No provision of this chapter or of any other law shall prevent any person who holds a valid, unrevoked certificate to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery from using in combination with his or her name the designation "Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon" or the abbreviation of his or her professional degree, Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.), provided he or she hold such professional degree, or any combination thereof upon his or her stationery, in any professional lists or directories or in other places where the same may properly appear as permitted within the canons of ethics approved by the board.
RCW 18.57.145
Use of designations in combination with name.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 65 Wash. 2d 245 - Williamson v. GRANT CY. PUB. HOSP. DIST. (1964)
Most recently applied in Williamson v. Grant County Public Hospital District No. 1 (November 1964)
1991 c 160 s 8; 1959 c 110 s 2.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.