Original Notice.

     Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 11-13-094.

     Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: The department intends to amend WAC 388-78A-2020 Definitions, 388-78A-2030 Applicability, 388-78A-2130 Service agreement planning, 388-78A-2461 Background check -- General, 388-78A-2467 Background check -- Sharing by health care facilities, 388-78A-2474 Training and home care aide certification, 388-78A-2750 Application process, 388-78A-2780 Change in license/change of ownership -- Notice to department and residents, 388-78A-2800 Changes in licensed bed capacity, 388-78A-3230 Fees, and other related rules as appropriate.

     The department intends to add WAC 388-78A-2032 Boarding home license not required and 388-78A-2035 Disclosure statement to nonresident individuals.

     The department intends to repeal WAC 388-78A-2463 Background check -- National fingerprint checks -- Who is required to have.

     Hearing Location(s): Office Building 2, Auditorium, DSHS Headquarters, 1115 Washington, Olympia, WA 98504 (public parking at 11th and Jefferson. A map is available at http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/msa/rpau/RPAU-OB-2directions.html or by calling (360) 664-6094), on October 11, 2011, at 10:00 a.m.

     Date of Intended Adoption: Not earlier than October 12, 2011.

     Submit Written Comments to: DSHS Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 45850, Olympia, WA 98504-5850, delivery 1115 Washington Street S.E., Olympia, WA 98504, e-mail DSHSRPAURulesCoordinator@dshs.wa.gov, fax (360) 664-6185, by 5 p.m. on October 11, 2011.

     Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Jennisha Johnson, DSHS rules consultant, by September 27, 2011, TTY (360) 664-6178 or (360) 664-6094 or by e-mail at johnsjl4@dshs.wa.gov.

     Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The department is amending these rules as a result of legislative activity during session and to be consistent with newly passed state laws: SSB 5042 Vulnerable adults protection, ESHB 1277 Oversight of licensed or certified long-term care settings for vulnerable adults; ESHB 1548 Long-term care worker requirement; ESSB 5708 Long-term care services; and 2ESSB [2E2SHB] 1738 Changing the designation of medicaid state agency.

     Reasons Supporting Proposal: See above.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 18.20 RCW.

     Statute Being Implemented: Chapter 18.20 RCW.

     Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.

     Name of Proponent: Department of social and health services, governmental.

     Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Judy Johnson, P.O. Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600, (360) 725-2591; Implementation and Enforcement: Lori Melchiori, P.O. Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600, (360) 725-2404.

     No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Under RCW 19.85.025(3), a small business economic impact statement is not required for rules adopting or incorporating, by reference without material change, Washington state statutes or regulations.

     A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. Under RCW 34.05.328 (5)(b), a cost-benefit analysis is not required for rules adopting or incorporating, by reference without material change, Washington state statures [statutes] or regulations.

August 18, 2011

Katherine I. Vasquez

Rules Coordinator

     "Abuse" means the willful action or inaction that inflicts injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment on a resident. In instances of abuse of a resident who is unable to express or demonstrate physical harm, pain, or mental anguish, the abuse is presumed to cause physical harm, pain, or mental anguish. Abuse includes sexual abuse, mental abuse, physical abuse, and exploitation of a resident, which have the following meanings:

     (1) "Mental abuse" means any willful action or inaction of mental or verbal abuse. Mental abuse includes, but is not limited to, coercion, harassment, inappropriately isolating a resident from family, friends, or regular activity, and verbal assault that includes ridiculing, intimidating, yelling, or swearing;

     (2) "Physical abuse" means the willful action of inflicting bodily injury or physical mistreatment. Physical abuse includes, but is not limited to, striking with or without an object, slapping, pinching, choking, kicking, shoving, prodding, or the use of chemical restraints or physical restraints;

     (3) "Sexual abuse" means any form of nonconsensual sexual contact, including, but not limited to, unwanted or inappropriate touching, rape, sodomy, sexual coercion, sexually explicit photographing, and sexual harassment. Sexual contact may include interactions that do not involve touching, including but not limited to sending sexually explicit messages, or cuing or encouraging a resident to perform sexual acts. Sexual abuse includes any sexual contact between a staff person and a resident, whether or not it is consensual;

     (4) "Exploitation" means an act of forcing, compelling, or exerting undue influence over a resident causing the resident to act in a way that is inconsistent with relevant past behavior, or causing the resident to perform services for the benefit of another.

