WAC 139-09-040. Crisis intervention team training — Forty-hour course

(1) Agencies seeking to provide the forty-hour crisis intervention team training shall receive a certification from the commission and use commission-certified curricula and instructors. (2) Agencies must use commission-approved curricula that contains at the minimum the following subject matter: (a) Signs and symptoms of common mental health issues encountered by law enforcement; (b) Crisis intervention techniques for common behavioral health and substance use disorder issues; (c) Deescalation skills; (d) Suicide prevention; (e) Elders in crisis; (f) Developmental and intellectual disabilities; (g) Community resources; (h) Interactions with community members with a mental health diagnosis; (i) Commonly prescribed psychotropic medications; and (j) Mock scenes or other practical exercises for students to demonstrate proficiency.