PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: September 9, 1999.
Purpose: This modification is housekeeping in nature and is intended to correct code reviser filing notes from previous filings.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 251-24-030.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.06.150.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-13-105 on June 15, 1999.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: November 1, 1999.
September 15, 1999
Dennis Karras
Secretary
Each institution (([shall] [will])) shall develop (([and maintain
on file with the board (subject to approval by the director)]))
an employee training and development plan(([, which is subject to
approval by the director,])), which is subject to approval by the
director, that provides as a minimum:
(1) The policy and objectives of the institution concerning training and development programs;
(2) The institution's policy regarding training program expenses;
(3) Identification of the person(s) responsible for employee training and development programs;
(4) Provision for the identification and appraisal of training and development needs;
(5) The identification of proposed training activities in the following areas:
(a) New employee orientation;
(b) Functional training, such as in accounting, data processing, office administration and job skills;
(c) System training, such as affirmative action, labor relations and safety;
(d) Professional/technical training;
(e) Management and organizational development;
(f) The institution's off-hour training or continuing education program;
(g) Specific training in the prevention, transmission, and treatment of HIV and AIDS for those employees who have a substantial likelihood of on-the-job exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome virus;
(h) Training of supervisors on implementation of the institution return-to-work policy, including but not limited to assessment of the appropriateness of the return-to-work job for the employee;
(6) Provision specifying the manner of selecting employees for training or development programs;
(7) Provision for training records of employee participation;
(8) Provision for training employees as part of the institution's affirmative action program;
(9) Involvement of a representative group of employees in the development of the institution's training policy and plans;
(10) Provision for evaluation of training and development programs;
(11) The criteria by which the institution may provide employees the opportunity to attend class instruction in academic session during regular working hours;
(12) The institution's policy regarding release time during work hours for training course attendance;
(13) Provision for access to in-house training and development programs for former permanent employees returning from separation as set forth in WAC 251-10-070.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.06.150. 99-05-042, § 251-24-030, filed 2/12/99, effective 4/1/99; 98-19-035, § 251-24-030, filed 9/10/98, effective 10/12/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.16.100. 91-10-001, § 251-24-030, filed 4/18/91, effective 6/1/91; 89-13-075 (Order 180), § 251-24-030, filed 6/21/89, effective 8/1/89; 89-08-003 (Order 176), § 251-24-030, filed 3/23/89, effective 5/1/89; Order 61, § 251-24-030, filed 8/30/77, effective 10/1/77; Order 29, § 251-24-030, filed 1/22/74.]