     "Activities of daily living" means the following tasks related to basic personal care: Bathing; toileting; dressing; personal hygiene; mobility; transferring; and eating.

     "Adult day services" means care and services provided to a nonresident individual by the boarding home on the boarding home premises, for a period of time not to exceed ten continuous hours, and does not involve an overnight stay.

     "Ambulatory" means capable of walking or traversing a normal path to safety without the physical assistance of another individual:

     (1) "Nonambulatory" means unable to walk or traverse a normal path to safety without the physical assistance of another individual;

     (2) "Semiambulatory" means physically and mentally capable of traversing a normal path to safety with the use of mobility aids, but unable to ascend or descend stairs without the physical assistance of another individual.

     "Applicant" means the person, as defined in this section, that has submitted, or is in the process of submitting, an application for a boarding home license.

     "Basic services" means housekeeping services, meals, nutritious snacks, laundry, and activities.

     "Bathing fixture" means a bathtub, shower or sit-down shower.

     "Bathroom" means a room containing at least one bathing fixture.

     "Boarding home" means any home or other institution, however named, which is advertised, announced, or maintained for the express or implied purpose of providing housing, basic services, and assuming general responsibility for the safety and well-being of the residents, and may also provide domiciliary care, consistent with this chapter to seven or more residents after July 1, 2000. However, a boarding home that is licensed for three to six residents prior to or on July 1, 2000, may maintain its boarding home license as long as it is continually licensed as a boarding home. "Boarding home" does not include facilities certified as group training homes pursuant to RCW 71A.22.040, nor any home, institution or section thereof which is otherwise licensed and regulated under the provisions of state law providing specifically for the licensing and regulation of such home, institution or section thereof. Nor shall it include any independent senior housing, independent living units in continuing care retirement communities, or other similar living situations including those subsidized by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. "Boarding home" may also include persons associated with the boarding home to carry out its duties under this chapter.

     "Building code" means the building codes and standards adopted by the Washington state building code council.

     "Caregiver" means anyone providing hands-on personal care to another person including, but not limited to: Cuing, reminding or supervision of residents, on behalf of a boarding home, except volunteers who are directly supervised. Direct supervision means oversight by a person who has demonstrated competency in the basic training (and specialty training if required), or who has been exempted from the basic training requirements, is on the premises, and is quickly and easily available to the caregiver.

     "Construction review services" means the office of construction review services within the Washington state department of health.

     "Continuing care contract" means, as stated in RCW 70.38.025, a contract providing a person, for the duration of that person's life or for a term in excess of one year, shelter along with nursing, medical, health-related, or personal care services, which is conditioned upon the transfer of property, the payment of an entrance fee to the provider of such services, or the payment of periodic charges for the care and services involved. A continuing care contract is not excluded from this definition because the contract is mutually terminable or because shelter and services are not provided at the same location.

     "Continuing care retirement community" means, as stated in RCW 70.38.025, an entity which provides shelter and services under continuing care contracts with its members and which sponsors or includes a health care facility or a health service.

     "Contractor" means an agency or person who contracts with a licensee to provide resident care, services or equipment.

     "Crimes relating to financial exploitation" means the same as "crimes relating to financial exploitation" as defined in RCW 43.43.830 or 43.43.842.

     "Department" means the Washington state department of social and health services.

     "Dietitian" means an individual certified under chapter 18.138 RCW.

     "Document" means to record, with signature, title, date and time:

     (1) Information about medication administration, medication assistance or disposal, a nursing care procedure, accident, occurrence or change in resident condition that may affect the care or needs of a resident; and

     (2) Processes, events or activities that are required by law, rule or policy.

     "Domiciliary care" means:

     (1) Assistance with activities of daily living provided by the boarding home either directly or indirectly; or

     (2) Health support services, if provided directly or indirectly by the boarding home; or

     (3) Intermittent nursing services, if provided directly or indirectly by the boarding home.

     "Enforcement remedy" means one or more of the department's responses to a boarding home's noncompliance with chapter 18.20 RCW and this chapter, as authorized by RCW 18.20.190.

     "Financial exploitation" means the illegal or improper use, control over, or withholding of the property, income, resources, or trust funds of the vulnerable adult by any person or entity for any person's or entity's profit or advantage other than for the vulnerable adult's profit or advantage. Some examples of financial exploitation are given in RCW 74.34.020(6).

