State v. Pacific Health Center, Inc.

¶1 The trial court granted the State’s motion for partial summary judgment, ruling that the defendants violated the Consumer Protection Act (CPA), chapter 19.86 RCW, because their alternative health care practice, based primarily on electrodermal testing (EDT), constituted the unlicensed practices of medicine, naturopathy, and acupuncture. The defendants appealed both the trial court’s ruling and the penalty it imposed, arguing the award was excessive.

¶2 We agree with the trial court’s ruling that, although the defendants use alternative practice methods and terminology, their actual…