| WAC Sections | ||
DEFINITIONS, PURPOSE, AND APPLICABILITY | ||
| 388-112A-0010 | What definitions apply to this chapter? | |
| 388-112A-0020 | What are the purposes of this chapter? | |
| 388-112A-0030 | Who do the training requirements apply to? | |
| 388-112A-0040 | When did the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training requirements go into effect? | |
| 388-112A-0050 | What are the training and certification requirements for volunteers and long-term care workers in adult family homes, adult family home providers, and adult family home applicants? | |
| 388-112A-0060 | What are the training and certification requirements for volunteers and long-term care workers in assisted living facilities and assisted living facility administrators? | |
| 388-112A-0070 | What are the training and certification requirements for applicants, administrators or their designees, volunteers, and long-term care workers in enhanced services facilities? | |
| 388-112A-0080 | Who is required to complete the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training and by when? | |
| 388-112A-0081 | When must long-term care workers who were working or hired during the COVID-19 public health emergency complete training, including required specialty training? | |
| 388-112A-0090 | Which long-term care workers are exempt from the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training requirement? | |
| 388-112A-0095 | What actions may the department take if a provider does not comply with the requirements of this chapter? | |
| 388-112A-0100 | Is the department authorized by RCW 74.39A.086 to take enforcement action for noncompliance related to the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training and home care aide certification requirements? | |
| 388-112A-0105 | Who is required to obtain home care aide certification and by when? | |
| 388-112A-0110 | May a home employ a long-term care worker who has not completed the 70-hour home care aide training or certification requirements? | |
| 388-112A-0115 | How does DSHS determine a long-term care worker's date of hire? | |
DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS | ||
| 388-112A-0118 | What documentation is required for completion of each training? | |
| 388-112A-0120 | What documentation is required for a long-term care worker to apply for the home care aide certification or recertification? | |
| 388-112A-0125 | Prior to hiring a long-term care worker, what training and certification requirements must be reviewed? | |
| 388-112A-0130 | When and how may a long-term care worker be eligible to reset date of hire? | |
ORIENTATION AND SAFETY TRAINING | ||
| 388-112A-0200 | What is orientation training, who should complete it, and when should it be completed? | |
| 388-112A-0210 | What content must be included in facility and long-term care worker orientation? | |
| 388-112A-0220 | What is safety training, who must complete it, and when should it be completed? | |
| 388-112A-0230 | What content must be included in safety training? | |
BASIC TRAINING | ||
| 388-112A-0300 | What is the 70-hour home care aide basic training? | |
| 388-112A-0305 | What are the minimum requirements for training programs to provide remote skills training? | |
| 388-112A-0310 | What topics must be taught in the core competencies of the 70-hour home care aide basic training? | |
| 388-112A-0320 | What are the core competencies and learning objectives for the 70-hour home care aide training? | |
| 388-112A-0330 | What is on-the-job training? | |
| 388-112A-0340 | What is the population specific component of the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training and what required training may be used as population specific training? | |
| 388-112A-0370 | What are the requirements for using basic training to meet the specialty training requirements? | |
SPECIALTY TRAINING | ||
| 388-112A-0400 | What is specialty training and who is required to take it? | |
| 388-112A-0410 | What specialty training is required if a resident has more than one special need? | |
| 388-112A-0420 | What topics must developmental disabilities specialty training include? | |
| 388-112A-0430 | What are the competencies and learning objectives for the long-term care worker developmental disability specialty training? | |
| 388-112A-0440 | What must dementia specialty training include? | |
| 388-112A-0450 | What must mental health specialty training include? | |
| 388-112A-0460 | Who must complete competency testing for specialty training? | |
| 388-112A-0470 | Is there a challenge test for specialty training classes? | |
| 388-112A-0490 | What are the specialty training requirements for applicants, resident managers, administrators, and other types of entity representatives in adult family homes, assisted living facilities, and enhanced services facilities? | |
| 388-112A-0495 | What are the specialty training and supervision requirements for long-term care workers in adult family homes, assisted living facilities, and enhanced services facilities? | |
NURSE DELEGATION CORE AND SPECIALIZED DIABETES TRAINING | ||
