Wa. State Boarding Home HIV/AIDS training requirements

The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving (RFOC) that your caregivers are required to complete INCLUDES HIV TRAINING and no additional HIV training is required for those caregivers. The Dept. of Health and DSHS have agreed in writing that the '2-3 hours' spent within the RFOC on HIV issues is sufficient to meet DOH requirements.

Those who complete the RFOC WILL NOT BE GIVEN a separate document indicating completion of HIV training. The RFOC certificate is the only proof that is needed. If you have any trouble with this, contact me please.

Other boarding home staff who might come into contact with bodily fluids, etc., and who are not required to complete RFOC, must take '2-3 hours' of HIV training, just as was agreed to by the two depts. for the RFOC fulfillment. This fulfills WAC 388-112-02625. They are NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE 7 HOURS OF HIV TRAINING. These staff will need to receive a certificate of completion of their HIV training.

Nursing Assistants Certified and Registered meet the requirements for HIV training within their credentialing process, and are not subject to additional HIV training requirements. These people will also NOT HAVE and do not need a separate certificate of completion of HIV Training. Again, if you have any problems in this areas, please contact me.

Some of you have indicated you use the Dept. of Health's KNOW curriculum, which is fine and can be ordered online through the state. (https://fortress.wa.gov/prt/printwa/wsprt/default.asp - you'll need to set up a password). Just know that you do not need to use that exact curriculum, only that what you do use must be 'based on it'.