Background check—Employment-disqualifying information—Disqualifying negative actions.
(1) The assisted living facility must not employ an administrator, caregiver, or staff person, to have unsupervised access to residents, as defined in RCW
43.43.830, if the individual has a disqualifying criminal conviction or pending charge for a disqualifying crime under chapter
388-113 WAC, unless the individual is eligible for an exception under WAC
388-113-0040.
(2) The assisted living facility must not employ an administrator, caregiver, or staff person, or allow an administrator, caregiver, or staff person to have unsupervised access to residents, as defined in RCW
43.43.830, if the individual has one or more of the following disqualifying negative actions:
(a) A court has issued a permanent restraining order or order of protection, either active or expired, against the person that was based upon abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or mistreatment of a child or vulnerable adult;
(b) The individual is a registered sex offender;
(c) The individual is on a registry based upon a final finding of abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult, unless the finding was made by adult protective services prior to October 2003;
(d) A founded finding of abuse or neglect of a child was made against the person, unless the finding was made by child protective services prior to October 1, 1998;
(e) The individual was found in any dependency action to have sexually assaulted or exploited any child or to have physically abused any child;
(f) The individual was found by a court in a domestic relations proceeding under Title
26 RCW, or under any comparable state or federal law, to have sexually abused or exploited any child or to have physically abused any child;
(g) The person has had a contract or license denied, terminated, revoked, or suspended due to abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or mistreatment of a child or vulnerable adult; or
(h) The person has relinquished a license or terminated a contract because an agency was taking an action against the individual related to alleged abuse, neglect, financial exploitation or mistreatment of a child or vulnerable adult.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
74.39A.056, chapter
18.20 RCW. WSR 14-14-031, § 388-78A-2470, filed 6/24/14, effective 7/25/14. Statutory Authority: Chapter
18.20 RCW. WSR 13-13-063, § 388-78A-2470, filed 6/18/13, effective 7/19/13; WSR 12-21-070, § 388-78A-2470, filed 10/18/12, effective 11/18/12. Statutory Authority: Chapters
18.20 and
74.39A RCW. WSR 10-16-085, § 388-78A-2470, filed 7/30/10, effective 1/1/11. Statutory Authority: Chapter
18.20 RCW. WSR 10-03-066, § 388-78A-2470, filed 1/15/10, effective 2/15/10. Statutory Authority: Chapters
18.20 and
74.34 RCW. WSR 09-01-052, § 388-78A-2470, filed 12/10/08, effective 1/10/09. Statutory Authority: RCW
18.20.090 and chapters
18.20 and
74.34 RCW. WSR 08-05-099, § 388-78A-2470, filed 2/15/08, effective 3/17/08. Statutory Authority: RCW
18.20.090. WSR 06-01-047, § 388-78A-2470, filed 12/15/05, effective 1/15/06. Statutory Authority: RCW
18.20.090 (2004 c 142 § 19) and chapter
18.20 RCW. WSR 04-16-065, § 388-78A-2470, filed 7/30/04, effective 9/1/04.]