Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-71 - Home and community services and programs › INDIVIDUAL PROVIDER AND HOME CARE AGENCY PROVIDER QUALIFICATIONS › Section 388-71-0523 - What are the training and certification requirements for individual providers and home care agency long-term care workers?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following chart provides a summary of the training and
					 certification requirements for individual providers and home care agency
					 long-term care workers. This includes criteria for those providers working
					 limited hours for one person, caring only for one's child, parent, sibling,
					 aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, grandparent, or grandchild, providing
					 respite services, or providing approved services only for a spouse or
					 registered domestic partner and funded through the United States department of
					 veterans' affairs home and community-based programs:
Who
Status
Orientation
								  training
Safety training
Basic training
Continuing
								  education
Required credential
(1) An individual provider or home care agency
								  long-term care worker who is a licensed, certified health care professional in
								  good standing through the Washington state department of health, or an
								  individual provider or home care agency long-term care worker with special
								  education training who meets the criteria in
								  RCW
								  18.88B.041
								  (1)(a)(i)(A).
ARNP, RN, LPN, HCA, CN-A, or other professionals
								  listed in WAC
								  388-71-0839.
Not required.
Not required.
Not required.
Not required of ARNPs, RNs, or LPNs in chapter
								  388-71 WAC. Required 12 hours under WAC
								  388-71-0990 and
								  388-71-0991 of NA-Cs, HCAs, and
								  other professionals listed in WAC
								  388-71-0839, such as an
								  individual with special education training with an endorsement granted by the
								  superintendent of public instruction under
								  RCW
								  28A.300.010. For NA-C and those with special
								  education training 12 hours is required for each year worked in longterm
								  care.
Required under chapter 246-980 WAC.
(2) An individual provider or home care agency
								  long-term care worker with specific employment history.
A long-term care worker employed at some point
								  between January 1, 2011, and January 6, 2012, and has completed the basic
								  training requirements in effect on the date of hire. WAC
								  388-71-0839.
Not required.
Not required.
Not required.
12 hours is required for each year worked in
								  longterm care under WAC
								  388-71-0990 and
								  388-71-0991.
Not required.
(3) An individual provider or home care agency
								  long-term care worker.
Hired by a licensed home care agency or the
								  consumer directed employer to provide personal care service as defined in WAC
								  388-71-0836 and is not exempt
								  under subsection (1) or (2) of this section.
Required. Two hours under WAC
								  388-71-0860.
Required. Three hours under WAC
								  388-71-0860.
Required. 70 hours under WAC
								  388-71-0870 and
								  388-71-0875.
Required. 12 hours under WAC
								  388-71-0990 and
								  388-71-0991.
Required under chapter 246-980 WAC.
(4) An individual provider who works limited
								  hours for one person.
An individual provider employed by the consumer
								  directed employer providing 20 hours or less of nonrespite care for one person
								  per calendar month and does not meet the criteria in subsection (1) or (2) of
								  this section.
Required. Two hours under WAC
								  388-71-0860.
Required. Three hours under WAC
								  388-71-0860.
Required. 30 hours under WAC
								  388-71-0880.
Not required.
Not required.
(5) An individual who provides respite services
								  and works 300 hours or less in any calendar year.
(a) An individual providing (6) of this
								  section.
(b) Individual providing respite services for
								  individuals with developmental disabilities that receive services under Title
								  71A RCW and for individuals that receive services under chapter 74.39A, that is
								  working 300 hours or less in any calendar year, and that is not exempt in
								  subsection (1) or (2) of this section.
Required. Two hours under WAC
								  388-71-0860.
Required. Three hours under WAC
								  388-71-0860.
Required. Nine hours under WAC
								  388-71-0890.
Not required.
Not required.
(6) An individual provider caring only for the
								  provider's biological, step, or adoptive adult child.
An individual providing care only for the
								  provider's adult child
that receives services through the developmental
								  disabilities
administration and not exempt under subsection (1) or (2)
								  of this section.
Required. Two hours per WAC
								  388-71-0895.
Required. Three hours under WAC
								  388-71-0895.
Required. Seven hours under WAC
								  388-71-0890.
Not required.
Not required.
(7) An individual provider caring only for the
								  provider's biological, step, or adoptive child, or parent.
An individual providing care
only
to
								  the individual's child or parent, who is not exempt in subsection (1) or (2) of
								  this section, and does not meet criteria in subsection (6) of this
								  section.
Required. Two hours under WAC
								  388-71-0860.
Required. Three hours under WAC
								  388-71-0860.
Required. 30 hours under WAC
								  388-71-0880.
12 hours is required for each year worked in
								  long-term care for an individual provider caring only for the provider's
								  biological, step, or adoptive parent under WAC
								  388-71-0990 and
								  388-71-0991. Not required for an
								  individual provider caring only for the provider's biological, step, or
								  adoptive child under WAC
								  388-71-1001.
Not required.
(8) An individual provider caring only for the
								  provider's sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, grandparent, or
								  grandchild, including when related by marriage or domestic
								  partnership.
An individual providing care only for the
								  individual provider's sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, grandparent,
								  or grandchild, including when related by marriage or domestic partnership, who
								  is not exempt in subsection (1) or (2) of this section, and does not meet the
								  criteria in subsection (6) of this section.
Required. Two hours under WAC
								  388-71-0860.
Required. Three hours under WAC
								  388-71-0860.
Required. 30 hours under WAC
								  388-71-0880.
Not required.
Not required.
(9) A long-term care worker providing approved
								  services only for a spouse or registered domestic partner and funded through
								  the United States department of veterans' affairs home and community-based
								  programs.
A long-term care worker providing approved
								  services only for a spouse or registered domestic partner and funded through
								  the United States department of veterans' affairs home and communitybased
								  programs who is not exempt in subsection (1) or (2) of this
								  section.
Required. Two hours under WAC
								  388-71-0860.
Required. Three hours under WAC
								  388-71-0860.
Required. 30 hours under WAC
								  388-71-0880.
12 hours is required for each year worked in
								  longterm care under WAC
								  388-71-0990 and
								  388-71-0991.
Not required.
Reviser's note:
RCW
						34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and
						deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published
						above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use
						of these markings.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090,
						74.09.520. 13-02-023, §
						388-71-0523, filed 12/20/12, effective
						1/20/13.