PDFWAC 388-60B-0025
What is the purpose of this chapter?
(1) The overall purpose of this chapter is to increase accountability and competency for programs that provide domestic violence intervention treatment as well as provide minimum standards and a pathway to achieve the following:
(a) To responsibly and as accurately as possible with the information relied upon, assess the risks, needs, and responsivity for perpetrators of intimate partner violence who are seeking assessment and treatment;
(b) To increase the safety of the victim, current partner, children, and other children in the care or residence of perpetrators of intimate partner violence who are enrolled in intervention treatment; and
(c) To hold perpetrators of intimate partner violence accountable in meeting their program requirements and achieving core competencies, including documentation of their cognitive and behavioral changes and personal accountability as outlined in WAC 388-60B-0430, through intervention treatment using evidence-based and promising practices.
(2) The rules in chapter 388-60B WAC establish the following standards for programs that provide domestic violence assessments or any level of intervention treatment to perpetrators of intimate partner violence and include:
(a) Minimum certification requirements for programs that provide services to participants of domestic violence intervention treatment;
(b) Program administrative requirements;
(c) Program staff requirements;
(d) Quality management requirements;
(e) Facility requirements;
(f) Program policies and procedures;
(g) Program treatment record requirements;
(h) Program assessment and treatment requirements; and
(i) A grievance system that includes a grievance process, an appeal process, and access to administrative hearings.
(3) Unless otherwise provided by law, these standards apply to any program that:
(a) Provides or advertises that it provides domestic violence perpetrator assessments or evaluations for intimate partners;
(b) Provides or advertises that it provides domestic violence intervention or perpetrator treatment for intimate partners; or
(c) Defines its services as meeting court orders that require assessment, evaluation, or enrollment in, or completion of, domestic violence perpetrator treatment or domestic violence intervention treatment for intimate partners.
(4) These programs provide assessments, recommendations, or treatment to perpetrators of intimate partner violence, including participants who are self-referred or those who are court-ordered to be assessed or attend treatment.
(5) A program may administer other service programs in addition to domestic violence intervention treatment services; however, the domestic violence intervention treatment program for intimate partners must be considered a separate and distinct program from all other services the agency provides.
(6) Participants of the domestic violence intervention treatment program for intimate partners must not attend the same groups or sessions as participants of other programs or services as part of their domestic violence intervention treatment.
(7) The department requires new applicants who are in the process of applying to DSHS to provide domestic violence intervention assessments or any level of treatment to comply with the requirements in this chapter as of the day it is adopted.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20A.735. WSR 25-03-090, s 388-60B-0025, filed 1/16/25, effective 2/16/25. WSR 19-15-044, recodified as § 388-60B-0025, filed 7/11/19, effective 7/28/19. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-60A-0025, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 26.50.150. WSR 18-12-034, § 388-60A-0025, filed 5/29/18, effective 6/29/18.]