(1) DSHS allows ordinary expenses associated with on-the-job and in-service training required for employee orientation and certification when those expenses directly relate to performing an employee's assigned duties.

(2) Ordinary expenses for staff training are allowable costs.

(3) Necessary and ordinary expenses for recreational and social activity training conducted by a provider for volunteers are allowable costs.

(4) Training program expenses for other nonemployees are not allowable costs, except the costs associated with training county-contracted training program employees by an ICF/ID as a condition of the ICF/ID's agreement with the county-contracted training program.

(5) DSHS must allow expenses for travel in the states of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington and Province of British Columbia associated with education and training if the expenses meet the requirements of this chapter.