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WACs > Title 388 > Chapter 388-112 > Section 388-112-0110
388-112-0108
388-112-0115
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WAC 388-112-0110
What is specialty training and who is required to take specialty training?
(1) Specialty or "special needs" training provides instruction in caregiving skills that meet the special needs of people living with mental illness, dementia, or developmental disabilities. Specialty trainings are different for each population served and are not interchangeable. Specialty training may be integrated with basic training if the complete content of each training is included. DSHS must approve specialty training curriculums for managers and long-term care workers.
(2) Manager specialty training is required for assisted living facility administrators (or designees), adult family home applicants or providers, resident managers, and entity representatives who are affiliated with homes that serve residents who have one or more of the following special needs: developmental disabilities, dementia, or mental health. The managers described in this section must take one or more of the following specialty trainings:
(a) Developmental disabilities specialty training, described in WAC 388-112-0120;
(b) Manager dementia specialty training, described in WAC 388-112-0125; and
(c) Manager mental health specialty training, described in WAC 388-112-0135.
(3) All long-term care workers including those who are exempt from basic training and who work in an assisted living facility or adult family home, serving residents with the special needs described in subsection (2) of this section, must take long-term care worker specialty training. The long-term care worker specialty training applies to the type of residents served by the home as follows:
(a) Developmental disabilities specialty training, described in WAC 388-112-0120.
(b) Long-term care worker dementia specialty training, described in WAC 388-112-0130; and
(c) Long-term care worker mental health specialty training, described in WAC 388-112-0140.
(4) Specialty training may be used to meet the requirements for the basic training population specific component if completed within one hundred and twenty days of date of hire.
(5) For long-term care workers who have completed the seventy-five hour training and do not have a specialty training certificate which indicates completion and competency testing, the long-term care worker must complete specialty training when employed by the adult family home or assisted living facility that serves residents with special needs.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. WSR 13-02-023, § 388-112-0110, filed 12/20/12, effective 1/20/13. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090, 70.128.040, 70.128.230. WSR 06-16-072, § 388-112-0110, filed 7/28/06, effective 8/28/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090, 70.128.040, 74.39A.050, 34.05.020, 2000 c 121, and 2002 c 233. WSR 02-15-065, § 388-112-0110, filed 7/11/02, effective 8/11/02.]
