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Home » US Law » 2022 Revised Code of Washington » Title 18 - Businesses and Professions » Chapters » Chapter 18.47 - Birth Doulas. » 18.47.040 – Birth doula without certification—Permitted.

RCW 18.47.040

Birth doula without certification—Permitted. (Effective October 1, 2023.)

(1) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a person from practicing as a birth doula without obtaining certification under this chapter.

(2) No person may use the title “state-certified birth doula” in connection with the person’s name to indicate or imply, directly or indirectly, that the person is a state-certified birth doula without being certified in accordance with this chapter as a birth doula.

[ 2022 c 217 § 4.]

NOTES:

Effective date—2022 c 217 §§ 1-5: See note following RCW 18.47.010.