RCW 70.87.125 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 87 / Section 125
RCW 70.87.125: Suspension or revocation of license or permit—Grounds—Notice—Stay of suspension or revocation—Removal of suspension or reinstatement of license or permit.
Status: in_force

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(1) A license issued under this chapter may be suspended, revoked, or subject to civil penalty by the department upon verification that any one or more of the following reasons exist: (a) Any false statement as to a material matter in the application; (b) Fraud, misrepresentation, or bribery in securing a license; (c) Failure to notify the department and the owner or lessee of a conveyance or related mechanisms of any condition not in compliance with this chapter; (d) A violation of any provisions of this chapter; and (e) If the elevator contractor does not employ an individual designated as the primary point of contact with the department and who has successfully completed the elevator contractor examination. In the case of a separation of employment, termination of this relationship or designation, or death of the designated individual, the elevator contractor must, within ninety days, designate a new individual who has successfully completed the elevator contractor examination. (2) The department may suspend or revoke a permit if: (a) The permit was obtained through fraud or by error if, in the absence of error, the department would not have issued the permit; (b) The conveyance for which the permit was issued has not been worked on in accordance with this chapter; or (c) The conveyance has become unsafe. (3) The department shall suspend any license issued under this chapter promptly after receiving notice from the department of social and health services that the holder of the license has been certified pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320 as a person who is not in compliance with a support order. If the person has continued to meet all other license requirements during the suspension, reissuance of the license shall be automatic upon the department's receipt of a release issued by the department of social and health services stating that the person is in compliance with the order. (4) The department shall notify in writing the owner, licensee, or person performing conveyance work, of its action and the reason for the action. The department shall send the notice using a method by which the mailing can be tracked or the delivery can be confirmed to the last known address of the owner or person. The notice shall inform the owner or person that a hearing may be requested pursuant to RCW 70.87.170 . (5)(a) If the department has suspended or revoked a permit or license because of fraud or error, and a hearing is requested, the suspension or revocation shall be stayed until the hearing is concluded and a decision is issued. (b) If the department has revoked or suspended a license because the licensee performing the work covered by this chapter is working in a manner that does not effectively prevent injuries or deaths or protect employees and the public from unsafe conditions as is required by this chapter, the suspension or revocation is effective immediately and shall not be stayed by a request for a hearing. (c) If the department has revoked or suspended a permit because the conveyance is unsafe or the conveyance work is not permitted and performed in accordance with this chapter, the suspension or revocation is effective immediately and shall not be stayed by a request for a hearing. (6) The department must remove a suspension or reinstate a revoked license if the licensee pays all the assessed civil penalties and is able to demonstrate to the department that the licensee has met all the qualifications established by this chapter. (7) The department shall remove a suspension or reinstate a revoked permit if a conveyance is repaired or modified to bring it into compliance with this chapter.
RCW 70.122.010 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 122 / Section 010
RCW 70.122.010: Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that adult persons have the fundamental right to control the decisions relating to the rendering of their own health care, including the decision to have life-sustaining treatment withheld or withdrawn in instances of a terminal condition or permanent unconscious condition. The legislature further finds that modern medical technology has made possible the artificial prolongation of human life beyond natural limits. The legislature further finds that, in the interest of protecting individual autonomy, such prolongation of the process of dying for persons with a terminal condition or permanent unconscious condition may cause loss of patient dignity, and unnecessary pain and suffering, while providing nothing medically necessary or beneficial to the patient. The legislature further believes that physicians and nurses should not withhold or unreasonably diminish pain medication for patients in a terminal condition where the primary intent of providing such medication is to alleviate pain and maintain or increase the patient's comfort. The legislature further finds that there exists considerable uncertainty in the medical and legal professions as to the legality of terminating the use or application of life-sustaining treatment where the patient having the capacity to make health care decisions has voluntarily evidenced a desire that such treatment be withheld or withdrawn. In recognition of the dignity and privacy which patients have a right to expect, the legislature hereby declares that the laws of the state of Washington shall recognize the right of an adult person to make a written directive instructing such person's physician to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment in the event of a terminal condition or permanent unconscious condition. The legislature also recognizes that a person's right to control his or her health care may be exercised by an authorized representative who validly holds the person's durable power of attorney for health care.
RCW 70A.65.040 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 65 / Section 040
RCW 70A.65.040: Environmental justice council—Duties.
Status: in_force

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(1) The environmental justice council created in RCW 70A.02.110 must provide recommendations to the legislature, agencies, and the governor in the development and implementation of the program established in RCW 70A.65.060 through 70A.65.210 , and the programs funded from the carbon emissions reduction account created in RCW 70A.65.240 , the climate commitment account created in RCW 70A.65.260 , the natural climate solutions account created in RCW 70A.65.270 , and the climate investment account created in RCW 70A.65.250 . (2) In addition to the duties and authorities granted in chapter 70A.02 RCW to the environmental justice council, the environmental justice council must: (a) Provide recommendations to the legislature, agencies, and the governor in the development of: (i) The program established in RCW 70A.65.060 through 70A.65.210 including, but not limited to, linkage with other jurisdictions, protocols for establishing offset projects and securing offset credits, designation of emissions-intensive and trade-exposed industries under RCW 70A.65.110 , and administration of allowances under the program; and (ii) Investment plans and funding proposals for the programs funded from the climate investment account created in RCW 70A.65.250 for the purpose of providing environmental benefits and reducing environmental health disparities within overburdened communities; (b) Provide a forum to analyze policies adopted under this chapter to determine if the policies lead to improvements within overburdened communities; (c) Recommend procedures and criteria for evaluating programs, activities, or projects; (d) Recommend copollutant emissions reduction goals in overburdened communities; (e) Evaluate the level of funding provided to assist vulnerable populations, low-income individuals, and impacted workers and the funding of projects and activities located within or benefiting overburdened communities; (f) Recommend environmental justice and environmental health goals for programs, activities, and projects funded from the climate investment account, and review agency annual reports on outcomes and progress toward meeting these goals; (g) Provide recommendations to implementing agencies for meaningful consultation with vulnerable populations, including community engagement plans under RCW 70A.65.020 and 70A.65.030 ; and (h) Recommend how to support public participation through capacity grants for participation. (3) For the purpose of performing the duties under subsection (2) of this section, two additional tribal members are added to the council.
RCW 70.74.061 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 74 / Section 061
RCW 70.74.061: Quantity and distance tables for separation between magazines—Adoption by rule.
Status: in_force

Magazines containing blasting caps and electric blasting caps shall be separated from other magazines containing like contents, or from magazines containing explosives by distances set in the quantity and distance tables adopted by the department of labor and industries by rule. The department of labor and industries shall adopt the quantity and distance tables promulgated by the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms unless the department determines the tables to be inappropriate. The tables shall be the basis on which applications for storage license[s] are made and storage licenses issued as provided in RCW 70.74.110 and 70.74.120 .
RCW 70.245.230 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 245 / Section 230
RCW 70.245.230: Selection of qualified medical provider.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the provisions in subsection (2) of this section, a qualified patient may select the attending or consulting qualified medical provider of the qualified patient's choosing. (2)(a) If a qualified patient selects an attending qualified medical provider who is a licensed professional other than a physician, the qualified patient must select a physician to serve as the qualified patient's consulting qualified medical provider. (b) A qualified patient may select a consulting qualified medical provider who is a licensed professional other than a physician, only if the qualified patient's attending qualified medical provider is a physician. (c) The attending qualified medical provider and the consulting qualified medical provider selected by the qualified patient may not have a direct supervisory relationship with each other.
RCW 70A.500.130 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 500 / Section 130
RCW 70A.500.130: Electronic products recycling account.
Status: in_force

(1) The electronic products recycling account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All payments resulting from plans not reaching their equivalent share, as described in RCW 70A.500.220 , shall be deposited into the account. Any moneys collected for manufacturer registration fees, fees associated with reviewing and approving plans and plan revisions, and penalties levied under this chapter shall be deposited into the account. (2) Only the director of the department or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures. (3) Moneys in the account may be used solely by the department for the purposes of fulfilling department responsibilities specified in this chapter and for expenditures to the authority and authorized parties resulting from plans exceeding their equivalent share, as described in RCW 70A.500.220 . Funds in the account may not be diverted for any purpose or activity other than those specified in this section.
RCW 70.54.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 54 / Section 050
RCW 70.54.050: Exposing contagious disease—Penalty.
Status: in_force

Every person who shall willfully expose himself or herself to another, or any animal affected with any contagious or infectious disease, in any public place or thoroughfare, except upon his or her or its necessary removal in a manner not dangerous to the public health; and every person so affected who shall expose any other person thereto without his or her knowledge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
RCW 70A.205.420 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 420
RCW 70A.205.420: Waste tire removal account—Use—Information required to be posted to department's website.
Status: in_force

(1) Moneys in the waste tire removal account may be appropriated to the department of ecology: (a) To provide for funding to state and local governments for the removal of discarded vehicle tires from unauthorized tire dump sites; and (b) To accomplish the other purposes of RCW 70A.205.010 as they relate to waste tire cleanup under this chapter. (2) In spending funds in the account under this section, the department shall identify communities with the most severe problems with waste tires and provide funds first to those communities to remove accumulations of waste tires. (3) The department shall provide on its website a summary of state and local government efforts funded using the waste tire removal account, a list of authorized waste tire storage sites and transporters, and tire recycling and reuse rates in the state for each calendar year.
RCW 70.87.220 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 87 / Section 220
RCW 70.87.220: Elevator safety advisory committee.
Status: in_force

