Washington Administrative Code
Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of
CHILD CARE AGENCIES/LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
Chapter 388-145 - Licensing requirements for group care facilities and services
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND TOYS
Crises Residential Centers (CRC - Regular and Secure)
Section 388-145-1890 - What type of crisis residential center (CRC) facilities may be licensed?

(1) You may be licensed as a semi-secure CRC or a secure CRC.

(2) Semi-secure CRCs are not locked facilities, but are operated in a way that reasonably assures that youth placed there will not run away. Regular CRCs are also known as semi-secure CRCs, as referred to in RCW 13.32A.030(16).

(3) A secure CRC is designed and operated to prevent a youth from leaving without permission of the staff, as referred to in RCW 13.32A.030(15).