     "Food service worker" means according to chapter 246-217 WAC an individual who works (or intends to work) with or without pay in a food service establishment and handles unwrapped or unpackaged food or who may contribute to the transmission of infectious diseases through the nature of his/her contact with food products and/or equipment and facilities. This does not include persons who simply assist residents with meals.

     "General responsibility for the safety and well-being of the resident" means the provision of the following:

     (1) Prescribed general low sodium diets;

     (2) Prescribed general diabetic diets;

     (3) Prescribed mechanical soft foods;

     (4) Emergency assistance;

     (5) Monitoring of the resident;

     (6) Arranging health care appointments with outside health care providers and reminding residents of such appointments as necessary;

     (7) Coordinating health care services with outside health care providers consistent with WAC 388-78A-2350;

     (8) Assisting the resident to obtain and maintain glasses, hearing aids, dentures, canes, crutches, walkers, wheelchairs, and assistive communication devices;

     (9) Observation of the resident for changes in overall functioning;

     (10) Blood pressure checks as scheduled;

     (11) Responding appropriately when there are observable or reported changes in the resident's physical, mental, or emotional functioning; or

     (12) Medication assistance as permitted under RCW 69.41.085 and as described in RCW 69.41.010 and chapter 246-888 WAC.

     "Harm" means a physical or mental or emotional injury or damage to a resident including those resulting from neglect or violations of a resident's rights.

     "Health support services" means any of the following optional services:

     (1) Blood glucose testing;

     (2) Puree diets;

     (3) Calorie controlled diabetic diets;

     (4) Dementia care;

     (5) Mental health care; or

     (6) Developmental disabilities care.

     "Independent living unit" means:

     (1) Independent senior housing;

     (2) Independent living unit in a continuing care retirement community or other similar living environments;

     (3) Boarding home unit where domiciliary services are not provided; or

     (4) Boarding home unit where one or more items listed under "general responsibilities" are not provided.

     "Independent senior housing" means an independent living unit occupied by an individual or individuals sixty or more years of age.

     "Infectious" means capable of causing infection or disease by entrance of organisms into the body, which grow and multiply there, including, but not limited to, bacteria, viruses, protozoans, and fungi.

     "Licensee" means the person, as defined in this chapter, to whom the department issues the boarding home license.

     "Licensed resident bed capacity" means the resident occupancy level requested by the licensee and approved by the department. All residents receiving domiciliary care or the items or services listed under general responsibility for the safety and well-being of the resident as defined in this section count towards the licensed resident bed capacity. Adult day services clients do not count towards the licensed resident bed capacity.

     "Majority owner" means any person that owns:

     (1) More than fifty percent interest; or

     (2) If no one person owns more than fifty percent interest, the largest interest portion; or

     (3) If more than one person owns equal largest interest portions, then all persons owning those equal largest interest portions.

     "Manager" means the person defined in this chapter, providing management services on behalf of the licensee.

     "Management agreement" means a written, executed agreement between the licensee and the manager regarding the provision of certain services on behalf of the licensee.

     "Mandated reporter":

     (1) Is an employee of the department, law enforcement officer, social worker, professional school personnel, individual provider, an employee of a facility, an operator of a facility, an employee of a social service, welfare, mental health, adult day health, adult day care, home health, home care, or hospice agency, county coroner or medical examiner, Christian Science practitioner, or health care provider subject to chapter 18.130 RCW; and

     (2) For the purpose of the definition of mandated reporter, "Facility" means a residence licensed or required to be licensed under chapter 18.20 RCW (boarding homes), chapter 18.51 RCW (nursing homes), chapter 70.128 RCW (adult family homes), chapter 72.36 RCW (soldiers' homes), chapter 71A.20 RCW (residential habilitation centers), or any other facility licensed by the department.

     "Maximum facility capacity" means the maximum number of individuals that the boarding home may serve at any one time, as determined by the department.

     (1) The maximum facility capacity includes all residents and respite care residents and adult day services clients.

     (2) The maximum facility capacity is equal to the lesser of:

     (a) The sum of the number of approved bed spaces for all resident rooms (total number of approved bed spaces), except as specified in subsection (3); or

     (b) Twice the seating capacity of the dining area(s) consistent with WAC 388-78A-2300 (1)(h); or

     (c) The number of residents permitted by calculating the ratios of toilets, sinks, and bathing fixtures to residents consistent with WAC 388-78A-3030; or

     (d) For boarding homes licensed on or before December 31, 1988, the total day room area in square feet divided by ten square feet, consistent with WAC 388-78A-3050; or

     (e) For boarding homes licensed after December 31, 1988, the total day room area in square feet divided by twenty square feet, consistent with WAC 388-78A-3050.

