Engrossed, substitute house bill 1368 made it through the Washington State House and Senate and has been delivered to the Governor. This proposed legislation includes allocation of $1.66M in federal COVID relief funds to free clinics. Here’s the link to the bill.

The UWSOM School of Nursing has put together COVID vaccination training materials. You can find the materials in our shared folder by following this link.

The Office of the Attorney General has issued a warning that scammers posing as members of the Washington Medical Commission are calling providers claiming their licenses have been suspended. Details can be found here.

Our next clinic call is Monday, February 22 at 11:00 AM. Please send any topics you'd like to discuss here. Call details can be found here.

If you are only using your professional license for unpaid work, the Department of Health will renew it at no cost to you. License renewals can now be submitted three ways:

1) Online Renewals

2) Scan and email to: [email protected]

3) Fill out this form and fax: 360-236-2830

All active policies will auto-renew on July 1, 2021. You can always get a PDF of your current certificate by contacting us.

Surveys will be sent out over the next two weeks to both the clinic contacts and all healthcare volunteers. For those sites that are National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC) members, we will use the data submitted to the NAFC and you will not need to fill out the VRP site survey this year.

You are receiving this newsletter due to your enrollment in the Volunteer and Retired Providers (VRP) Program. If you are no longer using the VRP program to support your work or have any questions at all, please contact us.