(1) The department may adopt the rules necessary to establish and administer the elevator safety advisory committee. The purpose of the advisory committee is to advise the department on the adoption of rules that apply to conveyances; methods of enforcing and administering this chapter; and matters of concern to the conveyance industry and to the individual installers, owners, and users of conveyances. (2) The advisory committee shall consist of not less than seven persons nor more than nine persons. The director of the department or his or her designee with the advice of the chief elevator inspector shall appoint the committee members as follows: (a) A minimum of one and a maximum of two representatives of licensed elevator contractors; (b) A minimum of one and a maximum of two representatives of elevator mechanics licensed to perform all types of conveyance work; (c) A minimum of one and a maximum of two representatives of owner-employed mechanics exempt from licensing requirements under RCW 70.87.270 ; (d) One registered architect or professional engineer representative; (e) A minimum of one and a maximum of two building owners or manager representatives; (f) A minimum of one and a maximum of two registered general commercial contractor representatives; and (g) One ad hoc member representing each municipality maintaining jurisdiction of conveyances in accordance with RCW 70.87.200 (2). (3) The committee members shall serve terms of four years. (4) The committee shall meet on the third Tuesday of February, May, August, and November of each year, and at other times at the discretion of the chief elevator inspector. The committee members shall serve without per diem or travel expenses. (5) The chief elevator inspector shall be the secretary for the advisory committee.
RCW 70A.545.120 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 545 / Section 120
RCW 70A.545.120: Limitation of liability/responsibility.
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in this chapter establishes or creates any liability or responsibility on the part of the agency or the state as administrators of the program to pay any costs for remedial actions or third-party claims from any source other than the pollution liability insurance program trust account. (2) The agency and the state as administrators of the program have no liability or responsibility to make payments for remedial action costs or third-party claims if the moneys in the account are insufficient. (3) If the moneys in the account are insufficient to make the payments at the time the loss declaration form is filed, these requests must be paid in the order of filing at such time as moneys accrue in the account, except for releases from a petroleum underground storage tank that present an imminent threat to human health and the environment must receive first priority for receiving moneys to eliminate the imminent threat.
RCW 70.08.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 08 / Section 050
RCW 70.08.050: May act as health officer for other cities or towns.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the director of public health as provided herein from acting as health officer for any other city or town within the county, nor from acting as health officer in any adjoining county or any city or town within such county having a contract or agreement as provided in RCW 70.08.090 : PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That before being appointed health officer for such adjoining county, the secretary of health shall first give his or her approval thereto.
RCW 70A.15.1080 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 1080
RCW 70A.15.1080: Exception—Burning wood at historic structure.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this section, any building or structure listed on the national register of historic sites, structures, or buildings established pursuant to 80 Stat. 915, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 470a, or on the state register established pursuant to RCW 27.34.220 , shall be permitted to burn wood as it would have when it was a functioning facility as an authorized exception to the provisions of this chapter. Such burning of wood shall not be exempted from the provisions of RCW 70A.15.6000 through 70A.15.6040 .
RCW 70.05.045 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 05 / Section 045
RCW 70.05.045: Administrative officer—Responsibilities.
Status: in_force

The administrative officer shall act as executive secretary and administrative officer for the local board of health, and shall be responsible for administering the operations of the board including such other administrative duties required by the local health board, except for duties assigned to the health officer as enumerated in RCW 70.05.070 and other applicable state law.
RCW 70.14.130 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 14 / Section 130
RCW 70.14.130: Health technology clinical committee—Public notice.
Status: in_force

(1) The administrator shall develop a centralized, internet-based communication tool that provides, at a minimum: (a) Notification when a health technology is selected for review under RCW 70.14.100 , indicating when the review will be initiated and how an interested party may submit evidence, or provide public comment, for consideration during the review; (b) Notification of any determination made by the committee under RCW 70.14.110 (1), its effective date, and an explanation of the basis for the determination; and (c) Access to the systematic assessment completed under RCW 70.14.100 (4), and reports completed under subsection (2) of this section. (2) Participating agencies shall develop methods to report on the implementation of this section and RCW 70.14.080 through 70.14.120 with respect to health care outcomes, frequency of exceptions, cost outcomes, and other matters deemed appropriate by the administrator.
RCW 70.115.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 115 / Section 050
RCW 70.115.050: Retail sale of hypodermic syringes, needles—Duty of retailer.
Status: in_force

On the sale at retail of any hypodermic syringe, hypodermic needle, or any device adapted for the use of drugs by injection, the retailer shall satisfy himself or herself that the device will be used for the legal use intended.
RCW 70.168.170 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 168 / Section 170
RCW 70.168.170: Ambulance services—Work group—Patient transportation—Mental health or chemical dependency services.
Status: in_force

(1) The department, in consultation with the department of social and health services, shall convene a work group comprised of members of the steering committee and representatives of ambulance services, firefighters, mental health providers, and chemical dependency treatment programs. The work group shall establish alternative facility guidelines for the development of protocols, procedures, and applicable training appropriate to the level of emergency medical service provider for the appropriate transport of patients in need of immediate mental health or chemical dependency services. (2) The alternative facility guidelines shall consider when transport to a mental health facility or chemical dependency treatment program is necessary as determined by: (a) The presence of a medical emergency that requires immediate medical care; (b) The severity of the mental health or substance use disorder needs of the patient; (c) The training of emergency medical service personnel to respond to a patient experiencing emergency mental health or substance use disorders; and (d) The risk the patient presents to the patient's self, the public, and the emergency medical service personnel. (3) By July 1, 2016, the department shall make the guidelines available to all regional emergency medical services and trauma care councils for incorporation into regional emergency medical services and trauma care plans under RCW 70.168.100 .
RCW 70.48.470 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 48 / Section 470
RCW 70.48.470: Sex, kidnapping offenders—Notices to offenders, law enforcement officials.
Status: in_force

(1) A person having charge of a jail shall notify in writing any confined person who is in the custody of the jail for a conviction of a sex offense or a kidnapping offense as defined in RCW 9A.44.128 of the registration requirements of RCW 9A.44.130 at the time of the inmate's release from confinement, and shall obtain written acknowledgment of such notification. The person shall also obtain from the inmate the county of the inmate's residence upon release from jail and, where applicable, the city. (2) When a sex offender or kidnapping offender under local government jurisdiction will reside in a county other than the county of conviction upon discharge or release, the chief law enforcement officer of the jail or his or her designee shall give notice of the inmate's discharge or release to the sheriff of the county and, where applicable, to the police chief of the city where the offender will reside.
RCW 70A.425.020 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 425 / Section 020
RCW 70A.425.020: Short title.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be cited as the Washington Poison Prevention Act of 1974.
RCW 70.77.200 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 77 / Section 200
RCW 70.77.200: Definitions—"Importer."
Status: in_force

"Importer" includes any person who for any purpose other than personal use: (1) Brings fireworks into this state or causes fireworks to be brought into this state; (2) Procures the delivery or receives shipments of any fireworks into this state; or (3) Buys or contracts to buy fireworks for shipment into this state.
RCW 70.168.120 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 168 / Section 120
RCW 70.168.120: Local and regional emergency medical services and trauma care councils—Power and duties.
Status: in_force

(1) A county or group of counties may create a local emergency medical services and trauma care council composed of representatives of hospital and prehospital trauma care and emergency medical services providers, local elected officials, consumers, local law enforcement officials, and local government agencies involved in the delivery of emergency medical services and trauma care. (2) The department shall establish regional emergency medical services and trauma care councils and shall appoint members to be comprised of a balance of hospital and prehospital trauma care and emergency medical services providers, local elected officials, consumers, local law enforcement representatives, and local government agencies involved in the delivery of trauma care and emergency medical services recommended by the local emergency medical services and trauma care councils within the region. (3) Local emergency medical services and trauma care councils shall review, evaluate, and provide recommendations to the regional emergency medical services and trauma care council regarding the provision of emergency medical services and trauma care in the region, and provide recommendations to the regional emergency medical services and trauma care councils on the plan for emergency medical services and trauma care.
RCW 70.104.055 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 104 / Section 055
RCW 70.104.055: Pesticide poisonings—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Any attending physician or other health care provider recognized as primarily responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of a patient or, in the absence of a primary health care provider, the health care provider initiating diagnostic testing or therapy for a patient shall report a case or suspected case of pesticide poisoning to the department of health in the manner prescribed by, and within the reasonable time periods established by, rules of the state board of health. Time periods established by the board shall range from immediate reporting to reporting within seven days depending on the severity of the case or suspected case of pesticide poisoning. The reporting requirements shall be patterned after other board rules establishing requirements for reporting of diseases or conditions. Confidentiality requirements shall be the same as the confidentiality requirements established for other reportable diseases or conditions. The information to be reported may include information from relevant pesticide application records and shall include information required under board rules. Reports shall be made on forms provided to health care providers by the department of health. For purposes of any oral reporting, the department of health shall make available a toll-free telephone number. (2) Within a reasonable time period as established by board rules, the department of health shall investigate the report of a case or suspected case of pesticide poisoning to document the incident. The department shall report the results of the investigation to the health care provider submitting the original report. (3) Cases or suspected cases of pesticide poisoning shall be reported by the department of health to the *pesticide reporting and tracking review panel within the time periods established by state board of health rules. (4) Upon request of the primary health care provider, pesticide applicators or employers shall provide a copy of records of pesticide applications which may have affected the health of the provider's patient. This information is to be used only for the purposes of providing health care services to the patient. (5) Any failure of the primary health care provider to make the reports required under this section may be cause for the department of health to submit information about such nonreporting to the applicable disciplining authority for the provider under RCW 18.130.040 . (6) No cause of action shall arise as the result of: (a) The failure to report under this section; or (b) any report submitted to the department of health under this section. (7) For the purposes of this section, a suspected case of pesticide poisoning is a case in which the diagnosis is thought more likely than not to be pesticide poisoning.
RCW 70.79.180 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 79 / Section 180
RCW 70.79.180: Suspension, revocation of inspector's commission—Grounds—Reinstatement.
Status: in_force

