WAC 388-112-0005   What definitions apply to this chapter?       "Caregiver" means anyone providing hands-on personal care to another person including but not limited to cuing, reminding, or supervision of residents, on behalf of an adult family home or boarding home, except volunteers who are directly supervised.

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

     "Competency" means the minimum level of information and skill trainees are required to know and be able to demonstrate.

     "Designee" means a person in a boarding home who supervises caregivers and who is designated by a boarding home administrator to take the trainings in this chapter required of the boarding home administrator. A boarding home administrator may have more than one designee.

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

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

     "Home" refers to adult family homes and boarding homes.

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

     "Learning outcomes" means the specific information, skills and behaviors desired of the learner as a result of a specific unit of instruction, such as what they would learn by the end of a single class or an entire course. Learning outcomes are generally identified with a specific lesson plan or curriculum.

     "Resident" means a person residing and receiving long-term care services at a boarding home or adult family home. As applicable, the term resident also means the resident's legal guardian or other surrogate decision maker.

     "Routine interaction" means contact with residents that happens regularly.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.20.090, 70.128.040, 74.39A.050, 34.05.020, 2000 c 121, and 2002 c 233. 02-15-065, § 388-112-0005, filed 7/11/02, effective 8/11/02.]