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Information for Boarding Home Providers

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• About Boarding Homes
• Administrators
  • Administrator Attestation Form
  • Department Training
  • Documentation (WAC 388-78A-2550)
  • Qualifications (WAC 388-78A-2520)
  • Training Program (WAC 388-78-2530)
  • Training Requirements (WAC 388-78A-2540)
• Applications
• Background Check
• Boarding Home Locator
• Boarding Home Rule Filings (Chapter 388-78A WAC)
  • CR 103 – Permanent Rules
    • Amendments
• Change in Bed Capacity or Licensed Rooms Form (Word Format)
• Citation Frequency & Related Data
• Communication Principles & Procedures for Inspection (Word Format)
• Communication Principles & Procedures for Complaint/Incident Investigation (Word Format)
• Contact RCS (Word Format)
• Dementia Screening Tool (DSHS 13-692A)
• Directory of Boarding Homes
• Disclosure of Services Form ( DSHS 10-351)
  • PDF Format
  • Word Format
• DSHS Forms
• Emergency Planning Information
• Enforcement Principles and Procedures
• FDA Recalls
  • Clarcon Skin Products
  • Information about FDA food, drug and other product recalls, market withdrawals and safety alerts http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html
    
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• Flu Information
  • Find H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccine in Your Community
  • 2009 Flu & Pneumonia Resources
  • WA State Deptartment of Health
    • H1n1
    • Influenza
  • Centers for Disease Control
  • Federal Health & Human Service
  • Federal Guidelines for Upcoming Flu Season
• Food Service Rule Revision
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Health-Care Decision Making
  • Advance Directives & Informed Consent Fact Sheet (Word)
  • Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Fact Sheet (Word)
  • Your Legal Right to Make Decisions About Health Care & Advance Directives in Washington State (PDF)
  • POLST Form (PDF)
• IDR Process (Word Format)
• Initiative 1029 Implementation
• Inspection Process
• Insurance Information Requests (Word Format)
• Monitoring Visit Principles and Procedures (Word Format)
• Mandated Reporters: Understanding Your Responsibilities
  • PDF Version
  • Word Version
• Poisonous Plant Resources (Word)
• Provider Letters
  • BH 2010 "Dear Administrator" Letters
  • BH 2009 "Dear Administrator" Letters
  • BH 2008 "Dear Administrator" Letters
  • BH 2007 "Dear Provider" Letters
  • BH 2006 "Dear Provider" Letters
  • BH 2005 "Dear Provider" Letters
  • BH 2004 "Dear Provider" Letters
  • BH 2003 "Dear Provider" Letters
  • BH 2002 "Dear Provider" Letters
  • BH 2001 "Dear Provider" Letters
  • BH 2000 "Dear Provider" Letters
  • BH 1999 "Dear Provider" Letters
  • BH 1998 "Dear Provider" Letters
• Q*SURE
• Revised Code of Washington (RCW)
  • 34.05 - Administrative Procedure Act
  • 18.20 - Licensing Statute
  • 70.129 - LTC Resident Rights Statute
  • 43.43 - Criminal History Background Check
  • 74.34 - Abuse of Vulnerable Adults
• Side Rail Safety
• Specialized Dementia Care Program in Boarding Homes
• State Hotline Questions - October 2003
• Telephone Script & Quick Tips for the Complaint Hotline (Word Format)
• Training Information for BH
• Tuberculosis (TB) Resources
  • TB in WA State
  • TB Fact Sheet:  Foreign-Born Cases
  • CDC:  Guidelines for Using the QuantiFERON® TB Gold Test
• Washington Administrative Code (WAC) for Boarding Homes
  • Chapter 388-78A - Licensing Rules    
  • Chapter 388-110 – Contracted Residential Care Services
  • Chapter 388-112 - Residential Long Term Care Services
  • Chapter 246-215 - Food Services/2001 Food Code/Working Document 
  • Chapter 246-840 - Nurse Delegation
  • Chapter 246-888 - Medication Assistance