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Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10561 - Resident rights-Resident security deposit account

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(1) Funds in excess of one hundred dollars
				  that are paid to an adult family home as a security deposit or as prepayment
				  for charges beyond the first month's residency must be deposited by the adult
				  family home in an interest bearing account that is separate from any of the
				  home's operating accounts and that credits all interest earned on the
				  resident's funds to that account.
(2) The adult family home must:
(a) Provide a record of the account when
				  requested by the resident, the resident's representative, or the
				  department;
(b) Ensure the
				  resident's funds are not mixed with the home's funds or with the funds of any
				  person other than another resident. If an account pools resident funds, there
				  must be a separate accounting for each resident's share;
(c) Ensure that the account(s) are held, and
				  remain until a resident refund occurs, in a financial institution as defined in
				  RCW 30A.22.-040; and
(d) Notify the
				  resident in writing of the name, address, and location of the
				  depository.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10565 - Resident rights - Adult family home system for management of resident financial affairs

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10565, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10570 - Resident rights - Financial affairs related to resident death

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If a resident's personal funds are deposited with the adult
					 family home, the home must give the resident's funds and a final accounting of
					 the funds within thirty days after the resident's death to the individual or
					 probate jurisdiction administering the resident's estate; except for a resident
					 who received long-term care services paid by the state, the home must send
					 funds and accounting to the state of Washington, department of social and
					 health services, office of financial recovery.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.128 RCW. 12-01-004,
						§ 388-76-10570, filed 12/7/11, effective 1/7/12. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10570, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10575 - Resident rights - Privacy

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(1) The
				  adult family home must ensure the right of each resident to personal privacy
				  that includes:
(a) The home;
(b) Medical treatment;
(c) Clinical or resident records;
(d) Personal care; and
(e) Visits and meetings of family and
				  resident groups; however
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10580 - Resident rights - Grievances

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The adult family home must:
(1) Ensure each resident's right to voice
				  grievances, including those about care and treatment given or not given that
				  has been furnished as well as that which has not been furnished; and
(2) Make prompt efforts to resolve grievances
				  the resident may have, including those about the behavior of other
				  residents.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10580, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10584 - Resident rights - Examination of license

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The adult family home must place its license to operate and
					 any conditions on the license, in a visible location in a common use area where
					 it can be examined by residents, resident representatives, the department and
					 anyone interested without having to ask for them.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040. 10-14-058, § 388-76-10584,
						filed 6/30/10, effective 7/31/10.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10585 - Resident rights-Examination of inspection results

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(1) The adult family home must place a copy
				  of the following documents in a common use area where they can be easily viewed
				  by residents, resident representatives, the department, and anyone interested
				  without having to ask for them:
(a) The most
				  recent inspection report, any related follow-up reports, and related cover
				  letters; and
(b) All complaint
				  investigation reports, any related follow-up reports, and any related cover
				  letters received since the most recent inspection or within the last twelve
				  months, whichever is longer.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10590 - Resident rights - Contact with client advocates

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The adult family home must ensure that each
					 resident:
(1) Receives information
				  from client advocate agencies; and
(2) Has opportunities to contact client
				  advocate agencies.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10590, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10595 - Resident rights-Advocacy access and visitation rights

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The adult family home must not interfere with each
					 resident's right to have access to and from:
(1) Any representative of the
				  state;
(2) The resident's own
				  physician;
(3) The state long-term
				  care ombuds programs;
(4) The
				  agency responsible for the protection and advocacy system for one or more of
				  the following:
(a) Individuals with
				  developmental disabilities as established under Part C of the Developmental
				  Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act;
(b) Individuals with mental illness as
				  established under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental
				  Illness Act;
(c) Individuals with
				  disabilities as established under section 509 of the Rehabilitation Act of
				  1973, as amended, who are not served under the mandates of existing protection
				  and advocacy systems created under federal law;
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10600 - Resident rights-Mail and telephone privacy

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The adult family home must ensure each resident's right to
					 privacy in communications, including the right to:
(1) Send and receive unopened mail without
				  delay;
(2) Have writing paper,
				  postage, and pens or pencils available that have been paid for by the resident;
				  and
(3) Have twenty-four hour per
				  day access to a telephone to make and receive confidential calls.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10600, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10605 - Resident rights-Personal property and storage space

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The adult family home must ensure each resident's right to
					 keep and use personal possessions, including furnishings, and appropriate
					 clothing, as space permits, unless to do so would infringe upon the rights or
					 health and safety of other residents.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10605, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10610 - Resident rights - Waiver of liability

