Establishing preceptorship and hardship pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates.

 H-0292.1

HOUSE BILL 1306

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Representatives Reed, Thai, Doglio, Cortes, Mena, Obras, Scott, Taylor, Macri, Ryu, Ortiz-Self, Salahuddin, Berry, Duerr, Goodman, Simmons, Ormsby, and Pollet

Read first time 01/15/25. Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

AN ACT Relating to establishing preceptorship and hardship pathways to medical practice for international medical graduates; amending RCW 18.71.051 ; and adding a new section to chapter 18.71 RCW.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 18.71.051 and 2020 c 325 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Applicants for licensure to practice medicine who have graduated from a school of medicine located outside of the states, territories, and possessions of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Dominion of Canada, shall file an application for licensure with the commission on a form prepared by the secretary with the approval of the commission. (( Each applicant )) The commission recognizes as equivalent to the United States medical school accreditation and national medical licensure examination standards the Canadian medical school accreditation and Canadian national medical licensure exam.