A commission may be suspended or revoked after due investigation and recommendation by the board to the director of the department of labor and industries for the incompetence or untrustworthiness of the holder thereof, or for willful falsification of any matter or statement contained in his or her application or in a report of any inspection. A person whose commission has been suspended or revoked, except for untrustworthiness, shall be entitled to apply to the board for reinstatement or, in the case of a revocation, for a new examination and commission after ninety days from such revocation.
RCW 70.155.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 155 / Section 020
RCW 70.155.020: Cigarette wholesaler or retailer licensee duties—Prohibition sign to be posted.
Status: in_force

A person who holds a license issued under RCW 82.24.520 or 82.24.530 shall: (1) Display the license or a copy in a prominent location at the outlet for which the license is issued; and (2) Display a sign concerning the prohibition of tobacco sales to persons under the age of twenty-one. Such sign shall: (a) Be posted so that it is clearly visible to anyone purchasing tobacco products from the licensee; (b) Be designed and produced by the department of health to read: "THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO PERSONS UNDER AGE 21 IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED BY STATE LAW. PHOTO ID REQUIRED UPON REQUEST"; and (c) Be provided free of charge by the liquor and cannabis board.
RCW 70A.02.090 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 02 / Section 090
RCW 70A.02.090: Reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) By September 1st of each year, each covered agency must annually update the council on the development and implementation of environmental justice in agency strategic plans pursuant to RCW 70A.02.040 , budgeting and funding criteria for making budgeting and funding decisions pursuant to RCW 70A.02.080 , and community engagement plans pursuant to RCW 70A.02.050 . (2)(a) Beginning in 2024, as part of each covered agency's annual update to the council under subsection (1) of this section, each covered agency must include updates on the agency's implementation status with respect to the environmental justice assessments under RCW 70A.02.060 . (b) By September 1st of each year beginning in 2024, each covered agency must publish or update a dashboard report, in a uniform dashboard format on the office of financial management's website, describing the agency's progress on: (i) Incorporating environmental justice in its strategic plan; (ii) The obligations of agencies relating to budgets and funding under RCW 70A.02.080 ; and (iii) Its environmental justice assessments of proposed significant agency actions, including logistical metrics related to covered agency completion of environmental justice assessments. (3) Each covered agency must file a notice with the office of financial management of significant agency actions for which the agency is initiating an environmental justice assessment under RCW 70A.02.060 . The office of financial management must prepare a list of all filings received from covered agencies each week and must post the list on its website and make it available to any interested parties. The list of filings must include a brief description of the significant agency action and the methods for providing public comment for agency consideration as part of the environmental justice assessment. (4) Each covered agency must identify overburdened communities, as required by RCW 70A.02.050 , in such a way that the performance effectiveness of the duties created by this chapter can be measured, including the effectiveness of environmental justice assessments required by RCW 70A.02.060 . Each covered agency may identify and prioritize overburdened communities as needed to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
RCW 70A.65.310 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 65 / Section 310
RCW 70A.65.310: Covered or opt-in entity compliance obligation.
Status: in_force

(1) A covered or opt-in entity has a compliance obligation for its emissions during each compliance period, with the first compliance period commencing January 1, 2023. The department shall by rule require that covered or opt-in entities annually transfer a percentage of compliance instruments, but must fully satisfy their compliance obligation, for each compliance period. To ensure that the program created in this chapter remains implementable and capable of fulfilling a linkage agreement under RCW 70A.65.210 , the department may, by rule, including emergency rule, delay or adjust the annual requirement to transfer a percentage of compliance instruments for any years for which emissions reporting deadlines are adjusted by the department under RCW 70A.15.2200 (5)(a)(ii)(B). (2) Compliance occurs through the transfer of the required compliance instruments or price ceiling units, on or before the transfer date, from the holding account to the compliance account of the covered or opt-in entity as described in RCW 70A.65.080 . (3)(a) A covered entity may substitute the submission of compliance instruments with price ceiling units. (b) A covered or opt-in entity submitting insufficient compliance instruments to meet its compliance obligation is subject to a penalty as provided in RCW 70A.65.200 . (4) Older vintage allowances must be retired before newer vintage allowances. (5) Upon receipt by the department of all compliance instruments transferred by a covered entity or opt-in entity to meet its compliance obligation, the department shall retire the allowances or offset credits.
RCW 70.02.060 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 02 / Section 060
RCW 70.02.060: Discovery request or compulsory process.
Status: in_force

(1) Before service of a discovery request or compulsory process on a health care provider for health care information, an attorney shall provide advance notice to the health care provider and the patient or the patient's attorney involved through service of process or first-class mail, indicating the health care provider from whom the information is sought, what health care information is sought, and the date by which a protective order must be obtained to prevent the health care provider from complying. Such date shall give the patient and the health care provider adequate time to seek a protective order, but in no event be less than fourteen days since the date of service or delivery to the patient and the health care provider of the foregoing. Thereafter the request for discovery or compulsory process shall be served on the health care provider. (2) Without the written consent of the patient, the health care provider may not disclose the health care information sought under subsection (1) of this section if the requestor has not complied with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section. In the absence of a protective order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction forbidding compliance, the health care provider shall disclose the information in accordance with this chapter. In the case of compliance, the request for discovery or compulsory process shall be made a part of the patient record. (3) Production of health care information under this section, in and of itself, does not constitute a waiver of any privilege, objection, or defense existing under other law or rule of evidence or procedure.
RCW 70.155.090 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 155 / Section 090
RCW 70.155.090: Age identification requirement.
Status: in_force

(1) Where there may be a question of a person's right to purchase or obtain tobacco products by reason of age, the retailer or agent thereof , shall require the purchaser to present any one of the following officially issued identification that shows the purchaser's age and bears his or her signature and photograph: (a) Liquor control authority card of identification of a state or province of Canada; (b) driver's license, instruction permit, or identification card of a state or province of Canada; (c) "identicard" issued by the Washington state department of licensing under chapter 46.20 RCW; (d) United States military identification; (e) passport; (f) enrollment card, issued by the governing authority of a federally recognized Indian tribe located in Washington, that incorporates security features comparable to those implemented by the department of licensing for Washington drivers' licenses. At least ninety days prior to implementation of an enrollment card under this subsection, the appropriate tribal authority shall give notice to the board. The board shall publish and communicate to licensees regarding the implementation of each new enrollment card; or (g) merchant marine identification card issued by the United States coast guard. (2) It is a defense to a prosecution under RCW 26.28.080 that the person making a sale reasonably relied on any of the officially issued identification as defined in subsection (1) of this section. The *liquor control board shall waive the suspension or revocation of a license if the licensee clearly establishes that he or she acted in good faith to prevent violations and a violation occurred despite the licensee's exercise of due diligence.
RCW 70.108.150 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 108 / Section 150
RCW 70.108.150: Firearms—Penalty.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, except law enforcement officers, to carry, transport, or convey, or to have in his or her possession or under his or her control any firearm while on the site of an outdoor music festival. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten days and not more than ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
RCW 70A.110.030 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 110 / Section 030
RCW 70A.110.030: Local health officers to develop a written on-site program management plan.
Status: in_force

By July 1, 2007, the local health officers of health jurisdictions in the twelve counties bordering Puget Sound shall develop a written on-site program management plan to provide guidance to the local health jurisdiction.
RCW 70.58A.400 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 58A / Section 400
RCW 70.58A.400: Adoption—Amendment of birth record or registration of birth—Sealing of original birth record.
Status: in_force