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The adult family home must not ask the resident for, or
					 make the resident sign waivers of:
(1)
				  Potential liability for losses of personal property or injury; and
(2) Residents' rights set forth in chapters
				  70.128, 70.129,
				  74.34 RCW, this chapter or in the
				  applicable licensing laws.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10610, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10615 - Resident rights-Transfer and discharge

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(1) The adult family home must allow each
				  resident to stay in the home and not transfer or discharge the resident unless:
(a) The transfer or discharge is necessary
				  for the resident's welfare and the resident's needs cannot be met in the
				  home;
(b) The safety or health of
				  individuals in the home is or would otherwise be endangered;
(c) The resident has failed to make the
				  required payment for their stay; or
(d) The home ceases to operate.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › RESIDENT RIGHTS › Section 388-76-10616 - Resident rights-Transfer and discharge notice

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(1) Before a home transfers or discharges a
				  resident, the home must give the resident and the resident's representative a
				  written thirty day notification informing them of the transfer or discharge.
				  The home must also make a reasonable effort to notify, if known, any interested
				  family member. The written notification must be in a language and manner the
				  resident understands and include the following:
(a) The reason for transfer or
				  discharge;
(b) The effective date
				  of transfer or discharge;
(c) The
				  location where the resident is transferred or discharged if known at the time
				  of the thirty-day discharge notice;
(d) The name, address, and telephone number
				  of the state long-term care ombuds;
(e) For residents with developmental
				  disabilities, the mailing address and telephone number of the agency
				  responsible for the protection and advocacy of individuals with a developmental
				  disability; and
(f) For residents
				  with mental illness, the mailing address and telephone number of the agency
				  responsible for the protection and advocacy of individuals with mental
				  illness.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › QUALITY OF LIFE › Section 388-76-10620 - Resident rights-Quality of life-General

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(1) The adult family home must promote care
				  for residents in a manner and in an environment that maintains or enhances each
				  resident's dignity and respect in full recognition of his or her
				  individuality.
(2) The home may
				  design home rules that protect the rights and quality of life of residents.
				  Within these rules, the home must ensure the resident's right to:
(a) Choose activities, schedules, and health
				  care consistent with the resident's interests, assessments, and negotiated care
				  plan;
(b) Interact with members of
				  the community both inside and outside the home;
(c) Make choices about aspects of life in the
				  home that are significant to the resident;
(d) Wear the resident's own clothing and
				  decide their own dress, hair style, or other personal effects according to
				  individual preference;
(e) Unless
				  adjudged incompetent or otherwise found to be legally incapacitated to:
(i) Be informed in advance about recommended
				  care and services and of any recommended changes in the care and
				  services;
(ii) Participate in
				  planning care and treatment or changes in care and treatment;
(iii) Direct the resident's own service plan
				  and changes in the service plan, or
(iv) Refuse any particular service so long as
				  such refusal is documented in the record of the
				  resident.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › QUALITY OF LIFE › Section 388-76-10625 - Resident rights - Quality of life - Meetings

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The adult family home must ensure:
(1) A resident's right to:
(a) Organize and take part in resident groups
				  in the home;
(b) Have family meet
				  in the home with the families of other residents; and
(c) Have staff or visitors attend meetings at
				  the group's invitation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › QUALITY OF LIFE › Section 388-76-10630 - Resident rights - Quality of life - Adult family home response to issues

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When a resident or family group exists, the adult family
					 home must listen to the views and act upon the grievances and recommendations
					 of residents and families about proposed policy and operational decisions
					 affecting resident care and life in the home.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10630, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › QUALITY OF LIFE › Section 388-76-10635 - Resident rights - Quality of life - Work

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The adult family home must respect the resident's right to
					 refuse to perform services for the home except as voluntarily agreed to by the
					 resident and the home and documented in the resident's negotiated care
					 plan.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10635, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › QUALITY OF LIFE › Section 388-76-10640 - Resident rights - Quality of life - Resident participation

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The adult family home must ensure each resident's right to
					 join in social, religious, and community activities that do not interfere with
					 the rights of other residents in the home.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10640, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › QUALITY OF LIFE › Section 388-76-10645 - Resident rights - Quality of life - Reasonable accommodation

