Section 388-71-1001 - Which long-term care workers are exempt from the continuing education requirement?Continuing education is not required for any of the following:
(1) Individual providers caring only for the provider's:(a) biological, step, or adoptive child; or(b) sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, grandparent, or grandchild, including when related by marriage or domestic partnership.(2) Individual providers that: (a) Provide no more than 20 hours of nonrespite care in any calendar month to only one person who is not the provider's:(i) biological, step, or adoptive child; or(ii) sibling, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, grandparent, or grandchild, including when related by marriage or domestic partnership;(b) Provide respite services and work 300 hours or less of respite in any calendar year;(3) Before January 1, 2016, a long-term care worker employed by a community residential service business; and(4) Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and advanced registered nurse practitioners licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW, even if voluntarily certified as a home care aide under chapter 18.88B RCW.Wash. Admin. Code § 388-71-1001
Amended by WSR 21-18-081, Filed 8/30/2021, effective 10/1/2021Amended by WSR 23-01-022, Filed 12/9/2022, effective 1/9/2023Amended by WSR 24-05-003, Filed 2/8/2024, effective 3/10/2024Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520. 13-02-023, § 388-71-1001, filed 12/20/12, effective 1/20/13.