Wash. Admin. Code § 246-980-140 - Scope of practice for long-term care workers
(1) A long-term care worker performs
activities of daily living or activities of daily living and instrumental
activities of daily living. A person performing only instrumental activities of
daily living is not acting under the long-term care worker scope of practice.
(a) "Activities of daily living" means
self-care abilities related to personal care such as bathing, eating,
medication assistance, using the toilet, dressing, and transfer. This may
include fall prevention, skin and body care.
(b) "Instrumental activities of daily living"
means activities in the home and community including cooking, shopping, house
cleaning, doing laundry, working, and managing personal finances.
(2) A long-term care worker
documents observations and tasks completed, as well as communicates
observations.
(3) A long-term care
worker may perform medication assistance as described in
RCW
69.41.010.
(4) A long-term care worker may perform nurse
delegated tasks, to include medication administration, if he or she meets and
follows the requirements in WAC
246-980-130.
(5) A long-term care worker may provide
skills acquisition training on instrumental activities of daily living and the
following activities of daily living tasks: Dressing, application of deodorant,
washing hands and face, hair washing, hair combing and styling, application of
makeup, menses care, shaving with an electric razor, tooth brushing or denture
care, and bathing tasks excluding any transfers in or out of the bathing
area.
(6) This section applies to
all long-term care workers, whether required to be certified or
exempt.
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