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Title 112 WAC
FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S OMBUDSMAN, OFFICE OF THE

Last Update: 11/13/00
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112-10 Agency organization.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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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