(1) The state registrar shall amend the birth record of a child born in state to reflect an adoption decree received from a Washington state court of competent jurisdiction upon receipt of: (a) An application to register an adoption; (b) A certified copy of the adoption decree entered pursuant to chapter 26.33 RCW; and (c) Applicable fees established under this chapter and by rule. (2) The state registrar shall amend the live birth record of a child born in state to reflect an adoption report from any other state or territory of the United States, and the District of Columbia, upon receipt of: (a) A certified copy of an adoption report, or an application to register an adoption and a certified copy of the adoption decree; and (b) Applicable fees established under this chapter and by rule. (3) The state registrar shall register the birth of a child born outside the United States and its territories and adopted after January 1, 1985, in a Washington state court of competent jurisdiction upon receipt of: (a) An application to register an adoption; (b) A certified copy of a decree of adoption entered pursuant to chapter 26.33 RCW; and (c) Applicable fees established under this chapter and by rule. (4) The state registrar shall register the birth of a child born outside the United States and its territories and adopted before January 1, 1985, in a Washington state court of competent jurisdiction upon receipt of: (a) An application to register an adoption; (b) A certified copy of a decree of adoption entered pursuant to chapter 26.33 RCW; (c) Documentary evidence as to the child's birthdate and birthplace provided by: (i) The original birth certification; (ii) A certified copy, extract, or translation of the original birth certification; or (iii) A certified copy of another document essentially equivalent to the original birth certification including, but not limited to, the records of the United States citizenship and immigration services or the United States department of state; and (d) Applicable fees established under this chapter and by rule. (5) The state registrar shall retain and seal the original birth record including the adoption report, certified copy of the adoption decree, and other documentary evidence filed pursuant to chapter 26.33 RCW. The sealed record is not subject to public inspection or copying pursuant to chapter 42.56 RCW and may be released only as allowed by RCW 26.33.345 .
RCW 70A.230.110 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 230 / Section 110
RCW 70A.230.110: Medical equipment, research tests—Nonapplicability of chapter.
Status: in_force

Nothing in RCW 70A.230.020 , 70A.230.050 (1), (3), or (4), or 70A.230.060 applies to medical equipment or reagents used in medical or research tests regulated by the food and drug administration under the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act (21 U.S.C. Sec. 301 et seq.).
RCW 70.58A.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 58A / Section 050
RCW 70.58A.050: Appointment of local and deputy registrars.
Status: in_force

(1) Under the direction and control of the state registrar, the local health officer of each health jurisdiction is and shall serve as local registrar. (2) Subject to the approval of the state registrar, each local registrar shall appoint a sufficient number of deputy registrars to perform the duties prescribed by this chapter applicable to local registrars. The local registrar shall submit each proposed appointment to the state registrar in writing. The state registrar shall either approve or deny the appointment in writing prior to the assumption of duties by the deputy registrar. The state registrar may deny an appointment for good cause. (3) The state registrar shall authorize a local or deputy registrar to access the electronic vital records databases to issue birth or death certifications upon the local or deputy registrar's appointment. Access and use of the database by the local or deputy registrar must be consistent with this chapter. (4) The state board of health may remove the local health officer as local registrar upon finding evidence of neglect in the performance of duties as local registrar.
RCW 70A.245.080 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 245 / Section 080
RCW 70A.245.080: Optional serviceware—Penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning January 1, 2022: (a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a food service business may provide the following single use food service products only after affirming that the customer wants the item or items: (i) Utensils; (ii) Straws; (iii) Condiment packaging; and (iv) Beverage cup lids. (b) A food service business may provide beverage cup lids without customer affirmation for: (i) Hot beverages; (ii) Beverages provided through delivery service or curbside pickup; and (iii) Beverages served to customers via a drive through or at large, permanent, venues that are designed for professional sport or music events and that have a fixed-seat capacity of at least 2,500 customers and are enclosed or are surrounded by a perimeter fence. (c) The requirements of this section do not apply to food service products provided to a patient, resident, or customer in: (i) A health care facility or a health care provider as defined in RCW 70.02.010 ; (ii) Long-term care facilities identified in RCW 18.51.010 , 18.20.020 , 70.128.010 , 70.97.010 , or 18.390.010 ; (iii) Senior nutrition programs authorized under 45 C.F.R. Sec. 1321, and home delivered meals offered under chapters 74.39 and 74.39A RCW; (iv) Services to individuals with developmental disabilities under Title 71A RCW and chapter 74.39A RCW; and (v) State hospitals as defined in RCW 72.23.010 . (d) The requirements of this subsection (1) apply to the activities of the department of corrections and the department of children, youth, and families only to the extent operationally feasible and practicable. (2)(a) Nothing in this section prohibits a food service business from making utensils, straws, condiments, and beverage cup lids available to customers using cylinders, bins, dispensers, containers, or other means of allowing for single-use utensils, straws, condiments, and beverage cup lids to be obtained at the affirmative volition of the customer. (b) Utensils provided by a food service business for use by customers may not be bundled or packaged in plastic in such a way that a customer is unable to take only the type of single-use utensil or utensils desired without also taking a different type or types of utensil. (3)(a) The department may issue a civil penalty of no less than $150 per day and no more than $2,000 per day to the owner or operator of a food service business for each day single-use food service products are provided in violation of this section. (b) The department must issue at least two notices of violation by certified mail prior to assessing a penalty. (c) Penalties collected under this section must be deposited in the model toxics control operating account created in RCW 70A.305.180 . (d) A food service business may appeal penalties assessed under this subsection to the pollution control hearings board within 30 days of assessment. (4) All food service businesses are encouraged, but not required, to take actions in addition to the requirements of this section that support a goal of reducing the use of and waste generated by single-use food service products. (5) Beginning July 1, 2021, a city, town, county, or municipal corporation may not enact an ordinance to reduce pollution from single-use food service products by requiring affirmation that a customer wants single-use food service products from the customer of the food service business or other retail establishment.
RCW 70A.65.020 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 65 / Section 020
RCW 70A.65.020: Environmental justice review.
Status: in_force

(1) To ensure that the program created in RCW 70A.65.060 through 70A.65.210 achieves reductions in criteria pollutants as well as greenhouse gas emissions in overburdened communities highly impacted by air pollution, the department must: (a) Identify overburdened communities, which may be accomplished through the department's process to identify overburdened communities under chapter 70A.02 RCW; (b) Deploy an air monitoring network in overburdened communities to collect sufficient air quality data for the 2023 review and subsequent reviews of criteria pollutant reductions conducted under subsection (2) of this section; and (c)(i) Within the identified overburdened communities, analyze and determine which sources are the greatest contributors of criteria pollutants and develop a high priority list of significant emitters. (ii) Prior to listing any entity as a high priority emitter, the department must notify that entity and share the data used to rank that entity as a high priority emitter, and provide a period of not less than 60 days for the covered entity to submit more recent data or other information relevant to the designation of that entity as a high priority emitter. (2)(a) Beginning in 2023, and every two years thereafter, the department must conduct a review to determine levels of criteria pollutants, as well as greenhouse gas emissions, in the overburdened communities identified under subsection (1) of this section. This review must also include an evaluation of initial and subsequent health impacts related to criteria pollution in overburdened communities. The department may conduct this evaluation jointly with the department of health. (b) Once this review determines the levels of criteria pollutants in an identified overburdened community, then the department, in consultation with local air pollution control authorities, must: (i) Establish air quality targets to achieve air quality consistent with whichever is more protective for human health: (A) National ambient air quality standards established by the United States environmental protection agency; or (B) The air quality experienced in neighboring communities that are not identified as overburdened; (ii) Identify the stationary and mobile sources that are the greatest contributors of those emissions that are either increasing or not decreasing; (iii) Achieve the reduction targets through adoption of emission control strategies or other methods; (iv) Adopt, along with local air pollution control authorities, stricter air quality standards, emission standards, or emissions limitations on criteria pollutants, consistent with the authority of the department provided under RCW 70A.15.3000 , and may consider alternative mitigation actions that would reduce criteria pollution by similar amounts; and (v) After adoption of the stricter air quality standards, emission standards, or emissions limitations on criteria pollutants under (b)(iv) of this subsection, issue an enforceable order or the local air authority must issue an enforceable order, as authorized under RCW 70A.15.1100 , as necessary to comply with the stricter standards or limitations and the requirements of this section. The department or local air authority must initiate the process, including provision of notice to all relevant affected permittees or registered sources and to the public, to adopt and implement an enforceable order required under this subsection within six months of the adoption of standards or limitations under (b)(iv) of this subsection. (c) Actions imposed under this section may not impose requirements on a permitted stationary source that are disproportionate to the permitted stationary source's contribution to air pollution compared to other permitted stationary sources and other sources of criteria pollutants in the overburdened community. (3) An eligible facility sited after July 25, 2021, that receives allowances under RCW 70A.65.110 must mitigate increases in particulate matter in overburdened communities due to its emissions. (4)(a) The department must create and adopt a supplement to the department's community engagement plan developed pursuant to chapter 70A.02 RCW. The supplement must describe how the department will engage with overburdened communities and vulnerable populations in: (i) Identifying emitters in overburdened communities; and (ii) Monitoring and evaluating criteria pollutant emissions in those areas. (b) The community engagement plan must include methods for outreach and communication with those who face barriers, language or otherwise, to participation.
RCW 70.48.420 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 48 / Section 420
RCW 70.48.420: Financial responsibility for persons detained on parole hold.
Status: in_force

