PDFWAC 388-829C-110

When must a companion home provider complete their training requirements?

(1) Before a companion home provider may deliver services to a client, the provider must complete:
(a) Five hours of safety and orientation training;
(b) Forty hours of DDA-developed residential services curriculum;
(c) Six hours of first aid certification and CPR training; and
(d) Six hours of DDA companion home orientation.
(2) No more than one hundred twenty days after the effective date of the companion home provider's contract, the provider must complete eighteen hours of population-specific or client-specific training under chapter 388-829 WAC.
(3) A companion home provider must complete twelve continuing education credits annually.
(4) If the client needs medication administration or delegated nursing tasks, the companion home provider must complete nurse delegation training before they deliver services to the client.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.10.020 and 71A.12.040. WSR 18-22-106, § 388-829C-110, filed 11/6/18, effective 12/7/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.30 [71A.12.030] and Title 71A RCW. WSR 07-16-102, § 388-829C-110, filed 7/31/07, effective 9/1/07.]