PDFWAC 388-71-0523
What are the training and certification requirements for individual providers and home care agency long-term care workers?
The following chart provides a summary of the training and certification requirements for individual providers and home care agency long-term care workers. This includes criteria for those providers working limited hours for one person, caring only for one's child, parent, sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, grandparent, or grandchild, providing respite services, or providing approved services only for a spouse or registered domestic partner and funded through the United States department of veterans' affairs home and community-based programs:
Who | Status | Orientation training | Safety training | Basic training | Continuing education | Required credential |
(1) An individual provider or home care agency long-term care worker who is a licensed, certified health care professional in good standing through the Washington state department of health, or an individual provider or home care agency long-term care worker with special education training who meets the criteria in RCW 18.88B.041 (1)(a)(i)(A). | ARNP, RN, LPN, HCA, CN-A, or other professionals listed in WAC 388-71-0839. | Not required. | Not required. | Not required. | Not required of ARNPs, RNs, or LPNs in chapter 388-71 WAC. Required 12 hours under WAC 388-71-0990 and 388-71-0991 of NA-Cs, HCAs, and other professionals listed in WAC 388-71-0839, such as an individual with special education training with an endorsement granted by the superintendent of public instruction under RCW 28A.300.010. For NA-C and those with special education training 12 hours is required for each year worked in long-term care. | Required under chapter 246-980 WAC. |
(2) An individual provider or home care agency long-term care worker with specific employment history. | A long-term care worker employed at some point between January 1, 2011, and January 6, 2012, and has completed the basic training requirements in effect on the date of hire. WAC 388-71-0839. | Not required. | Not required. | Not required. | 12 hours is required for each year worked in long-term care under WAC 388-71-0990 and 388-71-0991. | Not required. |
(3) An individual provider or home care agency long-term care worker. | Hired by a licensed home care agency or the consumer directed employer to provide personal care service as defined in WAC 388-71-0836 and is not exempt under subsection (1) or (2) of this section. | Required. Two hours under WAC 388-71-0860. | Required. Three hours under WAC 388-71-0860. | Required. 70 hours under WAC 388-71-0870 and 388-71-0875. | Required. 12 hours under WAC 388-71-0990 and 388-71-0991. | Required under chapter 246-980 WAC. |
(4) An individual provider who works limited hours for one person. | An individual provider employed by the consumer directed employer providing 20 hours or less of nonrespite care for one person per calendar month and does not meet the criteria in subsection (1) or (2) of this section. | Required. Two hours under WAC 388-71-0860. | Required. Three hours under WAC 388-71-0860. | Required. 30 hours under WAC 388-71-0880. | Not required. | Not required. |
[(5)] An individual who provides respite services and works 300 hours or less in any calendar year. | (a) An individual providing respite care who works no more than 300 hours in the calendar year, is not exempt in subsection (1) or (2) of this section, and does not meet criteria in subsection (6) of this section. (b) Individual providing respite services for individuals with developmental disabilities that receive services under Title 71A RCW and for individuals that receive services under chapter 74.39A, that is working 300 hours or less in any calendar year, and that is not exempt in subsection (1) or (2) of this section. | Required. Two hours under WAC 388-71-0860. | Required. Three hours under WAC 388-71-0860. | Required. Nine hours under WAC 388-71-0890. | Not required. | Not required. |
(6) An individual provider caring only for the provider's biological, step, or adoptive adult child. | An individual providing care only for the provider's adult child that receives services through the developmental disabilities administration and not exempt under subsection (1) or (2) of this section. | Required. Two hours per WAC 388-71-0895. | Required. Three hours under WAC 388-71-0895. | Required. Seven hours under WAC 388-71-0890. | Not required. | Not required. |
(7) An individual provider caring only for the provider's biological, step, or adoptive child, or parent. | An individual providing care only to the individual's child or parent, who is not exempt in subsection (1) or (2) of this section, and does not meet criteria in subsection (6) of this section. | Required. Two hours under WAC 388-71-0860. | Required. Three hours under WAC 388-71-0860. | Required. 30 hours under WAC 388-71-0880. | 12 hours is required for each year worked in long-term care for an individual provider caring only for the provider's biological, step, or adoptive parent under WAC 388-71-0990 and 388-71-0991. Not required for an individual provider caring only for the provider's biological, step, or adoptive child under WAC 388-71-1001. | Not required. |
(8) An individual provider caring only for the provider's sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, grandparent, or grandchild, including when related by marriage or domestic partnership. | An individual providing care only for the individual provider's sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, grandparent, or grandchild, including when related by marriage or domestic partnership, who is not exempt in subsection (1) or (2) of this section, and does not meet the criteria in subsection (6) of this section. | Required. Two hours under WAC 388-71-0860. | Required. Three hours under WAC 388-71-0860. | Required. 30 hours under WAC 388-71-0880. | Not required. | Not required. |
(9) A long-term care worker providing approved services only for a spouse or registered domestic partner and funded through the United States department of veterans' affairs home and community-based programs. | A long-term care worker providing approved services only for a spouse or registered domestic partner and funded through the United States department of veterans' affairs home and community-based programs who is not exempt in subsection (1) or (2) of this section. | Required. Two hours under WAC 388-71-0860. | Required. Three hours under WAC 388-71-0860. | Required. 30 hours under WAC 388-71-0880. | 12 hours is required for each year worked in long-term care under WAC 388-71-0990 and 388-71-0991. | Not required. |
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.88B.021, 18.88B.041, 18.88B.060, 74.08.090, 74.39A.076, and 74.39A.341. WSR 24-05-003, § 388-71-0523, filed 2/8/24, effective 3/10/24. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.39A.250. WSR 22-19-048, § 388-71-0523, filed 9/15/22, effective 10/16/22. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 43.43.832, 74.39A.270, 74.39A.056, 74.39A.074, 43.20A.710, 74.39A.525, 43.43.842, 74.39A.326, 74.39A.515, 74.39A.505, 18.88B.021, 43.43.837 and 2018 c 278. WSR 21-18-081, § 388-71-0523, filed 8/30/21, effective 10/1/21. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. WSR 13-02-023, § 388-71-0523, filed 12/20/12, effective 1/20/13.]
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules, and deems ineffectual changes not filed by the agency in this manner. The bracketed material in the above section does not appear to conform to the statutory requirement.