RCW 72.05.010
Declaration of purpose.
(1) The purposes of RCW 72.05.010 through 72.05.210 are: To provide for every child with behavior problems, persons with disabilities, and hearing and visually impaired children, within the purview of RCW 72.05.010 through 72.05.210, as now or hereafter amended, such care, guidance and instruction, control and treatment as will best serve the welfare of the child or person and society; to insure nonpolitical and qualified operation, supervision, management, and control of the Green Hill school, the Naselle Youth Camp, Echo Glen, Lakeland Village, Rainier school, the Yakima Valley school, Fircrest school, the Child Study and Treatment Center and Secondary School of western state hospital, and like residential state schools, camps, and centers hereafter established; and to provide for the persons committed or admitted to those schools that type of care, instruction, and treatment most likely to accomplish their rehabilitation and restoration to normal citizenship.
(2) To further such purposes, Green Hill School, Echo Glen, Naselle Youth Camp, and such other juvenile rehabilitation facilities, as may hereafter be established, are placed under the department of children, youth, and families; Lakeland Village, Rainier school, the Yakima Valley school, Fircrest school, the Child Study and Treatment Center and Secondary School of western state hospital, and like residential state schools, camps, and centers, hereafter established, are placed under the department of social and health services.
[ 2020 c 274 § 54; 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 701; 1985 c 378 § 9; 1980 c 167 § 7; 1979 ex.s. c 217 § 7; 1979 c 141 § 177; 1959 c 28 § 72.05.010. Prior: 1951 c 234 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 §§ 601-631, 701-728, and 804: See note following RCW 13.04.011.
Conflict with federal requirements—2017 3rd sp.s. c 6: See RCW 43.216.908.
Severability—Effective date—1985 c 378: See notes following RCW 72.01.050.
Effective date—1979 ex.s. c 217: See note following RCW 28A.190.030.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 72.05 - Children and Youth Services.
72.05.010 - Declaration of purpose.
72.05.130 - Powers and duties of department—"Close security" institutions designated.
72.05.150 - "Minimum security" institutions.
72.05.152 - Juvenile forest camps—Industrial insurance benefits prohibited—Exceptions.
72.05.154 - Juvenile forest camps—Industrial insurance—Eligibility for benefits—Exceptions.
72.05.160 - Contracts with other divisions, agencies authorized.
72.05.170 - Counseling and consultative services.
72.05.200 - Parental right to provide treatment preserved.
72.05.210 - Juvenile court law—Applicability—Synonymous terms.
72.05.310 - Parental schools—Personnel.
72.05.410 - Violations by juveniles in community facility—Toll-free hotline for reporting.
72.05.420 - Placement in community facility—Necessary conditions and actions—Department's duties.
72.05.450 - Use of restraints on pregnant youth in custody—Allowed in extraordinary circumstances.