A person detained in jail solely by reason of a parole hold is the financial responsibility of the city or the county detaining the person until the sixteenth day, at which time the person shall become the financial responsibility of the department of corrections. Persons who are detained in a jail on a parole hold and for whom the prosecutor has filed a felony charge remain the responsibility of the city or county.
RCW 70A.388.090 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 388 / Section 090
RCW 70A.388.090: Financial assurance—Generally.
Status: in_force

(1) In making the determination of the appropriate level of financial assurance, the secretary shall consider: (a) Any report prepared by the department of ecology pursuant to RCW 70A.384.090 ; (b) the potential cost of decontamination, treatment, disposal, decommissioning, and cleanup of facilities or equipment; (c) federal cleanup and decommissioning requirements; and (d) the legal defense cost, if any, that might be paid from the required financial assurance. (2) The secretary may establish different levels of required financial assurance for various classes of permit or license holders. (3) The secretary shall establish by rule the instruments or mechanisms by which a person may demonstrate financial assurance as required by RCW 70A.388.080 . (4) To the extent that money in the site closure account together with the amount of money identified for repayment to the site closure account pursuant to RCW 70A.384.050 equals or exceeds the cost estimate approved by the department of health for closure and decommissioning of the commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal facility, the money in the site closure account together with the amount of money identified for repayment to the site closure account shall constitute adequate financial assurance for purposes of the department of health financial assurance requirements under RCW 70A.388.080 .
RCW 70.79.190 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 79 / Section 190
RCW 70.79.190: Suspension, revocation of commission—Appeal.
Status: in_force

A person whose commission has been suspended or revoked shall be entitled to an appeal as provided in RCW 70.79.361 and to be present in person and/or represented by counsel on the hearing of the appeal.
RCW 70A.105.030 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 105 / Section 030
RCW 70A.105.030: Local boards of health—Administrative search warrant—Administrative plan—Corrections.
Status: in_force

(1) Local boards of health shall identify failing septic tank drainfield systems in the normal manner and will use reasonable effort to determine new failures. The local health officer, environmental health director, or equivalent officer may apply for an administrative search warrant to a court official authorized to issue a criminal search warrant. The warrant may only be applied for after the local health officer or the health officer's designee has requested inspection of the person's property under the specific administrative plan required in this section, and the person has refused the health officer or the health officer's designee access to the person's property. Timely notice must be given to any affected person that a warrant is being requested and that the person may be present at any court proceeding to consider the requested search warrant. The court official may issue the warrant upon probable cause. A request for a search warrant must show [that] the inspection, examination, test, or sampling is in response to pollution in commercial or recreational shellfish harvesting areas or pollution in fresh water. A specific administrative plan must be developed expressly in response to the pollution. The local health officer, environmental health director, or equivalent officer shall submit the plan to the court as part of the justification for the warrant, along with specific evidence showing that it is reasonable to believe pollution is coming from the septic system on the property to be accessed for inspection. The plan must include each of the following elements: (a) The overall goal of the inspection; (b) The location and identification by address of the properties being authorized for inspection; (c) Requirements for giving the person owning the property and the person occupying the property if it is someone other than the owner, notice of the plan, its provisions, and times of any inspections; (d) The survey procedures to be used in the inspection; (e) The criteria that would be used to define an on-site sewage system failure; and (f) The follow-up actions that would be pursued once an on-site sewage system failure has been identified and confirmed. (2) Discretionary judgment will be made in implementing corrections by specifying nonwater-carried sewage disposal devices or other alternative methods of treatment and effluent disposal as a measure of ameliorating existing substandard conditions. Local regulations shall be consistent with the intent and purposes stated in this section.
RCW 70.62.260 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 62 / Section 260
RCW 70.62.260: Licenses—Applications—Expiration—Renewal.
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall operate a transient accommodation as defined in this chapter without having a valid license issued by the department. Applications for a transient accommodation license shall be filed with the department sixty days or more before initiating business as a transient accommodation. All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall expire one year from the effective date. (2) All applications for renewal of licenses shall be either: (a) Postmarked no later than midnight on the date the license expires; or (b) if personally presented to the department or sent by electronic means, received by the department by 5:00 p.m. on the date the license expires. (3) A licensee that submits a license renewal application in accordance with this section and the rules and fee schedule adopted under this chapter shall be deemed to possess a valid license for the year following the expiration date of the expiring license, or until the department suspends or revokes the license pursuant to RCW 70.62.270 . (4) The license of a licensee that fails to submit a license renewal application in accordance with this section, and the rules and fee schedule adopted under this chapter, shall become invalid on the thirty-fifth day after the expiration date, unless the licensee shall have corrected any and all deficiencies in the renewal application and paid a penalty fee as established by rule by the department before the thirty-fifth day following the expiration date. An invalid license may be reinstated upon reapplication as an applicant for a new license under subsection (1) of this section. (5) Each license shall be issued only for the premises and persons named in the application.
RCW 70.74.130 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 74 / Section 130
RCW 70.74.130: Dealer in explosives—Application—License.
Status: in_force

Every person desiring to engage in the business of dealing in explosives shall apply to the department of labor and industries for a license therefor. Said application shall state, among other things: (1) The name and address of applicant; (2) The reason for desiring to engage in the business of dealing in explosives; (3) Citizenship, if an individual applicant; (4) If a partnership, the names and addresses of the partners and their citizenship; (5) If an association or corporation, the names and addresses of the officers and directors thereof and their citizenship; and (6) Such other pertinent information as the director of labor and industries shall require to effectuate the purpose of this chapter. Except as provided in RCW 70.74.370 , the department of labor and industries shall issue the license if the applicant demonstrates that either the applicant or the principal officers, agents, or employees of the applicant are experienced in the business of dealing in explosives, possess suitable facilities therefor, have not been convicted of any crime that would warrant revocation or nonrenewal of a license under this chapter, and have never had an explosives-related license revoked under this chapter or under similar provisions of any other state.
RCW 70A.205.740 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 740
RCW 70A.205.740: Enforcement authority—Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to the provisions of RCW 70A.205.140 , and in accordance with the procedures described in RCW 70A.205.730 , for any person engaged in solid waste handling subject to permitting under this chapter, the enforcement authority may: (a) Impose a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 per day for the first 14 days of violation of the requirements of this chapter or a permit issued under this chapter. If the violation is not resolved within 14 days, the agency imposing the penalty may increase the penalty not to exceed $10,000 per day of violation of the requirements of this chapter or a permit issued under this chapter; and (b) Issue an order requiring compliance with the requirements of this chapter or a permit issued under this chapter. A person who fails to take corrective action as specified in a compliance order is liable for a civil penalty as provided in (a) of this subsection. Before issuing a civil penalty, the enforcement authority will attempt through education and outreach to assist the person engaged in solid waste handling with achieving compliance with the requirements of this chapter or a permit issued under this chapter. (2) If a solid waste handling facility owner or operator pays a penalty under this section for a violation to a government entity, any penalty imposed by a different government entity for a violation based on the same incident and conduct shall be reduced by the amount of the prior penalty. (3)(a) Penalties levied by a jurisdictional health department shall be deposited in the treasury and to the account from which such jurisdictional health department's operating expenses are paid. (b) Penalties levied by the department under this section must be deposited in the model toxics control operating account created in RCW 70A.305.180 . (4) A person who is issued an order or incurs a penalty from: (a) A jurisdictional health department may appeal the order or penalty to the local health officer; (b) The department under this section may appeal the order or penalty to the pollution control hearings board created by chapter 43.21B RCW.
RCW 70.265.100 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 265 / Section 100
RCW 70.265.100: Treasurer—Duties—Funds—Surety bonds.
Status: in_force

(1) The treasurer of the county in which a public hospital capital facility area is located shall be treasurer of the public hospital capital facility area, except that the commission of the public hospital district in which the facility area is located by resolution may designate some other person having experience in financial or fiscal matters as treasurer of the public hospital capital facility area. If the treasurer is not the county treasurer, the commission shall require a bond, with a surety company authorized to do business in the state of Washington, in an amount and under the terms and conditions which the commission by resolution from time to time finds will protect the public hospital capital facility area against loss. The premium on any such bond must be paid by the public hospital capital facility area. (2) All public hospital capital facility area funds must be paid to the treasurer and must be disbursed by him or her only on warrants issued by an auditor appointed by the commission, upon orders or vouchers approved by it. The treasurer shall establish a public hospital capital facility area fund, into which all public hospital capital facility area funds must be paid, and he or she shall maintain such special funds as may be created by the commission, into which he or she shall place all money as the commission may, by resolution, direct. (3) If the treasurer of the district is the treasurer of the county all public hospital capital facility area funds must be deposited with the county depositaries under the same restrictions, contracts, and security as provided for county depositaries. If the treasurer of the public hospital capital facility area is some other person, all funds must be deposited in a bank or banks authorized to do business in this state as the commission by resolution designates, and with surety bond to the public hospital capital facility area or securities in lieu thereof of the kind, no less in amount, for deposit of county funds. The surety bond or securities in lieu thereof must be filed or deposited with the treasurer of the public hospital capital facility area, and approved by resolution of the commission. (4) All interest collected on public hospital capital facility area funds belong to the public hospital capital facility area and [must] be deposited to its credit in the proper public hospital capital facility area funds. (5) A public hospital capital facility area may provide and require a reasonable bond of any other person handling moneys or securities of the public hospital capital facility area. The public hospital capital facility area may pay the premium on the bond.
RCW 70A.15.6000 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 6000
RCW 70A.15.6000: Air pollution episodes—Legislative finding—Declaration of policy.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that whenever meteorological conditions occur which reduce the effective volume of air into which air contaminants are introduced, there is a high danger that normal operations at air contaminant sources in the area affected will be detrimental to public health or safety. Whenever such conditions, herein denominated as air pollution episodes, are forecast, there is a need for rapid short-term emission reduction in order to avoid adverse health or safety consequences. Therefore, it is declared to be the policy of this state that an episode avoidance plan should be developed and implemented for the temporary reduction of emissions during air pollution episodes. It is further declared that power should be vested in the governor to issue emergency orders for the reduction or discontinuance of emissions when such emissions and weather combine to create conditions imminently dangerous to public health and safety.
RCW 70.74.137 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 74 / Section 137
RCW 70.74.137: Purchaser's license fee.
Status: in_force

