Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 18.79.010 (2026)

Purpose

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WA-LEGapp.leg.wa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

It is the purpose of the state board of nursing 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, continuing competency mechanisms, and discipline. Rules, policies, and procedures developed by the board must promote the delivery of quality health care to the residents of the state of Washington.

[ 2025 c 58 s 5003; 1994 sp.s. c 9 s 401.]

Notes:

Explanatory note—2025 c 58: See note following RCW 1.16.050.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2021–2024 · leading case: Kasey Cahan, Appellant/cross-respondent V. Franciscan Health Sys., Respondent/cross-appellant (Wash. Ct. App. 2021).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Kasey Cahan, Appellant/cross-respondent V. Franciscan Health Sys., Respondent/cross-appellant (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “She points to no evidence that she was concerned about informed consents not 13 Rather, the apparent purpose of the nurse licensing statutes and regulations on which Cahan relies is to protect patients from incompetent care.”

Teri Collier, V. Wa State Dept Of Health Nursing Comm. (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). “RCW 18.79.010, .070. 85177-2-I/2 hearing and subsequent judicial review, we affirm the summary judgment dismissal on the basis of collateral estoppel.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.