Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 18.71.050 (2026)

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(1) Each applicant who has graduated from a school of medicine located in any state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Dominion of Canada, shall file an application for licensure with the commission on a form prepared by the secretary with the approval of the commission. Each applicant shall furnish proof satisfactory to the commission of the following:

(a) That the applicant has attended and graduated from a school of medicine approved by the commission;

(b) That the applicant has completed two years of postgraduate medical training in a program acceptable to the commission, provided that applicants graduating before July 28, 1985, may complete only one year of postgraduate medical training;

(d) That the applicant is physically and mentally capable of safely carrying on the practice of medicine. The commission may require any applicant to submit to such examination or examinations as it deems necessary to determine an applicant's physical and/or mental capability to safely practice medicine.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the commission from requiring such additional information from applicants as it deems necessary. The issuance and denial of licenses are subject to chapter 18.130 RCW, the Uniform Disciplinary Act.

[ 1994 sp.s. c 9 s 307; 1991 c 3 s 161. Prior: 1986 c 259 s 109; 1985 c 322 s 2; 1975 1st ex.s. c 171 s 7; 1961 c 284 s 5; 1957 c 60 s 3; prior: 1947 c 168 s 1, part; 1919 c 134 s 3, part; 1909 c 192 s 6, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 10008, part; prior: 1905 c 41 s 1, part; 1901 c 42 s 1, part; 1890 p 115 s 3, part; Code 1881 s 2285, part.]

Notes:

Severability—Headings and captions not law—Effective date—1994 sp.s. c 9: See RCW 18.79.900 through 18.79.902.

Severability—1986 c 259: See note following RCW 18.130.010.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 12 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1957–2026 · leading case: Nguyen v. State Health Med. Quality Assur., 29 P.3d 689 (Wash. 2001).

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Nguyen v. State Health Med. Quality Assur., 29 P.3d 689 (Wash. 2001). “RCW 18.71.050. All licensed physicians must fulfill continuing education *701 requirements to retain their licenses.”

Nguyen v. Dep't of Health, 144 Wash. 2d 516 (Wash. 2001). “RCW 18.71.050. All licensed physicians must fulfill continuing education requirements to retain their licenses.”

State v. Tracy, 115 P.3d 381 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “040; (2) meet eligibility requirements, RCW 18.71.050; (3) successfully complete an examination administered by the Washington state medical quality assurance commission, RCW 18.”

State v. Tracy, 128 Wash. App. 388 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “040; (2) meet eligibility requirements, RCW 18.71.050; (3) successfully complete an examination administered by the Washington state medical quality assurance commission, RCW 18.”

Ongom v. State, Dept. of Health, 104 P.3d 29 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “002 ("It is the purpose of the medical quality assurance commission to regulate the competency and quality of professional health care providers under its jurisdiction by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing qualifications for licensing, consistent standards of practice,…”

Reagles v. Simpson, 434 P.2d 559 (Wash. 1967). · cites it 2× “(3) The Board does not interpret the legislative intent as found in RCW 18.71.050 and .055 as permitting it to accredit as a medical school a school which provides only sixty actual hours of instruction on twelve consecutive Saturdays.”

Amunrud v. Bd. of Appeals, 143 P.3d 571 (Wash. 2006). “[9] RCW 18.71.050 establishes eligibility requirements for a license to practice medicine, which include proof the applicant has attended and graduated from an approved school of medicine and completed two years of postgraduate medical training, is of good moral character, and…”

Ongom v. Dep't of Health, 124 Wash. App. 935 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “RCW 18.71.050 establishes eligibility requirements for a license to practice medicine, which include proof the applicant has attended and graduated from an approved school of medicine and completed two years of postgraduate medical training, is of good moral character, and is…”

State Ex Rel. Kirschner v. Urquhart, 310 P.2d 261 (Wash. 1957). “3 The original compilers 4 of the Revised Code of *134 Washington codified a fragment of the 1947 amendment in RCW 18.71.050, which, so far as material, is set out in the *135 margin, 5 substituting the compiler’s notion of what the legislature should have enacted for the text…”

Williamson v. Grant Cnty. Pub. Hosp. Dist. No. 1, 396 P.2d 879 (Wash. 1964). “020); the latter must have a diploma from an accredited medical school (RCW 18.71.050), the curriculum of which must meet the requirements of RCW 18.”

Michael Alley, M.d., V. The Univ. Of Washington (Wash. Ct. App. 2026). “Alley claims he was not allowed the same opportunity as Resident X to repeat and complete the two years of his residency program to obtain a license to practice medicine under RCW 18.71.050(1)(b). This complaint disregards the fact that Alley was permitted, upon the WPHP’s…”

Williamson v. Grant Cy. Pub. Hosp. Dist., 396 P.2d 879 (Wash. 1964). “020); the latter must have a diploma from an accredited medical school (RCW 18.71.050), the curriculum of which must meet the requirements of RCW 18.”

— Wash. Rev. Code § 18.71.050(1)(b) — 1 case

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