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(1) Until January 1, 2025, continuing education is not required for individual providers caring for only the provider's:
(a) Biological, step, or adoptive child, or
(b) Sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, grandparent, or grandchild, including when related by marriage or domestic partnership.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2025, and until January 1, 2027, continuing education is not required for LTC workers (working as individual providers) caring only for the provider's parent, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, grandparent, or grandchild, including when related by marriage or domestic partnership.
(3) Continuing education is not required for LTC workers working as individual providers that:
(a) Provide no more than 20 hours of nonrespite care in any calendar month to only one person who is not the provider's parent, child, sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, grandparent, or grandchild, including when related by marriage or domestic partnership; or
(b) Provide respite services and work 300 hours or less of respite in any calendar year.
(4) Continuing education is not required for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and advanced registered nurse practitioners licensed under chapter 18.79 or 18.80 RCW, even if voluntarily certified as a home care aide under chapter 18.88B RCW.
(5) Beginning January 1, 2025, LTC workers working as individual providers covered under this section may voluntarily take continuing education and be paid for up to 12 hours of continuing education annually.
(6) Parents working as individual providers and caring only for their children will remain exempt from continuing education after January 1, 2027.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.39A.009, 74.39A.070, 74.39A.074, 74.39A.076, 74.39A.341, 18.88B.010, 18.88B.021, and 18.88B.041. WSR 26-08-045, s 388-71-1001, filed 3/25/26, effective 4/25/26. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.88B.010, 18.88B.041, 74.08.090, 74.39A.076, 74.39A.341, and chapter 18.80 RCW. WSR 25-07-033, s 388-71-1001, filed 3/11/25, effective 4/11/25. 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, § 388-71-1001, filed 2/8/24, effective 3/10/24. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.270, 70.128.230, 74.08.090, 74.39A.070, and 74.39A.074. WSR 23-01-022, § 388-71-1001, filed 12/9/22, effective 1/9/23. 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, § 388-71-1001, filed 8/30/21, effective 10/1/21. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. WSR 13-02-023, § 388-71-1001, filed 12/20/12, effective 1/20/13.]