§ 18.130.010 Intent
§ 18.130.020 Definitions
§ 18.130.035 Background check activities — Fees
§ 18.130.037 Application and renewal fees
§ 18.130.039 Licensee not required to participate in third-party reimbursement program
§ 18.130.040 Application to certain professions — Authority of secretary — Grant or denial of licenses — Procedural rules
§ 18.130.042 Required licensure information — Sale to third party prohibited — Exemptions
§ 18.130.045 Massage therapists — Procedures governing convicted prostitutes
§ 18.130.050 Authority of disciplining authority
§ 18.130.055 Authority of disciplining authority — Denial of applications
§ 18.130.057 Disciplining authority — Duties — Documents
§ 18.130.060 Additional authority of secretary
§ 18.130.062 Authority of secretary — Disciplinary process — Sexual misconduct — Victim interview training
§ 18.130.063 Disclosure — Sexual misconduct
§ 18.130.064 Authority and duties — Secretary and disciplining authority — Background checks
§ 18.130.065 Rules, policies, and orders — Secretary’s role
§ 18.130.070 Rules requiring reports — Court orders — Immunity from liability — Licensees required to report
§ 18.130.075 Temporary practice permits — Penalties
§ 18.130.077 Licensure requirements waiver for out-of-state and nationally certified applicants
§ 18.130.080 Unprofessional conduct — Complaint — Investigation — Civil penalty
§ 18.130.085 Communication with complainant
§ 18.130.090 Statement of charge — Request for hearing
§ 18.130.095 Uniform procedural rules
§ 18.130.098 Settlement — Disclosure — Conference
§ 18.130.100 Hearings — Adjudicative proceedings under chapter 34.05 RCW
§ 18.130.110 Findings of fact — Order — Report
§ 18.130.120 Actions against license — Exception
§ 18.130.127 License suspension — Noncompliance with support order — Reissuance
§ 18.130.130 Orders — When effective — Stay
§ 18.130.135 Suspension or restriction orders — Show cause hearing
§ 18.130.140 Appeal
§ 18.130.150 Reinstatement
§ 18.130.160 Finding of unprofessional conduct — Orders — Sanctions — Stay — Costs — Stipulations
§ 18.130.165 Enforcement of fine
§ 18.130.170 Capacity of license holder to practice — Hearing — Mental or physical examination — Implied consent
§ 18.130.172 Evidence summary and stipulations
§ 18.130.175 Physician health and voluntary substance use disorder monitoring programs (as amended by 2023 c 425)
§ 18.130.175 v2 Physician health and voluntary substance use disorder monitoring programs (as amended by 2023 c 469)
§ 18.130.180 Unprofessional conduct
§ 18.130.185 Injunctive relief for violations of RCW 18.130.170 or 18.130.180
§ 18.130.186 Voluntary substance abuse monitoring program — Content — License surcharge
§ 18.130.190 Practice without license — Investigation of complaints — Cease and desist orders — Injunctions — Penalties
§ 18.130.195 Violation of injunction — Penalty
§ 18.130.200 Fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining or maintaining a license — Penalty
§ 18.130.210 Crime by license holder — Notice to attorney general or county prosecuting attorney
§ 18.130.230 Production of documents — Administrative fines
§ 18.130.250 Retired active license status
§ 18.130.270 Continuing competency pilot projects
§ 18.130.300 Immunity from liability
§ 18.130.310 Biennial report — Contents — Format
§ 18.130.340 Opiate therapy guidelines
§ 18.130.350 Application — Use of records or exchange of information not affected
§ 18.130.360 Retired volunteer medical worker license — Supervision — Rules
§ 18.130.370 Prohibition on practicing in another state — Prohibited from practicing in this state until proceedings of appropriate disciplining authority are completed
§ 18.130.390 Sanctioning schedule — Development
§ 18.130.400 Abuse of vulnerable adult — Prohibition on practice
§ 18.130.410 Collecting blood samples without consent under direction of law enforcement
§ 18.130.420 Stem cell therapies — Informed consent
§ 18.130.430 Pelvic exams
§ 18.130.440 Educational materials on nationwide 988 phone number — Veterans crisis line and resources
§ 18.130.450 Reproductive health care services and gender-affirming treatment
§ 18.130.460 Female genital mutilation — Minors — Prohibition on procedure
§ 18.130.800 Rule making — Licensure requirements
§ 18.130.900 Short title — Applicability
§ 18.130.901 Severability — 1984 c 279
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 18.130 - Regulation of health professions -- Uniform disciplinary act

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.