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18.89.060 | Record of proceedings. | The secretary shall keep an official record of all proceedings, a part of which record shall consist of a register of all applicants for licensure under this chapter, with the result of each application.
[ 1997 c 334 s 6 ; 1991 c 3 s 229 ; 1987 c 415 s 7 .]
Effective dates — 1997 c 334: See note following RCW 18.89.010... |
18.89.080 | Secretary and ad hoc committee immune from liability. | The secretary, ad hoc committee members, or individuals acting on their behalf are immune from suit in any civil action based on any licensure or disciplinary proceedings, or other official acts performed in the course of their duties.
[ 1997 c 334 s 7 ; 1994 sp.s. c 9 s 513 ; 1991 c 3 s 231 ; 1987 c 415 s 9 .]
Effecti... |
18.89.090 | Licensure—Qualifications. | (1) The secretary shall issue a license to any applicant who demonstrates to the secretary's satisfaction that the following requirements have been met: (a) Graduation from a school approved by the secretary or successful completion of alternate training which meets the criteria established by the secretary; (b)(i) For... |
18.89.095 | Licensure—Qualifications—Military training or experience. | An applicant with military training or experience satisfies the training or experience requirements of this chapter unless the secretary determines that the military training or experience is not substantially equivalent to the standards of this state.
[ 2011 c 32 s 11 .] |
18.89.100 | Certification—Competency requirements. | The secretary shall approve only those persons who have achieved the minimum level of competency as defined by the secretary. The secretary shall establish by rule the standards and procedures for approval of alternate training and shall have the authority to contract with individuals or organizations having expertise ... |
18.89.110 | Licensure—Examination. | (1) The date and location of the examination shall be established by the secretary. Applicants who have been found by the secretary to meet the other requirements for licensure shall be scheduled for the next examination following the filing of the application. However, the applicant shall not be scheduled for any exam... |
18.89.120 | Licensure—Application form—Fee. | Applications for licensure shall be submitted on forms provided by the secretary. The secretary may require any information and documentation which reasonably relates to the need to determine whether the applicant meets the criteria for licensure provided in this chapter and chapter 18.130 RCW. All applicants shall com... |
18.89.140 | Renewal of licenses—Continuing education. | Licenses shall be renewed according to administrative procedures, administrative requirements, continuing education requirements, and fees determined by the secretary under RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280 . A minimum of thirty hours of continuing education approved by the secretary must be completed every two years to meet... |
18.89.150 | Reciprocity. | An applicant holding a license in another state may be licensed to practice in this state without examination if the secretary determines that the other state's licensing standards are substantially equivalent to the standards in this state.
[ 1997 c 334 s 12 .]
Effective dates — 1997 c 334: See note following RCW 18.8... |
18.91.010 | Purpose. | (1) The purpose of this compact is to facilitate the interstate practice of respiratory therapy with the goal of improving public access to respiratory therapy services by providing respiratory therapists licensed in a member state the ability to practice in other member states. The compact preserves the regulatory aut... |
18.91.020 | Definitions. | As used in this compact, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "Active military member" means any person with a full-time duty status in the armed forces of the United States, including members of the national guard and reserve. (2) "Adverse action" means any administrative, ... |
18.91.030 | State participation in this compact. | (1) In order to participate in this compact and thereafter continue as a member state, a member state shall: (a) Enact a compact that is not materially different from the model compact; (b) License respiratory therapists; (c) Participate in the commission's data system; (d) Have a mechanism in place for receiving and i... |
18.91.040 | Compact privilege. | (1) To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall: (a) Hold and maintain an active home state license as a respiratory therapist; (b) Hold and maintain an active credential from the national board for respiratory care (or its successor) that would qualify them for l... |
18.91.050 | Active military member or their spouse. | (1) An active military member, or their spouse, shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty. (2) An active military member and their spouse shall not be required to p... |
18.91.060 | Adverse actions. | (1) A member state in which a licensee is licensed shall have authority to impose adverse action against the license issued by that member state. (2) A member state may take adverse action based on significant investigative information of a remote state or the home state, so long as the member state follows its own pro... |
