RCW 74.39A.086: Enforcement actions against persons not certified as home care aides and their employers—Rule-making authority.

(1) The department shall take appropriate enforcement action related to the contract of a consumer directed employer or a licensed or certified private agency or facility that provides long-term care services and knowingly employs a long-term care worker who is not a certified home care aide as required under chapter 18.88B RCW or, if exempted from certification under RCW 18.88B.041 , who has not completed his or her required training under RCW 74.39A.074 . (2) The department shall deny payment to individual providers who provided services under a contract with the department if they have been notified that they are no longer permitted to work because they: (a) Were not certified as home care aides as required under chapter 18.88B RCW; or (b) Had not completed the training required under RCW 74.39A.074 . (3) The department may terminate the contract of any individual provider under contract with the department who: (a) Is not certified as a home care aide as required under chapter 18.88B RCW; or (b) Has not completed the training required under RCW 74.39A.074 . (4) Chapter 34.05 RCW shall govern actions by the department under this section. (5) The department shall adopt rules to implement this section.