WSR 22-10-053
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Aging and Long-Term Support Administration)
[Filed April 29, 2022, 5:17 p.m., effective May 30, 2022]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The department is amending WAC 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? to rephrase subsection (1)(f). The change adds clarity, does not alter the intent or context of the rule, and will not affect any existing rule.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 388-112A-1245.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 21-21-071 on October 18, 2021.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: April 29, 2022.
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
SHS-4894.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 21-18-062, filed 8/26/21, effective 9/26/21)
WAC 388-112A-1245What are the requirements and minimum qualifications for high school instructors and programs that offer core basic, population specific, nurse delegation, and specialty trainings?
(1) A high school instructor teaching core basic, population specific, nurse delegation core, nurse delegation special focus on diabetes, specialty and expanded specialty trainings must meet the following minimum qualifications:
(a) Be at least twenty-one years of age;
(b) Not have had a professional, adult family home, assisted living facility, or social services license or certification revoked in Washington state;
(c) Meet the following education and work experience requirements upon initial approval or hire:
(i) Have a valid teaching credential with a related endorsement such as career and technical education, science, health, or special education; and
(A) Have caregiving experience within the last five years in a school, community-based, or home setting; or
(B) Be a registered nurse with direct care experience within the last five years; or
(C) Be certificated under the vocational code V511614; or
(D) Have successfully completed core basic training taught by a DSHS approved instructor; or
(E) Have taught forty hours of basic training while being mentored by an instructor who is approved to teach basic training;
(d) Have at least 100 hours teaching experience;
(e) Be knowledgeable in caregiving practices and demonstrate competency for teaching the course content or units being taught; and
(f) Have successfully completed ((any))a specialty or expanded specialty training ((classes))class before providing training in that curriculum to others;
(2) In addition to requirements under subsection (1) of this section, an instructor for nurse delegation core or diabetes must have a current Washington registered nurse (RN) license in good standing without practice restrictions.
(3) A high school home care aide training program must be approved and contracted by the department as a community instructor program.