Washington Administrative Code
Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of
Chapter 110-145 - Licensing requirements for group care facilities
TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Section 110-145-1490 - What are the preservice training requirements for staff, interns, and volunteers who directly care for children?

(1) Prior to having unsupervised access to children, staff, interns, and volunteers must have a minimum of 16 hours of preservice training, including policies and procedures, job responsibilities and facility administration.

(2) The requirement in subsection (1) of this section is in addition to required first aid and cardiopulmonary training (CPR) in WAC 110-145-1500 and required bloodborne pathogen training in WAC 110-145-1505.

(3) Preservice training must be relevant to the type of children and families and the program services you provide. Preservice training may include, but is not limited to:

(4) Newly hired staff, interns, and volunteers must work shifts with fully trained staff until they have completed all preservice training requirements under this section.