70.97.080 Staffing levels—Staff credentials and training

70.97.080 Staffing levels—Staff credentials and training—Background checks.

WA Rev Code § 70.97.080 (2019) (N/A)

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RCW 70.97.080 Staffing levels—Staff credentials and training—Background checks.

(1) An enhanced services facility must have sufficient numbers of staff with the appropriate credentials and training to provide residents with the appropriate care and treatment:

(a) Mental health treatment;

(b) Medication services;

(d) Medical or habilitative treatment;

(e) Dietary services;

(f) Security; and

(g) Chemical dependency treatment.

(2) Where an enhanced services facility specializes in medically fragile persons with mental disorders, the on-site staff must include at least one licensed nurse twenty-four hours per day. The nurse must be a registered nurse for at least sixteen hours per day. If the nurse is not a registered nurse, a registered nurse or a doctor must be on call during the remaining eight hours.

(3) Any employee or other individual who will have unsupervised access to vulnerable adults must successfully pass a background inquiry check.

[ 2005 c 504 § 410.]

NOTES:

Findings—Intent—Severability—Application—Construction—Captions, part headings, subheadings not law—Adoption of rules—Effective dates—2005 c 504: See notes following RCW 71.05.027.

Alphabetization—Correction of references—2005 c 504: See note following RCW 71.05.020.

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