{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-18.35.195","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 18.35.195","heading":"Exemptions.","body":"(1) This chapter shall not apply to military or federal government employees.\n(2) This chapter does not prohibit or regulate:\n(a) Fitting or dispensing by students enrolled in a board-approved program who are directly supervised by a licensed hearing aid specialist, a licensed audiologist under the provisions of this chapter, or an instructor at a two-year hearing aid specialist degree program that is approved by the board;\n(b) Hearing aid specialists, speech-language pathologists, or audiologists of other states, territories, or countries, or the District of Columbia while appearing as clinicians of bona fide educational seminars sponsored by speech-language pathology, audiology, hearing aid specialist, medical, or other healing art professional associations so long as such activities do not go beyond the scope of practice defined by this chapter; and\n(c) The practice of audiology or speech-language pathology by persons certified by the Washington professional educator standards board as educational staff associates, except for those persons electing to be licensed under this chapter. However, a person certified by the board as an educational staff associate who practices outside the school setting must be a licensed audiologist or licensed speech-language pathologist.","path":["Title 18","Chapter 18.35"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=18.35.195","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T01:16:20Z","sha256":"472ee115b77e15cff280d7b41b39d92bdfa49fbb335ac9b7c6e341e68217c533","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-18.35.190","next":"us-wa/rcw-18.35.200"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}