(8) Establish and implement by rule a continuing competency program.
[ 1991 c 180 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.55 - Ocularists. › 18.55.105 - Out-of-state applicants.

RCW 18.55.105
Out-of-state applicants.
An applicant holding a credential in another state may be credentialed to practice in this state without examination if the secretary determines that the other state's credentialing standards are substantially equivalent to the standards in this state.
[ 1991 c 180 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.56 - Corrective Lens Prescriptions—Remote Technology. › 18.56.010 - Intent.

RCW 18.56.010
Intent.
(1) The legislature recognizes the importance of allowing licensed practitioners to use their professional judgment, based on their education, training, and expertise, to determine the appropriate use of current and future technologies to enhance patient care. Guidelines for providing health care services through remote technology have been addressed by the medical community, and the legislature intends to complement and clarify those guidelines with respect to using remote technology to provide prescriptions for corrective lenses.
(2) The legislature also recognizes that health care consumers, including eye health care consumers, can benefit from developments in technology that offer advantages such as increased convenience or increased speed in delivery of services. However, the legislature recognizes that health care consumers can be misled or harmed by the use of developments in technology that are not properly supervised by qualified providers.
(3) The legislature recognizes that the use of technology that permits a consumer to submit data to an entity for the purposes of obtaining a prescription for corrective lenses, including contact lenses, may fail to detect serious eye health issues resulting in permanent vision loss if the patient is not also receiving comprehensive eye care according to standard of care.
(4) Therefore, the legislature concludes that consumers should be protected from improper or unsupervised use of technology for purposes of obtaining a prescription for corrective lenses, without unduly restricting the development and implementation of technology and without unduly restricting licensed practitioners from using such technology where appropriate.
[ 2020 c 241 § 2.]
NOTES:
Short title—2020 c 241: "This act may be known and cited as the consumer protection in eye care act." [ 2020 c 241 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.56 - Corrective Lens Prescriptions—Remote Technology. › 18.56.040 - Remote technology standards for use.

RCW 18.56.040
Remote technology standards for use.
It is unlawful for any person to offer or otherwise make available to consumers in this state remote technology under this chapter without fully complying with the following:
(1) The remote technology must be approved by the United States food and drug administration when applicable;
(2) The remote technology must be designed and operated in a manner that provides any accommodation required by the Americans with disabilities act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq. when applicable;
(3) The remote technology, when used for the collection and transmission of diagnostic information and data, must gather and transmit any protected health information in compliance with the federal health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 and related regulations;
(4) The remote technology, when used for the collection and transmission of diagnostic information and data, may only transmit the diagnostic information and data to a qualified provider, their staff, contracted support staff, or another licensed health care provider for the purposes of collaboration in providing care to the patient. When diagnostic information and data are collected and transmitted through remote technology, that information must be read and interpreted by a qualified provider in order to release a corrective lens prescription to the patient or other entity. Contracted support staff must comply with all requirements of this chapter. Contract support staff and the supervising provider retain personal and professional responsibility for any violation of this chapter by the contracted support staff; and
(5) The owner, lessee, or operator of the remote technology must maintain liability insurance in an amount reasonably sufficient to cover claims which may be made by individuals diagnosed or treated based on information and data by the automated equipment, including but not limited to photographs and scans.
[ 2020 c 241 § 5.]
NOTES:
Short title—2020 c 241: See note following RCW 18.56.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.56 - Corrective Lens Prescriptions—Remote Technology. › 18.56.050 - Rule making.

RCW 18.56.050
Rule making.
The department shall adopt any rules necessary to implement this chapter.
[ 2020 c 241 § 7.]
NOTES:
Short title—2020 c 241: See note following RCW 18.56.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.57 - Osteopathy—Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. › 18.57.001 - Definitions.

RCW 18.57.001
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the Washington state board of osteopathic medicine and surgery;
(2) "Department" means the department of health;
(3) "Maintenance of certification" means the satisfactory participation in a formal recertification program to maintain board certification after initial certification from the American osteopathic association bureau of osteopathic specialists, the American board of medical specialties, or other accrediting organization recognized by the board;
(4) "Osteopathic medicine and surgery" means the use of any and all methods in the treatment of disease, injuries, deformities, and all other physical and mental conditions in and of human beings, including the use of osteopathic manipulative therapy; and
(5) "Secretary" means the secretary of health.
[ 2018 c 211 § 3; 1996 c 178 § 2; 1991 c 160 § 1; 1991 c 3 § 147; 1979 c 117 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1996 c 178: See note following RCW 18.35.110.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.57 - Osteopathy—Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. › 18.57.003 - State board of osteopathic medicine and surgery—Membership—Qualifications—Officers—Meetings—Compensation and travel expenses—Removal.

