WAC 246-335-530. Personnel, contractor, and volunteer records

The licensee must maintain records on all personnel and volunteers and have access to records on all contractors, to include: (1) Current practice certification, credential or licensure, as applicable; (2) Documentation of references; (3) Contracts when using contractors; (4) Evidence of orientation to current agency policies and procedures; (5) Verification of personnel, contractor, and volunteer skills or training specific to meeting the care needs of patients; (6) Documentation that personnel and contractors holding a nursing assistant registration became credentialed as a nursing assistant certified under chapter 246-841 WAC within twelve months of the date of hire or met the exemption criteria in WAC 246-335-525 (10)(c); (7) Evidence of initial and subsequent criminal history background checks and disclosure statement(s) according to RCW 43.43.830 through 43.43.842 and this chapter; (8) Training on current and revised agency policies and procedures, including patient care issues; (9) Current CPR training for direct care personnel and contractors; (10) Documentation for personnel, contractors, and volunteers who prepare food for the patient independent of the patient's assistance, including: (a) A current food worker card per chapter 246-215 WAC; or (b) Training equivalent to United States Food and Drug Administration for personnel, contractors, and volunteers involved in food preparation services on behalf of patients; (11) Communicable disease testing and vaccination according to current state and federal health authority recommendations; and (12) Documentation of performance evaluations of personnel and volunteers providing direct patient care and evaluations of services provided by contractors providing direct patient care as required in WAC 246-335-525 (16) and (17).