STATE INSTITUTIONS ‑- DIVISION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH ‑- MERIT SYSTEM FOR FORT WORDEN SCHOOL AND SELAH HOSPITAL -- OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS ‑- MERIT SYSTEM FOR FORT... The employees of the Selah hospital for mentally deficient children are covered by the statutory merit system of the division of children and youth contained in RCW 43.19.290 through 43.19.360, and the employees of the Fort Worden school are also covered.