Title 18 — Title 18 BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS

(1) A body art, body piercing, or tattooing shop or business shall meet the following minimum requirements:(a) Maintain an outside entrance separate from any rooms used for sleeping or residential purposes;(b) Provide and maintain for the use of its customers adequate toilet faci…

The director shall prepare and provide to all licensed shops or businesses a notice to consumers. At a minimum, the notice must state that body art, body piercing, and tattooing shops or businesses are required to be licensed, that shops or businesses are required to maintain min…

It is a violation of this chapter for any person to engage in the commercial practice of body art, body piercing, or tattooing except in a licensed shop or business with the appropriate individual body art, body piercing, or tattooing license.[ 2009 c 412 s 10.]

The department of licensing shall immediately suspend any license under this chapter if the department receives information that the license holder has not complied with RCW 74.08.580(2). If the license holder has remained otherwise eligible to be licensed, the department may rei…

In addition to the unprofessional conduct described in RCW 18.235.130, the director may take disciplinary action against any applicant or licensee under this chapter if the licensee or applicant:(1) Has been found to have violated any provisions of chapter 19.86 RCW;(2) Has engag…

If, following a hearing, the director finds that any person or an applicant or licensee has violated any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted under it, the director may impose one or more of the following penalties:(1) Denial of a license or renewal;(2) Revocation or sus…

Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the director to issue any license provided for in this chapter, or to renew the same, or by the revocation or suspension of any license issued under this chapter or by the application of any penalty under RCW 18.300.110 has the right to appe…

The department shall immediately suspend the license of a person who has been certified under *RCW 74.20A.320 by the department of social and health services as a person who is not in compliance with a support order. If the person has continued to meet all other requirements for …

The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. A violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and preserva…

The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter.[ 2009 c 412 s 16.]

An applicant with military training or experience satisfies the training or experience requirements of this chapter unless the director determines that the military training or experience is not substantially equivalent to the standards of this state.[ 2011 c 351 s 16.]

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Washington body art, body piercing, and tattooing act."[ 2009 c 412 s 17.]

Sections 1 through 21 of this act take effect July 1, 2010.[ 2009 c 412 s 25.]

The director of licensing and the department of health, beginning on July 26, 2009, may take such steps as are necessary to ensure that chapter 412, Laws of 2009 is implemented July 1, 2010.[ 2009 c 412 s 23.]

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Appraisal" means the act or process of estimating value; an estimate of value; or of pertaining to appraising and related functions.(2) "Appraisal management company" …

The director shall:(1) Adopt rules to implement this chapter;(2) Establish appropriate administrative procedures for the processing of the applications;(3) Issue licenses to qualified companies under the provisions of this chapter;(4) Maintain a roster of the names and addresses …

The director or individuals acting on behalf of the director are immune from suit in any action, civil or criminal, based on any acts performed in the course of their duties except for their intentional or willful misconduct.[ 2010 c 179 s 3.]

(1) Applications for licensure must be made to the department on forms approved by the director. A license is valid for one year and must be renewed on or before the expiration date. Applications for original and renewal licenses must include a statement confirming that the compa…

Every company seeking licensure whose headquarters is not based in the state of Washington shall submit, with the application for licensure, an irrevocable consent that service of process upon the controlling person or persons may be made by service on the director if, in an acti…

(1) It is unlawful for an entity to engage or attempt to engage in business as an appraisal management company, to engage or attempt to perform appraisal management services, or to advertise or hold itself out as engaging in or conducting business as an appraisal management compa…

Background investigations under this chapter consist of fingerprint-based background checks through the Washington state patrol criminal identification system and through the federal bureau of investigation. The applicant is required to pay the current federal and state fees for …

(1) A license issued under this chapter must bear the signature or facsimile signature of the director and a license number assigned by the director.(2) Each licensed appraisal management company shall place the name under which it does business and its license number on any appr…

(1) Each entity owning more than ten percent of an appraisal management company may not be directly controlled or owned in whole or in part by any person who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser refused, denied, canceled, or revoked in any state.(2) Each person…

