PDFWAC 388-60B-0345
Participant requirements—What must the program require of participants accepted into a domestic violence intervention treatment program?
(1) All participants enrolled in domestic violence intervention treatment must attend consecutive, same gendered, weekly group treatment sessions that are face-to-face.
(2) Another type of intervention may be approved for participants in any level of treatment for certain documented clinical reasons, such as psychosis, disability, or other conditions that make the individual not amenable to treatment in a group setting.
(3) A program may develop policies which allow level three and four participants to attend individual sessions as part of the participant's treatment plan in order to address their risk factors and meet their unique needs.
(4) Participants who experience hardship attending a certified program, which provides assessments or treatments in person, may ask the program to accommodate them in attending face-to-face by way of live HIPAA compliant video conferencing.
(a) The domestic violence intervention treatment program is not required to accommodate any participant with the option of live HIPAA compliant video conferencing;
(b) If the program does not choose to accommodate the participant with live HIPAA compliant video conferencing for assessment or treatment, the program must refer the participant to another certified domestic violence intervention treatment program who can accommodate the participant with video conferencing.
(5) The program must assign participants to a home group and the participant must be required to attend the same scheduled group each week.
(6) The program's supervisor must authorize any exceptions to this requirement and document the reason for the exception in the participant's file.
(7) A program may develop policies which allow a brief lapse in treatment of no more than 30 days when a participant transfers from another program or experiences extraordinary circumstances that impede their attendance.
(8) Any lapse in treatment must be approved by the program's supervisor and must not exceed 30 days unless approved in writing by the program's supervisor.
(9) Before the participant begins any level of domestic violence intervention treatment, the program must document in the participant's record:
(a) The participant has signed all applicable releases of information required by the treatment program, including those specified in WAC 388-60B-0365;
(b) The participant has signed a contract for services with the treatment program; and
(c) The participant has an assessment and treatment plan completed by a Washington state certified domestic violence intervention treatment program.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20A.735. WSR 25-03-090, s 388-60B-0345, filed 1/16/25, effective 2/16/25. WSR 19-15-044, recodified as § 388-60B-0345, filed 7/11/19, effective 7/28/19. WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-60A-0345, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 26.50.150. WSR 18-12-034, § 388-60A-0345, filed 5/29/18, effective 6/29/18.]