2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 74.39A.190: Community long-term care training and education steering committee.

(1) The secretary shall appoint a steering committee for community long-term care training and education to advise the department on the development of criteria for training materials, the development of competency tests, the development of criteria for trainers, and the development of exemptions from training. The community long-term care training and education steering committee shall also review the effectiveness of the training program or programs, including the qualifications and availability of the trainers. The steering committee shall advise the department on flexible and innovative learning strategies that accomplish the training goals, such as competency and outcome-based models and distance learning. The steering committee shall review and recommend the most appropriate length of time between an employee's date of first hire and the start of the employee's basic training.

(2) The steering committee shall, at a minimum, consist of a representative from each of the following: Each of the statewide boarding home associations, two adult family home associations, each of the statewide home care associations, the long-term care ombudsman program, the area agencies on aging, the department of health representing the nursing care quality assurance commission, and a consumer, or their nonprovider designee, from a boarding home, adult family home, home care served by an agency, and home care served by an individual provider. A majority of the members currently serving constitute a quorum.

(3) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the adult family home advisory committee from enhancing training requirements for adult family providers and resident managers, regulated under *chapter 18.48 RCW, at the cost of those providers and resident managers.

(4) Establishment of the steering committee does not prohibit the department from utilizing other advisory activities that the department deems necessary for program development. However, when the department obtains input from other advisory sources, the department shall present the information to the steering committee for their review.

(5) Each member of the steering committee shall serve without compensation. Consumer representatives may be reimbursed for travel expenses as authorized in RCW 43.03.060.

(6) The steering committee recommendations must implement the intent of RCW 74.39A.050(14) to create training that includes skills and competencies that are transferable to nursing assistant training.

(7) The steering committee shall cease to exist July 1, 2003.

[2002 c 233 § 4; 2000 c 121 § 8.]