{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-71.05.700","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 71.05.700","heading":"Home visit by designated crisis responder or crisis intervention worker—Accompaniment by second trained individual.","body":"No designated crisis responder or crisis intervention worker shall be required to respond to a private home or other private location to stabilize or treat a person in crisis, or to evaluate a person for potential detention under the state's involuntary treatment act, unless a second trained individual, determined by the clinical team supervisor, on-call supervisor, or individual professional acting alone based on a risk assessment for potential violence, accompanies them. The second individual may be a law enforcement officer, a mental health professional, a mental health paraprofessional who has received training under RCW 71.05.715, or other first responder, such as fire or ambulance personnel. No retaliation may be taken against a worker who, following consultation with the clinical team, refuses to go on a home visit alone.","path":["Title 71","Chapter 71.05"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=71.05.700","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:41:32Z","sha256":"5d87c116386abd36668a86ff8bbe7aba81e857e253ef4bb9ebee2aa54fb22249","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-71.05.680","next":"us-wa/rcw-71.05.705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}