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

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.

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.