SB 6258

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  SENATE BILL 6258
 State of Washington  69th Legislature     2026 Regular Session
 By Senators Muzzall, Nobles, and Shewmake; by request of Washington
 State Medical Commission
 Read first time 01/21/26.    Referred to Committee on Health & Long-
 Term Care.
1      AN ACT Relating to creating a nondisciplinary pathway for
2  relinquishing licenses issued by the Washington medical commission;
3  and adding a new section to chapter 18.71 RCW.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
5     NEW SECTION.   Sec. 1.   A new section is added to chapter 18.71
6 RCW to read as follows:
7     The commission is authorized to conduct rule making for all
8 licenses issued within its authority under this chapter and chapters
9 18.71A,   18.71B,  18.71C,   and   18.71D  RCW   to   allow  for   the
10 relinquishment of the license. Relinquishment under these rules must
11 be voluntary. The license cannot be relinquished in lieu of
12 discipline or if the licensee is subject to discipline or under
13 investigation by the commission. The relinquishment is not an adverse
14 action and as such is not reportable to any disciplinary databases,
15 the national practitioner data bank, or other websites. Licensees who
16 request this process agree to the permanent relinquishment of the
17 property right and shall have no right to reinstatement or renewal.
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