     (3) For the purposes of providing adult day services consistent with WAC 388-78A-2360, one additional adult day services client may be served, beyond the total number of approved bed spaces, for each additional sixty square feet of day room area greater than the area produced by multiplying the total number of approved bed spaces by twenty square feet, provided that:

     (a) There is ((a [at])) at least one toilet and one hand washing sink accessible to adult day services clients for every eight adult day services clients or fraction thereof;

     (b) The total number of residents and adult day services clients does not exceed twice the seating capacity of the dining area(s) consistent with WAC 388-78A-2300 (1)(h); and

     (c) The adult day services program area(s) and building do not exceed the occupancy load as determined by the local building official or state fire marshal.

     "Medication administration" means the direct application of a prescribed medication whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or other means, to the body of the resident by an individual legally authorized to do so.

     "Medication assistance" means assistance with self-administration of medication rendered by a nonpractitioner to a resident of a boarding home in accordance with chapter 246-888 WAC.

     "Medication organizer" means a container with separate compartments for storing oral medications organized in daily doses.

     "Medication service" means any service provided either directly or indirectly by a boarding home related to medication administration, medication administration provided through nurse delegation, medication assistance, or resident self-administration of medication.

     "Neglect" means:

     (1) A pattern of conduct or inaction resulting in the failure to provide the goods and services that maintain physical or mental health of a resident, or that fails to avoid or prevent physical or mental harm or pain to a resident; or

     (2) An act or omission that demonstrates a serious disregard of consequences of such a magnitude as to constitute a clear and present danger to the resident's health, welfare, or safety, including but not limited to conduct prohibited under RCW 9A.42.100.

     "Nonresident individual" means an individual who resides in independent senior housing, independent living units in continuing care retirement communities, or in other similar living environments or in an unlicensed room located within a boarding home ((and)). A nonresident individual may receive one or more of the services listed in WAC ((388-78A-2030 (2)(a) through (g))) 388-78A-2032. A nonresident individual may not receive domiciliary care as defined in this section, directly or indirectly by the boarding home, and may not receive the items or services listed under general responsibility for the safety and well-being of the resident as defined in this section, except during the time the person is receiving adult day services as defined in this section.

     "Nonpractitioner" means any individual who is not a practitioner as defined in WAC 388-78A-2020 and chapter 69.41 RCW.

     "Nurse" means an individual currently licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW as either a:

     (1) "Licensed practical nurse" (LPN); or

     (2) "Registered nurse" (RN).

     "Over-the-counter (OTC) medication" means any medication that may be legally purchased without a prescriptive order, including, but not limited to, aspirin, antacids, vitamins, minerals, or herbal preparations.

     "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association or any other legal or commercial entity.

     "Physician" means an individual licensed under chapter 18.57 or 18.71 RCW.

     "Practitioner" includes a licensed physician, osteopathic physician, podiatric physician, pharmacist, licensed practical nurse, registered nurse, advanced registered nurse practitioner, dentist, and physician assistant. Refer to chapter 69.41 RCW for a complete listing of practitioners.

     "Prescribed medication" means any medication (legend drug, controlled substance, and over-the-counter) that is prescribed by an authorized practitioner.

     "Prescriber" means a health care practitioner authorized by Washington state law to prescribe drugs.

     "Problem" means a violation of any WAC or RCW applicable to the operation of a boarding home:

     (1) "Recurring problem" means, for all purposes other than those described in RCW 18.20.400, that the department has cited the boarding home for a violation of WAC or RCW and the circumstances of (a) or (b) of this subsection are present:

     (a) The department previously imposed an enforcement remedy for a violation of the same section of WAC or RCW for substantially the same problem following any type of inspection within the preceding thirty-six months; or

     (b) The department previously cited a violation under the same section of WAC or RCW for substantially the same problem following any type of inspection on two occasions within the preceding thirty-six months.

     (c) If the previous violation in (a) or (b) of this subsection was pursuant to WAC or RCW that has changed at the time of the new violation, citation to the equivalent current WAC or RCW section is sufficient.

