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Panel backs adding interstate licensure compacts to state disciplinary law
Summary
House Bill 16-40 would make licenses issued through the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and the PA licensure compact subject to the state's Uniform Disciplinary Act and designate the Medical Commission as disciplining authority; sponsor and the Washington Medical Commission urged adoption as a technical fix to close oversight gaps.
House Bill 16-40, presented Wednesday to the House Health Care & Wellness Committee, would bring licenses issued under the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and the Physician Assistant licensure compact within the scope of Washington's Uniform Disciplinary Act (UDA) and designate the Washington Medical Commission as the disciplining authority for those compact-issued licenses.
Committee staff explained that the UDA currently…
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