2019 Revised Code of Washington
Title 72 - State Institutions
Chapter 72.40 - State Schools for Blind, Deaf, Sensory Handicapped.
72.40.240 Residential staffing requirement.
RCW 72.40.240 Residential staffing requirement.
The residential program at the *state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall employ residential staff in sufficient numbers to ensure the physical and emotional needs of the residents are met. Residential staff shall be on duty in sufficient numbers to ensure the safety of the children residing there.
For purposes of this section, "residential staff" means staff in charge of supervising the day-to-day living situation of the children in the residential portion of the schools.
[ 2000 c 125 § 5.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: References to the "state school for the deaf" must be construed as references to the "Washington state center for childhood deafness and hearing loss," pursuant to 2009 c 381 § 11.
Conflict with federal requirements—2000 c 125: See note following RCW 72.40.200.
