71.24.260 Waiver of postgraduate educational requirements.

WA Rev Code § 71.24.260 (2019) (N/A)

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RCW 71.24.260 Waiver of postgraduate educational requirements. (Effective until January 1, 2020.)

The department shall waive postgraduate educational requirements applicable to mental health professionals under this chapter for those persons who have a bachelor's degree and on June 11, 1986:

(1) Are employed by an agency subject to licensure under this chapter, the community mental health services act, in a capacity involving the treatment of mental illness; and

(2) Have at least ten years of full-time experience in the treatment of mental illness.

[ 1986 c 274 § 10.]

RCW 71.24.260

Waiver of postgraduate educational requirements—Mental health professionals. (Effective January 1, 2020.)

The department shall waive postgraduate educational requirements applicable to mental health professionals under this chapter for those persons who have a bachelor's degree and on June 11, 1986:

(1) Are employed by an agency subject to licensure under this chapter, the community behavioral health services act, in a capacity involving the treatment of mental illness; and

(2) Have at least ten years of full-time experience in the treatment of mental illness.

[ 2019 c 325 § 1017; 1986 c 274 § 10.]

NOTES:

Effective date—2019 c 325: See note following RCW 71.24.011.

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