Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: Amending WAC 257-05-160 Who is required to complete safety training and when must it be completed? and amending WAC 257-05-240 Will DSHS deny payment of an individual provider who does not complete safety training?, to remove the safety training requirement for individual providers working for a consumer prior to December 1, 2004.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 257-05-160 and 257-05-240.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 74.39A.280(3).

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-07-033 on March 12, 2007.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: May 23, 2007.

R. A. Hall

Executive Director

OTS-9416.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 05-01-158, filed 12/20/04, effective 1/20/05)

WAC 257-05-160   Who is required to complete safety training and when must it be completed?   (1) Individual providers must complete safety training no later than one hundred twenty calendar days after beginning to work with their first DSHS consumer. Safety training must be provided by appropriate HCQA staff or contracted entities, or by approved trainers who meet DSHS requirements outlined in WAC 388-71-05875.

     (2) ((Individual providers who are already working for a consumer as of December 1, 2004, have two calendar years to complete safety training.

     (3))) Individual providers who are not required to complete basic core training, such as revised fundamentals of caregiving, identified in WAC 388-71-0500 through 388-71-05952 may complete safety training via distance learning. Alternate methods to complete safety training will be provided that could include innovative learning strategies such as:

     (a) CD, video, DVD, or other electronic method.

     (b) Internet-based or other computerized method.

     (c) Workbook of printed subject matter.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.280(3). 05-01-158, § 257-05-160, filed 12/20/04, effective 1/20/05.]

     ((DSHS will deny payment of an individual provider who is already caring for a consumer as of December 1, 2004, and who does not complete the safety training by December 31, 2006.))

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.280(3). 05-01-158, § 257-05-240, filed 12/20/04, effective 1/20/05.]

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