(1) Individual providers must complete safety training no later than one hundred twenty calendar days after beginning to work with their first DSHS consumer. Safety training must be provided by appropriate HCQA staff or contracted entities, or by approved trainers who meet DSHS requirements outlined in WAC 388-71-05875.

(2) Individual providers who are not required to complete basic core training, such as revised fundamentals of caregiving, identified in WAC 388-71-0500 through 388-71-05952 may complete safety training via distance learning. Alternate methods to complete safety training will be provided that could include innovative learning strategies such as:

(a) CD, video, DVD, or other electronic method.

(b) Internet-based or other computerized method.

(c) Workbook of printed subject matter.