Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 18.19 - Counselors.
18.19.210 - Agency affiliated counselors—Employment status—Duty to notify department.

RCW 18.19.210
Agency affiliated counselors—Employment status—Duty to notify department.

(1)(a) An applicant for registration as an agency affiliated counselor who applies to the department within thirty days of employment by an agency may work as an agency affiliated counselor while the application is processed. The applicant must provide required documentation within reasonable time limits established by the department, and if the applicant does not do so, the applicant must stop working.
(b) The applicant may not provide unsupervised counseling prior to completion of a criminal background check performed by either the employer or the secretary. For purposes of this subsection, "unsupervised" means the supervisor is not physically present at the location where the counseling occurs.
(2) Agency affiliated counselors shall notify the department if they are either no longer employed by the agency identified on their application or are now employed with another agency, or both. Agency affiliated counselors may not engage in the practice of counseling unless they are currently affiliated with an agency.

[ 2019 c 446 § 47; 2013 c 338 § 6; 2008 c 135 § 9.]
NOTES:

Effective date—2008 c 135 §§ 1, 2, 7-9, and 11-19: See note following RCW 18.19.020.

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