(1) Personnel policies and procedures must be in place to ensure that staff is trained and knowledgeable to provide quality services in a safe environment. Policies must include at least the following:

(a) The center must have policies concerning the recruitment, orientation, training, evaluation, and professional development of staff and volunteers.

(b) The center must have job descriptions for each paid staff and volunteer position, which functions as staff, that are in accordance with ADA requirements and that specify qualifications for the job, delineation of tasks, essential functions and lines of supervision and authority.

(c) Each employee must receive, review, and sign a copy of the job description at the time of employment and whenever job descriptions are modified. Volunteers who function as staff must receive written descriptions of responsibilities.

(d) Probationary evaluations and annual performance evaluations, in accordance with job descriptions, must be conducted and must conform to the policy of the funding or parent organization. Both the employee and supervisor will sign and date the written evaluation. Copies will be kept in locked personnel files.

(e) Each staff person or volunteer, who functions as a staff person, is to have tuberculosis (TB) testing according to current local health authorities recommendations.

(f) The center must have policies to restrict a staff person or participant's contact with clients when the staff person or participant has a known communicable disease in the infectious stage that is likely to spread in the center.

(g) Policies must also be established concerning hand washing, universal precautions, infection control, infectious waste disposal, bloodborne pathogens, and laundry and handling of soiled and clean items.

(2) The center must have policies and procedures concerning suspected participant abuse, neglect, or exploitation reporting that include provisions preventing access to any participant until the center investigates and takes action to assure the participants' safety.

(3) The center must not interfere with the lawful investigation of a complaint, coerce a participant, or conceal evidence of alleged improprieties occurring within the center.

(4) The center must have policies that meet the requirements of mandatory reporting procedures as described in chapter 74.34 RCW to adult protective services for vulnerable adults and to local law enforcement for other participants.

(5) Each employee must receive or have access to a copy of the program's personnel policies at the time of employment.

(6) Whenever volunteers function in the capacity of staff, all applicable personnel policies pertain.

(7) The center must conform to federal and state labor laws and be in compliance with equal opportunity guidelines.