Washington Statutes
§ 70.180.005 — Finding—Health care professionals.
Washington § 70.180.005
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Wash. Rev. Code § 70.180.005 (2026).
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The legislature finds that a health care access problem exists in rural areas of the state because rural health care providers are unable to leave the community for short-term periods of time to attend required continuing education training or for personal matters because their absence would leave the community without adequate medical care coverage. The lack of adequate medical coverage in geographically remote rural communities constitutes a threat to the health and safety of the people in those communities.
The legislature declares that it is in the public interest to recruit and maintain a pool of physicians, physician assistants, pharmacists, and *advanced registered nurse practitioners willing and able on short notice to practice in rural communities on a short-term basis to meet th
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Legislative History
[1991 c 332 s 27;1990 c 271 s 1.]
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