     (d) When there is a change in licensees between the first and the second or third citations, the new licensee must accept, and the department will consider, the prior licensee's compliance and enforcement record as part of the new licensee's compliance record at that boarding home if any person affiliated with the new licensee was affiliated with the prior licensee at the same boarding home. A person is considered affiliated with the licensee if the person is an applicant for the boarding home license, or is listed on the license application as a partner, officer, director, or majority owner of the applicant.

     (2) "Serious problem" means:

     (a) There has been a violation of a WAC or RCW; and

     (b) Significant harm has actually occurred to a resident; or

     (c) It is likely that significant harm or death will occur to a resident.

     (3) "Uncorrected problem" means the department has cited a violation of WAC or RCW following any type of inspection and the violation remains uncorrected at the time the department makes a subsequent inspection for the specific purpose of verifying whether such violation has been corrected. When a change in licensees occurs, the new licensee is responsible for correcting any remaining violations that may exist, including complying with any plan of correction in effect immediately prior to the change in licensees.

     "Prospective resident" means an individual who is seeking admission to a licensed boarding home and who has completed and signed an application for admission, or such application for admission has been completed and signed in their behalf by their legal representative if any, and if not, then the designated representative if any.

     "Reasonable accommodation" and "reasonably accommodate" have the meaning given in federal and state antidiscrimination laws and regulations which include, but are not limited to, the following:

     (1) Reasonable accommodation means that the boarding home must:

     (a) Not impose admission criteria that excludes individuals unless the criteria is necessary for the provision of boarding home services;

     (b) Make reasonable modification to its policies, practices or procedures if the modifications are necessary to accommodate the needs of the resident;

     (c) Provide additional aids and services to the resident.

     (2) Reasonable accommodations are not required if:

     (a) The resident or individual applying for admission presents a significant risk to the health or safety of others that cannot be eliminated by the reasonable accommodation;

     (b) The reasonable accommodations would fundamentally alter the nature of the services provided by the boarding home; or

     (c) The reasonable accommodations would cause an undue burden, meaning a significant financial or administrative burden.

     "RCW" means Revised Code of Washington.

     "Records" means:

     (1) "Active records" means the current, relevant documentation regarding residents necessary to provide care and services to residents; or

     (2) "Inactive records" means historical documentation regarding the provision of care and services to residents that is no longer relevant to the current delivery of services and has been thinned from the active record.

     "Resident" means an individual who:

     (1) Chooses to reside in a boarding home, including an individual receiving respite care;

     (2) Is not related by blood or marriage to the operator of the boarding home;

     (3) Receives basic services; and

     (4) Receives one or more of the services listed under general responsibility for the safety and well-being of the resident, and may receive domiciliary care or respite care provided directly, or indirectly, by the boarding home.

     "Resident's representative" means:

     (1) The legal representative who is the person or persons identified in RCW 7.70.065 and who may act on behalf of the resident pursuant to the scope of their legal authority. The legal representative shall not be affiliated with the licensee, boarding home, or management company, unless the affiliated person is a family member of the resident; or

     (2) If there is no legal representative, a person designated voluntarily by a competent resident in writing, to act in the resident's behalf concerning the care and services provided by the boarding home and to receive information from the boarding home if there is no legal representative. The resident's representative may not be affiliated with the licensee, boarding home, or management company, unless the affiliated person is a family member of the resident. The resident's representative under this subsection shall not have authority to act on behalf of the resident once the resident is no longer competent. The resident's competence shall be determined using the criteria in RCW 11.88.010 (1)(e).

     "Respite care" means short-term care for any period in excess of twenty-four continuous hours for a resident to temporarily relieve the family or other caregiver of providing that care.

     "Restraint" means any method or device used to prevent or limit free body movement, including, but not limited to:

     (1) Confinement, unless agreed to as provided in WAC 388-78A-2370;

     (2) "Chemical restraint" which means a psychopharmacologic drug that is used for discipline or convenience and not required to treat the resident's medical symptoms; and

     (3) "Physical restraint" which means a manual method, obstacle, or physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment attached or adjacent to the resident's body that restricts freedom of movement or access to his or her body, is used for discipline or convenience, and not required to treat the resident's medical symptoms.

     "Room" means a space set apart by floor to ceiling partitions on all sides with all openings provided with doors or windows.

