Title 43 — Title 43 STATE GOVERNMENT—EXECUTIVE
178 chapters · 3,474 sections in this title.
RCW 43.22.005 Deputy directors.
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The director of labor and industries may appoint and deputize two assistant directors to be known as deputy directors. The director shall designate one deputy director who, in case a vacancy occurs in the office of director, shall continue in charge of the department until a dire…
RCW 43.22.010 Divisions of department—Personnel.
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The department of labor and industries shall be organized into divisions that promote efficient and effective performance of the duties the agency is charged by statute to administer.The director may appoint such clerical and other assistants as may be necessary for the general a…
RCW 43.22.020 Supervisor of industrial insurance—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.
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The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of industrial insurance, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute.The director may appoint and employ such adjusters, medic…
RCW 43.22.030 Powers and duties.
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The director of labor and industries shall:(1) Exercise all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law with respect to the administration of workers' compensation and medical aid in this state;(2) Have the custody of all property acquired by the state at execution sa…
RCW 43.22.035 Printed materials—Department's duties.
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When an employer initially files a business license application under chapter 19.02 RCW for the purpose, in whole or in part, of registering to pay industrial insurance taxes, the department must send to the employer any printed material the department recommends or requires the …
RCW 43.22.040 Supervisor of industrial safety and health—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.
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The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of industrial safety and health, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute.The director may appoint and employ such inspecto…
RCW 43.22.050 Powers and duties.
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The director of labor and industries shall:(1) Exercise all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law in relation to the inspection of factories, mills, workshops, storehouses, warerooms, stores and buildings, and the machinery and apparatus therein contained, and s…
RCW 43.22.051 Rule making restricted.
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For rules adopted after July 27, 1997, the director of the department of labor and industries may not rely solely on a statute's statement of intent or purpose, on the enabling provisions of the statute establishing the agency, or on any combination of those provisions, for statu…
RCW 43.22.052 Five-year formal review process of existing rules.
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The department of labor and industries must establish and perform, within existing funds, a formal review process of its existing rules every five years. The goal of the review is to decrease the numbers of, simplify the process, and decrease the time required for obtaining licen…
RCW 43.22.053 Supervisor of building and construction safety inspection services—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.
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The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of building and construction safety inspection services, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute.The director may appoint …
RCW 43.22.260 Supervisor of industrial relations—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.
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The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of industrial relations, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute.The director may appoint an assistant to be known as the …
RCW 43.22.270 Powers and duties.
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The director of labor and industries shall have the power, and it shall be the director's duty:(1) To study and keep in touch with problems of industrial relations and, from time to time, make public reports and recommendations to the legislature;(2) To, with the assistance of th…
RCW 43.22.282 Industrial welfare committee abolished—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.
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The industrial welfare committee established by this chapter is abolished. All powers, duties, and functions of the committee are transferred to the director of labor and industries.[ 1982 c 163 s 16.]Notes:Severability—Effective date—1982 c 163: See notes following RCW 2.10.052.
RCW 43.22.290 Reports by employers.
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Every owner, operator, or manager of a factory, workshop, mill, mine, or other establishment where labor is employed, shall make to the department, upon blanks furnished by it, such reports and returns as the department may require, for the purpose of compiling such labor statist…
RCW 43.22.300 Compelling attendance of witnesses and testimony—Penalty.
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(1) The director may issue subpoenas, administer oaths and take testimony in all matters relating to the duties herein required, such testimony to be taken in some suitable place in the vicinity to which testimony is applicable.(2) Witnesses subpoenaed and testifying before any o…
RCW 43.22.310 Access to plants—Penalty for refusal.
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The director or any employee of the department of labor and industries may enter any factory, mill, office, workshop, or public or private works at any time for the purpose of gathering facts and statistics as provided by this chapter, and examine into the methods of protection f…
RCW 43.22.315 Use of social security numbers in correspondence with third parties.
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(1) For the purposes of preventing fraud and protecting personal privacy, the department shall examine its current practices in which it discloses the full social security numbers of persons in its correspondence with nongovernmental third parties.(2) If the disclosure of full so…
RCW 43.22.331 Annual report on workers' compensation fraud.
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The department shall annually compile a comprehensive report on workers' compensation fraud in Washington. The report shall include the department's activities related to the prevention, detection, and prosecution of worker, employer, and provider fraud and the cost of such activ…
RCW 43.22.335 Manufactured homes, mobile homes, recreational vehicles—Definitions.
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.22.340 through 43.22.434, 43.22.442, and 43.22.495.(1) "Conversion vending units" means a motor vehicle or recreational vehicle that has been converted or built for the purpose …
RCW 43.22.340 Manufactured homes, mobile homes, recreational vehicles—Safety rules—Compliance—Penalty.
