We welcome you as our patient and want to make your visit with us as pleasant and beneficial as we can.
What can I expect?
We are a teaching clinic. This means:
Here is some information that might make your visit run more smoothly:
What can I expect?
- Plan to arrive to your appointment 15 minutes early.
- Plan to provide a photo ID and insurance information
- Prepare to focus on your top 1-2 health concerns during your appointment.
- Expect minimal wait time in exam rooms.
- Appointments are generally 20 minutes long.
- If arriving more than 10 minutes late for a scheduled appointment, we may require that your appointment be rescheduled for another day.
- Future scheduling may occur once you check out, or we may contact you later to schedule the appointment.
- Appointment cancellation is required 24 hours in advance (1 hour in emergency situations).
Treating Minors
General Information on Treating Minors
- Individuals bringing minor children to receive non-emergency medical treatment, must be a parent/guardian or bring written consent of parent/guardian.
- Kinship Caregivers (grandparents, aunts or uncles, adult sibling, etc.) may consent to health care for a child under specific circumstances.
- A legally-emancipated minor or a minor married to either an adult or an emancipated minor is treated as an adult.
- Adults unsure of their authorizations are encouraged to contact the clinic prior to the visit and inquire
- The law allows a provider to ask for proof that an individual is a relative caregiver responsible for the child’s health care.
Can a minor child in your care consent to any health care services on his/her own?
- Under Washington law, your child can consent on his/her own without an adult’s permission for certain treatment.
- Non-emergency medical services, if the child is capable of understanding or appreciating the consequences of the medical procedure under the Mature Minor Doctrine.
- Outpatient and inpatient mental health treatment, if the child is 13 years old or older.
- Testing/treatment for sexually transmitted diseases if they are 14 years old or over.
- Abortion services.
- Birth control services.
- Prenatal care services.
- Inpatient or outpatient substance abuse treatment if the child is 13 years old or over.
We are a teaching clinic. This means:
- You might see another provider on your care team.
- All providers on that care team work together in order to assure you receive quality care.
- Schedules are available on a 2 week basis. This means scheduling will contact you to schedule follow-up appointments.