18.91.070 | Establishment of the respiratory care interstate compact commission. | (1) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted the compact known as the respiratory care interstate compact commission. The commission is an instrumentality of the compact member states acting jointly and not an instru... |
18.91.080 | Data systems. | (1) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and the presence of significant investigative information. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the contrary, a member sta... |
18.91.090 | Rule making. | (1) The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer the purposes and provisions of the compact. A rule shall be invalid and have no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdiction holds that the rule is invalid because the commission exercised ... |
18.91.100 | Oversight—Dispute resolution—Enforcement. | (1) Oversight. (a) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact. (b) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall be brought solely and exclusively in a court... |
18.91.110 | Effective date—Withdrawal—Amendment. | (1) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh member state ("effective date"). (a) On or after the effective date of the compact, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the first seven member states ("charter member states") ... |
18.91.120 | Construction—Severability. | (1) This compact and the commission's rule-making authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes and the implementation and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules shall not be construed to limit the commission's rule... |
18.91.130 | Consistent effect—Conflict with other state laws. | (1) Nothing herein shall prevent or inhibit the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact. (2) Any laws, statutes, regulations, or other legal requirements in a member state in conflict with the compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict, including any subsequent... |
18.92.010 | Veterinary practice defined. | Any person shall be regarded as practicing veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry within the meaning of this chapter who shall, within this state, (1) by advertisement, or by any notice, sign, or other indication, or by a statement written, printed or oral, in public or private, made, done, or procured by himself o... |
18.92.012 | Authority to dispense legend drugs prescribed by other veterinarians. | A veterinarian licensed under this chapter may dispense veterinary legend drugs prescribed by other veterinarians licensed under this chapter, so long as, during any year, the total drugs so dispensed do not constitute more than five percent of the total dosage units of legend drugs the veterinarian dispenses and the v... |
18.92.013 | Dispensing of drugs by registered or licensed personnel. | (1) A veterinarian legally prescribing drugs may delegate to a registered veterinary medication clerk, while under the veterinarian's direct supervision, certain nondiscretionary functions defined by the board and used in the preparing of legend and nonlegend drugs (except controlled substances as defined in or under c... |
18.92.015 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Board" means the Washington state veterinary board of governors. (2) "Department" means the department of health. (3) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of health. (4) "Veterinary medication ... |
18.92.021 | Veterinary board of governors—Appointment, qualifications, terms, officers—Quorum. | (1) There is created a Washington state veterinary board of governors reflecting the diverse practice of animal medicine, including large animal, small animal, and specialty practice, as well as diverse types of employment and practice ownership including sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. The board ... |
18.92.030 | General duties of board. | (1) The board shall develop and administer, or approve, or both, a licensure examination in the subjects determined by the board to be essential to the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry. The board may approve an examination prepared or administered by a private testing agency or association of lic... |
18.92.035 | Board to certify successful examinees. | The board shall certify to the secretary the names of all applicants who have successfully passed an examination and are entitled to a license to practice veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry. The secretary shall thereupon issue a license to practice veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry to such applicant.
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18.92.040 | Compensation and travel expenses of board members. | Each member of the board shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.265 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 . The board is designated as a class five group for purposes of chapter 43.03 RCW. No expense may be incurred by members of the board except in connec... |
18.92.046 | Application of uniform disciplinary act. | The uniform disciplinary act, chapter 18.130 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter.
[ 1987 c 150 s 58 ; 1986 c 259 s 139 .]
Severability — 1987 c 150: See RCW 18.122.901 .
