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Title 112 WAC
FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S OMBUDSMAN, OFFICE OF THE
Last Update: 11/13/00
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Index
PURPOSE
AND DEFINITIONS
WAC
388-148-0005 What is the purpose of this chapter
WAC 388-148-0010 What definitions do I need to know to understand this
chapter?
GENERAL
LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
WAC
388-148-0015 Am I required to have a license to provide care to children
WAC 388-148-0020 When is a license not required if I provide care to
children?
WAC 388-148-0025 Do you make exceptions to the licensing requirements?
WAC 388-148-0030 How do you decide how many children I may serve in my
home or facility?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--STAFF QUALIFICATIONS
WAC
388-148-0035 How old do I have to be to apply for a license to provide
care to children?
WAC 388-148-0040 What personal characteristics do I need to provide care
to children?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--TRAINING REQUIRED
WAC
388-148-0045 Is in-service training required?
WAC 388-148-0050 What first aid training is required?
WAC 388-148-0055 What HIV/AIDS training is required?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--APPLICATION AND LICENSING PROCESS
WAC
388-148-0060 How do I apply for a license?
WAC 388-148-0065 How long do I have to complete the licensing
application packet?
WAC 388-148-0070 When am I not allowed to receive a license from a
child-placing agency?
WAC 388-148-0075 When may I be certified to provide care to children?
WAC 388-148-0080 Is there a difference between licensing and
certification? WAC 388-148-0085 May I be licensed with the department
and a child placing agency at the same time?
WAC 388-148-0090 What may I do if I disagree with a child-placing
agencies' decision that I do not meet the licensing requirements?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--CORRECTIVE ACTION
WAC
388-148-0095 When are licenses denied, suspended or revoked?
WAC 388-148-0100 Are there any other reasons that might cause me to lose
my license?
WAC 388-148-0105 How do you notify me if you have modified, denied,
suspended, or revoked my license?
WAC 388-148-0110 What may I do if I disagree with your decision to
modify, deny, suspend or revoke my license?
WAC 388-148-0115 May I appeal the decision of the department's
administrative law judge?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--RECORD-KEEPING/REPORTING/PERSONNEL POLICIES/POSTING OF
LICENSE
WAC
388-148-0120 What incidents involving children must I report? WAC
388-148-0125 What are your requirements for keeping client records? WAC
388-148-0130 What information may I share about a child or a child's
family? WAC 388-148-0135 What changes to my home or facility must I
report to my licensor?
WAC 388-148-0140 What personnel policies must I have? WAC 388-148-0145
Where do I post my license?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--HEALTH AND GENERAL SAFETY
WAC
388-148-0150 Are local ordinances part of your licensing requirements?
WAC 388-148-0155 What physical structure safety requirements must my
home or facility meet?
WAC 388-148-0160 What measures must I take for pest control? WAC
388-148-0165 Do I need to be concerned about the location of my home or
facility?
WAC 388-148-0170 What steps must I take to ensure children's safety
around outdoor bodies of water?
WAC 388-148-0175 What are your requirements regarding pets and animals
in my home or facility?
WAC 388-148-0180 Are alcoholic beverages allowed at my home or facility?
WAC 388-148-0185 Is smoking permitted around children?
WAC 388-148-0190 May I have firearms in my home or facility? WAC
388-148-0195 What are your requirements for storing dangerous item?
WAC 388-148-0200 Do I need first-aid supplies?
WAC 388-148-0205 Where do I keep medications?
WAC 388-148-0210 What requirements do I need to follow when I transport
children?
WAC 388-148-0215 May I use wheeled baby walkers?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--FIRE SAFETY
WAC
388-148-0220 What fire safety requirements must I follow to qualify for
a license?
WAC 388-148-0225 What are your fire safety requirements for inside a
home or facility?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--ROOM REQUIREMENTS
WAC
388-148-0230 What are the general requirements for bedrooms? WAC
388-148-0235 What are additional requirements for bedrooms having more
than one person?
WAC 388-148-0240 What are your requirements for beds?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--TELEPHONE/LIGHTING/VENTILATION/WATER/LAUNDRY/SEWAGE
WAC
388-148-0245 Do I need a telephone at my home or facility? WAC
388-148-0250 What are the lighting requirements for my home or facility?
WAC 388-148-0255 Do I need a housekeeping sink?
WAC 388-148-0260 What does the room temperature for my home or facility
need to be?
WAC 388-148-0265 How must I ventilate my home or facility? WAC
388-148-0270 What are your requirements for laundry facilities?
WAC 388-148-0275 What are the requirements for washing clothes? WAC
388-148-0280 What are your requirements for toilets, sinks, and bathing
facilities?
WAC 388-148-0285 What are the requirements about my drinking water? WAC
388-148-0290 What are the requirements for sewage and liquid wastes?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--MEDICAL CARE AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
WAC
388-148-0295 Am I required to get a child's health history? WAC
388-148-0300 When must I get medical exams for the children under my
care?