(1)(a) An appraisal management company shall designate one controlling person that will be the main contact for all communication between the department and the appraisal management company.(b) Should the controlling person change, the appraisal management company must notify the…

(1) An appraisal management company may not knowingly contract with or employ as an appraiser:(a) Any person who has ever had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser in this state, or in any other state, surrendered in lieu of disciplinary action, refused, denied, cancele…

(1) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the following:(a) An appraisal management company that is a subsidiary owned and controlled by a financial institution regulated by a federal financial institution regulatory agency; or(b) An appraiser that enters into an agreeme…

An appraisal management company must certify to the department on initial application and upon renewal, that it maintains a detailed record of each service request that it receives and the appraiser that performs the appraisal for the appraisal management company. This statement …

(1) Except within the first thirty days after an appraiser is first added to the appraiser panel of an appraisal management company, an appraisal management company may not remove an appraiser from its appraiser panel, or otherwise refuse to assign requests for real estate apprai…

(1) In addition to the unprofessional conduct described in RCW 18.235.130, the director may take disciplinary action for the following:(a) Failing to meet the minimum qualifications for licensure established under this chapter;(b) Failing to pay appraisers no later than forty-fiv…

The appraisal management company account is created in the state treasury. All fees and penalties under this chapter must be paid to the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Any residue in th…

The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter.[ 2010 c 179 s 17.]

This act takes effect July 1, 2011.[ 2010 c 179 s 21.]

(1) The legislature finds that:(a) The practice of social work by persons in the public and private sectors improves the lives of many people throughout the state through the application of a broad spectrum of social sciences to enhance the quality of life and develop the full po…

(1) To address the goal of safeguarding Washington residents from the unqualified or improper practice of social work, a person may not represent himself or herself as a social worker unless qualified as a social worker as defined in this section.(2) For purposes of this section,…

(1) The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. A violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and pres…

The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of regulated social workers by improving public access to competent social work services. The compact preserves the regulatory authority of states to protect public health and safety through the current system of st…

As used in this compact, and except as otherwise provided, the following definitions shall apply:(1) "Active military member" means any individual with full-time duty status in the active armed forces of the United States including members of the national guard and reserve.(2) "A…

(1) To be eligible to participate in the compact, a potential member state must currently meet all of the following criteria:(a) License and regulate the practice of social work at either the clinical, master's, or bachelor's category;(b) Require applicants for licensure to gradu…

(1) To be eligible for a multistate license under the terms and provisions of the compact, an applicant, regardless of category must:(a) Hold or be eligible for an active, unencumbered license in the home state;(b) Pay any applicable fees, including any state fee, for the multist…

(1) Upon receipt of an application for a multistate license, the home state licensing authority shall determine the applicant's eligibility for a multistate license in accordance with RCW 18.321.030.(2) If such applicant is eligible pursuant to RCW 18.321.030, the home state lice…

(1) Nothing in this compact, nor any rule of the commission, shall be construed to limit, restrict, or in any way reduce the ability of a member state to enact and enforce laws, regulations, or other rules related to the practice of social work in that state, where those laws, re…

(1) A licensee can hold a multistate license, issued by their home state, in only one member state at any given time.(2) If a licensee changes their home state by moving between two member states:(a) The licensee shall immediately apply for the reissuance of their multistate lice…

An active military member or their spouse shall designate a home state where the individual has a multistate license. The individual may retain their home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty.[ 2024 c 176 s 9.]Notes:Intent—2024 c 176: See note …

(1) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, in accordance with existing state due process law, to:(a) Take adverse action against a regulated social worker's multistate authorization to practice only within that member stat…

(1) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted the compact known as the social work licensure compact commission. The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states actin…

(1) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data system.(2) The commission shall assign each applicant for a multistate license a unique identifier, as determined by the rules of the commission.(3) Notwithstanding…

(1) The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer the purposes and provisions of the compact. A rule shall be invalid and have no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdiction holds that the rule is i…

(1) Oversight.(a) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact.(b) Except as otherwise provided in this compact, venue is proper and judicial proceed…

(1) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh member state.(a) On or after the effective date of the compact, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the first seven member states ("char…

(1) This compact and the commission's rule-making authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules shall not be…