WAC 246-337-050   Management of human resources.  The licensee must ensure residents receive health care by adequate numbers of staff authorized and competent to carry out assigned responsibilities, including:

     (1) A sufficient number of personnel must be present on a twenty-four hour per day basis to meet the health care needs of the residents served; managing emergency situations; crisis intervention, implementation of health care plans; and required monitoring activities.

     (2) Personnel trained, authorized and credentialed (where applicable) to carry out assigned job responsibilities consistent with scopes of practice, resident population characteristics and the resident's individual plan of care/treatment;

     (3) The presence of at least one individual trained in basic first aid and age appropriate cardiopulmonary resuscitation twenty-four hours per day.

     (4) Written documentation to verify credentials, training, and performance evaluations for each staff member including, but not limited to:

     (a) Employment application/hire date;

     (b) Verification of education, experience and training;

     (c) Current job description;

     (d) Criminal disclosure statement and results of a Washington state patrol background inquiry;

     (e) HIV/AIDS training or verification;

     (f) Current license/certification/registration (if applicable);

     (g) Current basic first aid and age appropriate cardiopulmonary resuscitation training (if applicable);

     (h) Current food and beverage service worker permit (if applicable);

     (i) Current driver's license (if applicable);

     (j) Tuberculosis screening (refer to WAC 246-337-060);

     (k) Performance evaluation(s);

     (l) Staff using restraint and seclusion procedures must receive initial and ongoing education and training in the proper and safe use of seclusion and/or restraints;

     (m) Initial orientation and ongoing training to address the safety and health care needs of the population served.

     (5) If independent contractors, consultants, students, volunteers and trainees are providing direct on-site residential care, the licensee must ensure their compliance with this section.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 71.12 RCW. 05-15-157, § 246-337-050, filed 7/20/05, effective 8/20/05.]