1. (1) A direct support professional employed during the COVID-19 public health emergency must complete training, including specialty training, as follows:

   Worker hired during the time frame of:	Must complete 75-hour new employee training no later than:
   8/17/2019 to 9/30/2020	10/31/2022
   10/1/2020 to 4/30/2021	1/31/2023
   5/1/2021 to 3/31/2022	4/30/2023
   4/1/2022 to 9/30/2022	8/31/2023
   10/1/2022 to 12/31/2022 or the end of the COVID-19 training waivers established by gubernatorial proclamation, whichever is later	9/30/2023 or no more than 120 days after the end of the COVID-19 training waivers established by gubernatorial proclamation, whichever is later
   After the end of the COVID-19 training waivers established by gubernatorial proclamation or beginning 1/1/2023, whichever is later	As required under WAC 388-829-0015

2. (2) Nothing in this section prevents a direct support professional hired between 8/17/2019 and 9/30/2022 from completing training in advance of the deadlines in subsection (1) of this section.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.39A.074 and 71A.12.030. WSR 22-14-062, § 388-829-0086, filed 6/29/22, effective 7/30/22.]