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The adult family home must ensure each resident:
(1) Receives reasonable accommodation to meet
				  the needs and preferences of the resident, except when the reasonable
				  accommodation endangers the health or safety of the individual or other
				  residents; and
(2) Has the ability
				  to share a double room with his or her spouse or domestic partner when both
				  spouses or domestic partners consent to the arrangement.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040. 09-03-030, § 388-76-10645,
						filed 1/12/09, effective 2/12/09. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10645, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › MEDICAL DEVICES AND RESTRAINTS › Section 388-76-10650 - Medical devices

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(1) The adult
				  family home must not use a medical device with a known safety risk as a
				  restraint or for staff convenience.
(2) Before a medical device with a known
				  safety risk is used by a resident, the home must:
(a) Ensure an assessment has been completed
				  that identifies the resident's need and ability to safely use the medical
				  device;
(b) Provide the resident
				  and his or her family or legal representative with information about the
				  device's benefits and safety risks to enable them to make an informed decision
				  about whether to use the device;
(c) Ensure the resident's negotiated care
				  plan includes how the resident will use the medical device; and
(d) Ensure the medical device is properly
				  installed.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › MEDICAL DEVICES AND RESTRAINTS › Section 388-76-10655 - Physical and mechanical restraints

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The adult family home must ensure:
(1) Each resident's right to be free from
				  physical and mechanical restraints used for discipline or
				  convenience;
(2) Prior to the use
				  of physical or mechanical restraints, less restrictive alternatives have been
				  tried and documented in the resident's negotiated care plan;
(3) The physical or mechanical restraints
				  have been assessed as necessary to treat the resident's medical symptoms and
				  addressed on the resident's negotiated care plan; and
(4) If physical or mechanical restraints are
				  used to treat a resident's medical symptoms , the restraints are applied and
				  immediately supervised on-site by a:
(a)
				  Licensed registered nurse;
(b)
				  Licensed practical nurse; or
(c)
				  Licensed physician.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › MEDICAL DEVICES AND RESTRAINTS › Section 388-76-10660 - Chemical restraints

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(1) "Chemical
				  restraint(s)" cannot be used for discipline or convenience .
(2) Must only be used within the guidelines
				  as "chemical restraint" is defined.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10660, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › MEDICAL DEVICES AND RESTRAINTS › Section 388-76-10665 - Involuntary seclusion

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The adult family home must ensure a resident's right to be
					 free from involuntary seclusion or isolation of the resident against his or her
					 will.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10665, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › ABUSE › Section 388-76-10670 - Prevention of abuse

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The adult family home must:
(1) Meet the requirements of
				  chapter
				  74.34 RCW;
(2) Ensure each resident's right to be free
				  from abandonment, verbal, sexual, physical and mental abuse, exploitation,
				  financial exploitation, neglect, and involuntary seclusion;
(3) Protect each resident who is an alleged
				  victim of abandonment, verbal, sexual, physical and mental abuse, exploitation,
				  financial exploitation, neglect, and involuntary seclusion; and
(4) Prevent future potential abandonment,
				  verbal, sexual, physical and mental abuse, exploitation, financial
				  exploitation, neglect, and involuntary seclusion from occurring.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10670, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › ABUSE › Section 388-76-10673 - Abuse and neglect reporting - Mandated reporting to department - Required

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(1) In accordance
				  with chapter 74.34
				  RCW, all providers, entity representatives, resident managers, owners,
				  caregivers, staff, and students that provide care and services to residents,
				  are mandated reporters and must immediately report to the department when there
				  is:
(a) A reasonable cause to believe that
				  abandonment, abuse, exploitation, financial exploitation, or neglect of a
				  vulnerable adult has occurred; or
(b) A reason to suspect that sexual assault
				  of a vulnerable adult has occurred.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › ABUSE › Section 388-76-10675 - Adult family home rules and policies related to abuse - Required

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The adult family home must develop and implement written
					 rules and policies that:
(1) Do not
				  allow abandonment, abuse, neglect of any resident, exploitation or financial
				  exploitation of any resident;
(2)
				  Require staff to report possible abuse, and other related incidents, as
				  required in
				  chapter
				  74.34 RCW; and
(3) Do not interfere with the requirement
				  that employees and other mandated reporters file reports directly with the
				  department, and with law enforcement, if they suspect sexual or physical
				  assault to have occurred.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10675, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › ABUSE › Section 388-76-10680 - Staff behavior related to abuse

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The adult family home must ensure that staff do not
					 abandon, abuse, neglect, seclude, exploit, or financially exploit any
					 resident.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10680, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10685 - Bedrooms

