Who is exempt from the DDA community residential seventy-five hour training requirement?
Beginning January 1, 2016, the following individuals are exempt from the DDA community residential seventy-five hour training requirement:
(1) DDA community residential staff who have:
(a) Been continuously employed since December 31, 2015;
(b) Completed training requirements that were in place when he or she was hired;
(c) Completed the training requirements by February 29, 2016; and
(d) Proof that twelve hours of continuing education were completed during the previous year;
(2) Under RCW
18.88B.041, an individual with special education training and an endorsement granted by the superintendent of public instruction; and
(3) Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nurse technicians, advanced registered nurse practitioners as defined in chapter
18.79 RCW, and nursing assistants-certified (CAN) as defined in chapter
18.88A RCW.