Wash. Admin. Code § 388-112A-0080 – Who is required to complete the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training and by when?

The following individuals must complete the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training unless exempt as described in WAC 388-112A-0090:

Adult family homes.

(1) Adult family home applicants must complete the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training and become certified before the adult family home is licensed.
(2) Adult family home entity representatives and resident managers before they assume the duties of their position in the adult family home.
(3) Long-term care workers in adult family homes within one hundred twenty days of date of hire. Long-term care workers must not provide personal care without direct supervision until they have completed the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training.
Assisted living facilities.
(4) Assisted living facility administrators or their designees within one hundred twenty days of date of hire.
(5) Long-term care workers in assisted living facilities within one hundred twenty days of their date of hire. Long-term care workers must not provide personal care without direct supervision until they have completed the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training.
Enhanced services facilities.
(6) Enhanced services facility applicants must complete the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training and become certified before the enhanced services facility is licensed.
(7) Enhanced services facility administrators or their designees must complete the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training within one hundred twenty days of date of hire.
(8) Long-term care workers in enhanced services facilities must complete the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training within one hundred twenty days of their date of hire. Long-term care workers must not provide personal care without direct supervision until they have completed the seventy-hour long-term care worker basic training.
(9) For certification requirements for individuals in subsections (2) through (8) in this section refer to WAC 388-112A-0105.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.009, 74.39A.070, 74.39A.074, 74.39A.351, 74.39A.341, 18.20.270, 18.88B.021, 18.88B.035, 70.128.230, 71A.12.030. WSR 17-22-036, § 388-112A-0080, filed 10/24/17, effective 11/24/17.]