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The adult family home must meet all of the following
					 requirements:
(1) Ensure each
				  resident's bedroom is an outside room that allows entrance of natural
				  light.
(2) Ensure window and door
				  screens:
(a) Do not hinder emergency escape;
				  and
(b) Prevent entrance of flies
				  and other insects.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10690 - Bedroom usable floor space - In adult family homes after the effective date of this chapter

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(1) For the
				  purposes of this section "vestibule" means a small room or hall between an
				  outer door and the main part of the resident bedroom.
(2) The adult family home must ensure each
				  resident bedroom has a minimum usable floor space as follows, excluding the
				  floor space for toilet rooms, closets, lockers, wardrobes and vestibules:
(a) Single occupancy bedrooms with at least
				  eighty square feet; and
(b) Double
				  occupancy bedrooms with at least one-hundred twenty square feet.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10695 - Building codes-Structural requirements

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(1) For single family dwellings used as an
				  adult family home after July 1, 2007, the home must ensure the building meets
				  the requirements of WAC
				  51-51-0330
				  if the building is:
(a) New; or
(b) An existing building converted for use as
				  an adult family home.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10700 - Building official - Inspection and approval

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The adult family home must have the building inspected and
					 approved for use as an adult family home by the local building official:
(1) Before licensing; and
(2) After any construction changes that:
(a) Affect resident's ability to exit the
				  home; or
(b) Change, add or modify
				  a resident's bedroom.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10705 - Common use areas

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(1) For the
				  purposes of this section, common use areas:
(a) Are areas and rooms of the adult family
				  home that residents use each day for tasks such as eating, visiting, and
				  leisure activities; and
(b) Include
				  but are not limited to dining and eating rooms, living and family rooms, and
				  any entertainment and recreation areas.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10710 - Construction and remodeling - Relocation of residents

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Before moving all residents out of the adult family home
					 for construction or remodeling, the home must:
(1) Notify the residents of the move date and
				  the resident's options consistent with chapter 70.129 RCW;
(2) Notify the department at least thirty
				  days before the anticipated move, including:
(a) The location to which the residents will
				  be moved;
(b) The home's plans for
				  providing and ensuring care and services during the relocation;
(c) The home's plans for returning residents
				  to the building; and
(d) The
				  projected time frame for completing the construction or remodeling.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10715 - Doors-Ability to open

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The adult family home must ensure:
(1) Every bedroom and bathroom door opens
				  from the inside and outside;
(2)
				  Every closet door opens from the inside and outside;
(3) At least one door leading to the outside
				  is designated as an emergency exit. In homes licensed after January 1, 2016,
				  this door must have a lever door handle on both sides and hardware that allows
				  residents to exit when the door is locked and immediately reenter without a
				  key, tool, or special knowledge or effort by residents;
(4) Other doors leading to the outside that
				  are not designated as an emergency exit must open without any special skills or
				  knowledge, and they must remain accessible to residents unless doing so poses a
				  risk to the health or safety of at least one resident; and
(5) All internal and external doors comply
				  with local jurisdictional requirements as well as the building code
				  requirements in chapter 51-51 WAC.
Reviser's note:
The typographical error in
						the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the
						Register pursuant to the requirements of
						RCW
						34.08.040.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10715, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10720 - Electronic monitoring equipment-Audio monitoring and video monitoring

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(1) Except as
				  provided in this section or in WAC
				  388-76-10725,
				  the adult family home must not use the following in the home or on the
				  premises:
(a) Audio monitoring equipment;
				  or
(b) Video monitoring equipment
				  if it includes an audio component.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10725 - Electronic monitoring equipment-Resident requested use

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(1) Audio or video monitoring equipment may
				  not be installed in an adult family home to monitor any resident sleeping area
				  unless the resident or the resident's representative has requested and consents
				  to the monitoring;
(2) Electronic
				  monitoring equipment must be installed in a manner that is safe for
				  residents;
(3) An adult family home
				  must not refuse to admit an individual, or discharge a resident, solely because
				  of a request to conduct authorized electronic monitoring;
(4) A resident may limit consent for use of
				  electronic monitoring devices in their bedrooms to specific times or
				  situations, pointing the camera in a particular direction, or prohibiting the
				  use of certain devices;
(5) The
				  release of audio or video monitoring recordings by the facility is prohibited,
				  except to authorized persons or as otherwise required by law;
(6) If the resident requests that the home
				  conduct audio or video monitoring of their sleeping area, before any electronic
				  monitoring occurs the home must ensure:
(a)
				  That the electronic monitoring does not violate chapter 9.73 RCW;
(b) The resident's roommate has provided
				  written consent to electronic monitoring, if the resident has a roommate; and
(c) The resident and the home have
				  agreed upon a specific duration for the electronic monitoring and the agreement
				  is documented in writing.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10730 - Grab bars and hand rails

