PERMANENT RULES
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Disability Services Administration)
Date of Adoption: June 16, 2003.
Purpose: The amended rule deletes subsection (3) addressing liability insurance for adult family homes.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-76-655.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 70.128.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-10-090 on May 6, 2003.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
Pilot Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
or Other Alternative Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 1,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Thirty-one days after filing.
June 16, 2003
Brian H. Lindgren, Manager
Rules and Policies Assistance Unit
3230.1(2) The provider shall ensure all of the following:
(a) That staff are competent and receive necessary training, including but not limited to any training required under chapter 388-112 WAC to perform assigned tasks;
(b) The adult family home is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter and other applicable state laws;
(c) The home employs sufficient staff to meet the needs of the residents; and
(d) That he/she is available to respond to resident needs and caregiver inquiries within a reasonable time frame. In the event a provider is unavailable (including but not limited to being on vacation), a person must be designated to respond on behalf of the provider.
(3) ((The provider shall maintain liability insurance of
at least one hundred thousand dollars per occurrence to cover:
(a) Damage or loss of the resident's property if due to negligence of the insured; and
(b) Injury or harm to the resident resulting from:
(i) The provision of services or failure to provide needed services; or
(ii) Incidents occurring in the adult family home or on the home's premises.
(4))) The provider shall ensure that all caregivers are at least eighteen years of age or older.
(((5))) (4) The provider shall ensure that the provider,
entity representative, resident manager and all caregivers:
(a) Are able to communicate or make provisions for communicating with the resident in his or her primary language;
(b) Have a clear understanding of job responsibilities and knowledge of residents' negotiated care plans in order to be able to provide care specific to each resident's needs; and
(c) Not engage in the illegal use of drugs or the excessive use of alcohol when providing care to residents; and
(d) Possess a valid first-aid and CPR card prior to providing care for residents unless such care is directly supervised by a fully qualified caregiver who has a valid first-aid and CPR card.
(((6))) (5) The provider shall ensure that:
(a) There is at least one caregiver present in the home whenever one or more residents are on the premises;
(b) The caregiver referred to in (a) of this subsection is capable of understanding and speaking English well enough to be able to respond appropriately to emergency situations; and
(c) At least one caregiver is accessible by phone or beeper for emergencies when there are no residents on the home's premises.
(((7))) (6) An adult family home shall be exempt from
subsection (((6)))(5)(a) of this section if:
(a) The home provides care to residents whose primary disabilities are developmental disabilities as defined by WAC 388-76-590; and
(b) It is determined and documented in a resident's current negotiated care plan that the resident is capable and willing to be left alone unsupervised in the adult family home during normal awake hours. The maximum period of time a resident can be left alone must be documented in the negotiated care plan.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090, 70.128.040, 74.39A.050, 34.05.020, 2000 c 121, and 2002 c 233. 02-15-065, § 388-76-655, filed 7/11/02, effective 8/11/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.128.040, chapters 70.128 and 70.129 RCW. 98-11-095, § 388-76-655, filed 5/20/98, effective 7/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.128.040, 70.128.060, 70.128.120, 70.128.130, 43.43.842, 18.88A.210 and 18.88A.230. 96-14-003 (Order 3984), § 388-76-655, filed 6/19/96, effective 7/20/96.]