Adult family homes.
(1) If an adult family home serves one or more residents with special needs, long-term care workers must complete and demonstrate competency in specialty training within one hundred twenty days of hire.
(2) During the period to complete the specialty training the long-term care worker must not provide personal care to a resident with special needs without direct supervision until that long-term care worker demonstrates competency in specialty training.
(3) The long-term care worker may have indirect supervision if the long-term care worker is one or more of the following:
(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;
(e) The long-term care worker meets the exemption criteria described in WAC
388-112A-0090.
Assisted living facilities.
(4) If an assisted living facility serves one or more residents with special needs, long-term care workers must complete and demonstrate competency in specialty training within one hundred twenty days of hire.
(5) During the period to complete the specialty training, the long-term care worker must not provide personal care to a resident with special needs without indirect supervision until that long-term care worker demonstrates competency in specialty training.
Enhanced services facilities.
(6) Enhanced services facilities are facilities that serves one or more residents with special needs, and long-term care workers must complete and demonstrate competency in mental health and dementia specialty training prior to providing client services.
(7) Long-term care workers are not required to complete specialty training if the adult family home or assisted living facility has no residents with a special need where the specialty training is required.