WAC 388-148-0305 What are your requirements for immunizations for
children? WAC 388-148-0310 What must I do to prevent the spread of
infections and communicable diseases?
WAC 388-148-0315 What medical policies and procedures must I have? WAC
388-148-0320 How do I manage medications for children under my care?
WAC 388-148-0325 May I accept medicine from a child's parent or
guardian? WAC 388-148-0330 Whom do I notify about medication changes and
reactions?
WAC 388-148-0335 When may children take their own medicine?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--FOOD/DIET/INFANT CARE
WAC
388-148-0340 What food and meal guidelines must I follow? WAC
388-148-0345 How often must I feed children?
WAC 388-148-0350 How do I handle children's special diets? WAC
388-148-0355 Do you have special requirements for serving milk? WAC
388-148-0360 What home-canned foods may I use?
WAC 388-148-0365 What requirements must I meet for feeding babies? WAC
388-148-0370 What are your requirements for diapers and diaper-changing
areas?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--CLOTHING AND PERSONAL HYGIENE
WAC
388-148-0375 Do I have responsibility for a child's clothing? WAC
388-148-0380 May a child take personal belongings after being discharged
from a home or facility?
WAC 388-148-0385 Do I have responsibility for a child's personal
hygiene?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--CLIENT RIGHTS
WAC
388-148-0390 What are your requirements for protecting a child under my
care from abuse and neglect?
WAC 388-148-0395 What are the requirements about nondiscrimination? WAC
388-148-0400 What religious activities are allowed?
WAC 388-148-0405 Do I have to admit or retain all children? WAC
388-148-0410 What must I consider in assigning work to children in my
home or facility?
WAC 388-148-0415 What activities must I provide to children? WAC
388-148-0420 What types of toys must I provide to children?
WAC 388-148-0425 Do I need permission to travel on an extended trip or
out-of-state with my foster child?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS—SUPERVISION
WAC
388-148-0430 What requirements do you have for supervising children?
WAC 388-148-0435 May my foster children participate in routine
activities without a licensed provider supervising the activity?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS—DISCIPLINE
WAC
388-148-0440 What requirements must I follow when disciplining children?
WAC 388-148-0445 What types of disciplinary practices are forbidden?
GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS--PHYSICAL RESTRAINT
WAC
388-148-0450 What types of physical restraint are acceptable for
children in homes and group care settings?
WAC 388-148-0455 What types of physical restraint are not acceptable for
children?
WAC 388-148-0460 Do you require a written statement describing my
discipline methods?
WAC 388-148-0465 What must I do following an incident that involved
using physical restraint?
WAC 388-148-0470 Must I document instances when physical restraint is
used?
FOSTER
HOME REQUIREMENTS
WAC
388-148-0475 May I receive more than one in-home care license? WAC
388-148-0480 What services must a foster parent be able to provide?
WAC 388-148-0485 What educational support must I provide to children
under my care?
FOSTER
HOMES--FOSTER PARENT QUALIFICATIONS/TRAINING/CAPACITY ALLOWED
WAC
388-148-0490 What is the minimum age to be a foster parent? WAC
388-148-0495 What are the training requirements for prospective foster
parents?
WAC 388-148-0500 How many children may my foster home serve?
FOSTER
HOMES--FOSTER PARENT EMPLOYMENT
WAC
388-148-0505 May I be employed if I am a foster parent? WAC 388-148-0510
Do I need to have income separate from foster care payments?
FOSTER
HOMES--RESPITE CARE PROVIDED
WAC
388-148-0515 When may I use respite care?
WAC 388-148-0520 May I place my foster child with another family
temporarily?
FOSTER
HOMES--FIRE SAFETY
WAC
388-148-0525 What fire safety instructions must I give to children?
WAC 388-148-0530 What are your requirements for fire extinguishers? WAC
388-148-0535 What are your requirements for smoke detectors? WAC
388-148-0540 What fire escape measures must be taken for multi-level
dwellings?
GROUP
CARE--PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND SERVICES SPECIFIC PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS--MATERNITY SERVICES
GROUP
CARE PROGRAMS FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN AND CHILDREN WITH SEVERE
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES--PROGRAM AND SERVICES
CRISIS RESIDENTIAL CENTERS--PROGRAM/LEVELS OF SECURITY/PLACEMENT AND
CHILD PLACING AGENCIES--PROGRAM/SERVICES/OUT-OF-STATE PLACEMENTS
SERVICES
CHILD
PLACING AGENCIES--ADOPTION SERVICES
WAC
388-148-1095 How may my child-placing agency certify a foster home for
licensing by the department?
WAC 388-148-1100 What children may child-placing agency foster homes
accept? WAC 388-148-1105 May different child-placing agencies share
eligible foster parents and children for placement?
WAC 388-148-1110 What do I need to consider in making foster care
placements? WAC 388-148-1115 May I share information about the child
with the foster parents?
WAC 388-148-1120 How often should the case manager contact the foster
child and family?
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