An individual exempt under WAC 388-829-0035 must meet the following training requirements:

1. (1) Staff hired with a 75-hour certificate or letter of exemption must take:

   1. (a) Five-hour orientation and safety training; and
   2. (b) Thirty-hour population-specific training.

2. (2) The hiring or contracting entity must verify that staff hired with an HCA-C from areas outside of DDA have completed the training required in subsection (1) of this section and:

   1. (a) DDA-developed specialty training; or
   2. (b) Forty hours of DDA residential services curriculum.
3. (3) Exempt community residential staff must maintain current CPR and first aid training certificates as required under WAC 388-829-0050.
4. (4) Exempt community residential staff must complete 12 hours of continuing education per year.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.88B.041, 71A.12.030, 74.39A.074, and 74.39A.341. WSR 24-20-038, s 388-829-0040, filed 9/24/24, effective 10/25/24. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 74.39A.074, 74.39A.341, 74.39A.351, and 18.88B.041. WSR 17-14-090, § 388-829-0040, filed 6/30/17, effective 8/1/17. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120, and chapter 74.39A RCW. WSR 15-20-045, § 388-829-0040, filed 9/29/15, effective 1/1/16.]