Title 18 — Title 18 BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS

In order to strengthen access to health care, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of health care, the member states of the interstate medical licensure compact have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements the existing licensing …

In this compact:(1) "Bylaws" means those bylaws established by the interstate commission pursuant to RCW 18.71B.110 for its governance, or for directing and controlling its actions and conduct.(2) "Commissioner" means the voting representative appointed by each member board pursu…

(1) A physician must meet the eligibility requirements as defined in RCW 18.71B.020(11) to receive an expedited license under the terms and provisions of the compact.(2) A physician who does not meet the requirements of RCW 18.71B.020(11) may obtain a license to practice medicine…

(1) A physician shall designate a member state as the state of principal license for purposes of registration for expedited licensure through the compact if the physician possesses a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in that state, and the state is:(a) The state …

(1) A physician seeking licensure through the compact shall file an application for an expedited license with the member board of the state selected by the physician as the state of principal license.(2) Upon receipt of an application for an expedited license, the member board wi…

(1) A member state issuing an expedited license authorizing the practice of medicine in that state may impose a fee for a license issued or renewed through the compact.(2) The interstate commission is authorized to develop rules regarding fees for expedited licenses.[ 2017 c 195 …

(1) A physician seeking to renew an expedited license granted in a member state shall complete a renewal process with the interstate commission if the physician:(a) Maintains a full and unrestricted license in a state of principal license;(b) Has not been convicted, received adju…

(1) The interstate commission shall establish a database of all physicians licensed, or who have applied for licensure, under RCW 18.71B.050.(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, member boards shall report to the interstate commission any public action or complaints aga…

(1) Licensure and disciplinary records of physicians are deemed investigative.(2) In addition to the authority granted to a member board by its respective medical practice act or other applicable state law, a member board may participate with other member boards in joint investig…

(1) Any disciplinary action taken by any member board against a physician licensed through the compact shall be deemed unprofessional conduct which may be subject to discipline by other member boards, in addition to any violation of the medical practice act or regulations in that…

(1) The member states hereby create the "interstate medical licensure compact commission."(2) The purpose of the interstate commission is the administration of the interstate medical licensure compact, which is a discretionary state function.(3) The interstate commission shall be…

The interstate commission shall have the duty and power to:(1) Oversee and maintain the administration of the compact;(2) Promulgate rules which shall be binding to the extent and in the manner provided for in the compact;(3) Issue, upon the request of a member state or member bo…

(1) The interstate commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the interstate commission and its staff. The total assessment must be sufficient to cover the annual budget approved each year f…

(1) The interstate commission shall, by a majority of commissioners present and voting, adopt bylaws to govern its conduct as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the compact within twelve months of the first interstate commission meeting.(2) The interstat…

(1) The interstate commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of the compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the interstate commission exercises its rule-making authority in a manner that is beyond the sc…

(1) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce the compact and shall take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact's purposes and intent. The provisions of the compact and the rules promulgated h…

(1) The interstate commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce the provisions and rules of the compact.(2) The interstate commission may, by majority vote of the commissioners, initiate legal action in the United States district court for the District …

(1) The grounds for default include, but are not limited to, failure of a member state to perform such obligations or responsibilities imposed upon it by the compact, or the rules and bylaws of the interstate commission promulgated under the compact.(2) If the interstate commissi…

(1) The interstate commission shall attempt, upon the request of a member state, to resolve disputes which are subject to the compact and which may arise among member states or member boards.(2) The interstate commission shall promulgate rules providing for both mediation and bin…

(1) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every member state; provided that a member state may withdraw from the compact by specifically repealing the statute which enacted the compact into law.(2) Withdrawal from the compact shall b…

(1) The compact shall dissolve effective upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the member state which reduces the membership in the compact to one member state.(2) Upon the dissolution of the compact, the compact becomes null and void and shall be of no further force or e…

(1) Any state is eligible to become a member state of the compact.(2) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than seven states. Thereafter, it shall become effective and binding on a state upon enactment of the…

(1) The provisions of the compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable.(2) The provisions of the compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.…

(1) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact.(2) All laws in a member state in conflict with the compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict.(3) All lawful actions of the interstate commission, i…