Before the licensee appoints an individual who must have completed a qualifying administrator training program in order to qualify as an assisted living facility administrator, the licensee must verify the individual has completed the training and obtain documentation from the individual that the training program met the following requirements:
(1) The department was notified of the beginning date of the administrator training program;
(2) The administrator training program was at least six months in duration following notification of the department;
(3) Only training, supervision, and experience occurring following notification of the department were credited to the qualifying training;
(4) The supervising administrator met the qualifications to be an administrator specified in WAC
388-78A-2520;
(5) The trainee was a full-time employee of an assisted living facility and spent at least forty percent of his/her time for six months of the training program performing administrative duties customarily assigned to assisted living facility administrators or included in the job description of the administrator for the assisted living facility in which the training occurred;
(6) The supervising administrator was present on-site at the assisted living facility during the time the trainee performed administrator duties;
(7) The supervising administrator spent a minimum of one hundred direct contact hours with the trainee during the six months supervising and consulting with the trainee;
(8) Both the trainee and supervising administrator signed documentation of the trainee's qualifying experience and the supervising administrator's performance of required oversight duties; and
(9) The individual completing the qualifying administrator training program maintains the documentation of completing the program.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
18.20 RCW. WSR 13-13-063, § 388-78A-2530, filed 6/18/13, effective 7/19/13. Statutory Authority: RCW
18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter
18.20 RCW. WSR 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2530, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]