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(1) The director shall adopt specific rules for conversion vending units and medical units. The rules for conversion vending units and medical units shall be established to protect the occupants from fire; to address other life safety issues; and to ensure that the design and con…
RCW 43.22.350 Mobile homes, recreational or commercial vehicles—Compliance insignia—Fee schedule—Out-of-state sales—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency.
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(1) In compliance with any applicable provisions of this chapter, the director of the department of labor and industries shall establish a schedule of fees, whether on the basis of plan approval or inspection, for the issuance of an insigne which indicates that the mobile home, c…
RCW 43.22.355 Mobile homes, recreational or commercial vehicles—Self-certification for recreational vehicles and park trailers—Procedures—Performance audit of quality control programs.
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The director or the director's authorized representative may allow qualifying recreational vehicle and/or park trailer manufacturers to be self-certified as to compliance with the American national standards institute A119.2 standard for recreational vehicles and the American nat…
RCW 43.22.360 Mobile homes, recreational or commercial vehicles—Plans and specifications—Approval—Alterations—Rules.
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(1) Plans and specifications of each model or production prototype of a mobile home, commercial coach, conversion vending units as specified in subsection (2) of this section, medical units, recreational vehicle, and/or park trailer showing body and frame design, construction, pl…
RCW 43.22.370 Mobile homes, recreational or commercial vehicles—Leased, sold, or manufactured in state prior to July 1, 1968—Compliance not required—Exception.
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Any mobile home, commercial coach, conversion vending units, medical units, recreational vehicle, and/or park trailer leased or sold in Washington and manufactured prior to July 1, 1968, which has not been inspected prior to its sale and which does not meet the requirements presc…
RCW 43.22.380 Mobile homes, recreational or commercial vehicles—Manufactured for use outside state—Compliance not required—Exception.
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Used mobile homes, commercial coaches, recreational vehicles, and/or park trailers manufactured for use outside this state which do not meet the requirements prescribed and have been used for six months or more will not be required to comply with those requirements except for alt…
RCW 43.22.390 Mobile homes, recreational or commercial vehicles—Insigne of approval, when required.
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Mobile homes, commercial coaches, conversion vending units, medical units, recreational vehicles, and/or park trailers subject to the provisions of RCW 43.22.340 through 43.22.410, and mobile homes, commercial coaches, conversion vending units, medical units, recreational vehicle…
RCW 43.22.400 Mobile homes, recreational or commercial vehicles—Meeting standards of other states at least equal to this state.
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If the director of the department of labor and industries determines that the standards for body and frame design, construction and the plumbing, heating and electrical equipment installed in mobile homes, commercial coaches, recreational vehicles, and/or park trailers by the sta…
RCW 43.22.410 Mobile homes, recreational or commercial vehicles—Meeting requirements of chapter deemed compliance with county or city ordinances.
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Any mobile home, commercial coach, conversion vending units, medical units, recreational vehicle, and/or park trailer that meets the requirements prescribed under RCW 43.22.340 shall not be required to comply with any ordinances of a city or county prescribing requirements for bo…
RCW 43.22.420 Factory assembled structures advisory board.
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There is hereby created a factory assembled structures advisory board consisting of at least 11 members to be appointed by the director of labor and industries. It shall be the purpose and function of the board to advise the director on all matters pertaining to the enforcement o…
RCW 43.22.430 RCW 43.22.340 and 43.22.350 through 43.22.420 not to apply to common carrier equipment.
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RCW 43.22.340 and 43.22.350 through 43.22.420 shall not apply to common carrier equipment.[ 1970 ex.s. c 27 s 10.]
RCW 43.22.431 Manufactured home safety and construction standards—Enforcement by director of labor and industries.
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The director of the department of labor and industries may enforce manufactured home safety and construction standards adopted by the secretary of housing and urban development under the national manufactured home construction and safety standards act of 1974 (800 Stat. 700; 42 U…
RCW 43.22.432 Manufactured home construction and safety standards and regulations—Rules.
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(1) The department may adopt all standards and regulations adopted by the secretary under the national manufactured home construction and safety standards act of 1974 (800 Stat. 700; 42 U.S.C. Secs. 5401-5426) for manufactured home construction and safety standards. If any deleti…
RCW 43.22.433 Violations—Penalties.
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of RCW 43.22.431 through 43.22.434 and 43.22.350 or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to RCW 43.22.431 through 43.22.434 and 43.22.350 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars o…
RCW 43.22.434 Inspections and investigations necessary to adopt or enforce rules—Director's duties—Fees—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency.