Every person applying for a purchaser's license, or renewal thereof, shall pay an annual license fee of twenty-five dollars. The director of labor and industries may adjust the amount of the license fee to reflect the administrative costs of the department. The fee shall not exceed one hundred dollars. Said license fee shall accompany the application and shall be transmitted by the department to the state treasurer: PROVIDED, That if the applicant is denied a purchaser's license the license fee shall be returned to said applicant by registered mail.
RCW 70A.305.150 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 305 / Section 150
RCW 70A.305.150: Designation of a redevelopment opportunity zone—Criteria.
Status: in_force

(1) A city or county may designate a geographic area within its jurisdiction as a redevelopment opportunity zone if the zone meets the criteria in this subsection and the city or county adopts a resolution that includes the following determinations and commitments: (a) At least fifty percent of the upland properties in the zone are brownfield properties whether or not the properties are contiguous; (b) The upland portions of the zone are comprised entirely of parcels of property either owned by the city or county or whose owner has provided consent in writing to have their property included within the zone; (c) The cleanup of brownfield properties will be integrated with planning for the future uses of the properties and is consistent with the comprehensive land use plan for the zone; and (d) The proposed properties lie within the incorporated area of a city or within an urban growth area designated under RCW 36.70A.110 . (2) A port district may designate a redevelopment opportunity zone when: (a) The port district adopts a resolution that includes the determinations and commitments required under subsection (1)(a), (c), and (d) of this section and (c) of this subsection; (b) The zone meets the criteria in subsection (1)(a), (c), and (d) of this section; and (c) The port district either: (i) Owns in fee all of the upland properties within the zone; or (ii) Owns in fee at least fifty percent of the upland property in the zone, the owners of other parcels of upland property in the zone have provided consent in writing to have their property included in the zone, and the governing body of the city and county in which the zone lies approves of the designation by resolution.
RCW 70.28.033 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 28 / Section 033
RCW 70.28.033: Treatment, isolation, or examination order of health officer—Violation—Penalty.
Status: in_force

Inasmuch as the order provided for by RCW 70.28.031 is for the protection of the public health, any person who, after service upon him or her of an order of a health officer directing his or her treatment, isolation, or examination as provided for in RCW 70.28.031 , violates or fails to comply with the same or any provision thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, in addition to any and all other penalties which may be imposed by law upon such conviction, may be ordered by the court confined until such order of such health officer shall have been fully complied with or terminated by such health officer, but not exceeding six months from the date of passing judgment upon such conviction: PROVIDED, That the court, upon suitable assurances that such order of such health officer will be complied with, may place any person convicted of a violation of such order of such health officer upon probation for a period not to exceed two years, upon condition that the said order of said health officer be fully complied with: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That upon any subsequent violation of such order of such health officer, such probation shall be terminated and confinement as herein provided ordered by the court.
RCW 70.100.010 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 100 / Section 010
RCW 70.100.010: "Eye protection areas" defined.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: "Eye protection areas" means areas within vocational or industrial arts shops, science or other school laboratories, or schools within state institutional facilities as designated by the state superintendent of public instruction in which activities take place involving: (1) Hot molten metals or other molten materials; (2) Milling, sawing, turning, shaping, cutting, grinding, or stamping of any solid materials; (3) Heat treatment, tempering or kiln firing of any metal or other materials; (4) Gas or electric arc welding, or other forms of welding processes; (5) Corrosive, caustic, or explosive materials; (6) Custodial or other service activity potentially hazardous to the eye: PROVIDED, That nothing in this chapter shall supersede regulations heretofore or hereafter established by the department of labor and industries respecting such activity; or (7) Any other activity or operation involving mechanical or manual work in any area that is potentially hazardous to the eye.
RCW 70.97.100 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 97 / Section 100
RCW 70.97.100: Licensing requirements—Information available to public, residents, families.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish licensing rules for enhanced services facilities to serve the populations defined in this chapter. (2) No person or public or private agency may operate or maintain an enhanced services facility without a license, which must be renewed annually. (3) A licensee shall have the following readily accessible and available for review by the department, residents, families of residents, and the public: (a) Its license to operate and a copy of the department's most recent inspection report and any recent complaint investigation reports issued by the department; (b) Its written policies and procedures for all care and services provided directly or indirectly by the facility; and (c) The department's toll-free complaint number, which shall also be posted in a clearly visible place and manner. (4) Enhanced services facilities shall maintain a grievance procedure that meets the requirements of rules established by the department. (5) No facility shall discriminate or retaliate in any manner against a resident or employee because the resident, employee, or any other person made a complaint or provided information to the department, the long-term care ombuds, Washington protection and advocacy system, or a behavioral health ombuds. (6) Each enhanced services facility will post in a prominent place in a common area a notice by the Washington protection and advocacy system providing contact information.
RCW 70A.440.010 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 440 / Section 010
RCW 70A.440.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Coal tar" means a viscous substance obtained by the destructive distillation of coal and containing levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in excess of ten thousand milligrams per kilogram. "Coal tar" includes, but is not limited to, refined coal tar, high temperature coal tar, coal tar pitch, or any substance identified by chemical abstract number 65996-93-2. (2) "Coal tar pavement product" means a material that contains coal tar that is intended for use as a pavement sealant. (3) "Department" means the department of ecology.
RCW 70.97.190 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 97 / Section 190
RCW 70.97.190: Notice of change of ownership or management.
Status: in_force

At least sixty days before the effective date of any change of ownership, or change of management of a facility, the current operating entity must provide written notification about the proposed change separately and in writing, to the department, each resident of the facility, or the resident's guardian or representative.
RCW 70A.450.060 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 450 / Section 060
RCW 70A.450.060: Use of asbestos-containing building materials in new construction—Prohibition—Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the use of asbestos-containing building materials in new construction or renovations is prohibited. (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to: (a) The use of asbestos-containing building materials in residential construction; (b) The use of asbestos-containing building materials that are, as of June 11, 2020, already ordered by a contractor or currently in the possession of the contractor; or (c) The use of asbestos-containing building materials if complying with subsection (1) of this section would result in the breach of a contract existing as of June 11, 2020.
RCW 70.110.040 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 110 / Section 040
RCW 70.110.040: Compliance required.
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful to manufacture for sale, sell, or offer for sale any new and unused article of children's sleepwear which does not comply with the standards established in the Standard for the Flammability of Children's Sleepwear (DOC FF 3-71), 36 F.R. 14062 and the Flammable Fabrics Act, 15 U.S.C. 1191-1204. (2) A violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.
RCW 70A.212.160 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 212 / Section 160
RCW 70A.212.160: Penalties for violations—Injunctions.
Status: in_force

Any person, including any firm, corporation, municipal corporation, or other governmental subdivision or agency violating any provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted hereunder, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day of operation in such violation of this chapter or any rules or regulations adopted hereunder shall constitute a separate offense. Upon conviction, violators shall be fined an amount not exceeding one hundred dollars for each offense. It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney or the attorney general, as appropriate, to secure injunctions of continuing violations of any provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted hereunder.
RCW 70.44.140 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 44 / Section 140
RCW 70.44.140: Contracts for material and work—Call for bids—Alternative procedures—Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) All materials purchased and work ordered, the estimated cost of which is in excess of $75,000, shall be by contract. Before awarding any such contract, the commission shall publish a notice at least 13 days before the last date upon which bids will be received, inviting sealed proposals for such work. The plans and specifications must at the time of the publication of such notice be on file at the office of the public hospital district, subject to public inspection: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the commission may at the same time, and as part of the same notice, invite tenders for the work or materials upon plans and specifications to be submitted by bidders. The notice shall state generally the work to be done, and shall call for proposals for doing the same, to be sealed and filed with the commission on or before the day and hour named therein. Each bid shall be accompanied by bid proposal security in the form of a certified check, cashier's check, postal money order, or surety bond made payable to the order of the commission, for a sum not less than five percent of the amount of the bid, and no bid shall be considered unless accompanied by such bid proposal security. At the time and place named, such bids shall be publicly opened and read, and the commission shall proceed to canvass the bids, and may let such contract to the lowest responsible bidder upon plans and specifications on file, or to the best bidder submitting his or her own plans and specifications. If, in the opinion of the commission, all bids are unsatisfactory, they may reject all of them and readvertise, and in such case all bid proposal security shall be returned to the bidders. If the contract is let, then all bid proposal security shall be returned to the bidders, except that of the successful bidder, which is retained until a contract shall be entered into for the purchase of such materials for doing such work, and a bond to perform such work furnished, with sureties satisfactory to the commission, in an amount to be fixed by the commission, not less than 25 percent of contract price in any case, between the bidder and commission, in accordance with the bid. If such bidder fails to enter into the contract in accordance with the bid and furnish such bond within 10 days from the date at which the bidder is notified that he or she is the successful bidder, the bid proposal security and the amount thereof shall be forfeited to the public hospital district. A low bidder who claims error and fails to enter into a contract is prohibited from bidding on the same project if a second or subsequent call for bids is made for the project. (2) As an alternative to the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, a public hospital district may let contracts using the small works roster process under RCW 39.04.151 through 39.04.154 . (3) Any purchases with an estimated cost of up to $15,000 may be made using the process provided in RCW 39.04.190 . (4) The commission may waive the competitive bidding requirements of this section pursuant to RCW 39.04.280 if an exemption contained within that section applies to the purchase or public work.No health care service contractor nor any person representing a health care service contractor shall by misrepresentation or misleading comparisons induce or attempt to induce any member of any health care service contractor to terminate or retain a contract or membership.
RCW 70.84.080 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 84 / Section 080
RCW 70.84.080: Employment of persons with disabilities in public service.
Status: in_force

