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PDFWAC 388-825-615

What type of background check is required?

(1) Beginning January 7, 2012, long-term care workers, including parents and individual providers, undergoing a background check for initial hire or initial contract, must be screened through a Washington state name and date of birth check and a national fingerprint-based background check.

(2) Beginning January 1, 2016, a newly hired long-term care worker employed by a community residential service business must be screened through a Washington state name and date of birth check and a national fingerprint-based background check.

(a) For a renewal, a person who has continuously resided in Washington state for the past three consecutive years must be screened through a Washington state name and date of birth check.

(b) For a renewal, a person who has resided outside of Washington state in the past three years must be screened through a Washington state name and date of birth check and a national fingerprint-based background check.

(3) For adult family homes, refer to chapter 388-76 WAC. For assisted living facilities, refer to chapter 388-78A WAC.

(4) Beginning July 1, 2023, a residential habilitation center applicant undergoing a background check for initial hire must be screened through a Washington state name and date of birth check and a national fingerprint-based background check.

(5) All background checks must be completed through the background check system.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.020, 71A.12.030, 71A.12.040, 71A.12.050, 71A.12.110, 71A.12.161, 43.20A.710, and 43.43.837. WSR 23-07-130, § 388-825-615, filed 3/22/23, effective 4/22/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 74.08.090. WSR 15-09-068, amended and recodified as § 388-825-615, filed 4/15/15, effective 5/16/15. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120, 43.43.842, 74.39A.056, 43.20A.710. WSR 14-14-029, § 388-825-0615, filed 6/24/14, effective 7/25/14.]