RCW 70.15.060
No effect on health facility credentialing and privileging standards.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Credentialing" means obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications of a health practitioner to provide treatment, care, or services in or for a health facility.
(b) "Privileging" means the authorizing by an appropriate authority, such as a governing body, of a health practitioner to provide specific treatment, care, or services at a health facility subject to limits based on factors that include license, education, training, experience, competence, health status, and specialized skill.
(2) This chapter does not affect credentialing or privileging standards of a health facility and does not preclude a health facility from waiving or modifying those standards while an emergency declaration is in effect.
[ 2018 c 184 § 7.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 70.15 - Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act.
70.15.020 - Applicability to volunteer health practitioners.
70.15.030 - Regulation of services during emergency by department—Orders—Host entity duties.
70.15.040 - Volunteer health practitioner registration systems—Requirements.
70.15.050 - Recognition of volunteer health practitioners licensed in other states.
70.15.060 - No effect on health facility credentialing and privileging standards.
70.15.090 - Rules—Consultation with state military department and other agencies.
70.15.100 - Volunteer health practitioners—Workers' compensation coverage—Rules.