Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-112A - Residential long-term care services training › DEFINITIONS, PURPOSE, AND APPLICABILITY › Section 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?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The
				  following chart provides a summary of the training and certification
				  requirements for a volunteer, a long-term care worker and an adult family home
				  provider in an adult family home:
Who
Status
Facility Orientation
Safety/ orientation training
Seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training
Specialty training
Continuing education (CE)
Required credential
(a) Adult family home resident manager, or long-term
							 care worker in adult family home.
(i) An ARNP, RN, LPN, NA-C, HCA, NA-C student or other
							 professionals listed in WAC
							 388-112A-0090.
Required per WAC
							 388-112A-0200(1).
Not required.
Not required.
Required per WAC
							 388-112A-0400.
Not required of ARNPs, RNs, or LPNs in chapter
							 388-112A WAC. Required twelve hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0610
							 for NA-Cs, HCAs and other professionals listed in WAC
							 388-112A-0090,
							 such as an individual with special education training with an endorsement
							 granted by the superintendent of public instruction under
							 RCW
							 28A.300.010.
Must maintain in good standing the certification or
							 credential or other professional role listed in WAC
							 388-112A-0090.
(ii) A long-term care worker employed on January 6,
							 2012, or was previously employed sometime between January 1, 2011, and January
							 6, 2012, and has completed the basic training requirements in effect on the
							 date of hire. WAC
							 388-112A-0090.
Required per WAC
							 388-112A-0200(1).
Not required.
Not required.
Required per WAC
							 388-112A-0400.
Required twelve hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0610.
Not required.
(iii) Employed in an adult family home and does not
							 meet the criteria in subsection (1)(a) or (b) of this section. Meets definition
							 of long-term care worker in WAC
							 388-112A-0010.
Not required.
Required. Five hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0200(2)
							 and
							 388-112A-0220.
Required. Seventy-hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0300
							 and
							 388-112A-0340.
Required per WAC
							 388-112-0400.
Required. Twelve hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0610.
Home care aide certification required per WAC
							 388-112A-0105
							 within two hundred days of the date of hire as provided in WAC
							 246-980-050
							 (unless the department of health issues a provisional certification under WAC
							 246-980-065
							 ).
(b) Adult family home provider or entity
							 representative.
A person who has an adult family home license and does
							 not meet the criteria in subsection (1)(a)(i), (ii), or (iii) of this section.
							 This requirement applies to an entity representative of a licensed entity. WA C
							 ( 388-76-10000.
Not required.
Completed prior to licensing.
Completed prior to licensing.
Completed prior to licensing.
Required. Twelve hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0610.
Home care aide certification completed prior to
							 licensing.
(c) Volunteer staff in adult family home.
An unpaid person.
Required per WAC
							 388-112A-0200(1).
Not required.
Not required.
Not required.
Not required.
Not required.
(2) The following chart provides a summary of
				  the training and certification requirements for an adult family home applicant
				  prior to licensure and an adult family home entity representative and resident
				  manager prior to assuming the duties of the position:
Who
Status
Orientation and safety training
Seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training
Specialty training
Continuing education (CE)
Required credential
(a) Adult family home applicant.
(i) An RN, LPN, ARNP, NA-C, HCA, NA-C student and
							 other professionals as listed in WAC
							 388-112A-0090.
Not required.
Not required.
Required per WAC
							 388-112A-0400.
Not required of ARNPs, RNs, or LPNs in chapter
							 388-112A WAC. Required twelve hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0610
							 for NA-Cs, HCAs and other professionals listed in WAC
							 388-112A-0090,
							 such as an individual with special education training with an endorsement
							 granted by the superintendent of public instruction under
							 RCW
							 28A.300.010.
Must maintain in good standing the certification or
							 credential or other professional role listed in WAC
							 388-112A-0090.
(ii) A long-term care worker employed on January 6,
							 2012, or was previously employed sometime between January 1, 2011, and January
							 6, 2012, and has completed the basic training requirements in effect on the
							 date of hire, WAC
							 388-112A-0090.
Not required.
Not required.
Required per WAC
							 388-112A-0400.
Required twelve hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0610.
Not required.
(iii) Seeking a license to operate an adult family
							 home and is not exempt under subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) of this section. WAC
							 388-112A-0030.
Required. Five hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0220.
Required. Seventy-hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0300
							 and
							 388-112A-0340.
Required per WAC
							 388-112A-0400.
Required twelve hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0610.
Home care aide certification required per WAC
							 388-112A-0105.
(b) Adult family home entity representative and
							 resident manager.
Employed or designated by the provider to manage an
							 adult family home and is not exempt under subsection (2)(a)(i) or (ii) of this
							 section. WAC
							 388-112A-0030.
Required. Five hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0220.
Required. Seventy-hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0300
							 and
							 388-112A-0340.
Required per WAC
							 388-112A-0400.
Required. Twelve hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0610.
Home care aid certification required per WAC
							 388-112A-0105.
(3) The remainder of this chapter describes
				  the training and certification requirements in more detail.
(4) The following training requirements are
				  not listed in the charts in subsections (1) and (2) of this section but are
				  required under this chapter:
(a) First aid
				  and CPR under WAC
				  388-112A-0720;
(b) Nurse delegation under WAC
				  388-112A-0500
				  and
				  388-112A-0560;
				  and
(c) Adult family home (AFH)
				  administrator training under WAC
				  388-112A-0810.