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                            SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2188

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State of Washington              54th Legislature             1996 Regular Session

By House Committee on Health Care (originally sponsored by Representatives Backlund, Hymes, Dyer, Sherstad and Horn)

Read first time 01/25/96.

Requiring a majority vote of the medical quality assurance commission to revoke a physician's license.

     AN ACT Relating to the revocation of a physician's license; and amending RCW 18.71.019.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

     Sec. 1.  RCW 18.71.019 and 1994 sp.s. c 9 s 305 are each amended to read as follows:

     The Uniform Disciplinary Act, chapter 18.130 RCW, governs unlicensed practice and the issuance and denial of licenses and discipline of licensees under this chapter.  When a panel of the commission revokes a license, the respondent may request review of the revocation order of the panel by the commission.  The respondent's request for review must be filed within twenty days of the effective date of the order revoking the respondent's license.  The review shall be scheduled for hearing by the commission within sixty days.  The commission shall adopt rules establishing review procedures.

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