Section 47.30.865. Discrimination prohibited.

   (a) The fact that a person is or has been evaluated or treated for mental illness may not be a basis for discrimination in
        (1) seeking employment;
        (2) resuming or continuing professional practice or previous occupation;
        (3) obtaining or retaining housing;
        (4) obtaining or retaining licenses or permits, including but not limited to a motor vehicle license, motor vehicle operator's and chauffeur's license, and a professional or occupational license.
   (b) Applications for positions, licenses, and housing may not contain requests for information concerning evaluation or treatment experiences.
   (c) A person may not aid, abet, incite, compel, or coerce the doing of an act forbidden under this section or attempt to do so.

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History

(Sec. 1 ch 84 SLA 1981)