Healthcare, Disciplinary and Licensure

Select your most relevant scope of practice:

• Clinical Care
• Alternative Care
• Behavioral Health
• Therapists
• Extended Care Operations
• Veterinary Practices
• Disciplinary & Licensure

Clinical Care

• Podiatric medicine and surgery (RCW 18.22)
• Dispensing Opticians (RCW 18.34)
• Nursing pools (RCW 18.52C)
• Optometry (RCW 18.53)
• Optometry Board (RCW 18.54)
• Ocularist (RCW 18.55)
• Osteopathy (RCW 18.57)
• Osteopathic physician assistants (RCW 18.57A)
• Occupational therapy (RCW 18.59)
• Pharmacists (RCW 18.64)
• Pharmacy assistants (RCW 18.64A)
• Physicians (RCW 18.71)
• Physician assistant (RCW 18.71A)
• Anesthesiologist assistants (RCW 18.71D)
• Emergency Medical Care and transportation services (RCW 18.73)
• Nursing Care (RCW 18.79)
• Radiologic technologists (RCW 18.84)
• Nursing assistants (RCW 18.88A)
• Respiratory care practitioners (RCW 18.89)
• Surgical technologists (RCW 18.215)
• Medical assistants (RCW 18.360)
• Uniform Telehealth Act (RCW 18.134)
• Dental Hygienists (RCW 18.29)
• Dentistry (RCW 18.32)
• Denturists (RCW 18.30)
• Dental professionals (RCW 18.260)
• Dental anesthesia assistants (RCW 18.350)

Alternative Care

• Acupuncture and Eastern Medicine (RCW 18.06)
• Chiropractic Care (RCW 18.25)
• Naturopathy (RCW 18.36A)
• Birthing Centers (RCW 18.46)
• Birth Doulas (RCW 18.47)
• Midwifery (RCW 18.50)
• Massage practitioners (RCW 18.108)

Behavioral Health

• Counselors (RCW 18.19)
• Psychologist (RCW 18.83)
• Psychology interjurisdictional compact (RCW 18.83A)
• Sex Offender Treatment Providers (RCW 18.155)
• Substance Use Disorder professionals (RCW 18.205)
• Mental Health counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers (RCW 18.225)
• Social workers (RCW 18.320)
• Applied behavioral analysts (RCW 18.380)
• Certified peer specialists (RCW 18.420)
• Social Work licensure compact (RCW 18.321)

Therapists

• Hearing and speech services (RCW 18.35)
• Drugless healing (RCW 18.36)
• Physical Therapy (RCW 18.74)
• Dietician and nutritionists (RCW 18.138)
• Orthotic and Prosthetics (RCW 18.200)
• Music Therapists (RCW 18.233)
• Recreation Therapy (RCW 18.230)
• Athletic trainers (RCW 18.250)
• Genetic counselors (RCW 18.290)

Extended Care Operations

• Assisted Living Facilities (RCW 18.20)
• Nursing homes (RCW 18.51)
• Nursing home administrators (RCW 18.52)
• Long-term care workers (RCW 18.88B)
• Poison Information Centers (RCW 18.76)

Veterinary Practices

• Veterinary medicine, surgery, dentistry (RCW 18.92)
• Animal massage practitioners (RCW 18.240)
• Control of Pet Animals Infected with Diseases Communicable to Humans (RCW 16.70)

Disciplinary & Licensure

• Military spouses – Professional licensing (RCW 18.340)
• Regulation of health professions – Criteria (RCW 18.120)
• Regulation of health professions – Uniform administrative provisions (RCW 18.122)
• Regulation of health professions – Uniform disciplinary act (RCW 18.130)
• Consumer Access to Vision Act (RCW 18.195)
• Professional Licensure – previous criminal convictions (RCW 18.400)
• Interstate medical licensure compact (RCW 18.71B)
• Physician assistant licensure compact (RCW 18.71C)