Who is required to obtain home care aide certification and by when?
Unless exempt under WAC
246-980-070, the following individuals must be certified by the department of health as a home care aide within the required time frames:
(1) All long-term care workers, within two hundred days of the date of hire;
(2) If a long-term care worker is limited-English proficient and the department of health has issued a provisional certification, within two hundred sixty days of the date of hire;
(3) Adult family home applicants, before licensure;
(4) Adult family home entity representatives and resident managers, before assuming the duties of the position;
(5) Assisted living facility administrators or their designees within two hundred calendar days of the date of hire.
(6) Enhanced services facility applicants, before licensure; and
(7) Enhanced services facility administrators or their designees within two hundred days of the date of hire.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
74.39A.009,
74.39A.070,
74.39A.074,
74.39A.351,
74.39A.341,
18.20.270,
18.88B.021,
18.88B.035,
70.128.230,
71A.12.030. WSR 17-22-036, ยง 388-112A-0105, filed 10/24/17, effective 11/24/17.]