Severability — 1986 c 259: See note following RCW 18.130.010 . |
18.92.047 | Veterinarian health program—Content—License surcharge. | (1) To implement a veterinarian health program as authorized by RCW 18.130.175 , the veterinary board of governors shall enter into a contract with a physician health program or a voluntary substance use disorder monitoring program. The veterinarian health program may include any or all of the following: (a) Contractin... |
18.92.051 | Compliance with chapter required. | It is a violation of RCW 18.130.190 for any person to practice the profession of veterinary medicine, surgery, or dentistry in this state, who has not complied with the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1987 c 150 s 59 .]
Severability — 1987 c 150: See RCW 18.122.901 . |
18.92.060 | Licensing exemptions. | Nothing in this chapter applies to: (1) Commissioned veterinarians in the United States military services or veterinarians employed by Washington state and federal agencies while performing official duties; (2) A person practicing veterinary medicine upon his or her own animal; (3) A person advising with respect to or ... |
18.92.070 | Applications—Procedure—Qualifications—Eligibility to take examination. | No person, unless registered or licensed to practice veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry in this state at the time this chapter shall become operative, shall begin the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry without first applying for and obtaining a license for such purpose from the secretary. I... |
18.92.100 | Examinations—Time of—Subjects—Manner. | Examinations for license to practice veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry shall be held at least once each year at such times and places as the secretary may authorize and direct. The examination shall be on subjects that are ordinarily included in the curricula of veterinary colleges. All examinees shall be test... |
18.92.115 | Reexamination—Fee. | Any applicant who shall fail to secure the required grade in his or her first examination may take the next regular veterinary examination. The fee for reexamination shall be determined by the secretary as provided in RCW 43.70.250 .
[ 2011 c 336 s 499 ; 1991 c 3 s 244 ; 1985 c 7 s 71 ; 1975 1st ex.s. c 30 s 82 ; 1967 ... |
18.92.120 | License—Temporary certificates, restrictions. | Any person who shall make application for examination, as provided by RCW 18.92.070 , and who has not previously failed to pass the veterinary examination, and whose application is found satisfactory by the secretary, may be given a temporary certificate to practice veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry valid only... |
18.92.125 | Veterinary technicians or veterinary medication clerks. | No veterinarian who uses the services of a veterinary technician or veterinary medication clerk shall be considered as aiding and abetting any unlicensed person to practice veterinary medicine. A veterinarian retains professional and personal responsibility for any act which constitutes the practice of veterinary medic... |
18.92.128 | Veterinary technician license. | The board shall issue a veterinary technician license to an individual who has: (1) Successfully completed required examinations administered or approved by the board; and (2) Successfully completed a posthigh school course approved by the board in the care and treatment of animals.
[ 2010 c 123 s 2 ; 2010 c 123 s 1 ; ... |
18.92.130 | License—Reciprocity with other states—Fee. | Any person who has been lawfully licensed to practice veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry in another state or territory which has and maintains a standard for the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry which is substantially the same as that maintained in this state, and who has been lawfully an... |
18.92.135 | License to practice specialized veterinary medicine. | (1) The department may issue a license to practice specialized veterinary medicine in this state to a veterinarian who: (a) Submits an application on a form provided by the secretary for a license in a specialty area recognized by the board by rule; (b) Holds a current certification as a diplomate of a national special... |
18.92.140 | License—Procedures, requirements, fees. | Each person now qualified to practice veterinary medicine, surgery, and dentistry, licensed as a veterinary technician, or registered as a veterinary medication clerk in this state or who becomes licensed or registered to engage in practice shall comply with administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and f... |
18.92.145 | License, certificates of registration, permit, examination, and renewal fees. | Administrative procedures, administrative requirements, and fees shall be established as provided in RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280 for the issuance, renewal, or administration of the following licenses, certificates of registration, permits, duplicate licenses, renewals, or examination: (1) For a license to practice vete... |
18.92.150 | License—Display. | Every person holding a license under the provisions of this chapter shall conspicuously display it in his or her principal place of business, together with the annual renewal license certificate.
