Home Care Aide Certification
On November 8, 2011, the public voted Initiative 1163 (I-1163) into law. The new law relates to requirements for long-term care worker training, background checks, and certification as home care aides. The new requirements take effect January 7, 2012.
The initiative requires the Department of Social and Health Services to develop the curriculum for training and provide fingerprint-based background checks for each applicant. It requires the Department of Health to certify long-term care workers as home care aides and regulate the profession.
Beginning January 7, 2012, most new direct care workers, now called long-term care workers, must take 75 hours of training within 120 days of hire. Most long-term care workers must also become certified home care aides within 150 days of hire.
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Please send any further questions about the home care aide certification to the Home Care Aide Program.
For more information on requirements in
I-1163, please see the following:
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