     (1) "Sleeping room" means a room where a resident is customarily expected to sleep and contains a resident's bed.

     (2) "Resident living room" means the common space in a resident unit that is not a sleeping room, bathroom or closet.

     "Significant change" means a change in the resident's physical, mental, or psychosocial status that causes either life-threatening conditions or clinical complications.

     "Special needs" means a developmental disability, mental illness, or dementia.

     "Staff person" means any boarding home employee or temporary employee or contractor, whether employed or retained by the licensee or any management company, or volunteer.

     "State fire marshal" means the director of fire protection under the direction of the chief of the Washington state patrol.

     "Toilet" means a disposal apparatus used for urination and defecation, fitted with a seat and flushing device.

     "Volunteer" means an individual who interacts with residents without reimbursement.

     "Vulnerable adult" includes a person:

     (1) Sixty years of age or older who has the functional, mental, or physical inability to care for himself or herself; or

     (2) Found incapacitated under chapter 11.88 RCW; or

     (3) Who has a developmental disability as defined under RCW 71A.10.020; or

     (4) Admitted to any facility, including any boarding home; or

     (5) Receiving services from home health, hospice, or home care agencies licensed or required to be licensed under chapter 70.127 RCW; or

     (6) Receiving services from an individual provider.

     (7) For the purposes of requesting and receiving background checks pursuant to RCW 43.43.832, it shall also include adults of any age who lack the functional, mental, or physical ability to care for themselves.

     "WAC" means Washington Administrative Code.

     "Willful" means the deliberate, or nonaccidental, action or inaction by an alleged perpetrator that he/she knows or reasonably should have known could cause a negative outcome, including harm, injury, pain or anguish.

     "WISHA" means the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act, chapter 49.17 RCW administered by the Washington state department of labor and industries.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 and chapters 18.20 and 74.34 RCW. 08-05-099, § 388-78A-2020, filed 2/15/08, effective 3/17/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 and 2006 c 242. 06-13-028, § 388-78A-2020, filed 6/13/06, effective 7/14/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090. 06-01-047, § 388-78A-2020, filed 12/15/05, effective 1/15/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2020, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]

     (a) Assumes general responsibility for the safety and well-being of the residents;

     (b) Provides assistance with activities of daily living, either directly or indirectly;

     (c) Provides health support services, either directly or indirectly; or

     (d) Provides intermittent nursing services, either directly or indirectly.

     (2) A boarding home license is ((not required for one or more of the following services that may be provided to a nonresident individual. These services may not include continual care or supervision of a nonresident individual without a boarding home license:

     (a) Emergency assistance provided on an intermittent or nonroutine basis to any nonresident individual; or

     (b) Systems employed by independent senior housing, or independent living units in continuing care retirement communities, to respond to the potential need for emergency services for nonresident individuals; or

     (c) Infrequent, voluntary, and nonscheduled blood pressure checks for nonresident individuals; or

     (d) Nurse referral services provided at the request of a nonresident individual to determine whether referral to an outside health care provider is recommended; or

     (e) Making health care appointments at the request of nonresident individuals; or

     (f) Preadmission assessment, at the request of the nonresident individual; or

     (g) Services customarily provided under landlord tenant agreements governed by the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act, chapter 59.18 RCW; or

     (h) Housing nonresident individuals who, without ongoing assistance from the boarding home, initiate and arrange for services with a practitioner licensed under Title 18 RCW or a home health, hospice, or home care agency licensed under chapter 70.127 RCW, or other persons as permitted by the boarding home.

     (3) This section does not prohibit a boarding home from furnishing written information concerning available community resources to nonresident individuals or the individual's family members or legal representatives. However, the boarding home may not require the use of any particular service provider)) required to operate or maintain a boarding home as defined in chapter 18.20 RCW and this chapter.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2030, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]

     (2) A boarding home license is not required for one or more of the following services that may, upon request of the nonresident, be provided to a nonresident individual:

     (a) Emergency assistance provided on an intermittent or nonroutine basis;

     (b) Systems including technology-based monitoring devices employed by independent senior housing, or independent living units in continuing care retirement communities, to respond to the potential need for emergency services;

     (c) Scheduled and nonscheduled blood pressure checks;

     (d) Nursing assessment services to determine whether referral to an outside health care provider is recommended;

     (e) Making and reminding of health care appointments;

     (f) Preadmission assessment, for the purposes of transitioning to a licensed care setting;

     (g) Medication assistance which may include reminding or coaching the nonresident individual, opening the nonresident's medication container, using an enabler, and handing prefilled insulin syringes to the nonresident individual;

     (h) Prefilling insulin syringes which must be performed by a nurse licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW;

     (i) Falls risk assessment;

     (j) Nutrition management and education services;

     (k) Dental services;

     (l) Wellness programs; or

     (m) Services customarily provided under the landlord tenant agreements governed by the residential landlord-tenant act, chapter 59.18 RCW.