RCW 18.57.003
State board of osteopathic medicine and surgery—Membership—Qualifications—Officers—Meetings—Compensation and travel expenses—Removal.
There is hereby created an agency of the state of Washington, consisting of eleven individuals appointed by the governor to be known as the Washington state board of osteopathic medicine and surgery.
On expiration of the term of any member, the governor shall appoint for a period of five years a qualified individual to take the place of such member. Each member shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which such member is appointed or until a successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified. Initial appointments shall be made and vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the governor.
Each member of the board shall be an actual resident of this state. Two members must be consumers who have neither a financial nor a fiduciary relationship to a health care delivery system, and every other member must have been in active practice as a licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon in this state for at least five years immediately preceding appointment.
The board shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from its members. Meetings of the board shall be held at least four times a year and at such place as the board shall determine and at such other times and places as the board deems necessary.
A majority of the board members appointed and serving constitutes a quorum for the transaction of board business. The affirmative vote of a majority of a quorum of the board is required to carry a motion or resolution, to adopt a rule, or to pass a measure.
Each member of the board shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.265 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060. The board is a class five group for purposes of chapter 43.03 RCW.
Any member of the board may be removed by the governor for neglect of duty, misconduct, malfeasance or misfeasance in office, or upon written request of two-thirds of the physicians licensed under this chapter and in active practice in this state.
[ 2022 c 240 § 28; (2022 c 240 § 27 expired July 1, 2022); 2020 c 80 § 14; 2017 c 101 § 1; 1991 c 160 § 2; 1984 c 287 § 42; 1979 c 117 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2022 c 240 § 28: "Section 28 of this act takes effect July 1, 2022." [ 2022 c 240 § 36.]
Expiration date—2022 c 240 § 27: "Section 27 of this act expires July 1, 2022." [ 2022 c 240 § 35.]
Effective date—2020 c 80 §§ 12-59: See note following RCW 7.68.030.
Intent—2020 c 80: See note following RCW 18.71A.010.
Legislative findings—Severability—Effective date—1984 c 287: See notes following RCW 43.03.220.
Secretary of health or designee ex officio member of health professional licensure and disciplinary boards: RCW 43.70.300.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.57 - Osteopathy—Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. › 18.57.005 - Powers and duties of board.

RCW 18.57.005
Powers and duties of board.
The board shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To administer examinations to applicants for licensure under this chapter;
(2) To make such rules and regulations as are not inconsistent with the laws of this state as may be deemed necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
(3) To establish and administer requirements for continuing professional education as may be necessary or proper to insure the public health and safety as a prerequisite to granting and renewing licenses under this chapter: PROVIDED, That such rules shall not require a licensee under this chapter to engage in continuing education related to or provided by any specific branch, school, or philosophy of medical practice or its political and/or professional organizations, associations, or societies;
(4) To adopt rules governing the administration of sedation and anesthesia in the offices of persons licensed under this chapter, including necessary training and equipment;
(5) To keep an official record of all its proceedings, which record shall be evidence of all proceedings of the board which are set forth therein.
[ 2007 c 273 § 27; 1986 c 259 § 94; 1979 c 117 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Implementation—2007 c 273: See RCW 70.230.900 and 70.230.901.
Severability—1986 c 259: See note following RCW 18.130.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.57 - Osteopathy—Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. › 18.57.011 - Application of uniform disciplinary act.

RCW 18.57.011
Application of uniform disciplinary act.
The uniform disciplinary act, chapter 18.130 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter.
[ 1987 c 150 § 41; 1986 c 259 § 92.]
NOTES:
Severability—1987 c 150: See RCW 18.122.901.
Severability—1986 c 259: See note following RCW 18.130.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.57 - Osteopathy—Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. › 18.57.015 - Osteopathic physician health program—Content—License surcharge.

RCW 18.57.015
Osteopathic physician health program—Content—License surcharge.
(1) To implement an osteopathic physician health program as authorized by RCW 18.130.175, the board shall enter into a contract with a physician health program or a voluntary substance use disorder monitoring program. The osteopathic physician health program may include any or all of the following:
(a) Contracting with providers of treatment programs;
(b) Receiving and evaluating reports of suspected impairment from any source;
(c) Intervening in cases of verified impairment;
(d) Referring impaired osteopathic physicians to treatment programs;
(e) Monitoring the treatment and rehabilitation of impaired osteopathic physicians including those ordered by the board;
(f) Providing education, prevention of impairment, posttreatment monitoring, and support of rehabilitated impaired osteopathic physicians; and
(g) Performing other related activities as determined by the board.
(2) A contract entered into under subsection (1) of this section shall be financed by a surcharge of fifty dollars per year or equivalent on each license issuance or renewal to be collected by the department from every osteopathic physician licensed under this chapter. These moneys shall be placed in the health professions account to be used solely for the implementation of the osteopathic physician health program.
[ 2022 c 43 § 3; 2016 c 42 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.57 - Osteopathy—Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. › 18.57.020 - Licenses—Application requirements.

