Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-115 - Consumer directed employer › Section 388-115-0523 - What are the training and certification requirements for individual providers?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following chart provides a summary of the training and
				  certification requirements for individual providers. 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 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, NA-C, 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 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 worker's 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.
Hired by 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 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 300 hours or less in
								any calendar year.
(a) An individual providing respite care and works
								no more than 300 hours in the calendar year, is not exempt in subsection (1) or
								(2) of this section, and does not meet criteria in subsection (7) of this
								section.
(b) An 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 provider'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 individual'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 individual's biological, step, or
								adoptive child under WAC
								388-71-1001.
Not required.
(8) An individual provider caring only for the
								individual 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
								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.