WAC 388-112-0160   Who is required to complete manager specialty training, and when?  Adult family homes

     (1) Adult family home providers (including entity representatives as defined under chapter 388-76 WAC) and resident managers must complete manager specialty training and demonstrate competency before admitting and serving residents who have special needs related to mental illness, dementia, or a developmental disability.

     (2) If a resident develops special needs while living in a home without a specialty designation, the provider and resident manager have one hundred twenty days to complete manager specialty training and demonstrate competency.

     Boarding homes

     (3) If a boarding home serves one or more residents with special needs, the boarding home administrator (or designee) must complete manager specialty training and demonstrate competency within one hundred twenty days of employment or within one hundred twenty days of September 1, 2002, whichever is later. A boarding home administrator with a current nursing home administrator license is exempt from this requirement, unless the administrator will train their facility caregivers in a caregiver specialty.

     (4) If a resident develops special needs while living in a boarding home, the boarding home administrator (or designee) has one hundred twenty days to complete manager specialty training and demonstrate competency. A boarding home administrator with a current nursing home administrator license is exempt from this requirement, unless the administrator will train their facility caregivers in a caregiver specialty.



[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, § 388-112-0160, filed 7/11/02, effective 8/11/02.]