{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-18.330.030","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 18.330.030","heading":"Exemptions.","body":"Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prohibit, restrict, or apply to:\n(1) Any home health or hospice agency while providing counseling to patients on placement options in the normal course of practice;\n(2) Government entities providing information and assistance to vulnerable adults unless making a referral in which a fee is received from a client;\n(3) Professional guardians providing services under authority of their guardianship appointment;\n(4) Supportive housing or care services providers who make referrals to other supportive housing or care services providers where no monetary value is exchanged;\n(5) Social workers, discharge planners, or other social services staff assisting a vulnerable adult to define supportive housing or care services providers in the course of their employment responsibilities if they do not receive any monetary value from a provider; or\n(6) Any person to the extent that he or she provides information to another person.","path":["Title 18","Chapter 18.330"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=18.330.030","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T01:23:56Z","sha256":"5065a73d41df1921ad5484e34e223236c18393afc019e31438bd4c3892e2f8e5","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-18.330.020","next":"us-wa/rcw-18.330.040"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}