Staffing levels — Staff credentials and training — Background checks.

(1) An enhanced services facility must have sufficient numbers of staff with the appropriate credentials and training to provide residents with the appropriate care and treatment:

(a) Mental health treatment;

(b) Medication services;

(c) Assistance with the activities of daily living;

(d) Medical or habilitative treatment;

(e) Dietary services;

(f) Security; and

(g) Chemical dependency treatment.

(2) Where an enhanced services facility specializes in medically fragile persons with mental disorders, the on-site staff must include at least one licensed nurse twenty-four hours per day. The nurse must be a registered nurse for at least sixteen hours per day. If the nurse is not a registered nurse, a registered nurse or a doctor must be on-call during the remaining eight hours.

(3) Any employee or other individual who will have unsupervised access to vulnerable adults must successfully pass a background inquiry check.

[2005 c 504 § 410.]

Notes: Findings -- Intent -- Severability -- Application -- Construction -- Captions, part headings, subheadings not law -- Adoption of rules -- Effective dates -- 2005 c 504: See notes following RCW 71.05.027.

Alphabetization -- Correction of references -- 2005 c 504: See note following RCW 71.05.020.