(1) Successful completion of seventy-five hours of training must be documented on a DSHS seventy-five hour training certificate by an approved training entity that has provided or verified that a total of seventy-five hours of training has occurred.

(2) An approved training entity issuing and signing a DSHS seventy-five hour training certificate must verify that the long-term care worker has the certificates or transcript required documenting two hours of DSHS-approved orientation, three hours of DSHS-approved safety training, and seventy hours of DSHS-approved basic training, as described in this chapter. Only a DSHS or training partnership seventy-five hour training certificate or transcript can be submitted by a long-term care worker applying to the department of health for a home care aide certification.

(3) For home care aide recertification, successful completion of twelve hours of DSHS-approved continuing education training must be documented on a certificate(s) or transcript(s) issued by a department-approved training entity.

(4) The long-term care worker, certified home care aide, and their employer must retain the original seventy-five hour training certificate or transcript and any twelve-hour continuing education training certificates as long as the worker is employed and up to three years after termination of employment. Training entities must keep a copy of these certificates on file for six years.