Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 70.129.130 (2026)

Abuse, punishment, seclusion—Background checks

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WA-LEGapp.leg.wa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

The resident has the right to be free from verbal, sexual, physical, and mental abuse, corporal punishment, and involuntary seclusion.

(1) The facility must not use verbal, mental, sexual, or physical abuse, including corporal punishment or involuntary seclusion.

(2) Subject to available resources, the department of social and health services shall provide background checks required by RCW 43.43.842 for employees of facilities licensed under chapter 18.20 RCW without charge to the facility.

[ 1994 c 214 s 14.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1997–1997 · leading case: Niece v. Elmview Grp. Home, 929 P.2d 420 (Wash. 1997).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Niece v. Elmview Grp. Home, 929 P.2d 420 (Wash. 1997). · cites it 2× “While I agree that questions of public policy are properly left to the Legislature, the Legislature has already addressed the issue of protecting the rights of the disabled living in group homes.”

Niece v. Elmview Grp. Home, 131 Wash. 2d 39 (Wash. 1997). · cites it 2× “The expert’s opinion that lengthy periods of unsupervised contact with residents was inappropriate sufficiently raises the factual issues of whether Elmview exercised due care and whether Quevedo’s actions were foreseeable.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.