| 388-112A-0500 | What is nurse delegation core training? | |
| 388-112A-0510 | What knowledge and skills must nurse delegation core training include? | |
| 388-112A-0520 | Is competency testing required for nurse delegation core or specialized diabetes training? | |
| 388-112A-0550 | Who is required to complete nurse delegation core training and nurse delegation specialized diabetes training and by when? | |
| 388-112A-0560 | What is nurse delegation specialized diabetes training? | |
| 388-112A-0570 | What knowledge and skills must specialized diabetes nurse delegation training include? | |
| 388-112A-0575 | Is competency testing required for the specialized diabetes nurse delegation training? | |
| 388-112A-0580 | Is there a challenge test for nurse delegation core or specialized diabetes training? | |
| 388-112A-0590 | May nurse delegation core and specialized diabetes training occur in the same year as the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training? | |
CONTINUING EDUCATION | ||
| 388-112A-0600 | What is continuing education and what topics may be covered in continuing education? | |
| 388-112A-0610 | Who in an adult family home is required to complete continuing education training each year, how many hours of continuing education are required, and when must they be completed? | |
| 388-112A-0611 | Who in an assisted living facility is required to complete continuing education training each year, how many hours of continuing education are required, and when must they be completed? | |
| 388-112A-0612 | Who in an enhanced services facility is required to complete continuing education training each year, how many hours of continuing education are required, and when must they be completed? | |
| 388-112A-0613 | When must continuing education be completed when public health emergency waivers are lifted, and what continuing education credit is granted to long-term care workers employed during the pandemic? | |
CPR AND FIRST-AID TRAINING | ||
| 388-112A-0700 | What is CPR training? | |
| 388-112A-0710 | What is CPR/first-aid training? | |
| 388-112A-0720 | What are the CPR and first-aid training requirements? | |
RESIDENTIAL CARE ADMINISTRATOR TRAINING | ||
| 388-112A-0800 | What is residential care administrator training? | |
| 388-112A-0810 | Who must take the adult family home administrator training? | |
| 388-112A-0820 | What knowledge and skills must adult family home administrator training include? | |
| 388-112A-0830 | Is competency testing required for adult family home administrator training? | |
COMPETENCY TESTING | ||
| 388-112A-0900 | What is competency testing? | |
| 388-112A-0910 | What components must competency testing include? | |
| 388-112A-0920 | Which trainings must include a DSHS developed competency test? | |
| 388-112A-0930 | How must competency test administration be standardized? | |
| 388-112A-0940 | What form of identification must students provide before they take a competency or challenge test? | |
| 388-112A-0950 | How many times may a competency or challenge test be taken? | |
CURRICULUM APPROVAL | ||
| 388-112A-1000 | Which trainings require department approval of the curriculum and instructor? | |
| 388-112A-1010 | What is the curriculum approval process for orientation, safety training, basic training, population specific training, specialty training, residential care administrator training, and continuing education? | |
| 388-112A-1020 | What must be submitted to DSHS for curriculum approval? | |
HOME-BASED TRAINING | ||
| 388-112A-1100 | What are the requirements for an assisted living facility, enhanced services facility, or adult family home to conduct orientation, safety, basic, on-the-job, continuing education, or specialty training? | |
| 388-112A-1110 | When may DSHS prohibit a home from conducting its own training? | |
INSTRUCTOR APPROVAL | ||
| 388-112A-1200 | What are the training entity's responsibilities? | |
| 388-112A-1210 | Must training entities and their instructors be approved by DSHS? | |
| 388-112A-1220 | May DSHS deny or terminate a contract or rescind approval of an instructor or training entity? | |
| 388-112A-1230 | What is a guest speaker and what are the minimum qualifications to be a guest speaker? | |
| 388-112A-1240 | What are the minimum qualifications for an instructor for core basic, population specific, on-the-job, residential care administrator, nurse delegation core, and specialized diabetes trainings? | |
| 388-112A-1245 | What are the requirements and minimum qualifications for high school instructors and programs that offer core basic, population specific, nurse delegation, and specialty trainings? | |
| 388-112A-1250 | What are the minimum qualifications for community instructors for adult education training using DSHS curriculum? | |
| 388-112A-1260 | What are the minimum qualifications for an instructor for orientation, safety training, and continuing education? | |
| 388-112A-1270 | What are the minimum qualifications for community instructors for mental health specialty training? | |
| 388-112A-1280 | What are the minimum qualifications for facility training program instructors for mental health specialty training? | |