[ 2011 c 336 s 500 ; 1941 c 71 s 18 ; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 10040-18.] |
18.92.230 | Use of another's license or diploma a felony. | Any person filing or attempting to file, as his or her own, the diploma or license of another is guilty of forgery under RCW 9A.60.020 .
[ 2003 c 53 s 139 ; 1941 c 71 s 23 ; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 10040-23.]
Intent — Effective date — 2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180 .
Forgery: RCW 9A.60.020 . |
18.92.240 | Violations generally—Penalty. | Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or of any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto, shall constitute a misdemeanor and punishable by fine of not less than fifty dollars.
[ 1941 c 71 s 24 ; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 10040-24.] |
18.92.250 | Intent—Veterinary services—Low-income households. | The legislature recognizes that low-income households may not receive needed veterinary services for household pets. It is the intent of the legislature to allow qualified animal control agencies and humane societies to provide veterinary services to low-income members of our communities. It is not the intent of the le... |
18.92.260 | Animal care societies/nonprofit humane societies—Low-income households—License required—Rule-making authority—Uniform disciplinary act—Registration—Fees. | (1)(a) Subject to the limitations in this section, animal care and control agencies as defined in RCW 16.52.011 and nonprofit humane societies, that have qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code may provide veterinary services to animals owned by qualified low-income households. A veterinarian or ... |
18.92.270 | Higher education facilities—Dogs and cats used for research—Adoption. | (1) A higher education facility that receives public money, including tax exempt status, or a facility that provides research in collaboration with a higher education facility, that utilizes dogs or cats for scientific, educational, or research purposes, upon conclusion of a dog or cat's use for scientific, educational... |
18.92.280 | Suicide prevention training program—Required education. | (1) The board, in consultation with the University of Washington's forefront suicide prevention center of excellence and affected professional associations, shall develop a suicide prevention training program for veterinarians and veterinary technicians by June 30, 2022. The program must: (a) Recognize that veterinaria... |
18.96.010 | Evidence of qualifications required. | In order to safeguard human health and property, and to promote the public welfare, any person in either public or private capacity practicing or offering to practice landscape architecture for hire shall be required to submit evidence that he or she is qualified so to practice and shall be licensed under the provision... |
18.96.020 | Use of titles, descriptions, and phrases—License or authorization required. | (1) It is unlawful for any person to practice or offer to practice in this state, landscape architecture, or to use in connection with his or her name or otherwise assume, use, or advertise any title or description including the phrases "landscape architect," "landscape architecture," "landscape architectural," or lang... |
18.96.030 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Administration of the construction contract" means the periodic observation of materials and work to observe the general compliance with the construction contract documents, and does not include responsibi... |
18.96.040 | Licensure board for landscape architects—Members—Qualifications. | (1)(a) There is created a licensure board for landscape architects consisting of five members appointed by the governor. (b) Four members shall be licensed landscape architects who are residents of the state and have at least eight years' experience in the practice of landscape architecture as registered or licensed la... |
18.96.060 | Board—Adoption of rules—Executive director. | (1) The board may adopt such rules under chapter 34.05 RCW as are necessary for the proper performance of its duties under this chapter. (2) The director may employ an executive director subject to approval of the board.
[ 2009 c 370 s 6 ; 2002 c 86 s 234 ; 1969 ex.s. c 158 s 6 .]
Effective date — 2009 c 370 ss 1-16, 1... |
18.96.070 | Qualifications of applicants. | This section establishes the minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for licensure as a professional landscape architect. (1) A certificate of licensure shall be granted by the director to all qualified applicants who are certified by the board as having passed the required examinatio... |
18.96.080 | Applications for licensure and examinations—Fees. | (1) Application for licensure shall be filed with the board as provided by rule. (2) The application for examination shall be filed with the board as prescribed by rule. (3) The application and examination fees shall be determined by the director under RCW 43.24.086 .
