CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2920

                        55th Legislature

                      1998 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 12, 1998  Yeas 94   Nays 1 Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 2, 1998   Yeas 44   Nays 2

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2920  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

          _______________________________________________

                     ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2920

          _______________________________________________

             Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Skinner, Cody, Dyer and Wood

Read first time 01/22/98.  Referred to Committee on Health Care.

Clarifying continuing education requirements for counselors.  

    AN ACT Relating to counselors; and amending RCW 18.19.170.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 18.19.170 and 1996 c 191 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

    A certificate issued under this chapter shall be renewed as provided in RCW 43.70.250 and 43.70.280.  The secretary ((may)) shall establish continuing competence requirements by rule in consultation with the mental health quality assurance council.  Certified counselors are responsible for obtaining thirty-six clock hours of continuing education during the two-year reporting period immediately preceding renewal of certification, including subjects in professional ethics and law.

                            --- END ---