WAC 388-76-10150   Qualifications--Assessor.  (1) The adult family home must ensure that an assessor, except for an authorized department case manager, performing an assessment for any resident meets the following qualifications:

     (a) A master's degree in social services, human services, behavioral sciences or an allied field and two years social service experience working with adults who have functional or cognitive disabilities; or

     (b) A bachelor's degree in social services, human services, behavioral sciences or an allied field and three years social service experience working with adults who have functional or cognitive disabilities; or

     (c) Have a valid Washington state license to practice as a nurse under chapter 18.79 RCW and three years of clinical nursing experience; or

     (d) Is currently a licensed physician, including an osteopathic physician, in Washington state.

     (2) The home must ensure than an assessor who meets the requirements of subsections (1)(a), (b), or (c) of this section does not have unsupervised access to any resident unless the assessor has:

     (a) A current criminal history background check; and

     (b) Has not been convicted of any crime listed in RCW 43.43.830 or 43.43.842 or state or federal findings of abandonment, abuse, neglect or financial exploitation.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.128.040 and chapters 70.128 and 74.34 RCW. 07-21-080, § 388-76-10150, filed 10/16/07, effective 1/1/08.]