The high school equivalency certificate shall be awarded jointly by the state board for community and technical colleges and the superintendent of public instruction to persons who achieve the minimum proficiency level on the high school equivalency test and who meet the following:

(1) Are residents of Washington state; and

(2) Are nineteen years of age or older on the date of issuance; or

(3) Have been adjudged by a district as possessing a substantial and warranted reason for leaving the regular high school education program; or

(4) Are currently enrolled in the state options (open doors 1418) program; or

(5) Have completed a program of home-based instruction in compliance with RCW 28A.225.010(4) and chapter 28A.220 RCW; or

(6) Are active members of the military, national guard, or reserves; or

(7) Are adjudicated youth under the director of prisons, jails, detention centers, parole and probation offices, and other corrections facilities and so ordered by a court or officer of the court.