Section 388-829-0010. What definitions apply to this chapter?

"Activities of daily living (ADL)" means the same as defined in WAC 388-106-0010.

"Agency orientation" is training provided to introduce a new employee to the agency.

"ALTSA" refers to the aging and long-term support administration.

"Approved training" is training that has been submitted to and approved by DSHS as evidenced by a curriculum number.

"Attestation" means to bear witness to the authenticity of a document or documents by signing one's name to it to affirm it is genuine.

"Basic training" includes seventy hours of required training: forty hours of DDA residential training and thirty hours of topics outlined in WAC 388-829-0100 (1)(b).

"Certified home care aide" means a person who has a current home care aide certification through the department of health.

"Challenge test" means a competency test taken for training without first taking the class for which the test is designed.

""Community residential service business" (CRSB) has the same meaning as defined in RCW 74.39A.009.

"Competency" or "core competency" means the integrated knowledge, skills, or behavior expected of a LTCW after completing the training in a required topic area. Learning objectives are associated with each competency.

"Competency testing" including challenge testing, is evaluating a student to determine if they can demonstrate the required level of skill, knowledge, and/or behavior with respect to the identified learning objectives of a particular course.

"DD" refers to developmental disability.

"DDA" refers to the developmental disabilities administration.

"Direct care" services rendered by direct support professionals which includes not only those services defined by "personal care services", but also those which promote habilitation and further life-long independence, growth, and development opportunities for individuals.

"Direct support professional" means a paid individual who provides direct, personal, care services and support to one or more persons with developmental disabilities requiring long-term care. This term is more commonly accepted in CRSBs than LTCW.

"Direct supervision" means oversight by a person who has demonstrated competency in the basic training (and specialty training if required), or has been exempted from the basic training requirements, is on the premises, and is quickly available to the direct support professional.

"DOH" refers to the department of health.

"DSHS" or "department" refers to the department of social and health services.

"Enhancement" means additional time provided for skills practice and additional training materials or classroom activities that help a worker to thoroughly learn the course content and skills. Enhancements can include new student materials such as, videos or DVDs, online materials, and/or additional student activities.

"Entity representative" means the individual designated by a CRSB provider who is or will be responsible for the daily operations of a CRSB.

"Guardian" means a legal representative as defined in chapter 11.88 RCW.

"Habilitation" means services defined to assist participants in acquiring, retaining and improving the self-help, socialization and adaptive skills necessary to reside successfully in home and community-based settings.

"Home" means the place where a person lives.

"Home care aid–certified (HCA-C)" means a person who has holds a current certificate issued by the DOH.

"Indirect supervision" means oversight by a person who has demonstrated competency in the basic training, or who has been exempted from the basic training requirements, and who is quickly and easily available to the LTCW, but not necessarily on-site.

"Individual" means a person who has a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020(5) who also has been determined eligible to receive services by the division under chapter 71A.16 RCW. Other terms commonly used include "client" and "resident."

"Individual specific" means topics that are unique to an individual.

"Learning objectives" means measurable, written statements that clearly describe what a LTCW must minimally learn to meet each competency. Learning objectives are identified for each competency. Learning objectives provide consistent, common language and a framework for curriculum designers, the curriculum approval process, and testing.

"Letter of exemption" means a letter provided during the calendar year 2015 which exempts CRSB staff from the seventy-five hours of training as required by Initiative 1163 for staff hired prior to January 1, 2016.

"Long term care worker (LTCW)" includes all persons providing paid, personal care services for the elderly or persons with disabilities, including individual providers of home care services, direct care employees of home care agencies, providers of home care services to persons with developmental disabilities under Title 71A RCW, all direct care workers in state-licensed assisted living facilities, adult family homes, respite care providers, community residential service providers, and any other direct care staff providing home or community-based services to the elderly or persons with functional disabilities or developmental disabilities.

The following persons are not long-term care workers:

(1) Persons who are:

(a) Providing personal care services to individuals who are not receiving state-funded services; and

(b) The person is not employed by an agency or facility that is licensed by the state.

(2) Persons employed by:

(a) Nursing homes licensed under chapter 18.51 RCW;

(b) Facilities certified under 42 C.F.R. Part 483;

(c) Residential habilitation centers under chapter 71A.20 RCW;

(d) Hospitals or other acute care settings;

(e) Hospice agencies licensed under chapter 70.127 RCW;

(f) Adult day care centers or adult day health centers.

(3) Persons whose services are exclusively limited to assistance with "instrumental activities of daily living," as that term is defined in WAC 388-106-0010.

"Mental health specialist" has the same meaning as defined in WAC 388-865-0200.

"Peer coach" means a person who has been trained in twelve hours of coaching skills and who works with new employees to coach them on working with individuals and their support needs. This coaching is a method of transferring knowledge about the individual to the new employee while building a positive relationship with the new employee and encouraging a positive relationship between the new employee and the individual they support.

"Personal care services" means physical or verbal assistance with activities of daily living, and instrumental activities of daily living which is provided to meet an individual's support needs.

"Population specific" refers to topics such as developmental disabilities, autism, and gerontology that are applicable to a group of people.

"Provider" means any person or entity who is contracted by the department to operate a community residential service business, or certified by the department to provide instruction and support services to meet the needs of persons receiving services under Title 71A RCW.

"Revised fundamentals of care" (RFOC) refers to the basic training curriculum provided by trainers under ALTSA.

"Routine interaction" means contact with an individual that happens regularly.

"Support team" means the individual and persons involved in his or her care. The support team may include family, friends, doctors, nurses, LTCWs, social workers and vocational vendors. The role of the support team is to support the well-being of the individual; however, the individual directs the service plan when able.

"Training entity" means an organization, including an independent contractor, who is providing or may provide training under this section using approved curriculum. Training entities must only deliver DSHS approved curriculum to CRSB staff.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120, and chapter 74.39A RCW. WSR 15-20-045, § 388-829-0010, filed 9/29/15, effective 1/1/16.]

RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.120, and chapter 74.39A RCW. WSR 15-20-045, § 388-829-0010, filed 9/29/15, effective 1/1/16.

Rules

388-106-0010,388-829-0100,388-106-0010,388-865-0200,