| 388-112A-1285 | What are the minimum qualifications for community instructors for dementia specialty training? | |
| 388-112A-1290 | What are the minimum qualifications for facility training program instructors for dementia specialty training? | |
| 388-112A-1292 | What are the minimum qualifications for community instructors to teach expanded specialty trainings? | |
| 388-112A-1294 | What are the minimum qualifications for facility training program instructors to teach expanded specialty trainings? | |
| 388-112A-1295 | What are the minimum qualifications for instructors for developmental disabilities specialty training? | |
| 388-112A-1297 | What must be included in an adult education class and which instructors must complete it? | |
PHYSICAL RESOURCES AND STANDARD PRACTICES FOR TRAINING | ||
| 388-112A-1300 | What physical resources are required for classroom training and testing? | |
| 388-112A-1310 | What standard training practices must be maintained for classroom training and testing? | |
| 388-112A-0240 | What documentation is required for facility orientation training? [Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.009, 74.39A.070, 74.39A.074, 74.39A.351, 74.39A.341, 18.20.270, 18.88B.021, 18.88B.035, 70.128.230, 71A.12.030. WSR 17-22-036, § 388-112A-0240, filed 10/24/17, effective 11/24/17.] Repealed by WSR 23-01-022, filed 12/9/22, effective 1/9/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.270, 70.128.230, 74.08.090, 74.39A.070, and 74.39A.074. |
| 388-112A-0350 | What documentation is required to show completion of the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training and five hour orientation and safety training? [Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.009, 74.39A.070, 74.39A.074, 74.39A.351, 74.39A.341, 18.20.270, 18.88B.021, 18.88B.035, 70.128.230, 71A.12.030. WSR 17-22-036, § 388-112A-0350, filed 10/24/17, effective 11/24/17.] Repealed by WSR 23-01-022, filed 12/9/22, effective 1/9/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.270, 70.128.230, 74.08.090, 74.39A.070, and 74.39A.074. |
| 388-112A-0480 | What documentation is required for successful completion of specialty training? [Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.009, 74.39A.070, 74.39A.074, 74.39A.351, 74.39A.341, 18.20.270, 18.88B.021, 18.88B.035, 70.128.230, 71A.12.030. WSR 17-22-036, § 388-112A-0480, filed 10/24/17, effective 11/24/17.] Repealed by WSR 23-01-022, filed 12/9/22, effective 1/9/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.270, 70.128.230, 74.08.090, 74.39A.070, and 74.39A.074. |
| 388-112A-0530 | Is there a challenge test for nurse delegation core training? [Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.009, 74.39A.070, 74.39A.074, 74.39A.351, 74.39A.341, 18.20.270, 18.88B.021, 18.88B.035, 70.128.230, 71A.12.030. WSR 17-22-036, § 388-112A-0530, filed 10/24/17, effective 11/24/17.] Repealed by WSR 23-01-022, filed 12/9/22, effective 1/9/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.270, 70.128.230, 74.08.090, 74.39A.070, and 74.39A.074. |
| 388-112A-0540 | What documentation is required for successful completion of nurse delegation core training? [Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.009, 74.39A.070, 74.39A.074, 74.39A.351, 74.39A.341, 18.20.270, 18.88B.021, 18.88B.035, 70.128.230, 71A.12.030. WSR 17-22-036, § 388-112A-0540, filed 10/24/17, effective 11/24/17.] Repealed by WSR 23-01-022, filed 12/9/22, effective 1/9/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.270, 70.128.230, 74.08.090, 74.39A.070, and 74.39A.074. |
| 388-112A-0585 | What documentation is required for successful completion of specialized diabetes nurse delegation training? [Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.009, 74.39A.070, 74.39A.074, 74.39A.351, 74.39A.341, 18.20.270, 18.88B.021, 18.88B.035, 70.128.230, 71A.12.030. WSR 17-22-036, § 388-112A-0585, filed 10/24/17, effective 11/24/17.] Repealed by WSR 23-01-022, filed 12/9/22, effective 1/9/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.270, 70.128.230, 74.08.090, 74.39A.070, and 74.39A.074. |
| 388-112A-0620 | What are the documentation requirements for continuing education? [Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.009, 74.39A.070, 74.39A.074, 74.39A.351, 74.39A.341, 18.20.270, 18.88B.021, 18.88B.035, 70.128.230, 71A.12.030. WSR 17-22-036, § 388-112A-0620, filed 10/24/17, effective 11/24/17.] Repealed by WSR 23-01-022, filed 12/9/22, effective 1/9/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.270, 70.128.230, 74.08.090, 74.39A.070, and 74.39A.074. |
| 388-112A-0840 | What documentation is required for adult family home administrator training? [Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.009, 74.39A.070, 74.39A.074, 74.39A.351, 74.39A.341, 18.20.270, 18.88B.021, 18.88B.035, 70.128.230, 71A.12.030. WSR 17-22-036, § 388-112A-0840, filed 10/24/17, effective 11/24/17.] Repealed by WSR 23-01-022, filed 12/9/22, effective 1/9/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.270, 70.128.230, 74.08.090, 74.39A.070, and 74.39A.074. |