Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › Chapter 388-60A - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM STANDARDS › CERTIFICATION AND APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 388-60A-0110 - Required documentation for certification and recertification-What must be included in an application to provide domestic violence assessments or treatment?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) For
				  programs applying for initial certification or recertification the program's
				  director must submit the following documentation with the program's
				  application:
(a) A written statement signed
				  by the program's director that the program complies with the standards
				  contained in this chapter;
(b) A
				  copy of the current business license that authorizes the program, or its
				  governing agency, to do business in Washington state at the physical address
				  indicated on the application;
(c) A
				  list of any off-site locations where the program will be providing
				  services;
(d) A list of all direct
				  treatment staff at the program;
(e)
				  Results of current criminal history background checks conducted by the
				  Washington state patrol for all current direct treatment program staff;
(i) If the program staff has lived outside of
				  the state of Washington in the last ten years, then a background check that
				  covers each state they lived in prior to Washington for the last ten years must
				  be included with the application; and
(ii) The results of an FBI or other national
				  criminal background check can be used in place of the Washington state patrol
				  check if it documents the state of Washington, and any other state they lived
				  in for the past ten years was part of the background check search;
(f) An attestation for each
				  current paid or volunteer staff person, documented in the application, whether
				  the staff person has ever been a party to any civil proceedings involving
				  domestic violence or crimes of moral turpitude;
(g) If the staff person has been party to any
				  civil proceedings involving domestic violence or crimes of moral turpitude, the
				  application must also include the legal findings of each incident along with
				  the staff person's written explanation (see WAC 388-60A-0210(2)(b));
(h) Proof that each direct treatment staff is
				  currently registered or licensed as a counselor with the Washington state
				  department of health; and
(i)
				  Written documentation that the program maintains cooperative and collaborative
				  relationships with agencies providing services related to domestic violence
				  which must include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(i) One item of documentation showing that
				  the program has established and continues to maintain a cooperative
				  relationship with another local program or agency involved in the provision of
				  direct or ancillary services related to domestic violence including, but not
				  limited to, probation services, legal services, a domestic violence
				  intervention treatment program, or a victim services program;
(ii) One item of documentation showing that
				  the program regularly attends and participates in a local domestic violence
				  task force, intervention committee, coordinated community response group, or
				  workgroup if one exists in their community;
(iii) One item of documentation showing that
				  the program has a collaborative relationship, either electronic or in person,
				  with another Washington state certified domestic violence intervention
				  treatment program which includes:
(A) Written
				  documentation of regularly scheduled opportunities for confidential case
				  staffing; and
(B) Written
				  documentation of regularly scheduled opportunities for collaboration in the
				  delivery of domestic violence intervention treatment services and procedures
				  for victim safety (the program can find a current list of certified domestic
				  violence intervention treatment programs in the state of Washington online at
				  https://www.dshs.wa.gov/ca/domestic-violence/domestic-violence-perpetrator-treatment);
				  and
(iv) A current list
				  of all the local domestic violence victim services programs in the program's
				  area as reasonably available.