[ 2009 c 370 s 8 ; 1993 c 35 s 2 ; 1985 c 7 s 74 ; ... |
18.96.090 | Examinations. | (1) Examinations of landscape architects for certificates of licensure shall be held at least annually at such time and place as the board determines. (2) The board shall determine the content, scope, and grading process of the examination. The board may adopt an appropriate national examination and grading procedure. ... |
18.96.100 | Reciprocity. | (1) The director may, upon receipt of the current licensure fee, grant a certificate of licensure to an applicant who is a licensed landscape architect in another state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or another country, if that individual's qualifications and experience are determined by t... |
18.96.110 | Renewals. | (1) The renewal dates and fees for certificates of licensure shall be set by the director in accordance with RCW 43.24.086 . Licensees who fail to pay the renewal fee within thirty days of the due date shall pay all delinquent fees plus a penalty fee equal to one-third of the renewal fee. A licensee who fails to pay a ... |
18.96.120 | Unprofessional conduct—Grounds for disciplinary action. | The board may impose any action in RCW 18.235.110 upon the following grounds: (1) Offering to pay, paying, or accepting, either directly or indirectly, any substantial gift, bribe, or other consideration to influence the award of professional work; (2) Being willfully untruthful or deceptive in any professional report,... |
18.96.140 | Reissuance of lost or destroyed certificates. | A new certificate of licensure to replace any certificate lost or destroyed, or mutilated may be issued by the director, and a charge determined by the director as provided in RCW 43.24.086 shall be made for such issuance.
[ 2009 c 370 s 13 ; 2002 c 86 s 236 ; 1985 c 7 s 77 ; 1975 1st ex.s. c 30 s 88 ; 1969 ex.s. c 158... |
18.96.150 | Certificates of licensure—Issuance—Contents—Seal. | (1) The director shall issue a certificate of licensure to any applicant who has, to the satisfaction of the board, met all the requirements for licensure upon payment of the licensure fee as provided in this chapter. All certificates of licensure shall show the full name of the licensee, have the license number, and s... |
18.96.180 | Certificate of licensure suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance. | The board, through the director, shall immediately suspend the certificate of licensure to practice landscape architecture of a person who has been certified under RCW 74.20A.320 by the department of social and health services as a person who is not in compliance with a support order or a *residential or visitation ord... |
18.96.200 | Uniform regulation of business and professions act. | The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter.
[ 2002 c 86 s 237 .]
Effective dates — 2002 c 86: See note following RCW 18.08.340 .
Part headings not law — Severability — 20... |
18.96.210 | Landscape architects' license account.(Effective until January 1, 2026.) | The landscape architects' license account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from fees under this chapter must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for administrative and operating purposes under this chapter. Only the director or the director's desig... |
18.96.220 | Application—Professions and activities not affected. | This chapter does not affect or prevent: (1) The practice of architecture, land surveying, engineering, geology, or any recognized profession by persons not licensed as landscape architects; (2) Drafters, clerks, project managers, superintendents, and other employees of landscape architects from acting under the instru... |
18.96.230 | Military training or experience. | An applicant with military training or experience satisfies the training or experience requirements of this chapter unless the board determines that the military training or experience is not substantially equivalent to the standards of this state.
[ 2011 c 351 s 7 .] |
18.96.901 | Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. | For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married person... |
18.100.010 | Legislative intent. | It is the legislative intent to provide for the incorporation of an individual or group of individuals to render the same professional service to the public for which such individuals are required by law to be licensed or to obtain other legal authorization.
[ 1969 c 122 s 1 .] |
18.100.020 | Short title. | This chapter may be cited as "the professional service corporation act".
