Washington Administrative Code

(1) A high school instructor teaching core basic, population specific, nurse delegation core, nurse delegation special focus on diabetes, specialty and expanded specialty trainings must meet the following minimum qualifications:(a) Be at least 21 years of age;(b) Not have had a p…

(1) The minimum qualifications for instructors of adult education training using DSHS curriculum, in addition to the general qualifications in WAC 388-112A-1240 (1) and (2), include:(a) The instructor must be experienced in adult education practices and capable of demonstrating c…

(1) An instructor for orientation and safety training, must be a registered nurse or other person with specific knowledge, training, and work experience relevant to the topics required in orientation and safety training. Facility training programs and their orientation and safety…

(1) The minimum qualifications for community instructors for mental health specialty training, in addition to the general qualifications in WAC 388-112A-1240 (1) and (2), include:(a) The instructor must be experienced in mental health caregiving practices and capable of demonstra…

(1) The minimum qualifications for facility instructors to teach mental health specialty training is to meet the requirements in WAC 388-112A-1240. The facility instructor must submit an application attesting to those qualifications and submit copies of certificates of completion…

(1) The minimum qualifications for instructors for dementia specialty, in addition to the general qualifications defined in WAC 388-112A-1240 (1) and (2) include:(a) The instructor must be experienced in dementia caregiving practices and capable of demonstrating competency in the…

(1) The minimum qualifications for facility instructors to teach dementia specialty training is to meet the requirements in WAC 388-112A-1240. The facility instructor must submit an application attesting to those qualifications and submit copies of certificates of completion for …

(1) The minimum qualifications for community instructors to teach an expanded specialty training, in addition to the general qualifications in WAC 388-112A-1240 (1) and (2), include:(a) The instructor must be experienced in caregiving practices related to the expanded specialty t…

(1) The minimum qualifications for facility instructors to teach an expanded specialty training is to meet the requirements in WAC 388-112A-1240. The facility instructor must submit an application attesting to those qualifications and submit copies of certificates of completion f…

(1) Instructors for developmental disabilities specialty training must meet the minimum qualifications in WAC 388-112A-1240 (1) and (2) and the following minimum qualifications:(a) The instructor must be experienced in developmental disabilities caregiving practices and capable o…

(1) A class on adult education must include content, student practice, and evaluation of student skills by the instructor in:(a) Adult education theory and practice principles;(b) Instructor facilitation techniques;(c) Facilitating learning activities for adults;(d) Administering…

(1) The training entity must provide accessible classroom facilities to students and provide adequate space for learning activities, comfort, lighting, lack of disturbance, and tools for effective teaching and learning such as white boards and charts. The training entity must mai…

The training entity must maintain the following training standards for classroom training and testing:(1) Training must not exceed eight hours within one day;(2) Training provided in short time segments must include an entire unit, skill, or concept;(3) Training must include regu…

The following definitions apply to this chapter:(1) "Challenge test" means a competency test without first taking the class for which the test is designed.(2) "Competency" means the integrated knowledge, skills, or behavior expected of a worker after completing the training in a …

The purposes of this chapter are to describe the following:(1) The standards and minimum competencies of the geriatric health worker training curriculum;(2) The approval process for the behavioral health worker training curriculum; and(3) The documentation required for the proof …

(1) The geriatric behavioral health worker training curricula must include at least 30 hours of training specific to the diagnoses, care, and crisis management of residents. The curricula must include:(a) Training related to mental health disorders;(b) Training related to traumat…

Curricula developed and approved for the dementia portion of geriatric behavioral health worker training must include, at a minimum, all the knowledge, skills, topics, competencies, and learning objectives described in this section.(1) Defining dementia.(a) Introduction to dement…

Curricula developed and approved for the mental health portion of geriatric behavioral health worker training will include all knowledge, skills, topics, competencies, and learning objectives described in this section.(1) Introduction to mental disorders. The worker will review d…

The competencies and learning objectives for the traumatic brain injury portion of geriatric behavioral health worker curriculum will include all knowledge, skills, topics, competencies, and learning objectives described in this section.(1) Anatomy of the brain and brain injury b…

A facility or other curriculum developer seeking approval for a geriatric behavioral health curriculum under this chapter will meet the following requirements:(1) Submit the required curriculum application form; and(a) A department-approved crosswalk linked to the competencies an…

Competency testing must include the following components:(1) Written evaluation to show the level of comprehension and knowledge of the training's learning objectives; and(2) A scoring guide for the tester with clearly stated criteria and minimum proficiency standards.[Statutory …

There is no challenge test for geriatric behavioral health worker training.[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.270, 74.39A.020, 74.39A.078, and 74.42.360. WSR 23-15-100, § 388-112B-0070, filed 7/18/23, effective 8/18/23.]

