Adult family homes.

(1) If an adult family home serves one or more residents with special needs, the adult family home must ensure that a long-term care worker employed by the home completes and demonstrates competency in specialty training as described in WAC 388-112A-0400 within one hundred twenty days of hire.

(2) Until a long-term care worker completes the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, the home must not allow the long-term care worker to provide personal care to a resident with special needs without direct supervision, unless indirect supervision is allowed under subsection (3) of this section.

(3) The long-term care worker may provide personal care with indirect supervision if one or more of the following requirements are met:

(a) The long-term care worker is a nursing assistant certified (NA-C) under chapter 18.88A RCW;

(b) The long-term care worker is a certified home care aide (HCA) under chapter 18.88B RCW;

(c) The long-term care worker is a licensed practical nurse (LPN) under chapter 18.79 RCW;

(d) The long-term care worker is a registered nurse (RN) under chapter 18.79 RCW; or

(e) The long-term care worker is exempt from the seventy-hour basic training under WAC 388-112A-0090.

Assisted living facilities.

(4) If an assisted living facility serves one or more residents with special needs, the assisted living facility must ensure that a long-term care worker employed by the facility demonstrates completion of, or completes and demonstrates competency in specialty training within one hundred twenty days of hire. However, if specialty training is not integrated with basic training, the specialty training must be completed within ninety days of completion of basic training.

(5) Until a long-term care worker completes the specialty training and demonstrates competency as required under subsection (4) of this section, the home must not allow the long-term care worker to provide personal care to a resident with special needs without direct supervision, unless indirect supervision is allowed under subsection (6) of this section.

(6) The long-term care worker may provide personal care with indirect supervision if one or more of the following requirements are met:

(a) The long-term care worker is a nursing assistant certified (NA-C) under chapter 18.88A RCW;

(b) The long-term care worker is a certified home care aide (HCA) under chapter 18.88B RCW;

(c) The long-term care worker is a licensed practical nurse (LPN) under chapter 18.79 RCW;

(d) The long-term care worker is a registered nurse (RN) under chapter 18.79 RCW; or

(e) The long-term care worker is exempt from the seventy-hour basic training under WAC 388-112A-0090.

Enhanced services facilities.

(7) All long-term care workers in enhanced services facilities must complete and demonstrate competency in mental health and dementia specialty training prior to providing client services.