{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-48.43.540","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 48.43.540","heading":"Requirement to designate a licensed medical director—Exemption.","body":"Any carrier that offers a health plan and any self-insured health plan subject to the jurisdiction of Washington state shall designate a medical director who is licensed under chapter 18.57 or 18.71 RCW. However, a naturopathic or complementary alternative health plan, which provides solely complementary alternative health care to individuals, groups, or health plans, may have a medical director licensed under chapter 18.36A RCW. A carrier that offers dental only coverage shall designate a dental director who is licensed under chapter 18.32 RCW, or licensed in a state that has been determined by the dental quality assurance commission to have substantially equivalent licensing standards to those of Washington. A health plan or self-insured health plan that offers only religious nonmedical treatment or religious nonmedical nursing care shall not be required to have a medical director.","path":["Title 48","Chapter 48.43"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=48.43.540","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:15:11Z","sha256":"a08b53c32a0e66535e308fe856543ec4096cda18422876817185b15fc8e8920f","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-48.43.537","next":"us-wa/rcw-48.43.545"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}