Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 18.88B · 12 active provisions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Community residential service business" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 74.39A.009.(2) "Date of hire" means the first day the long-term care worker is employed by any employer.(3) "Department" means t…
(1) Beginning January 7, 2012, except as provided in RCW 18.88B.041 and 18.88B.022, any person hired as a long-term care worker must be certified as a home care aide as provided in this chapter within 200 calendar days after the date of hire. A long-term care worker who is not currently certified or eligible to reactiv…
(1) The department shall adopt rules to allow long-term care workers additional time to become certified as the office of the state auditor completes their biennial performance audit under section 201, chapter 1, Laws of 2012 (Initiative Measure No. 1163), on the training requirements and competency assessments for hom…
(1) Except as provided in RCW 18.88B.041 and subject to the other requirements of this chapter, to be certified as a home care aide, a long-term care worker must successfully complete the training required under RCW 74.39A.074(1) and a certification examination. Any long-term care worker failing to make the required gr…
(1) The department may issue a provisional certification to a long-term care worker who is limited English proficient to allow the person additional time to comply with the requirement that a long-term care worker become certified as a home care aide within two hundred calendar days after the date of hire as provided i…
(1) The following long-term care workers are not required to become a certified home care aide pursuant to this chapter:(a)(i)(A) Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants or persons who are in an approved training program for certified nursing assistants under chapter 18.88A RCW, medic…
(1) The uniform disciplinary act, chapter 18.130 RCW, governs uncertified practice, issuance and renewal of certificates, and the discipline of persons with certificates under this chapter. The secretary shall be the disciplinary authority under this chapter.(2) The secretary may take action to immediately suspend the…
(1) The department has the authority to:(a) Establish forms, procedures, and examinations necessary to certify home care aides pursuant to this chapter;(b) Hire clerical, administrative, and investigative staff as needed to implement this section;(c) Issue certification as a home care aide to any applicant who has succ…
(1) The legislature recognizes that nurses have been successfully delegating nursing care tasks to family members and others for many years. The opportunity for a nurse to delegate nursing care tasks to home care aides certified under this chapter may enhance the viability and quality of health care services in communi…
A long-term care worker disqualified from working with vulnerable persons under chapter 74.39A RCW may not be certified or maintain certification as a home care aide under this chapter.
(1) A certificate that has been expired for five years or less may be reinstated if the person holding the expired certificate:(a) Completes an abbreviated application form;(b) Pays any necessary fees, including the current certification fee, late renewal fees, and expired credential reissuance fees, unless exempt purs…
(1) The department of health, in consultation with the department of social and health services and other relevant participants, shall:(a) Devise a system that reduces delays between training and testing for home care aides that includes the following:(i) Developing and implementing a plan to integrate testing into tra…