Who is required to obtain certification as a home care aide, and when?
All long-term care workers, who do not fall within the exemptions under the department of health WAC
246-980-070, must obtain certification within one hundred and fifty days of hire or begin date of the authorization to provide department paid in-home services effective January 7, 2012.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
74.08.090,
74.09.520. WSR 13-02-023, ยง 388-71-0975, filed 12/20/12, effective 1/20/13.]