RCW 18.57.020
Licenses—Application requirements.
A license shall be issued by the secretary authorizing the holder to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery. In order to procure a license to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery, the applicant must provide the board evidence that a diploma has been issued to the applicant by an accredited school of osteopathic medicine and surgery, approved by the board. The application shall be made upon a form prepared by the secretary, with the approval of the board, and it shall contain such information concerning said osteopathic medical instruction and the preliminary education of the applicant as the board may by rule provide. Applicants who have failed to meet the requirements must be rejected.
An applicant for a license to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery must furnish evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she has served for not less than one year in a postgraduate training program approved by the board.
In addition, the applicant may be required to furnish evidence satisfactory to the board that he or she is physically and mentally capable of safely carrying on the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery. The board may require any applicant to submit to such examination or examinations as it deems necessary to determine an applicant's physical and/or mental capability to safely practice osteopathic medicine and surgery. The applicant shall also show that he or she has not been guilty of any conduct which would constitute grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of such license under the laws of the state of Washington.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the board from requiring such additional information from applicants as it deems necessary.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any applicant for licensure, or any licensee, as a requisite of retaining or renewing licensure under this chapter, to be a member of any political and/or professional organization.
[ 1991 c 160 § 3; (1991 c 3 § 148 repealed by 1991 sp.s. c 11 § 2); 1979 c 117 § 11; 1959 c 110 § 1; 1919 c 4 § 4; RRS § 10056. Cf. 1909 c 192 § 6. Formerly RCW 18.57.020, 18.57.060, 18.57.070, and 18.57.090.]
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RCW 18.57.031
License required.
No person may practice or represent himself or herself as an osteopathic physician and surgeon without first having a valid license to do so.
[ 1987 c 150 § 42.]
NOTES:
Severability—1987 c 150: See RCW 18.122.901.
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RCW 18.57.035
Postgraduate training licenses.
The board may grant approval to issue without examination a license to an osteopathic physician and surgeon in a board-approved postgraduate training program in this state if the applicant files an application and meets all the requirements for licensure set forth in RCW 18.57.020 except for completion of one year of postgraduate training. The secretary shall issue a postgraduate osteopathic medicine and surgery license that permits the physician in postgraduate training to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery only in connection with his or her duties as a physician in postgraduate training and does not authorize the physician to engage in any other form of practice. Each physician in postgraduate training shall practice osteopathic medicine and surgery only under the supervision of a physician licensed in this state under this chapter or chapter 18.71 RCW, but such supervision shall not be construed to necessarily require the personal presence of the supervising physician at the place where services are rendered.
All persons licensed under this section shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the board of osteopathic medicine and surgery as set forth in this chapter and chapter 18.130 RCW.
Persons applying for licensure pursuant to this section shall comply with administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and fees determined as provided in RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280. Any person who obtains a license pursuant to this section may, apply for licensure under this chapter, but shall submit a new application form and comply with all other licensing requirements of this chapter.
[ 1996 c 191 § 34; 1991 c 160 § 9.]
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RCW 18.57.045
Inactive licenses.
A licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon who desires to leave the active practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state may secure from the secretary an inactive license. The administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and fees for an inactive license shall be determined as provided in RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280. The holder of an inactive license may reactivate his or her license to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery in accordance with rules adopted by the board.
[ 1996 c 191 § 35; 1991 c 160 § 4.]
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RCW 18.57.050
Renewal of licenses—Continuing education requirements—Information about current professional practice.
(1) The board may establish rules and regulations governing mandatory continuing education requirements which shall be met by physicians applying for renewal of licenses. Administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and fees for applications and renewals shall be established as provided in RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280. The board shall determine prerequisites for relicensing.
(2) The board must request licensees to submit information about their current professional practice at the time of license renewal and licensees must provide the information requested. This information may include practice setting, medical specialty, board certification, or other relevant data determined by the board.
[ 2015 c 252 § 10; 1996 c 191 § 36; 1991 c 160 § 6; (1991 c 3 § 149 repealed by 1991 sp.s. c 11 § 2); 1985 c 7 § 55; 1979 c 117 § 12; 1975 1st ex.s. c 30 § 58; 1971 ex.s. c 266 § 11; 1919 c 4 § 6; RRS § 10058. Cf. 1909 c 192 § 7. Formerly RCW 18.57.050 and 18.57.120.]
NOTES:
Intent—2015 c 252: See note following RCW 70.112.010.
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RCW 18.57.080
Examinations.
Applicants for a license to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery must successfully complete an examination prepared or approved by the board. The examination shall be conducted in the English language, shall determine the applicant's fitness to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery, and may be in whole or in part in writing or by practical application on those general subjects and topics of which knowledge is commonly and generally required of applicants who have obtained the doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery conferred by accredited schools of osteopathic medicine and surgery approved by the board. If an examination does not encompass the subject of osteopathic principles and practice, the applicant shall be required to complete the board-administered examination. The board may prepare and administer or approve preparation and administration of examinations on such subjects as the board deems advisable. The examination papers of any examination administered by the board shall form a part of the applicant's records and shall be retained as determined by the secretary for a period of not less than one year. All applicants for examination or reexamination shall comply with administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and fees determined as provided in RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280.
[ 1996 c 191 § 37; 1991 c 160 § 7; (1991 c 3 § 150 repealed by 1991 sp.s. c 11 § 2); 1979 c 117 § 13; 1919 c 4 § 5; RRS § 10057. Cf. 1909 c 192 § 6. Formerly RCW 18.57.080 and 18.57.090, part.]
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RCW 18.57.083
Maintenance of certification.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the board may not require an osteopathic physician and surgeon to participate in a maintenance of certification requirement as a condition of licensure or license renewal. The board may allow a physician to fulfill license renewal requirements through satisfactory participation in a recognized maintenance of certification program.
(2) This section does not apply to board certification requirements or maintenance of certification requirements included in any of the following:
(a) A stipulation to informal disposition under RCW 18.130.172;
(b) An order issued to resolve a statement of charges under RCW 18.130.090;
(c) An order issued under RCW 18.130.160; or
(d) A reinstatement order issued under RCW 18.130.150.
[ 2018 c 211 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 18 - Businesses and Professions › Chapter 18.57 - Osteopathy—Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. › 18.57.130 - Persons licensed by other states—Requirements—Fees.

