WSR 21-18-062
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Long-Term Support Administration)
[Filed August 26, 2021, 2:13 p.m., effective September 26, 2021]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department is adding a new section in chapter 388-112A WAC, Residential long-term care services training, to establish minimum qualifications for high school teachers with certain endorsements and experience to teach long-term care worker basic training to high school students.
Providing training at the high school level represents the aging and long-term support administration's ongoing commitment to increase the long-term care workforce to fully serve the growing population of individuals who require those services in Washington state. Since most high school teachers do not come from a long-term care work environment, different minimum qualifications need to be established for those instructors.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 388-112A-1245.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 21-14-098 on July 7, 2021.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting David Chappell, P.O. Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600, phone 360-725-2516, email David.chappell@dshs.wa.gov.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: August 26, 2021.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
SHS-4876.2
NEW SECTION
WAC 388-112A-1245What are the requirements and minimum qualifications for high school instructors and programs that offer core basic, population specific, nurse delegation, and specialty trainings?
(1) A high school instructor teaching core basic, population specific, nurse delegation core, nurse delegation special focus on diabetes, specialty and expanded specialty trainings must meet the following minimum qualifications:
(a) Be at least twenty-one years of age;
(b) Not have had a professional, adult family home, assisted living facility, or social services license or certification revoked in Washington state;
(c) Meet the following education and work experience requirements upon initial approval or hire:
(i) Have a valid teaching credential with a related endorsement such as career and technical education, science, health, or special education; and
(A) Have caregiving experience within the last five years in a school, community-based, or home setting; or
(B) Be a registered nurse with direct care experience within the last five years; or
(C) Be certificated under the vocational code V511614; or
(D) Have successfully completed core basic training taught by a DSHS approved instructor; or
(E) Have taught forty hours of basic training while being mentored by an instructor who is approved to teach basic training;
(d) Have at least 100 hours teaching experience;
(e) Be knowledgeable in caregiving practices and demonstrate competency for teaching the course content or units being taught; and
(f) Have successfully completed any specialty or expanded specialty training classes before training others;
(2) In addition to requirements under subsection (1) of this section, an instructor for nurse delegation core or diabetes must have a current Washington registered nurse (RN) license in good standing without practice restrictions.
(3) A high school home care aide training program must be approved and contracted by the department as a community instructor program.