RCW 18.330.030: Exemptions.

Nothing in this chapter may be construed to prohibit, restrict, or apply to: (1) Any home health or hospice agency while providing counseling to patients on placement options in the normal course of practice; (2) Government entities providing information and assistance to vulnerable adults unless making a referral in which a fee is received from a client; (3) Professional guardians providing services under authority of their guardianship appointment; (4) Supportive housing or care services providers who make referrals to other supportive housing or care services providers where no monetary value is exchanged; (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 (6) Any person to the extent that he or she provides information to another person.