PDFWAC 246-919-770

Professional standards review organizations.

When authorized by federal law, every professional standards review organization operating within the state of Washington shall report to the commission any determinations that a physician has engaged or is engaging in consistent, excessive utilization of any medical or surgical test, treatment or procedure when such procedures are clearly not called for under the circumstances in which such services were provided.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.71.017 and 18.71A.020. WSR 96-03-073, § 246-919-770, filed 1/17/96, effective 2/17/96.]