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Yes. Under Washington’s updated PA practice law (HB 2041, effective January 2025), all PAs must enter into a written collaboration agreement identifying at least one participating physician. PAs with fewer than 4,000 postgraduate clinical hours require active physician supervision as described in the agreement. PAs who have met the 4,000-hour threshold move to a collaborative model but still need a signed agreement naming a participating physician.

There is no cap. Washington’s HB 2041 removed the physician-to-PA ratio limit entirely. Physicians can now collaborate with as many PAs as they and their practice deem appropriate. This gives Washington physicians more flexibility to scale their income than most other states.

No. Washington law does not require the participating physician to be physically present at the PA’s practice site. Supervision is defined in the collaboration agreement and can be provided remotely. The collaboration agreement must be kept on file at the practice location but does not need to be filed with the Washington Medical Commission unless requested.

Yes. We coordinate and structure collaboration agreements to meet Washington Medical Commission requirements under the updated HB 2041 framework. This includes addressing supervision or collaboration requirements based on the PA’s experience level, duties, communication protocols, and termination provisions. You review and sign — we handle the framework.

Many physicians in our Washington network are matched and onboarded within 24 to 48 hours, depending on availability, credentials, and clinic needs in your area of Washington state.

For PA clinic owners and practices: the most effective way to find a collaborating physician in Washington is through a managed matching network rather than searching independently. Washington’s HB 2041 framework — with its experience-tier structure, agreement naming requirements, supervision versus collaboration distinction, and Washington Medical Commission oversight — creates more complexity than most PA clinics expect when they first look to find a collaborating physician. A managed platform verifies the physician’s Washington Medical Commission license, confirms the right agreement structure for the PA’s experience level, and handles ongoing documentation requirements. Searching independently through professional directories, NP and PA Facebook groups, or LinkedIn often results in agreements that are not tiered correctly under HB 2041 or that lack the required elements — which creates compliance exposure for both the PA and the collaborative physician. For physicians: if you are evaluating collaborating physician jobs in Washington and want to understand the scope of what you are agreeing to, the answer depends on whether you are collaborating with a PA under 4,000 hours (active supervision described in the agreement) or a PA with 4,000+ hours (lighter collaborative model). Either way, physician collaboration in Washington is a defined, bounded role — not open-ended medical directorship — and the agreement specifies your responsibilities as a collaborative physician clearly before you sign.

Washington is a PA-only physician collaboration market. Washington NPs practice with full practice authority under state law and do not require a physician agreement to prescribe, diagnose, or treat patients — including controlled substances. There is no collaborating physician for nurse practitioner requirement in Washington at any experience level. The physician collaboration market in Washington is entirely within the PA sector, where every PA — regardless of years of experience — must name at least one participating physician in a written collaboration agreement under HB 2041. This PA-only structure means physician collaboration demand in Washington is concentrated, consistent, and well-defined. Physicians who want to find collaborating physician opportunities in Washington are matching with PA-owned and PA-operated practices, not NP practices — making Washington one of the most straightforward and clearly scoped collaborative physician markets on the West Coast.