HB 1640: Placing licenses issued in chapters 18.71B and 18.71C RCW under the authority of the uniform disciplinary act.
Signed into law: Chapter 66, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Zahn
- Introduced
- January 28, 2025
- Status
- C 66 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 16, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Subjects licenses issued through the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact and the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact to the provisions of the Uniform Disciplinary Act. Provides that the Medical Commission is the disciplining authority for purposes of the UDA for licenses issued through these Compacts.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 5, 202597 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 4, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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