     (3) This section does not prohibit a boarding home from furnishing written information concerning available community resources to nonresident individuals or the individual's family members or legal representatives. However, the boarding home may not require the use of any particular service provider.

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     (2) The disclosure statement must notify the nonresident individual that:

     (a) The resident rights of chapter 70.129 RCW do not apply to nonresident individuals;

     (b) Licensing requirements for boarding homes under this chapter do not apply to nonresident units; and

     (c) The jurisdiction of the long-term care ombudsman does not apply to nonresident individuals and nonresident units.

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     (1) Develop an initial resident service plan, based upon discussions with the resident and the resident's representative if the resident has one, and the preadmission assessment of a qualified assessor, upon admitting a resident into a boarding home. The boarding home must ensure the initial resident service plan:

     (a) Integrates the assessment information provided by the department's case manager for each resident whose care is partially or wholly funded by the ((department)) health care authority;

     (b) Identifies the resident's immediate needs; and

     (c) Provides direction to staff and caregivers relating to the resident's immediate needs, capabilities, and preferences.

     (2) Complete the negotiated service agreement for each resident using the resident's preadmission assessment, initial resident service plan, and full assessment information, within thirty days of the resident moving in;

     (3) Review and update each resident's negotiated service agreement consistent with WAC 388-78A-2120:

     (a) Within a reasonable time consistent with the needs of the resident following any change in the resident's physical, mental, or emotional functioning; and

     (b) Whenever the negotiated service agreement no longer adequately addresses the resident's current assessed needs and preferences.

     (4) Review and update each resident's negotiated service agreement as necessary following an annual full assessment;

     (5) Involve the following persons in the process of developing and updating a negotiated service agreement:

     (a) The resident;

     (b) The resident's representative to the extent he or she is willing and capable, if the resident has one;

     (c) Other individuals the resident wants included;

     (d) The department's case manager, if the resident is a recipient of medicaid assistance, or any private case manager, if available; and

     (e) Staff designated by the boarding home.

     (6) Ensure:

     (a) Individuals participating in developing the resident's negotiated service agreement:

     (i) Discuss the resident's assessed needs, capabilities, and preferences; and

     (ii) Negotiate and agree upon the care and services to be provided to support the resident; and

     (b) Staff persons document in the resident's record the agreed upon plan for services.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2130, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]

     (1) Washington state background checks including:

     (a) Department and department of health findings;

     (b) Criminal background check information from the Washington state patrol and the Washington state courts;

     (2) ((After January 1, 2012, a national fingerprint-based check in accordance with RCW 74.39A.055.

     (3))) Nothing in this chapter should be interpreted as requiring the employment of a person against the better judgment of the boarding home.

     (((4))) (3) In addition to chapter 18.20 RCW, these rules are authorized by RCW 43.20A.710, RCW 43.43.830 through 43.43.842 and RCW 74.39A.050(8).

[Statutory Authority: Chapters 18.20 and 74.39A RCW. 10-16-085, § 388-78A-2461, filed 7/30/10, effective 1/1/11.]

     (1) The health care facility may, upon request from another health care facility, share completed Washington state background check results only if:

     (a) The health care facility sharing the background check information is reasonably known to be the person's most recent employer;

     (b) No more than twelve months has elapsed between the date the individual was last employed at a licensed health care facility and the date of the individual's current employment application;

     (c) The background check is no more than two years old; and

     (d) The boarding home has no reason to believe the individual has or may have a disqualifying conviction or finding as described in WAC 388-78A-2470.

     (2) The boarding home may also establish, maintain and follow a written agreement with home health, hospice, or home care agencies licensed under chapter 70.127 RCW or nursing pools registered under chapter 18.52C RCW in order to ensure that the agency or pool staff meet the requirements of WAC 388-78A-2470.

