Applications and Forms
As of May 1, 2025, DOH no longer sends printed certificates and paper renewal notices to licensed professionals.Moving forward, notifications will be sent by email, and approved certificates will be available through the HELMS portal. Facilities and those without an email registered with DOH will continue to receive them by mail. |
You can now apply and renew health professional licenses online through the Health Enforcement and Licensing Management System (HELMS).
To access HELMS, use your Secure Access Washington (SAW) account and add the “Health Professional and Facility Licensing (HELMS)” service button under services from the Department of Health. This service will prompt you to create a HELMS account by matching your information to existing licensing information or to create a new account for new applicants.
Important Guidelines for Using HELMS:
- As a MD or PA applicant, you will need to manually add the HELMS Portal when renewing or applying in HELMS for the first time. This step is completed once you have logged into your current or new Secure Access Washington (SAW) account. Please do not access the former DOH Online Renewal or Online Application Portal services, as they have been retired.
- If you have held, currently hold, or have ever applied for a healthcare credential in Washington state, you will need to locate your account within HELMS to link these credentials to your account. Please only create a new account if this is the first time you have ever applied to Washington state for any healthcare credential.
- The Department of Health is no longer mailing courtesy renewal reminder cards out to licensees. If there is an email assigned to the existing account for a licensee, an automated email reminder from the HELMS database prompting online renewal will be sent to the email on file approximately 90 days prior to your renewal due date (birth date). Please view the online renewal instructions on our website for additional information.
Once you’ve created a HELMS account, you can also:
- Change your contact information
- See your application status
- Upload documentation
- Download application and credential information
We are currently experiencing longer than usual application processing times due to this recent implementation. Thank you for your patience as we process applications, renewals, and requests in date order received. For more details, visit the DOH HELMS page.