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(1) Homes
				  licensed before November 1, 2016, must have at a minimum securely installed:
(a) Grab bars in bathing facilities such as
				  tubs and showers;
(b) Grab bars
				  next to toilets, if needed by any resident;
(c) Handrails on a step or steps if needed by
				  any resident; and
(d) Handrails on
				  ramps if needed by any resident.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10735 - Kitchen facilities

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(1) The adult
				  family home must ensure the kitchen facilities include adequate space for:
(a) Food handling;
(b) Preparation; and
(c) Food storage.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10740 - Lighting

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The adult family home must provide:
(1) Adequate light fixtures for each task a
				  resident or staff does; and
(2)
				  Emergency lighting, such as working flashlights for staff and residents that
				  are readily accessible.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10740, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10745 - Local codes and ordinances

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The adult family home must:
(1) Meet all applicable local licensing,
				  zoning, building and housing codes as they pertain to a single family
				  dwelling;
(2) Meet state and local
				  fire safety regulations as they pertain to a single family dwelling;
				  and
(3) Check with local
				  authorities to ensure the home meets all local codes and ordinances.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10745, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10750 - Safety and maintenance

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The adult family home must:
(1) Keep the home both internally and
				  externally in good repair and condition with a safe, comfortable, sanitary, and
				  homelike environment that is free of hazards;
(2) Ensure that there is existing outdoor
				  space that is safe and usable for residents;
(3) Provide clean, functioning, safe,
				  adequate household items and furnishings to meet the needs of each
				  resident;
(4) Ensure items and
				  furnishings brought into the home by the resident for their use are clean,
				  functioning, and safe;
(5) Provide
				  safe and functioning systems for:
(a)
				  Heating;
(b) Cooling, which may
				  include air circulating fans;
(c)
				  Hot and cold water;
(d)
				  Electricity;
(e)
				  Plumbing;
(f) Garbage
				  disposal;
(g) Sewage;
(h) Cooking;
(i) Laundry;
(j) Artificial and natural light;
(k) Ventilation; and
(l) Any other feature of the home;
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10755 - Sewage and liquid wastes

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The adult family home must ensure sewage and liquid wastes
					 are discharged into:
(1) A public
				  sewer system; or
(2) An independent
				  sewage system approved by the local health authority.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10755, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10760 - Site

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The adult family home must ensure the home:
(1) Is on a well drained site free from:
(a) Hazardous conditions;
(b) Excessive noise;
(c) Dust; and
(d) Smoke or odors.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10765 - Storage

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The adult family home must:
(1) Supply each resident with adequate and
				  reasonable storage space for:
(a)
				  Clothing;
(b) Personal possessions;
				  and
(c) Upon request, A lockable
				  container or storage space for small items, unless:
(i) The resident has a single occupancy room
				  with a lockable door; and
(ii) Only
				  the resident and appropriate staff have a key to the door.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10770 - Telephones

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The adult family home must:
(1) Have at least one working telephone in
				  the home that does not cost residents money to use; and
(2) Allow residents privacy and reasonable
				  access to the telephone to make and receive calls.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10770, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10775 - Temperature and ventilation

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The adult family home must:
(1) Ensure that the maximum and minimum
				  temperature of any room used by a resident is comfortable for the resident and
				  does not compromise the resident's health and safety.
(2) At a minimum, keep room temperature at:
(a) Sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit or more
				  during waking hours; and
(b) Sixty
				  degrees Fahrenheit or more during sleeping hours.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10780 - Toilets and bathing facilities

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(1)
				  All adult family homes must ensure the home has toilets and bathing facilities
				  that provide each resident with privacy and include at least:
(a) One indoor flush toilet for each five
				  persons including residents and household members in the home; and
(b) Sinks with hot and cold running
				  water.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10783 - Water hazards and bodies of water - Resident safety

