Washington Revised Code Title 74. Public Assistance § 74.39A.250. Individual provider referral registry--Consumer directed employer duties--Department duties

(a) Provide assistance to consumers and prospective consumers in finding individual providers and prospective individual providers through the operation of a referral registry of individual providers and prospective individual providers.

(b) Before placing an individual provider or prospective individual provider on the referral registry, determine that the individual provider or prospective individual provider:

(c) Remove from the referral registry any individual provider or prospective individual provider who does not meet the qualifications set forth in this subsection (1) or whose employment as an individual provider has been terminated based on good cause.

(d) Provide routine, emergency, and respite referrals of individual providers and prospective individual providers to consumers and prospective consumers who are authorized to receive long-term in-home care services through an individual provider.

(e) Not allow an individual provider to provide services to a consumer without the consumer's consent.