CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2920

 

 

                    Chapter 32, Laws of 1998

 

 

 

 

                        55th Legislature

                      1998 Regular Session

 

 

COUNSELORS--CONTINUING COMPETENCE REQUIREMENTS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/11/98

Passed by the House February 12, 1998  Yeas 94   Nays 1

 

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

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.

 

 

 

             IRV NEWHOUSE

President of the Senate

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

Approved March 12, 1998 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.    

                                FILED          

 

 

           March 12, 1998 - 4:09 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                     ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2920

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             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.


    Passed the House February 12, 1998.

    Passed the Senate March 2, 1998.

Approved by the Governor March 12, 1998.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 12, 1998.