Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-6511 - Classification 6511

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
6511-00 Chore services/home care assistants
Applies to:
Businesses providing chore services/home care assistants to
				private individuals.
Some common terms to describe these types of services include
				supported living, tenant support, and intensive tenant support services.
Chore services performed by the chore workers/home care
				assistants include, but are not limited to:
* Companionship;
* General household chores;
* Meal planning and preparation;
* Personal care, such as bathing, body care, dressing, and help
				with ambulating; and
* Shopping and errands, either with or without the
				client.
Additional work activities included in this
				classification are:
* House sitting;
* Organizing homes prior to customers having an estate auction
				or putting a home on the market;
* Packing up senior homes;
* Pet sitting; and
* Supervising visits between children and parents, including
				transporting the child.
Exclusions:
* Businesses organizing homes and also conducting estate
				auctions are classified in 6603.
* Social workers and dieticians employed by home health care
				service businesses are classified in 6303-21. Workers for businesses in
				classification 6303-21 are
teaching
people living with physical or
				developmental disabilities living in their own home how to manage daily living
				skills, such as caring for themselves, dressing, cooking, etc. Workers for
				businesses in classification 6511 are performing this work as a service to
				individuals.
* Worker hours for individuals working under a welfare special
				works training program are reported separately in classification 6505.
* Businesses engaged in residential cleaning or janitorial
				services are classified in 6602.
* Skilled or semiskilled nursing care is classified in
				6110.
* Home health care providers covered under the consumer
				directed employer program are classified in 6512.
* Businesses engaged in the moving and storage of household
				furnishings are classified in 6907.
* Businesses engaged in staging services are classified in
				0607.
* Any construction related work is classified in the applicable
				construction classification.
6511-20 Community action organizations - Chore
				services/home care assistants
Applies to:
Community action organizations providing two or more services
				to support the local community and people in need. Chore services/home care
				assistants provide services to private individuals. See subclassifications
				1501-20, 4904-20, and 5308-20 for other community action organization
				classifications. If the organization provides only chore services, then 6511-00
				applies.
Some common terms to describe these types of services include
				supported living, tenant support, and intensive tenant support services.
Chore services performed by the chore workers/home care
				assistants of community action organizations include, but are not limited
				to:
* Companionship;
* General household chores;
* Meal planning and preparation;
* Personal care, such as bathing, body care, dressing, and help
				with ambulating; and
* Shopping and errands, either with or without the
				client.
Additional work activities included in this
				classification are:
* House sitting;
* Organizing homes prior to customers having an estate auction
				or putting a home on the market;
* Packing up senior homes;
* Pet sitting; and
* Supervising visits between children and parents, including
				transporting the child.
Exclusions:
* Businesses organizing homes and also conducting estate
				auctions are classified in 6603.
* Social workers and dieticians employed by home health care
				service businesses are classified in 6303-21. Workers for businesses in
				classification 6303-21 are
teaching
people living with physical or
				developmental disabilities living in their own home how to manage daily living
				skills, such as caring for themselves, dressing, cooking, etc. Workers for
				businesses in classification 6511 are performing this as a service to
				individuals.
* Worker hours for individuals working under a welfare special
				works training program are reported separately in classification 6505.
* Businesses engaged in residential cleaning or janitorial
				services are classified in 6602.
* Skilled or semiskilled nursing care is classified in
				6110.
* Home health care providers covered under the consumer
				directed employer program are classified in 6512.
* Businesses engaged in the moving and storage of household
				furnishings are classified in 6907.
* Businesses engaged in staging services are classified in
				0607.
* Any construction related work is classified in the applicable
				construction classification.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100, and
				  51.04.020(1).
				  10-16-121, § 296-17A-6511, filed 8/3/10, effective 10/1/10. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035 and
				  51.16.100. 07-12-047, §
				  296-17A-6511, filed 5/31/07, effective 7/1/07. 07-01-014, recodified as §
				  296-17A-6511, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100. 06-12-075, §
				  296-17-72202, filed 6/6/06, effective 1/1/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020 and
				  51.16.035. 04-18-025, §
				  296-17-72202, filed 8/24/04, effective 10/1/04. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020,
				  51.16.035, and
				  51.12.120. 03-23-025, §
				  296-17-72202, filed 11/12/03, effective 1/1/04. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 99-18-068, § 296-17-72202,
				  filed 8/31/99, effective 10/1/99; 98-18-042, § 296-17-72202, filed
				  8/28/98, effective 10/1/98.