RCW 18.57.130
Persons licensed by other states—Requirements—Fees.
Any person who meets the requirements of RCW 18.57.020 as now or hereafter amended and has been examined and licensed to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery by a state board of examiners of another state or the duly constituted authorities of another state authorized to issue licenses to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery upon examination, shall upon approval of the board be entitled to receive a license to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state upon complying with administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and paying a fee determined as provided in RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280 and filing a copy of his or her license in such other state, duly certified by the authorities granting the license to be a full, true, and correct copy thereof, and certifying also that the standard of requirements adopted by such authorities as provided by the law of such state is substantially equal to that provided for by the provisions of this chapter: PROVIDED, That no license shall issue without examination to any person who has previously failed in an examination held in this state: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That all licenses herein mentioned may be revoked for unprofessional conduct, in the same manner and upon the same grounds as if issued under this chapter: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That no one shall be permitted to practice surgery under this chapter who has not a license to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery.
[ 1996 c 191 § 38. Prior: 1991 c 160 § 10; 1991 c 3 § 151; 1985 c 7 § 56; 1979 c 117 § 15; 1975 1st ex.s. c 30 § 59; 1921 c 82 § 1; 1919 c 4 § 17; RRS § 10069. Formerly RCW 18.57.010, 18.57.040, part, and 18.57.130.]
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RCW 18.57.140
Advertising regulations.
On all cards, signs, letterheads, envelopes and billheads used by those licensed by this chapter to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery the word "osteopathic" shall always immediately precede the word "physician" and if the word "surgeon" is used in connection with said name, the word "osteopathic" shall also immediately precede said word "surgeon."
[ 1996 c 178 § 3; 1919 c 4 § 20; RRS § 10072.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1996 c 178: See note following RCW 18.35.110.
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RCW 18.57.145
Use of designations in combination with name.
No provision of this chapter or of any other law shall prevent any person who holds a valid, unrevoked certificate to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery from using in combination with his or her name the designation "Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon" or the abbreviation of his or her professional degree, Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.), provided he or she hold such professional degree, or any combination thereof upon his or her stationery, in any professional lists or directories or in other places where the same may properly appear as permitted within the canons of ethics approved by the board.
[ 1991 c 160 § 8; 1959 c 110 § 2.]
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RCW 18.57.150
Applicability of health regulations.
All persons granted licenses or certificates under this chapter shall be subject to the state and municipal regulations relating to the control of contagious diseases, the reporting and certifying to births and deaths, and all matters pertaining to public health; and all such reports shall be accepted as legal.
[ 1919 c 4 § 18; RRS § 10070.]
NOTES:
Vital statistics: Chapter 70.58A RCW.
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RCW 18.57.160
Unlawful practices.
Every person falsely claiming himself or herself to be the person named in a certificate issued to another, or falsely claiming himself or herself to be the person entitled to the same, is guilty of forgery under RCW 9A.60.020.
[ 2003 c 53 § 131; 1981 c 277 § 9; 1919 c 4 § 15; RRS § 10067. Cf. 1909 c 192 § 15.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Forgery: RCW 9A.60.020.