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(1) The director or the director's authorized representative may conduct such inspections, investigations, and audits as may be necessary to adopt or enforce manufactured and mobile home, commercial coach, conversion vending units, medical units, recreational vehicle, park traile…
RCW 43.22.435 Altering a mobile or manufactured home—Permit—Penalties—Appeals—Notice of correction.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6039-S.SL) ***(1)(a) In addition to or in lieu of any other penalty applicable under this chapter, and except as provided in (b) of this subsection, the department may assess a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars against a contractor, f…
RCW 43.22.436 Mobile and manufactured home installations—Exemptions and variances from permitting requirements and alteration rules—Conditional sales of altered mobile and manufactured homes.
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(1) With respect to mobile and manufactured homes that are installed in accordance with the standards adopted under RCW 43.22.440:(a) The department shall adopt rules that:(i) Specify exemptions from a requirement for a permit to alter a mobile or manufactured home;(ii) Authorize…
RCW 43.22.440 Manufactured and mobile home installation service and warranty service standards—Enforcement.
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(1) The legislature finds that inspections of manufactured and mobile home installation are not done on a consistent basis. Manufactured and mobile homes provide housing for many people in the state, and improperly installed manufactured or mobile homes are a serious health and s…
RCW 43.22.442 Warranty service—Timely compensation for work performed.
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A manufacturer of manufactured homes who designates a representative within this state to provide consumers with warranty service for manufactured homes on behalf of the manufacturer shall make reasonable and timely compensation to the representative for performance of the warran…
RCW 43.22.445 Mobile homes—Warranties and inspections—Advertising of dimensions.
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See RCW 46.70.135.
RCW 43.22.450 Factory built housing and commercial structures, regulating installation of—Definitions.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2151-S.SL) ***Whenever used in RCW 43.22.450 through 43.22.490:(1) "Department" means the Washington state department of labor and industries;(2) "Approved" means approved by the department;(3) "Factory built housing" means any structure, including a f…
RCW 43.22.455 Factory built housing and commercial structures, regulating installation of—Housing must be approved, have department insignia—Significance of insignia—Modification of housing during installation must be approved.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2151-S.SL) ***No factory built housing or factory built commercial structure shall be installed on a building site in this state after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to RCW 43.22.480 unless it is approved and bears the insignia …
RCW 43.22.460 Factory built housing and commercial structures, regulating installation of—Certain requirements reserved to local jurisdictions.
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Local land use requirements, building setbacks, side and rear yard requirements, site development and property line requirements, and review and regulation of zoning requirements are specifically reserved to local jurisdictions notwithstanding anything contained in RCW 43.22.450 …
RCW 43.22.465 Factory built housing and commercial structures, regulating installation of—Injunctive process, procedure.
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The department may obtain from a superior court having jurisdiction, a temporary injunction enjoining the installation of factory built housing or factory built commercial structures on any building site upon affidavit of the department that such factory built housing or factory …
RCW 43.22.470 Factory built housing and commercial structures, regulating installation of—Delegation of inspection duty—Qualified inspection agencies.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2151-S.SL) ***The department shall have the authority to delegate all or part of its duties of inspection to a local enforcement agency or a qualified inspection agency.Qualified inspection agencies shall be objective, competent, and independent from t…
RCW 43.22.480 Factory built housing and commercial structures, installation—Rules—Enforcement—Standards—Fees—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2151-S.SL) ***(1) The department shall adopt and enforce rules that protect the health, safety, and property of the people of this state by assuring that all factory built housing or factory built commercial structures are structurally sound and that t…
RCW 43.22.485 Factory built housing and commercial structures, regulating installation of—Recognizing out-of-state standards, enforcement, as department approved.
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If the director of the department determines that the standards for factory built housing or factory built commercial structures prescribed by statute, rule or regulation of another state are at least equal to the regulations prescribed under RCW 43.22.450 through 43.22.490, and …
RCW 43.22.490 Factory built housing and commercial structures, regulating installation of—Violation as misdemeanor—Penalty.
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of RCW 43.22.450 through 43.22.490 or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to RCW 43.22.450 through 43.22.490 is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding th…
RCW 43.22.495 Manufactured housing—Duties.
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Beginning on July 1, 2007, the department of labor and industries shall perform all the consumer complaint and related functions of the state administrative agency that are required for purposes of complying with the regulations established by the federal department of housing an…
RCW 43.22.498 Deposit of moneys from RCW 43.22.335 through 43.22.430 and 43.22.432 through 43.22.495.
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All moneys, except fines and penalties, received or collected under the terms of RCW 43.22.335 through 43.22.430 and 43.22.432 through 43.22.495 must be deposited into the construction registration inspection account. All fines and penalties received or collected under the terms …
RCW 43.22.500 Printing and distribution of publications—Fees.
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The department of labor and industries, to defray the costs of printing, reprinting, or distributing printed matter issued by the department of labor and industries including, but not limited to, the matters listed in RCW 43.22.505, may charge a fee for such publications in an am…