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

 S-4012.2

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5185

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2026 Regular Session

By Senate Health & Long-Term Care (originally sponsored by Senators Saldaña, Cortes, Cleveland, Wellman, Stanford, Nguyen, Chapman, Orwall, Dhingra, Valdez, Riccelli, Bateman, Hasegawa, and Nobles)

READ FIRST TIME 02/02/26.

AN ACT Relating to establishing a pilot program that creates a pathway to physician licensure for international medical graduates; amending RCW 18.71.051 ; adding a new section to chapter 18.71 RCW; and providing an expiration date.

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 shall furnish proof satisfactory to the commission of the following: