Washington Administrative Code

Employee participation in walkaround inspections under RCW 49.17.100 is essential. Employees are a vital source of information to the division about work place hazards. Employees must be able freely to exercise their statutory right to participate in walkarounds without fear of e…

(1) Review of WISHA and examination of the legislative history discloses that, as a general matter, WISHA grants no specific right to employees to walk off the job because of potential unsafe conditions at the work place. A hazardous condition that may violate WISHA will ordinari…

(1) If an employer retaliates against an employee such that the employee earns less than they would have earned absent the retaliation, the employer must pay the employee the difference between the wages that the employee would have earned absent the retaliation and the wages the…

An employee who refuses to comply with industrial safety and health standards or valid safety rules implemented by the employer in furtherance of WISHA is not exercising a right afforded by WISHA. Discipline taken by employers solely in response to an employee's refusal to comply…

(1)(a) Penalties for violations of RCW 49.17.160 are as follows:Employer SizePenalty AmountPer Violation1 – 25$5,00026 – 100$7,000101 – 250$10,000251+$14,000(b) Employer size is determined by the maximum number of workers employed in the 12-month period since the alleged violatio…

(1) WAC 296-900-17005 and 296-900-17010 apply to appeals described in this section. The remainder of the section outlines the timelines for notifying the department about appeals of the citation and notice of assessment issued by the department.(2) Citation and notice of assessme…

This chapter applies to protected activities established in RCW 49.84.032, 49.84.040, and associated rules under chapter 296-35 WAC. WAC 296-35-400 establishes protected activities covered by this chapter, and includes a rebuttable presumption on when an adverse action has taken …

(1) The requirements included in this vertical chapter shall apply throughout the state wherever diving takes place within the jurisdiction of the department of labor and industries. These requirements shall also be applicable to those diving related and supportive work activitie…

Realizing that conditions may exist in operations under which certain state standards will not have practical application, the director of the department of labor and industries or his/her authorized representative may, pursuant to this section, RCW 49.17.080 and/or 49.17.090 and…

As used in this standard, the listed terms are defined as follows:(1) "Acfm": Actual cubic feet per minute.(2) "ASME Code or equivalent": ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, or an equivalent code which the employer can de…

(1) General.(a) Each dive team member shall have the experience or training necessary to perform assigned tasks in a safe and healthful manner.(b) Each dive team member shall have experience or training in the following:(i) The use of tools, equipment and systems relevant to assi…

(1) General.(a) The employer shall determine that dive team members who are, or are likely to be, exposed to hyperbaric conditions are medically fit to perform assigned tasks in a safe and healthful manner.(b) The employer shall provide each dive team member who is, or is likely …

(1) General. The employer shall develop and maintain a safe practices manual which shall be made available at the dive location to each dive team member.(2) Contents.(a) The safe practices manual shall contain a copy of this standard and the employer's policies for implementing t…

(1) General. The employer shall comply with the following requirements prior to each diving operation, unless otherwise specified.(2) Emergency aid. A list shall be kept at the dive location of the telephone or call numbers of the following:(a) An operational decompression chambe…

(1) General. The employer shall comply with the following requirements which are applicable to each diving operation unless otherwise specified.(2) Water entry and exit.(a) A means capable of supporting the diver shall be provided for entering and exiting the water.(b) The means …

(1) General. The employer shall comply with the following requirements which are applicable after each diving operation, unless otherwise specified.(2) Precautions.(a) After the completion of any dive, the employer shall:(i) Check the physical condition of the diver;(ii) Instruct…

(1) General. Employers engaged in scuba diving shall comply with the following requirements, unless otherwise specified.(2) Limits. scuba diving shall not be conducted:(a) At depths deeper than 130 fsw;(b) At depths deeper than 100 fsw or outside the no-decompression limits unles…

(1) General. Employers engaged in surface-supplied air diving shall comply with the following requirements, unless otherwise specified.(2) Limits.(a) Surface-supplied air diving shall not be conducted at depths deeper than 190 fsw, except that dives with bottom times of 30 minute…

(1) General. Employers engaged in mixed-gas diving shall comply with the following requirements, unless otherwise specified.(2) Limits. Mixed-gas diving shall be conducted only when:(a) A decompression chamber is ready for use at the dive location; and(b) A bell is used at depths…

(1) General. Employers engaged in diving operations involving liveboating shall comply with the following requirements.(2) Limits. Diving operations involving liveboating shall not be conducted:(a) With an inwater decompression time of greater than 120 minutes;(b) Using surface-s…

(1) General.(a) All employers shall comply with the following requirements, unless otherwise specified.(b) Each equipment modification, repair, test, calibration or maintenance service shall be recorded by means of a tagging or logging system, and include the date and nature of w…

(1) Recording and reporting. The employer must comply with chapter 296-27 WAC for recording work-related injuries and illnesses and reporting to the department any work-related fatality, inpatient hospitalization, amputation, or the loss of an eye.(2) Availability of records.(a) …

[Statutory Authority: Chapter 49.17 RCW and RCW 49.17.040, [49.17].050 and [49.17].060. WSR 92-22-067 (Order 92-06), § 296-37-580, filed 10/30/92, effective 12/8/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.240, and chapters 42.30 and 43.22 RCW. WSR 78-10-094 (Order 7…

(1) The following disorders may restrict or limit occupational exposure to hyperbaric conditions depending on severity, presence of residual effects, response to therapy, number of occurrences, diving mode, or degree and duration of isolation.(a) History of seizure disorder other…

This appendix contains guidelines that will be used in conjunction with WAC 296-37-510 (2)(e) to determine those scientific diving programs which are exempt from the requirements for commercial diving. The guidelines are as follows:(1) The diving control board consists of a major…

(Mandatory)WAC 296-37-510(7) specifies that an employer of recreational diving instructors and diving guides (hereafter, "divers" or "employees") who complies with all of the conditions of this appendix need not provide a decompression chamber for these divers as required under W…

Unless a different meaning is clearly required by the context, the following terms and definitions are important:"Administrative law judge (ALJ)" is a person appointed by the chief administrative law judge pursuant to chapter 34.12 RCW to conduct or preside over hearings convened…

(1) Journey level plumber (PL01): A journey level plumber may work on all phases of plumbing projects including residential, commercial and industrial worksite locations.(2) Residential specialty plumber (PL02): Installation, maintenance and repair of all phases of plumbing for r…

(1) A plumbing contractor may license/renew/relicense/reinstate if it:(a) Completes an application for plumbing contractor licensing, have it notarized, and submit it to the department as required by RCW 18.106.400;(i) Each applicant for a plumbing contractor's license shall iden…

(1) The continuous surety bond or savings account amounts for applicants of plumbing contractor license: Six thousand dollars for the plumbing contractor license.(2) The surety bond or savings account amounts for applicants of plumbing contractors with final judgments involving a…

(1) A plumbing contractor's license will be suspended if the following impairments, cancellations, noncompliance, or errors occur:(a) A surety bond or other security has an unsatisfied final judgment against it or becomes otherwise impaired.(b) A surety bond is canceled.(c) An in…

The department shall deny an application for licensure, renewal, or reinstatement if:(1) The applicant does not submit the required documents on the forms required by the department.(2) The documents are false or incomplete.(3) The documents do not have the legal name of the plum…

(1) If a plumbing contractor changes its business structure (for example, from a partnership to a corporation or if the partners in a partnership change or change in the designated plumber that changes the scope of work that can be performed), the plumbing contractor must:(a) App…

(1) Insurance and bonding companies must send cancellation notices to the department.(2) Cancellation notices must contain the following information:(a) The name of the plumbing contractor exactly as it appears in the plumbing contractor's licensing file;(b) The plumbing contract…

(1) Once the department has been notified that the surety bond or other security approved by the department has been impaired by a final judgment or reduced by payment to an amount less than is required by WAC 296-400A-012, the plumbing contractor's license will automatically be …

(1) The department will release a security deposit two years after the plumbing contractor's last plumbing license has expired unless there is an unsatisfied final judgment or ongoing claim against the plumbing contractor.(2) The department will release a security deposit in less…

(1) A civil suit against a plumbing contractor must be filed in the superior court of the county in which the work was done or of any county in which jurisdiction of the plumbing contractor may be had. Unless the suit is filed in a superior court, the department will not be able …

You can obtain a certificate of competency by completing the following requirements for:(1) Journey level, residential, residential service, and domestic pump specialty plumber certificate:(a) Submitting a competency examination application to the department;(b) Paying the examin…

(Only journey level plumbers holding active state of Washington certification may apply for this endorsement.) This section applies if you have never held the endorsement.You can obtain a medical gas piping installer endorsement by completing the following requirements:(1) Submit…

(1) Maintain an active Washington state journey level certification.(2) Submit affidavit of continuity verifying that brazing has been performed every six months during the renewal cycle.(3) Submit affidavit of review of current medical gas code adopted by the Washington state bu…

(1) An individual must apply for renewal of their plumbing certificate before the expiration date of the certificate. The individual may not apply for renewal more than ninety days prior to the expiration date. Plumber certificates are renewed every three years.(2) An individual …

(1) The certificate must be immediately available for examination at all times.(2) The individual must also have in their possession governmental issued photo identification.(3) To work in the plumbing trade, an individual must possess, wear, and visibly display on the front of t…

RCW 18.106.050 authorizes the department to:(1) Approve training courses for the medical gas piping installer endorsement; and(2) Set training course fees.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.106 RCW. WSR 98-13-126, § 296-400A-025, filed 6/17/98, effective 7/20/98.]

(1) The department will review and approve courses submitted by training course providers that offer medical gas piping systems training. Course approvals will be decided in consultation with the state advisory board of plumbers.(2) All providers seeking course approval, must sub…

The department will produce a list of all approved training course providers and/or course contact persons. This list will be available to all applicants who request it. It will also be available at all department service locations.[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.106 RCW. WSR 98…

What are the general and continuing education course requirements for journey level, residential specialty plumbers, domestic pump specialty plumbers, and plumber trainees?(1) Journey level, residential specialty plumber, residential service, domestic pump specialty plumber, and …

• Individuals that renew between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, are required to complete sixteen hours of continuing education courses.• Effective July 1, 2021, all journey level and residential specialty renewals will require twenty-four hours of continuing education.[Statutor…

You need a temporary permit if you are an active out-of-state journey level plumber, domestic pump specialty plumber, or a residential specialty plumber residing in a state that does not have a reciprocal agreement with Washington and you would like to work as a plumber in Washin…

To qualify for a temporary permit, you must:(1) Have an active state-issued journey level plumber, domestic pump specialty plumber, or a residential specialty plumber certificate;(2) Give the department sufficient qualifying evidence for a journey level plumber, domestic pump spe…

If you qualify, you can obtain a temporary permit by applying to the department and paying both the examination application fee and the temporary permit fee shown in WAC 296-400A-045.[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.050, [18.106.]070, [18.106.]110, [18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and …