Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
TRAUMA/EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Chapter 246-980 - Home care aide rules
REQUIREMENTS FOR LONG-TERM CARE WORKERS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE CERTIFIED AS A HOME CARE AIDE
Section 246-980-025 - Individuals exempt from obtaining a home care aide certification
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 246-980-025
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The following individuals are not required to obtain certification as a home care aide. If they choose to voluntarily become certified, they must successfully pass the entry level training required by RCW 74.39A.074 and meet the requirements of WAC 246-980-040(1)(b) and (c).
(a) An individual provider caring only for a
biological, step, or adoptive child or parent.
(b) An individual provider who provides
twenty hours or less of care for one person in any calendar month.
(c) An individual employed by a community
residential service business.
(d)
An individual employed by a residential habilitation center licensed under
chapter 71A.20 RCW or a facility certified under 42 C.F.R. Part 483.
(e) A direct care worker who is not paid by
the state or by a private agency or facility licensed by the state to provide
personal care services.
(f) A
person working as an individual provider who only provides respite services and
works less than three hundred hours in any calendar year.
(g) Any direct care worker exempt under RCW
18.88B.-041(1).
(2) The following long-term care workers are not required to obtain certification as a home care aide. If they choose to voluntarily become certified, they must meet the requirements of WAC 246-980-040(1)(b) and (c). The training requirements under RCW 74.39A.074(1) are not required.
(a) An individual who holds an
active credential by the department as a:
(i)
Registered nurse, a licensed practical nurse, or advanced registered nurse
practitioner under chapter 18.79 RCW; or
(ii) Nursing assistant-certified under
chapter 18.88A RCW.
(b) A
home health aide who was employed by a medicare certified home health agency
within the year before being hired as a long-term care worker and has met the
requirements of 42 C.F.R. Part 484.36.
(c) A person who is in an approved training
program for certified nursing assistant under chapter 18.88A RCW, provided that
the training program is completed within one hundred twenty calendar days of
the date of hire and that the nursing assistant-certified credential has been
issued within two hundred calendar days of the date of hire.
(d) An individual with special education
training and an endorsement granted by the superintendent of public instruction
under
RCW
28A.300.010 and is approved by the
secretary.
(e) An individual
employed as a long-term care worker on January 6, 2012, or who was employed as
a long-term care worker between January 1, 2011, and January 6, 2012, and who
completed all of the training requirements in effect as of the date of hire.
This exemption expires if the long-term care worker has not provided care for
three consecutive years.
(i) The department
may require the exempt long-term care worker who was employed as a long-term
care worker between January 1, 2011, and January 6, 2012, to provide proof of
that employment. Proof may include a letter or similar documentation from the
employer that hired the long-term care worker between January 1, 2011, and
January 6, 2012, indicating the first and last day of employment, the job
title, a job description, and proof of completing training requirements. Proof
of training will also be accepted directly from the approved instructor or
training program, if applicable.
(ii) For an individual provider reimbursed by
the department of social and health services, the department will accept
verification from the department of social and health services or the training
partnership.
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