WAC 365-18-090   Legal counsel.  The state agency shall ensure that adequate legal counsel is available, and is able, without conflict of interest, to:

     (1) Provide advice and consultation needed to protect the health, safety, welfare and rights of residents;

     (2) Pursue administrative, legal, and other remedies on behalf of residents;

     (3) Assist representatives of the state office in performance of their duties; and

     (4) Provide legal representation to any representative of the state office, including ombudsmen, against whom legal action is threatened or brought in connection with performance of their duties.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.190 RCW and Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C., 3001 et seq., as amended). 00-09-060, § 365-18-090, filed 4/17/00, effective 5/18/00.]