Source: https://statutes.laws.com/washington/title-18/18-19/18-19-020/
Timestamp: 2019-07-23 13:36:37
Document Index: 120588508

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 18', '§ 19', '§ 3', '§ 2', '§ 1', '§ 21']

18.19.020 - Definitions. - Washington Statutes
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(1) "Agency" means (a) an agency or facility operated, licensed, or certified by the state of Washington or (b) a county.
(2) "Agency affiliated counselor" means a person registered under this chapter who is engaged in counseling and employed by an agency. "Agency affiliated counselor" includes juvenile probation counselors who are employees of the juvenile court under RCW 13.04.035 and 13.04.040 and juvenile court employees providing functional family therapy, aggression replacement training, or other evidence-based programs approved by the juvenile rehabilitation administration of the department of social and health services.
(3) "Certified adviser" means a person certified under this chapter who is engaged in private practice counseling to the extent authorized in RCW 18.19.200.
(4) "Certified counselor" means a person certified under this chapter who is engaged in private practice counseling to the extent authorized in RCW 18.19.200.
(7) "Counselor" means an individual, practitioner, therapist, or analyst who engages in the practice of counseling to the public for a fee, including for the purposes of this chapter, hypnotherapists.
(9) "Hypnotherapist" means a person registered under this chapter who is practicing hypnosis as a modality.
(10) "Private practice counseling" means the practice of counseling by a certified counselor or certified adviser as specified in RCW 18.19.200.
(12) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department or the secretary's designee.
[2010 1st sp.s. c 20 § 1; 2008 c 135 § 1; 2001 c 251 § 18; 1991 c 3 § 19; 1987 c 512 § 3.]
Notes: Effective date -- 2010 1st sp.s. c 20: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [April 13, 2010]." [2010 1st sp.s. c 20 § 2.]
Effective date -- 2008 c 135 §§ 1, 2, 7-9, and 11-19: "Sections 1, 2, 7 through 9, and 11 through 19 of this act take effect July 1, 2009." [2008 c 135 § 21.]