Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission (NCQAC)
Who we are:
We are Washington's State Board of Nursing.
We regulate the competency and quality of all:
- Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs),
- Registered Nurses (RNs),
- Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs)
- Nursing Technicians (NTECs).
What we do:
We protect the public's health and safety.
How we do it:
We establish, monitor, and enforce:
- licensing
- consistent standards of practice
- continuing competency mechanisms
- discipline