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71.24.250  <<  71.24.260 >>   71.24.300

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RCW 71.24.260

Waiver of postgraduate educational requirements—Mental health professionals.

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.

Notes:

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