Section 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 osteo-pathic 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 no disqualifying criminal convictions or pending criminal charges under chapter 388-113 WAC; and(c) None of the negative actions listed in WAC 388-76-10180 are applicable to the assessor.Wash. Admin. Code § 388-76-10150
Amended by WSR 14-14-028, Filed 6/24/2014, effective 7/25/2014Statutory 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.
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.