PDFWAC 246-915-086

Suicide assessment training standards.

(1) A qualifying training in suicide assessment must:
(a) Be an empirically supported training in suicide assessment that includes screening and referral;
(b) Be provided by a single provider and must be at least three hours in length which may be provided in one or more sessions;
(c) Beginning July 1, 2017, be taken from a provider listed on the department's suicide prevention training model list.
(2) The hours spent completing a training program in suicide assessment under this section count toward meeting any applicable continued competency requirements.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.74.023 and chapter 18.74 RCW, RCW 18.340.020. WSR 18-15-067, § 246-915-086, filed 7/17/18, effective 8/17/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.74.023 and 43.70.442. WSR 15-14-093, § 246-915-086, filed 6/29/15, effective 7/1/15.]