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Endorsement

197 of Washington’s 553,932 active health care credentials take this form — 0.0%, across 2 professions.

The word is not decoration

A endorsement is an addition to a credential someone already holds, rather than a credential that stands on its own.

Washington is unusual in saying « credential » where most states say « license », and it does so for a reason: it issues 7 different forms, and they are not interchangeable. The clearest case in the whole register is nursing assistance, which exists as a certification (59,078 active) and as a registration (25,386 active) at the same time. Same job title in ordinary speech; different credential, different route in.

We describe what the register shows. What each form permits in practice is set out in Washington’s own rules for each profession, and that is where a question about scope of practice belongs.

The professions that carry a endorsement

ProfessionActive credentialsShare
Dentist Pediatric Sedation Endorsement10754.3%
Medication Assistant Endorsement9045.7%

0 of the 197 active credentials of this form carry a disciplinary flag in the Department’s file — 0.0% — and 1 carry one marked pending.

This site publishes that count and no more: never who. The reason is not discretion, it is accuracy — the published file carries a yes/no flag and nothing else: no reason, no date, no case number. Naming someone on the strength of it would publish a suspicion rather than a fact. Every credential counted here is active. Why the line is drawn there.

Do not let the date pass

197 credentials take the form of a endorsement. Washington renews most of them on the holder’s birthday, every year or every two years, and continuing-education hours have to be done before that date — not after. Leave your details and we will tell you when yours is close, and pass your request for continuing-education hours to providers who teach for this credential.

We take no commission and we vouch for no training provider. We have no arrangement with any provider today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. What we do with this.

The other forms Washington issues