[ 1969 c 122 s 2 .] |
18.100.030 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter the following words shall have the meaning indicated: (1) The term "professional service" means any type of personal service to the public which requires as a condition precedent to the rendering of such service the obtaining of a license or other legal authorization and which prior to the passa... |
18.100.040 | Application of chapter to previously organized corporations. | This chapter shall not apply to any individuals or groups of individuals within this state who prior to the passage of this chapter were permitted to organize a corporation and perform personal services to the public by means of a corporation, and this chapter shall not apply to any corporation organized by such indivi... |
18.100.050 | Organization of professional service corporations authorized generally—Architects, engineers, and health care professionals—Nonprofit corporations. | (1) An individual or group of individuals duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same professional services within this state may organize and become a shareholder or shareholders of a professional corporation for pecuniary profit under the provisions of Title 23B RCW for the purpose of rendering p... |
18.100.060 | Rendering of services by authorized individuals. | (1) No corporation organized under this chapter may render professional services except through individuals who are duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render such professional services within this state. However, nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to: (a) Prohibit a person duly licensed or other... |
18.100.065 | Authority of directors, officers to render same services as corporation. | Except as otherwise provided in RCW 18.100.118 , all directors of a corporation organized under this chapter and all officers other than the secretary and the treasurer shall be duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same specific professional services within this or any other state as those for wh... |
18.100.070 | Professional relationships and liabilities preserved. | Nothing contained in this chapter shall be interpreted to abolish, repeal, modify, restrict, or limit the law now in effect in this state applicable to the professional relationship and liabilities between the person furnishing the professional services and the person receiving such professional service and the standar... |
18.100.080 | Engaging in other business prohibited—Investments. | No professional service corporation organized under this chapter shall engage in any business other than the rendering of the professional services for which it was incorporated or service as a trustee as authorized by RCW 11.36.021 or as a personal representative as authorized by RCW 11.36.010 : PROVIDED, That nothing... |
18.100.090 | Stock issuance. | Except as otherwise provided in RCW 18.100.118 , no professional corporation organized under the provisions of this chapter may issue any of its capital stock to anyone other than the trustee of a qualified trust or an individual who is duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same specific professio... |
18.100.095 | Validity of share voting agreements. | Except for qualified trusts, a proxy, voting trust, or other voting agreement with respect to shares of a professional corporation shall not be valid unless all holders thereof, all trustees and beneficiaries thereof, or all parties thereto, as the case may be, are eligible to be shareholders of the corporation.
[ 1997... |
18.100.100 | Legal qualification of officer, shareholder or employee to render professional service, effect. | Unless a director, officer, shareholder, agent or employee of a corporation organized under this chapter who has been rendering professional service to the public is legally qualified at all times to render such professional services within at least one state in which the corporation conducts business, he or she shall ... |
18.100.110 | Sale or transfer of shares. | No shareholder of a corporation organized as a professional corporation may sell or transfer his or her shares in such corporation except to the trustee of a qualified trust or another individual who is eligible to be a shareholder of such corporation. Any transfer of shares in violation of this section shall be void. ... |
18.100.114 | Merger or consolidation. | A corporation organized under this chapter may merge or consolidate with another corporation, domestic or foreign, organized to render the same specific professional services, only if every shareholder of each corporation is eligible to be a shareholder of the surviving or new corporation.
