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Application of chapter.
This chapter does not apply to:
(1) Bona fide trade, business, professional, or fraternal organizations conducting educational programs primarily for that organization's membership or offered by that organization on a no-fee basis;
(2) Entities offering education that is exclusively avocational or recreational;
(3) Education not requiring payment of money or other consideration if this education is not advertised or promoted as leading toward educational credentials;
(4) Entities that are established, operated, and governed by this state or its political subdivisions under Title
28A or
28B RCW or this title;
(5) Degree-granting programs in compliance with the rules of the student achievement council;
(6) Any other entity to the extent that it has been exempted from some or all of the provisions of this chapter under RCW
28C.10.100;
(7) Entities not otherwise exempt that are of a religious character, but only as to those educational programs exclusively devoted to religious or theological objectives and represented accurately in institutional catalogs or other official publications;
(8) Entities offering only courses certified by the federal aviation administration;
(9) Barber and cosmetology schools licensed under chapter
18.16 RCW;
(10) Entities which only offer courses approved to meet the continuing education requirements for licensure under chapter
18.04, 18.79, or
48.17 RCW; and
(11) Entities not otherwise exempt offering only workshops or seminars lasting no longer than three calendar days.
NOTES:
Effective date—2012 c 229 §§ 101, 117, 401, 402, 501 through 594, 601 through 609, 701 through 708, 801 through 821, 902, and 904: See note following RCW
28B.77.005.
Severability—Headings and captions not law—Effective date—1994 sp.s. c 9: See RCW
18.79.900 through
18.79.902.
Severability—1990 c 188: See note following RCW
28C.10.020.