- Apply online
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Getting started
Online Application Instructions
Online application instructions are on our website.
Once you have completed the process, and submitted your application, you will receive an email with your pending credential number, or you may look on Provider Credential Search. Refer to this credential number any time you contact Department of Health or submit paperwork.
- Apply on paper
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The following forms are required to complete the application process. Please download and print the forms.
- Renewal requirements
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Animal massage practitioners must renew their license every year on or before their birthday. They're required to submit the appropriate fee.
Note: If the certification has expired for more than five years, the animal massage practitioner must also submit verification of active practice in any other state or jurisdiction, or retake and successfully pass the examinations required in WAC 246-940-020. For the purpose of this section, active practice means at least two hundred hours of practice in each of the previous three years.
Fee Schedule
- See licensing fees below
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Large animal certification - $440 Small animal certification - $440
Fees submitted with applications for initial credentialing, examinations, renewal, and other fees associated with the licensing and regulation of the profession are non-refundable, per WAC 246-12-340.
- Large animal renewal certification - $335
- Small animal renewal certification - $335
- Late renewal penalty - $170
- Expired credential renewal - $95
- Duplicate credential per certification - $30
- Verification of credential per certification - $30
Process for Approving/Denying Applications
We finish the final review for approval after a credentialing specialist verifies that the application is fully complete and complies with the requirements in chapter 18.240 RCW and chapter 246-810 WAC. We complete background checks and make sure applicants have submitted the required fees. Credentialing supervisors and lead workers have the authority to approve routine applications. The disciplining authority may conduct further review if the credentialing supervisor can't verify the applicant meets all requirements. We'll formally notify applicants of a denial. Those applicants may request a hearing to appeal the decision.