Allowing board-certified psychiatric pharmacists to be licensed as agency-affiliated counselors.

 S-0647.1

SENATE BILL 5452

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senators Slatter and Nobles

Read first time 01/23/25. Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.

AN ACT Relating to allowing board-certified psychiatric pharmacists to be licensed as agency-affiliated counselors; and amending RCW 18.19.090 .

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

Sec. 1. RCW 18.19.090 and 2023 c 425 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Application for agency affiliated counselor, certified counselor, certified adviser, or hypnotherapist must be made on forms approved by the secretary. The secretary may require information necessary to determine whether applicants meet the qualifications for the credential and whether there are any grounds for denial of the credential, or for issuance of a conditional credential, under this chapter or chapter 18.130 RCW. The application for agency affiliated counselor, certified counselor, or certified adviser must include a description of the applicant's orientation, discipline, theory, or technique. Each applicant shall pay a fee determined by the secretary as provided in RCW 43.70.250 , which shall accompany the application.