In accordance with the policy set forth in RCW 70.84.010 , the blind, persons with visual disabilities, the hearing impaired, and other persons with disabilities shall be employed in the state service, in the service of the political subdivisions of the state, in the public schools, and in all other employment supported in whole or in part by public funds on the same terms and conditions as the able-bodied, unless it is shown that the particular disability prevents the performance of the work involved.
RCW 70A.15.5120 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 5120
RCW 70A.15.5120: Burning permits for abating or prevention of forest fire hazards, management of ecosystems, instruction or silvicultural operations—Issuance—Fees.
Status: in_force

(1) The department of natural resources is responsible for issuing and regulating burning permits required by it relating to the following activities for the protection of life or property and for the public health, safety, and welfare: (a) Abating or prevention of a forest fire hazard; (b) Reducing the risk of a wildfire under RCW 70A.15.5020 (5); (c) Instruction of public officials in methods of forest firefighting; (d) Any silvicultural operation to improve the forestlands of the state, including but not limited to forest health and resiliency, decreasing forest insect or disease susceptibility, maintaining or restoring native vegetation, or otherwise enhancing resiliency to fire; and (e) Silvicultural burning used to improve or maintain fire dependent ecosystems for rare plants or animals within state, federal, and private natural area preserves, natural resource conservation areas, parks, and other wildlife areas. (2) The department of natural resources shall not retain such authority, but it shall be the responsibility of the appropriate fire protection agency for permitting and regulating outdoor burning on lands where the department of natural resources does not have fire protection responsibility, except for the issuance of permits for reducing the risk of wildfire under RCW 70A.15.5020 (5). The department of natural resources may enter into cooperative agreements with local fire protection agencies to issue permits for reducing wildfire risk under RCW 70A.15.5020 (5). (3) Permit fees shall be assessed for wildfire risk reduction, combustion of natural vegetation from silvicultural activities in portable flame cap kilns, and for silvicultural burning under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources and collected by the department of natural resources as provided for in this section. All fees shall be deposited in the air pollution control account, created in RCW 70A.15.1010 . The legislature shall appropriate to the department of natural resources funds from the air pollution control account to enforce and administer the program under this section and RCW 70A.15.5130 , 70A.15.5140 , and 70A.15.5150 . Fees shall be set by rule by the department of natural resources at the level necessary to cover the costs of the program after receiving recommendations on such fees from the public.
RCW 70A.210.120 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 210 / Section 120
RCW 70A.210.120: Facilities—Department of ecology certification.
Status: in_force

Upon request by a municipality or by a user of the facilities the department of ecology may in relation to chapter 54, Laws of 1972 ex. sess. and this chapter issue its certificate stating that the facilities (1) as designed are in furtherance of the purpose of abating, controlling or preventing pollution, and/or (2) as designed or as operated meet state and local requirements for the control of pollution. This section shall not be construed as modifying the provisions of RCW 82.34.030 ; chapter 70A.15 RCW; or chapter 90.48 RCW.
RCW 70.175.030 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 175 / Section 030
RCW 70.175.030: Project established—Implementation.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall establish the Washington rural health system project to provide financial and technical assistance to participants. The goal of the project is to help assure access to affordable health care services to citizens in the rural areas of Washington state. (2) Administrative costs necessary to implement this project shall be kept at a minimum to insure the maximum availability of funds for participants. (3) The secretary may contract with third parties for services necessary to carry out activities to implement this chapter where this will promote economy, avoid duplication of effort, and make the best use of available expertise. (4) The secretary may apply for, receive, and accept gifts and other payments, including property and service, from any governmental or other public or private entity or person, and may make arrangements as to the use of these receipts, including the undertaking of special studies and other projects related to the delivery of health care in rural areas. (5) In designing and implementing the project the secretary shall consider the report of the Washington rural health care commission established under chapter 207, Laws of 1988. Nothing in this chapter requires the secretary to follow any specific recommendation contained in that report except as it may also be included in this chapter.
RCW 70A.345.130 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 345 / Section 130
RCW 70A.345.130: Pollution liability insurance program trust account—Transfers to revolving account.
Status: in_force

(1) On July 1, 2016, if the cash balance amount in the pollution liability insurance program trust account exceeds seven million five hundred thousand dollars after excluding the reserves under RCW 70A.325.020 (2), the state treasurer shall transfer the amount exceeding seven million five hundred thousand dollars, up to a transfer of ten million dollars, from the pollution liability insurance program trust account into the pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account. If ten million dollars is not available to be transferred on July 1, 2016, then by the end of fiscal year 2017, if the cash balance amount in the pollution liability insurance program trust account exceeds seven million five hundred thousand dollars after excluding the reserves under RCW 70A.325.020 (2), the state treasurer shall transfer the amount exceeding seven million five hundred thousand dollars from the pollution liability insurance program trust account into the pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account. The total amount transferred in fiscal year 2017 from the pollution liability insurance program trust account into the pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account may not exceed ten million dollars. (2) Beginning July 1, 2017, during the fiscal biennium and each successive fiscal biennium, if the cash balance amount in the pollution liability insurance program trust account exceeds seven million five hundred thousand dollars, the state treasurer is authorized, upon request of the agency, to transfer the amount exceeding seven million five hundred thousand dollars after excluding the reserves under RCW 70A.325.020 (2), up to a transfer of twenty million dollars, from the pollution liability insurance program trust account into the pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account. The agency may request transfers only as needed to maximize the amount transferred in a fiscal biennium from the pollution liability insurance program trust account into the pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account. The total amount transferred in a fiscal biennium from the pollution liability insurance program trust account into the pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account may not exceed twenty million dollars.
RCW 70.124.090 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 124 / Section 090
RCW 70.124.090: Publicizing objectives.
Status: in_force

In the adoption of rules under the authority of this chapter, the department shall provide for the publication and dissemination to state hospitals and state hospital employees and the posting where appropriate by state hospitals of informational, educational, or training materials calculated to aid and assist in achieving the objectives of this chapter.
RCW 70.41.100 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 41 / Section 100
RCW 70.41.100: Applications for licenses and renewals—Fees.
Status: in_force

An application for license shall be made to the department upon forms provided by it and shall contain such information as the department reasonably requires which may include affirmative evidence of ability to comply with the standards, rules, and regulations as are lawfully prescribed hereunder. An application for renewal of license shall be made to the department upon forms provided by it and submitted thirty days prior to the date of expiration of the license. Each application for a license or renewal thereof by a hospital as defined by this chapter shall be accompanied by a fee as established by the department under RCW 43.20B.110 .
RCW 70A.05.010 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 05 / Section 010
RCW 70A.05.010: Development of an integrated climate change response strategy.
Status: in_force

