PDFWAC 388-76-10146

Qualifications—Training and home care aide certification.

(1) The adult family home must ensure staff persons hired before January 7, 2012 meet training requirements in effect on the date hired, including requirements in chapter 388-112A WAC.
(2) The adult family home must ensure all adult family home caregivers, entity representatives, and resident managers hired on or after January 7, 2012, meet the long-term care worker training requirements of chapter 388-112A WAC, including but not limited to:
(a) Orientation and safety;
(b) Basic;
(c) Specialty for dementia, mental illness and/or developmental disabilities when serving residents with any of those primary special needs;
(d) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid; and
(e) Continuing education.
(3) All persons listed in subsection (2) of this section, must obtain the home-care aide certification if required by this section or chapters 246-980 or 388-112A WAC.
(a) Until March 1, 2016, a provisional home-care aide certification may be issued by the department of health to a long-term care worker who is limited English proficient.
(4) Even if an adult family home applicant does not intend to provide direct personal care, the applicant must meet the long-term care worker training and home-care aide certification requirements under chapter 388-112A WAC to the same extent that the requirements would apply if the applicant was a long-term care worker.
(5) Under RCW 18.88B.041 and chapter 246-980 WAC, certain individuals, including registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants or persons who are in an approved certified nursing assistant program, are exempt from home-care aide certification and long-term care worker training requirements. This exemption does not apply to continuing education; these individuals must comply with continuing education requirements under chapter 388-112A WAC.
(6) The adult family home must ensure that all staff receive the orientation and training necessary to perform their job duties.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.128 RCW. WSR 18-20-015, § 388-76-10146, filed 9/21/18, effective 10/22/18; WSR 15-03-037, § 388-76-10146, filed 1/12/15, effective 2/12/15. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.128.040. WSR 12-16-087, § 388-76-10146, filed 7/31/12, effective 8/31/12. Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.128 RCW. WSR 12-01-004, § 388-76-10146, filed 12/7/11, effective 1/7/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.128.040, chapter 74.39A RCW. WSR 10-16-082, § 388-76-10146, filed 7/30/10, effective 1/1/11.]