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The adult family home must protect each resident:
(1) From risks associated with water hazards
				  or bodies of water of any depth at the home; and
(2) When accompanying or escorting the
				  resident at other locations where there are water hazards or bodies of water of
				  any depth.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040. 09-03-030, § 388-76-10783,
						filed 1/12/09, effective 2/12/09.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10784 - Water hazards-Fences, gates, and alarms

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For any adult family home licensed after July 1, 2007 or
					 any currently licensed adult family home that adds or modifies a new or
					 existing water hazard after July 1, 2007 must ensure:
(1) Pools, spas, and hot tubs are installed
				  according to the requirements of the International Residential Code (IRC) as
				  adopted by the Washington state building code council.
(2) Water hazards over twenty -four inches
				  deep are:
(a) Enclosed by fences and gates at
				  least forty-eight inches high;
(b)
				  Equipped with an audible alarm that sounds when any door, screen, or gate that
				  directly leads to or surrounds the water hazard is opened; and
(c) Secured by locking any doors, screens, or
				  gates that lead directly to or surround the water hazard.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10790 - Water supply

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The adult family home must:
(1) Obtain local health authority approval to
				  use a private water supply;
(2)
				  Provide a clean and healthy drinking water supply for the home; and
(3) Label any nonpotable water to avoid use
				  as a drinking water source.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10790, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › PHYSICAL PLANT BASIC REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-76-10795 - Windows

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(1) The adult
				  family home must ensure at least one window in each resident bedroom meets the
				  following requirements:
(a) The sill height
				  must not be more than forty-four inches above the finished floor.
For homes licensed after July 1, 2007, the department will
					 not approve alternatives to the sill height requirement such as step(s), raised
					 platform(s), or other devices placed by or under the window openings.
(b) The opening area must be a
				  minimum of 5.7 square feet, except that the openings of windows in rooms at
				  grade level as defined by the International Residential Code may have a minimum
				  clear opening of 5.0 square feet. The window must also have:
(i) A minimum opening height of twenty-four
				  inches;
(ii) A minimum opening
				  width of twenty inches; and
(c) The home must ensure the bedroom window
				  can be opened from inside the room without keys, tools, or special knowledge or
				  effort to open.
(d) The window must
				  be free from obstructions that might block or interfere with access for
				  emergency escape or rescue.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › FIRE PROTECTION › Section 388-76-10800 - Adult family home located outside of public fire protection

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(1) If the adult
				  family home is located in an area without public fire protection, the home must
				  have written verification of adequate fire protection from the fire
				  authority.
(2) If the local fire
				  authority requires the home to have additional protective measures such as a
				  fire extinguisher with a rating other than that required under WAC
				  388-7610810(1), the home must meet this requirement.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10800, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › FIRE PROTECTION › Section 388-76-10805 - Automatic smoke alarms

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(1) The
				  adult family home must ensure approved automatic smoke alarms are installed and
				  maintained according to manufacturer instructions;
(2) At a minimum, smoke alarms must be
				  located in the following areas:
(a) Every
				  resident bedroom;
(b) In the
				  immediate vicinity of resident bedroom(s), and if applicable, the sleeping
				  areas used by the adult family home staff; and
(c) On every level of a multilevel
				  home.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › FIRE PROTECTION › Section 388-76-10810 - Fire extinguishers

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(1) The
				  adult family home must have an approved five pound 2A:10B-C rated fire
				  extinguisher on each floor of the home.
(2) The home must ensure fire extinguishers
				  are:
(a) Mounted or securely fastened in a
				  stationary position at a minimum of four inches from the floor and a maximum of
				  sixty inches from the floor;
(b)
				  Inspected and serviced annually;
(c) In proper working order;
(d) Accessible at all times; and
(e) Not located behind a locked
				  door.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › FIRE PROTECTION › Section 388-76-10815 - Notice required - Compliance with building code and fire protection

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Before a resident is admitted, the adult family home must
					 disclose in writing in a language understood by the prospective resident the
					 following:
(1) Whether or not resident
				  bedrooms comply with the current building code including evacuation standards;
				  and
(2) If the home is located
				  outside a public fire district, the source and plan for on-site fire
				  protection.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10815, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › AGING AND ADULT SERVICES › Chapter 388-76 - TANF/SFA five-year time limit › FIRE PROTECTION › Section 388-76-10820 - Resident evacuation capabilities and location of resident bedrooms (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040. 10-03-064, § 388-76-10820,
						filed 1/15/10, effective 2/15/10. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and
						74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, §
						388-76-10820, filed 10/16/07, effective
						1/1/08.