{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-74.39.007","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 74.39.007","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The definitions in this section apply throughout this section, RCW 74.39.050, 74.39.070, 43.190.060, and section 1, chapter 336, Laws of 1999 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.\n(1) \"Self-directed care\" means the process in which an adult person, who is prevented by a functional disability from performing a manual function related to health care that an individual would otherwise perform for himself or herself, chooses to direct and supervise a paid personal aide to perform those tasks.\n(2) \"Personal aide\" means an individual, working privately, as an individual provider as defined in RCW 74.39A.240, or as a qualified family member paid through the long-term services and supports trust as described in RCW 50B.04.010, who acts at the direction of an adult person with a functional disability living in his or her own home to assist with the physical performance of a health care task, as described in RCW 74.39.050, that persons without a functional disability can perform themselves.","path":["Title 74","Chapter 74.39"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=74.39.007","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T04:11:41Z","sha256":"6b21e65bfd923299ebd4a3add96bf6af63047d76cb00feade8bc1d4b547c3470","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-74.39.005","next":"us-wa/rcw-74.39.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}