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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 388. Social and Health Services, Department of |
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Chapter 388-112. Residential long-term care services. |
Section 388-112-0108. What documentation is required for a long-term care worker to apply for the home care aide certification or recertification?
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- (1) Successful completion of seventy-five hours of training must be documented on a DSHS seventy five hour training certificate by an approved training entity verifying that a total of seventy-five hours of approved training have occurred.(2) An approved training entity issuing and signing a DSHS seventy five hour training certificate must verify that the long-term care worker has the certificates required documenting two hours of DSHS-approved orientation, three hours of DSHS-approved safety training, and seventy hours of DSHS-approved basic training, as described in this chapter. When applying to the department of health for home care aide certification, the long-term care worker may only submit a seventy-five hour training certificate that has been issued by the department or the training partnership.(3) For home care aide recertification, successful completion of twelve hours of DSHS-approved continuing education training must be documented on a certificate(s) or transcript(s) issued by a department approved training entity.(4) The long-term care worker and certified home care aide must retain any twelve hour training certificates or transcripts for as long as they are employed.