[Statutory Authority: Chapters 18.20 and 74.39A RCW. 10-16-085, § 388-78A-2467, filed 7/30/10, effective 1/1/11.]

     (2) The boarding home must ensure all boarding home administrators, or their designees, and caregivers ((hired on or after January 1, 2011)) meet the ((long-term care worker)) training requirements of chapter 388-112 WAC, including but not limited to:

     (a) Orientation and safety;

     (b) Basic;

     (c) Specialty for dementia, mental illness and/or developmental disabilities when serving residents with any of those primary special needs;

     (d) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid; and

     (e) Continuing education.

     (3) The boarding home must ensure ((all persons listed in subsection (2) of this section, obtain the home-care aide certification required by chapter 246-980 WAC.

     (4) Under RCW 18.88B.040 and chapter 246-980 WAC, certain persons including registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, or persons who are in an approved certified nursing assistant program are exempt from long-term care worker training requirements.

     (5) For the purpose of this section, the term "caregiver" has the same meaning as the term "long-term care worker" as defined in RCW 74.39A.009)) that all staff receive appropriate training and orientation for their specific duties and responsibilities.

[Statutory Authority: Chapters 18.20 and 74.39A RCW. 10-16-085, § 388-78A-2474, filed 7/30/10, effective 1/1/11.]

     (1) Submit to the department a complete license application on forms designated by the department at least ninety days prior to the proposed effective date of the license;

     (2) Submit all relevant attachments specified in the application;

     (3) Submit department background authorization forms as required in WAC 388-78A-2462 and 388-78A-2463;

     (4) Sign the application;

     (5) Submit the license fee as specified in WAC 388-78A-3230;

     (6) Submit verification that construction plans have been approved by construction review services;

     (7) Submit a revised application before the license is issued if any information has changed since the initial license application was submitted;

     (8) Submit a revised application containing current information about the proposed licensee or any other persons named in the application, if a license application is pending for more than one year; and

     (9) If the licensee's agent prepares an application on the licensee's behalf, the licensee must review, sign and attest to the accuracy of the information contained in the application.

     (10) A license must be issued only to the person who applied for the license.

     (11) A license may not exceed twelve months in duration and expires on a date set by the department.

[Statutory Authority: Chapters 18.20 and 74.39A RCW. 10-16-085, § 388-78A-2750, filed 7/30/10, effective 1/1/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2750, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]

     (a) The department; and

     (b) All residents, or resident representatives (if any).

     (2) The licensee must include the following information in the written notice:

     (a) Name of the present licensee and prospective licensee;

     (b) Name and address of the boarding home for which the licensee is being changed;

     (c) Date of proposed change; and

     (d) If the boarding home contracts with the ((department)) health care authority or other public agencies that may make payments for residential care on behalf of residents, the anticipated effect, such as discharge from the boarding home, the change of licensee will have on residents whose care and services are supported through these contracts.

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.20 RCW. 09-06-063, § 388-78A-2780, filed 3/2/09, effective 4/2/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2780, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]

     (1) Submit a completed request for approval to the department at least one day before the intended change;

     (2) Submit the prorated fee ((required according to WAC 388-78A-3230)) for additional beds if applicable; and

     (3) Post an amended license obtained from the department, indicating the new bed capacity.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2800, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]

     (1) Submit an annual per bed license fee ((of one hundred six dollars per bed of the licensed resident bed capacity as determined by and in accordance with RCW 18.20.050)) based on the licensed bed capacity and as established in the state's biennial omnibus appropriation act and any amendment or addition made to that act;

     (2) ((Submit an additional one hundred fifty dollars when billed by the department for:

     (a) A third on-site visit required by the boarding home's failure to adequately correct problems identified in a statement of deficiencies; and

     (b) A full out-of-sequence inspection resulting from information gathered during a complaint investigation.

     (3))) Submit an additional late fee in the amount of ten dollars per day from the license renewal date until the date of mailing the fee, as evidenced by the postmark; and

     (((4))) (3) Submit to construction review services a fee for the review of the construction documents per the review fee schedule that is based on the project cost.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.050 and 2010 c 37 § 206 (19)(a). 10-21-036, § 388-78A-3230, filed 10/12/10, effective 10/29/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter 18.20 RCW. 04-16-065, § 388-78A-3230, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:

WAC 388-78A-2463

Background check--National fingerprint checks--Who is required to have.

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