Every osteopathic physician shall, within sixty days after settlement or judgment, notify the board of any and all malpractice settlements or judgments in excess of twenty thousand dollars as a result of a claim or action for damages alleged to have been caused by a physician's incompetency or negligence in the practice of osteopathic medicine. Every osteopathic physician shall also report the settlement or judgment of three or more claims or actions for damages during a year as the result of the alleged physician's incompetence or negligence in the practice of osteopathic medicine regardless of the dollar amount of the settlement or judgment.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
18.57.005. WSR 90-24-055 (Order 100B), recodified as § 246-853-120, filed 12/3/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: RCW
18.57A.020,
18.57.005 and
18.130.050. WSR 88-09-030 (Order PM 723), § 308-138-320, filed 4/15/88. Statutory Authority: 1979 c 117 § 3(6). WSR 79-12-065 (Order 323), § 308-138-320, filed 11/29/79.]