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-0070 - What are the training and certification requirements for applicants, administrators or their designees, volunteers, and long-term care workers in enhanced services facilities?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The
				  following chart provides a summary of the training and certification
				  requirements for an applicant, an administrator or designee, a volunteer, and a
				  long-term care worker in an enhanced services facility:
Who
Status
Facility orientation
Safety/ orientation training
Seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training
Specialty training
Continuing education (CE)
Quarterly in-service education
Required credential
(a) Enhanced services facility (ESF) applicant,
							 administrator or their designee, or long-term care worker in ESF.
(i) An ARNP, RN, LPN, NA-C, HCA, NA-C student or other
							 professionals listed in WAC
							 388-112A-0090.
Required by WAC
							 388-112A-0200(1).
Not required.
Not required.
Per WAC
							 388-107-0650
							 for applicants required prior to facility licensing and for administrators and
							 long-term care workers prior to providing client services.
Not required of ARNPs, RNs, or LPNs in chapter
							 388-112A WAC. Required twelve hours per WAC 388-112A-0612 for NA-Cs, HCAs, and
							 other professionals listed in WAC
							 388-112A-0090,
							 such as individuals with special education training with an endorsement granted
							 by the superintendent of public instruction under
							 RCW
							 28A.300.010. Per WAC
							 388-107-0670,
							 ten hours must be in subject appropriate for residents served in the facility.
Required of employees per WAC
							 388-107-0680.
Must maintain in good standing the certification or
							 credential or other professional role listed in WAC
							 388-112A-0090.
(ii) Enhanced services facility (ESF) applicant that
							 does not meet the criteria in subsection (1)(a)(i) of this section.
Not required.
Required. Five hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0200(2)
							 and
							 388-112A-0340.
Required. Seventy-hours per WAC
							 388-112A-0300
							 and
							 388-112A-0340.
Per WAC
							 388-107-0650
							 for applicants required prior to facility licensing.
Required. Twelve hours per WA C ( 388-112A-0612. Per
							 WAC
							 388-107-0660
							 and
							 388-107-0670,
							 ten hours must be in subjects appropriate for residents served in the facility.
Required of employees per WAC
							 388-107-0680.
Home care aide certification required per WAC
							 388-112A-0105
							 within two hundred days of the date of hire as provided in WAC
							 388-107-0630(6)(b).
(iii) A long-term care worker who was 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
							 and prior to providing client services per WAC
							 388-107-0650.
Required. Twelve hours per WA C ( 388-112A-0612. Per
							 WAC
							 388-107-0660
							 and
							 388-107-0670,
							 ten hours must be in subjects appropriate for residents served in the facility.
Required of employees per WAC
							 388-107-0680.
Not required.
(iv) Employed in an enhanced services facility and
							 does not meet the criteria in subsection (1)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) 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
							 388-112A-0400
							 and prior to providing client services per WAC
							 388-107-0650.
Required. Twelve hours per WA C ( 388-112A-0612. Per
							 WAC
							 388-107-0660
							 and
							 388-107-0670,
							 ten hours must be in subjects appropriate for residents served in the facility.
Required of employees per WAC
							 388-107-0680.
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) Volunteer staff in adult family home or assisted
							 living facility.
An unpaid person.
Required per WAC
							 388-112A-0200(1).
Not required.
Not required.
Not required.
Not required.
Not required.
Not required.
(2) The remainder of this chapter and chapter
				  388-107 WAC describes the training and certification requirements in more
				  detail.
(3) The following training
				  requirements are not listed in the chart in subsection (1) of this section but
				  are required under this chapter:
(a) First
				  aid and CPR under WAC
				  388-112A-0720;
				  and
(b) Enhanced services facility
				  (ESF) administrator training under WAC
				  388-112A-0800.