WA SB6166

Licensed health care providers must wear visible identification badges displaying their name, credential type, and initials/title of any health care-related degrees during all patient encounters, with exemptions for those in non-patient care settings

All advertisements for health care services naming a license holder must identify their credential type and health care-related degree initials/titles, including business cards, letterhead, websites, and audio/video content

Only physicians and osteopathic physicians who have completed an approved surgical residency or fellowship and hold or are eligible for surgical board certification may represent themselves as "physician surgeon" or "osteopathic physician surgeon"

Hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult family homes, and ambulatory surgical facilities must issue compliant identification badges by January 1, 2030, or earlier when hiring new staff, issuing new badges, or when employees receive new credentials

Violations of the credential transparency requirements constitute unprofessional conduct subject to disciplinary action under the Uniform Disciplinary Act (RCW 18.130)