2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 74 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
74.39A Long-term care services options -- Expansion.
74.39A.331 Peer mentoring.

RCW 74.39A.331 Peer mentoring.

Long-term care workers shall be offered on-the-job training or peer mentorship for at least one hour per week in the first ninety days of work from a long-term care worker who has completed at least twelve hours of mentor training and is mentoring no more than ten other workers at any given time. This requirement applies to long-term care workers who begin work on or after July 1, 2012, except that it does not apply to long-term care workers employed by community residential service businesses until January 1, 2016.

[2012 c 164 § 403; 2012 c 1 § 111 (Initiative Measure No. 1163, approved November 8, 2011).]

Notes:

Reviser's note: The language of this section, as enacted by 2012 c 1 § 111, was identical to RCW 74.39A.330 as amended by 2009 c 478 § 1, which was repealed by 2012 c 1 § 115. This section has since been amended by 2012 c 164 § 403.      Finding -- Intent -- Rules -- Effective date -- 2012 c 164: See notes following RCW 18.88B.010.      Intent -- Findings -- Performance audits -- Spending limits -- Contingent effective dates -- Application -- Construction -- Effective date -- Short title -- 2012 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 1163): See notes following RCW 74.39A.056.