Geriatric behavioral health worker training must be documented by a certificate, transcript, or proof of successful completion of training issued by a qualified instructor that includes:(1) The name of the student;(2) The title of the training as approved by the department;(3) Th…

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to describe the following:(a) Criminal convictions, pending charges, and negative actions that automatically disqualify an applicant from having unsupervised access to vulnerable adults or minors who are receiving services from a program or faci…

"Applicant" means an employee, volunteer, student, intern, licensee, service provider, contractor, or other individual who is the subject of the background check and who will work in a position that may have unsupervised access, as defined in RCW 43.43.830 to minors or vulnerable…

(1) Individuals who must satisfy background checks requirements under chapters 388-71, 388-101, 388-106, 388-76, 388-78A, 388-97, 388-825, 388-115, and 388-107 WAC must not work in a position that may involve unsupervised access to minors or vulnerable adults if the individual ha…

(1) Under the conditions described in this section, an individual is not automatically disqualified from having unsupervised access to minors and vulnerable adults if he or she:(a) Has worked continuously for the same employer for whom he or she was working on July 24, 2014; and(…

Applicants who must satisfy background checks requirements under a program or facility listed in WAC 388-113-0005 may not work in a position that may involve unsupervised access to minors or vulnerable adults if he or she has one or more of the following automatically disqualifyi…

(1) A character, competence, and suitability determination is a review process that the department, or an authorized entity uses to decide whether an applicant has the character, competence, and suitability to have unsupervised access to minors or vulnerable adults. (2) The depar…

(1) The department or an authorized entity must conduct a character, competence, and suitability determination of an employee, prospective employee, or other individual who is required to undergo a background check when the applicant has received a "review required" result as def…

The department or an authorized entity may choose to conduct a character, competence, and suitability determination at any time.[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 43.43.832, 74.39A.270, 74.39A.056, 74.39A.074, 43.20A.710, 74.39A.525, 43.43.842, 74.39A.326, 74.39A.515…

(1) The BCCU searches multiple information sources when completing state and federal background checks, including state and federal law enforcement records, state court records, and agency databases. These sources include:(a) Washington state:(i) Court criminal history and judici…

(1) The requesting entity will receive a background check result. The background check result by itself does not include criminal history record information but identifies the source of any criminal or negative action records. The possible types of results are:(a) A "no record" l…

(1) The background check central unit (BCCU) provides the entity who requested the name and date of birth background check with: (a) Background check result; and(b) Any criminal history record information and negative actions reported from the background check data sources includ…

The requesting entity must:(1) Notify the applicant of the background check result;(2) Inform the applicant they may have a copy of their results and criminal history record information when the entity has it; and(3) Provide a copy of results and criminal history record informati…

(1) The requesting entity may only disclose the background check result and criminal history record information in the Washington state record of arrests and prosecutions (RAP) sheets from the background check central unit to the following:(a) The applicant;(b) The client, or cli…

A client who has elected to receive services from an individual provider will be notified of the result of a background check. When the result of a background check is "review required" the client, who is the managing employer of the individual provider, will be provided with a c…

(1) Individuals who are required to complete a fingerprint-based background check may have unsupervised access for a one hundred twenty-day provisional period when both:(a) The individual is not disqualified by the name and date of birth background check which is also known as th…

The purpose of this chapter is to describe:(1) The number of hours the department may approve an individual provider to work in a work week;(2) How the department determines work week limitations;(3) When the department may approve an individual provider to work more than the per…

The following definitions apply to chapter 388-114 WAC:"Approve" means the department, either in advance or after the fact, has reviewed the circumstances, applied the rules in this chapter, and has authorized the individual provider to work more than forty hours in a work week."…

(1) An individual provider's permanent work week limit is: (a) Forty service hours per week; or(b) Subject to any expenditure limitations required by RCW 74.39A.270(10), if the department paid the individual provider for one hundred seventy-four or more service hours of work perf…

Subject to the expenditure limitations of RCW 74.39A.270(10), the department may approve an individual provider to work more than a total of forty hours in a work week for one or more of the following reasons:(1) The individual provider has a higher permanent work week limit as d…

If the individual provider's service hours paid in January 2016 do not accurately represent the individual provider's work history for the first three months of 2016:(1) The individual provider may appeal the determination by submitting a request to the client's case manager to r…

An individual provider with a permanent work week limit of: (1) Forty service hours per week may only exceed the permanent work week limit as described in WAC 388-114-0080;(2) More than forty service hours has flexibility to work more than his or her permanent work week limit in …

(1) The department may temporarily increase an individual provider's work week limit if it determines the increase is necessary:(a) Due to a lack of available providers who are able to adequately meet a client's care needs, as evaluated by the department in its consideration of:(…

In addition to the responsibilities detailed in WAC 388-71-0505, the client must:(1) Manage his or her individual providers' work time to stay within each individual provider's total work week limit described in this chapter and within the total number of monthly authorized hours…

In addition to the responsibilities detailed in WAC 388-71-0515, the individual provider must:(1) Communicate and coordinate with each of his or her clients about how many service hours the individual provider is allowed and available to work each week; and(2) Not accept assignme…