WSR 25-17-082
EXPEDITED RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
(Home and Community Living Administration))
((Home and Community Services)
[Filed August 19, 2025, 3:29 p.m.]
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: The department of social and health services (DSHS) is planning to amend WAC 388-112A-1292 What are the minimum qualifications for community instructors to teach expanded specialty trainings?
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The purpose of this rule making is housekeeping to correct an error in a WAC reference in WAC 388-112A-1292. Two numbers were reversed in a WAC citation that incorrectly referenced a nonexistent WAC. The transpose of numbers needs to be corrected.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Due to a transposition error, two numbers were reversed in a WAC citation, causing the current language in WAC 388-112A-1292 to reference a nonexistent WAC 388-112A-1420. The correct reference should have been to WAC 388-112A-1240.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: DSHS, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting, Implementation, and Enforcement: Brad McFadden, P.O. Box 45600, Olympia, WA 98504-5600, 360-725-2563.
This notice meets the following criteria to use the expedited adoption process for these rules:
Corrects typographical errors, makes address or name changes, or clarifies language of a rule without changing its effect.
Explanation of the Reason the Agency Believes the Expedited Rule-Making Process is Appropriate: Corrects typographical errors on the WAC numbers that were invertedly mixed, refers to the correct WAC citation.
NOTICE
THIS RULE IS BEING PROPOSED UNDER AN EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THE AGENCY TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, PREPARE A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT, OR PROVIDE RESPONSES TO THE CRITERIA FOR A SIGNIFICANT LEGISLATIVE RULE. IF YOU OBJECT TO THIS USE OF THE EXPEDITED RULE-MAKING PROCESS, YOU MUST EXPRESS YOUR OBJECTIONS IN WRITING AND THEY MUST BE SENT TO Rules Coordinator, P.O. Box 45850, Olympia, WA 98504, email DSHSRPAURulesCoordinator@dshs.wa.gov, BEGINNING noon on August 20, 2025, AND RECEIVED BY 5:00 p.m. on October 21, 2025.
August 19, 2025
Katherine I. Vasquez
Rules Coordinator
SHS-5102.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 23-01-022, filed 12/9/22, effective 1/9/23)
WAC 388-112A-1292What are the minimum qualifications for community instructors to teach expanded specialty trainings?
(1) The minimum qualifications for community instructors to teach an expanded specialty training, in addition to the general qualifications in WAC ((388-112A-1420))388-112A-1240 (1) and (2), include:
(a) The instructor must be experienced in caregiving practices related to the expanded specialty topic and capable of demonstrating competency in the entire course content;
(b) Education:
(i) Bachelor's degree, registered nurse, paramedic, emergency medical technician (EMT), mental health specialist, or a specialist with nationally recognized credentials in the expanded specialty topic with at least 80 hours of education in seminars, conferences, continuing education, or accredited college classes, in subjects directly related to expanded specialty topics; and
(ii) Successful completion of the expanded specialty training class before the instructor trains others;
(c) Work experience: Two years full-time equivalent direct work or volunteer experience with people in the specialty topic population; and
(d) Teaching experience:
(i) 200 hours experience teaching;
(ii) Successful completion of an adult education class that meets the requirements of WAC 388-112A-1297;
(iii) Successful completion of the DSHS instructor qualification/demonstration process; and
(iv) The instructor has been approved and contracted by the department as a community instructor;
(e) Instructors who will administer tests must have experience or training in assessment and competency testing; and
(2) Five years of full-time equivalent direct work experience with people in the specialty topic population may substitute for either:
(a) The credential or degree described in subsection (1)(b)(i) of this section; or
(b) The 80 hours in seminars, conferences, or continuing education described in subsection (1)(b)(i) of this section.