[ 1998 c 293 s 6 ; 1983 c 51 ... |
18.100.116 | Death of shareholder, transfer to ineligible person—Treatment of shares. | (1) If: (a)(i) A shareholder of a professional corporation dies; (ii) A shareholder of a professional corporation becomes an ineligible person; (iii) Shares of a professional corporation are transferred by operation of law or court decree to an ineligible person; or (iv) A charitable remainder unitrust or charitable re... |
18.100.118 | Eligibility of certain representatives and transferees to serve as directors, officers, or shareholders. | If all of the outstanding shares of a professional corporation are held by an administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, or receiver of the estate of a former shareholder, or by a transferee who received such shares by operation of law or court decree, such administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, receiver,... |
18.100.120 | Name—Listing of shareholders. | Corporations organized pursuant to this chapter shall render professional service and exercise its authorized powers under a name permitted by law and the professional ethics of the profession in which the corporation is so engaged. The corporate name of a professional service corporation must comply with the requireme... |
18.100.130 | Application of Business Corporation Act and Nonprofit Corporation Act. | (1) For a professional service corporation organized for pecuniary profit under this chapter, the provisions of Title 23B RCW shall be applicable except to the extent that any of the provisions of this chapter are interpreted to be in conflict with the provisions thereof, and in such event the provisions and sections o... |
18.100.132 | Nonprofit professional service corporations formed under prior law. | A nonprofit professional service corporation formed pursuant to *chapter 431, Laws of 1985, may amend its articles of incorporation at any time before July 31, 1987, to comply with the provisions of this chapter. Compliance under this chapter shall relate back and take effect as of the date of formation of the corporat... |
18.100.133 | Business corporations, election of this chapter. | A business corporation formed under the provisions of Title 23B RCW may amend its articles of incorporation to change its stated purpose to the rendering of professional services and to conform to the requirements of this chapter. Upon the effective date of such amendment, the corporation shall be subject to the provis... |
18.100.134 | Professional services—Deletion from stated purposes of corporation. | A professional corporation may amend its articles of incorporation to delete from its stated purposes the rendering of professional services and to conform to the requirements of Title 23B RCW, or to the requirements of chapter 24.03A RCW if organized pursuant to RCW 18.100.050 as a nonprofit corporation. Upon the effe... |
18.100.140 | Improper conduct not authorized. | Nothing in this chapter shall authorize a director, officer, shareholder, agent, or employee of a corporation organized under this chapter, or a corporation itself organized under this chapter, to do or perform any act which would be illegal, unethical, or unauthorized conduct under the provisions of the following acts... |
18.100.145 | Doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery—Discrimination prohibited. | A professional service corporation that provides health care services to the general public may not discriminate against a qualified doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW, who has applied to practice with the professional service corporation, solely because that practitioner was bo... |
18.100.160 | Foreign professional corporation. | A foreign professional corporation may render professional services in this state so long as it complies with chapter 23B.15 RCW and each individual rendering professional services in this state is duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render such professional services within this state.
[ 1998 c 293 s 7 .] |
18.104.005 | Transfer of duties to the department of health. | The powers and duties of the department of social and health services under this chapter shall be performed by the department of health.
[ 1989 1st ex.s. c 9 s 237 .]
Effective date — Severability — 1989 1st ex.s. c 9: See RCW 43.70.910 and 43.70.920 . |
18.104.010 | Purpose. | The legislature declares that the drilling, making or constructing of wells within the state is a business and activity of vital interest to the public. In order to protect the public health, welfare, and safety of the people it is necessary that provision be made for the regulation and licensing of well contractors an... |
18.104.020 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Abandoned well" means a well that is unmaintained or is in such disrepair that it is unusable or is a risk to public health and welfare. (2) "Constructing a well" or "construct a well" means: (a) Boring, di... |
18.104.030 | Compliance enjoined. | It is unlawful: (1) For any person to supervise, construct, alter, or decommission a well without complying with the provisions of this chapter and the rules for well construction adopted pursuant to this chapter; (2) For any person to cause a well to be constructed in violation of the standards for well construction e... |
18.104.040 | Powers of department. | The department shall have the power: (1) To issue, deny, suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; (2) At all reasonable times, to enter upon lands for the purpose of inspecting, taking measurements from, or tagging any well, constructed or being constructed; (3) To call upon or receive pro... |
18.104.043 | Well sealing and decommissioning—Delegation of authority. | (1) If requested in writing by the governing body of a local health district or county, the department by memorandum of agreement may delegate to the governing body the authority to administer and enforce the well tagging, sealing, and decommissioning portions of the water well construction program. (2) The department ... |
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