WAC 388-78A-2500. Specialized training for mental illness

The assisted living facility must ensure completion of specialized training, consistent with chapter 388-112A WAC, to serve residents with mental illness, whenever at least one of the residents in the assisted living facility has a mental illness that is the resident's primary special need and is a person who has been diagnosed with or treated for an Axis I or Axis II diagnosis, as described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision , and: (1) Who has received the diagnosis or treatment within the previous two years; and (2) Whose diagnosis was made by, or treatment provided by, one of the following: (a) A licensed physician; (b) A mental health professional; (c) A psychiatric advanced registered nurse practitioner; or (d) A licensed psychologist.