70.128.130 - Adult family homes -- Requirements.

Adult family homes — Requirements.

(1) Adult family homes shall be maintained internally and externally in good repair and condition. Such homes shall have safe and functioning systems for heating, cooling, hot and cold water, electricity, plumbing, garbage disposal, sewage, cooking, laundry, artificial and natural light, ventilation, and any other feature of the home.

     (2) Adult family homes shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary manner, including proper sewage disposal, food handling, and hygiene practices.

     (3) Adult family homes shall develop a fire drill plan for emergency evacuation of residents, shall have smoke detectors in each bedroom where a resident is located, shall have fire extinguishers on each floor of the home, and shall not keep nonambulatory patients above the first floor of the home.

     (4) Adult family homes shall have clean, functioning, and safe household items and furnishings.

     (5) Adult family homes shall provide a nutritious and balanced diet and shall recognize residents' needs for special diets.

     (6) Adult family homes shall establish health care procedures for the care of residents including medication administration and emergency medical care.

     (a) Adult family home residents shall be permitted to self- administer medications.

     (b) Adult family home providers may administer medications and deliver special care only to the extent authorized by law.

     (7) Adult family home providers shall either: (a) Reside at the adult family home; or (b) employ or otherwise contract with a qualified resident manager to reside at the adult family home. The department may exempt, for good cause, a provider from the requirements of this subsection by rule.

     (8) A provider will ensure that any volunteer, student, employee, or person residing within the adult family home who will have unsupervised access to any resident shall not have been convicted of a crime listed under RCW 43.43.830 or 43.43.842. Except that a person may be conditionally employed pending the completion of a criminal conviction background inquiry.

     (9) A provider shall offer activities to residents under care as defined by the department in rule.

     (10) An adult family home provider must ensure that staff are competent and receive necessary training to perform assigned tasks. Staff must satisfactorily complete department-approved staff orientation, basic training, and continuing education as specified by the department by rule.

[2000 c 121 § 6; 1995 c 260 § 6; 1989 c 427 § 26.]