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-0060 - What are the training and certification requirements for volunteers and long-term care workers in assisted living facilities and assisted living facility administrators?

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, an administrator or designee, and a long-term
				  care worker in an assisted living facility:
Who
Status
Facility orientation
Safety/ orientation training
Seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training
Specialty training
Continuing education (CE)
Required credential
(a) Long-term care worker in assisted living facility.
(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-0611 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-0611.
Not required.
(iii) Employed in an assisted living facility and does
							 not meet the criteria in subsection (1)(a) or (b) of this section. Meets the
							 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
							 388-112A-0400.
Required. Twelve hours per WAC 388-112A-0611.
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) Assisted living facility administrator or
							 administrator designee.
A qualified assisted living facility administrator or
							 administrator des-ignee who does not meet the criteria in subsection (1)(a)(i),
							 (ii), or (iii) of this section.
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
							 388-112A-0400.
Required. Twelve hours per WAC 388-112A-0611.
Home care aide certification required per WAC
							 388-112A-0105.
(c) Volunteer staff in assisted living facility.
An unpaid person.
Required per WAC
							 388-112A-0200(1).
Not required.
Not required.
Not required.
Not required.
Not required.
(2) The remainder of this chapter describes
				  the training and certification requirements in more detail.
(3) The following training requirements are
				  not listed in the charts in subsection (1) 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;
(c) Assisted living facility (ALF)
				  administrator training under WAC
				  388-78A-2521.