NURSES ASS'N v. BD. OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS

No. 46148.

93 Wn.2d 117 (1980)

605 P.2d 1269

WASHINGTON STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION, Respondent, v. THE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and John H. Keith, Assistant, for appellants.

Lycette, Diamond & Sylvester, by Lyle L. Iversen, for respondent.

Daniel Brink and Mark A. Rossi on behalf of Washington Academy of Physicians' Assistants, amici curiae.


BRACHTENBACH, J.

In 1971 the Washington legislature recognized by statute a new health care professional called the physician's assistant. Laws of 1971, 1st Ex. Sess., ch. 30, §§ 1-12 (codified in RCW 18.71A). The statute authorized the Board of Medical Examiners to adopt rules and regulations governing the extent to which physician's assistants may practice medicine. In 1977, to supplement previously adopted regulations, the Board adopted WAC 308-52-135...

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