(1) Individual providers eligible for limited training under WAC 388-71-0880 and 388-71-0893, who begin to work for a second client who is not their biological, step, or adoptive child or parent, or continue to work for one client whose authorized monthly hours fluctuate above twenty hours per month must:

(a) Complete the seventy hours of basic training; and

(b) Become a certified home care aide under WAC 388-71-095.

(2) Individual providers who provide only respite services and worked more than three hundred hours in any calendar year must complete the seventy hours of basic training and become a certified home care aide.

(3) Individual providers who previously only provided personal care to their biological, step, or adoptive child or parent through DDA or HCS who begin working for an unrelated client must complete the seventy hour basic training and become a certified home care aide.

(4) When an IP described in subsections (1), (2), or (3) of this section is required to complete the seventy hour basic training and become a certified home care aide, the IP will:

(a) Have one hundred twenty days from the date of the change to complete the seventy hour basic training and two hundred days from the date of the change to become certified; and

(b) Be required to complete continuing education under WAC 388-71-0990.

(5) For the purpose of this section, the date of the change means the date on which the IP:

(a) Began working for a client that is not his or her biological, step or adoptive child or parent;

(b) Exceeded twenty hours of work in one month; or

(c) Exceeded more than three hundred respite hours in one calendar year.

(6) If an IP is required to or chooses to become a certified home care aide and completes the seventy hour training requirements under this section, the individual will be required to continue to comply with these requirements to maintain his or her credential and complete continuing education requirements even if:

(a) The monthly authorized hours are later reduced to twenty or fewer hours;

(b) He or she no longer works for a second unrelated client; or

(c) The individual works less than three hundred respite hours in a calendar year.

(7) The training and certification requirements for an individual that met the above criteria in subsection (6) does not apply if the individual returns to work only for his or her biological, step, or adoptive parent or adult child.