(1) The departments of ecology, agriculture, commerce, health, fish and wildlife, natural resources, and transportation, the state conservation commission, the Puget Sound partnership, and the emergency management division shall develop an integrated climate change response strategy to better enable the state to prepare for, address, and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The integrated climate change response strategy should be developed in collaboration with local government agencies and tribal governments with climate change preparation and adaptation plans to the extent feasible. (2) The department of ecology shall serve as a central convener for the development of vital programs and necessary policies to help the state adapt to a rapidly changing climate. (3) The department of ecology shall consult and collaborate with, at a minimum, the departments of fish and wildlife, agriculture, commerce, health, natural resources, and transportation, the state conservation commission, the Puget Sound partnership, and the emergency management division in developing and implementing an integrated climate change response strategy and plans of action to prepare for and adapt to climate change impacts. Other state agencies may choose to participate in the process. (4) The department of ecology will engage other relevant state agencies to ensure that other climate resilience actions such as those related to worker safety and community response are incorporated in the updated strategy. (5) In updating the integrated climate response strategy, the department of ecology shall collaborate and engage with local governments, tribal governments, nongovernmental organizations, public and private businesses, and overburdened communities as defined in RCW 70A.02.010 . In developing the engagement plan for development of the strategy, the department of ecology shall announce the opportunity to participate and include, to the extent possible, organizations that express interest in participating. The department of ecology shall also use guidance from the office of equity, the environmental justice council, the community engagement plan adopted under RCW 70A.02.050 , and tribal consultation framework adopted under RCW 70A.02.100 to direct agency engagement with historically or currently marginalized groups, overburdened communities, vulnerable populations, and tribal governments. (6)(a) The department of ecology shall work with the University of Washington climate impacts group to ensure the state has access to relevant scientific and technical information about the impacts of climate change on Washington's ecology, economy, public health, and society, including a central location for accessing this information and use of any existing climate impact tools. (b) The University of Washington climate impacts group will explore opportunities to partner with other data providers and leverage existing tools that can help further the understanding of climate impacts, such as the department of health's Washington tracking network. (c) The University of Washington climate impacts group must examine existing best practices and new methods that could be used to measure and evaluate climate change resilience for the purpose of better understanding and tracking how investments made in climate change resilience translate into outcomes. The results of this examination must be provided to the legislature by June 1, 2024.
RCW 70A.500.110 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 500 / Section 110
RCW 70A.500.110: Covered electronic sampling.
Status: in_force

(1) For program years 2009 through 2014, an independent plan and the standard plan must implement and finance an auditable, statistically significant sampling of covered electronic products entering its program every program year. The information collected must include a list of the brand names of covered electronic products by product type, the number of covered electronic products by product type, the weight of covered electronic products that are identified for each brand name or that lack a manufacturer's brand, the total weight of the sample by product type, and any additional information needed to assign return share. (2) For program years 2009 through 2014, the sampling must be conducted in the presence of the department or a third-party organization approved by the department. The department may, at its discretion, audit the methodology and the results. (3) After the fifth program year through the 2014 program year, the department may reassess the sampling required in this section. The department may adjust the frequency at which manufacturers must implement the sampling or may adjust the frequency at which manufacturers must provide certain information from the sampling. Prior to making any changes, the department shall notify the public, including all registered manufacturers, and provide a comment period. The department shall notify all registered manufacturers of any such changes.
RCW 70.05.051 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 05 / Section 051
RCW 70.05.051: Local health officer—Qualifications.
Status: in_force

The following persons holding licenses as required by RCW 70.05.050 shall be deemed qualified to hold the position of local health officer: (1) Persons holding the degree of master of public health or its equivalent; (2) Persons not meeting the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, who upon August 11, 1969 are currently employed in this state as a local health officer and whom the secretary of social and health services recommends in writing to the local board of health as qualified; and (3) Persons qualified by virtue of completing three years of service as a provisionally qualified officer pursuant to RCW 70.05.053 through 70.05.055 .
RCW 70A.02.020 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 02 / Section 020
RCW 70A.02.020: Environmental justice obligations for all agencies.
Status: in_force

Covered agencies are required to comply with all provisions of this chapter. All other state agencies should strive to apply the laws of the state of Washington, and the rules and policies of the agency, in accordance with the policies of this chapter including, to the extent feasible, incorporating the principles of environmental justice assessment processes set forth in RCW 70A.02.060 into agency decisions.
RCW 70A.15.5190 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 5190
RCW 70A.15.5190: Outdoor burning allowed for managing storm or flood-related debris.
Status: in_force

Consistent with RCW 70A.15.5020 , outdoor burning may be allowed anywhere in the state for the exclusive purpose of managing storm or flood-related debris.
RCW 70.02.901 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 02 / Section 901
RCW 70.02.901: Application and construction—1991 c 335.
Status: in_force

This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act among states enacting it.
RCW 70.41.160 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 41 / Section 160
RCW 70.41.160: Remedies available to department—Duty of attorney general.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the department may, in the manner provided by law, upon the advice of the attorney general who shall represent the department in the proceedings, maintain an action in the name of the state for an injunction or other process against any person or governmental unit to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, or operation of a hospital without a license under this law.
RCW 70A.330.060 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 330 / Section 060
RCW 70A.330.060: Heating oil pollution liability trust account.
Status: in_force

(1) The heating oil pollution liability trust account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from the pollution liability insurance fee collected under RCW 70A.330.070 and reinsurance premiums shall be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purposes set out under this chapter. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for expenditures. (2) Money in the account may be used by the director for the following purposes: (a) Corrective action costs; (b) Third-party liability claims; (c) Costs associated with claims administration; (d) Purchase of an insurance policy to cover all registered heating oil tanks, and reinsurance of the policy; and (e) Administrative expenses of the program, including personnel, equipment, supplies, and providing advice and technical assistance.
RCW 70A.208.250 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 208 / Section 250
RCW 70A.208.250: Deposit return system—Intent—Implementation.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the intent of the legislature that if a bottle deposit return system is enacted in the future, it will be harmonized with this chapter in a manner that ensures that: (a) Materials covered in that system are exempt from this chapter or related financial obligations are reduced; (b) Colocation of drop-off collection sites is maximized; (c) Education and outreach are integrated between the two programs; and (d) Waste reduction and reuse strategies are prioritized between the two programs. (2) Any implementation of a bottle deposit return system must include a two-year transition period before the expiration of the currently approved plan and be conducted in a manner that does not create sudden and significant operational or financial disruption to the implementation of a plan under this chapter, including provisions of recycling or reuse services contained in the plan.
RCW 70.14.040 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 14 / Section 040
RCW 70.14.040: Review of prospective rate setting methods.
Status: in_force

The state agencies listed in *RCW 70.14.010 shall review the feasibility of establishing prospective payment approaches within their health care programs. Work plans or timetables shall be prepared for the development of prospective rates. The agencies shall identify legislative actions that may be necessary to facilitate the adoption of prospective rate setting methods.
RCW 70A.214.160 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 214 / Section 160
RCW 70A.214.160: Multimedia permit pilot program—Air, water, hazardous waste management.
Status: in_force

(1) Not later than January 1, 1995, the department shall designate an industry type and up to ten individual facilities within that industry type to be the focus of a pilot multimedia program. The program shall be designed to coordinate department actions related to environmental permits, plans, approvals, certificates, registrations, technical assistance, and inspections. The program shall also investigate the feasibility of issuing facility-wide permits. The director shall determine the industry type and facilities based on: (a) A review of at least three industry types; and (b) Criteria which shall include at least the following factors: (i) The potential for the industry to serve as a statewide model for multimedia environmental programs including pollution prevention; (ii) Whether the industry type is subject to regulatory requirements relating to at least two of the following subject areas: Air quality, water quality, or hazardous waste management; (iii) The existence within the industry type of a range of business sizes; and (iv) Voluntary participation in the program. (2) In developing the program, the department shall consult with and seek the cooperation of the environmental protection agency. (3) For purposes of this section, "facility-wide permit" means a single multimedia permit issued by the department to the owner or operator of a facility incorporating the permits and any other relevant department approvals previously issued to the owner or operator or currently required by the department.
RCW 70.14.080 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 14 / Section 080
RCW 70.14.080: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 70.14.090 through 70.14.130 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Administrator" means the administrator of the Washington state health care authority under chapter 41.05 RCW. (2) "Advisory group" means a group established under RCW 70.14.110 (2)(c). (3) "Committee" means the health technology clinical committee established under RCW 70.14.090 . (4) "Coverage determination" means a determination of the circumstances, if any, under which a health technology will be included as a covered benefit in a state purchased health care program. (5) "Health technology" means medical and surgical devices and procedures, medical equipment, and diagnostic tests. Health technologies does not include prescription drugs governed by RCW 70.14.050 . (6) "Participating agency" means the department of social and health services, the state health care authority, and the department of labor and industries. (7) "Reimbursement determination" means a determination to provide or deny reimbursement for a health technology included as a covered benefit in a specific circumstance for an individual patient who is eligible to receive health care services from the state purchased health care program making the determination.
RCW 70.12.040 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 12 / Section 040
RCW 70.12.040: Fund, how maintained and disbursed.
Status: in_force

Any such fund may be established in the county treasurer's office or the city treasurer's office of a first-class city according to the type of local health department organization existing. In a district composed of more than one county, the county treasurer of the county having the largest population shall be the custodian of the fund, and the county auditor of said county shall keep the record of receipts and disbursements; and shall draw and the county treasurer shall honor and pay all such warrants. Into any such fund so established may be paid: (1) All grants from any state fund for county public health work; (2) Any county current expense funds appropriated for the health department; (3) Any other money appropriated by the county for health work; (4) City funds appropriated for the health department; (5) All moneys received from any governmental agency, local, state or federal which may contribute to the local health department; and (6) Any contributions from any charitable or voluntary agency or contributions from any individual or estate. Any school district may contract in writing for health services with the health department of the county, first-class city or health district, and place such funds in the public health pooling fund in accordance with the contract.
RCW 70A.205.270 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 270
RCW 70A.205.270: Composting of bovine and equine carcasses—Guidelines—Exemption from solid waste handling rules.
Status: in_force

(1) By July 1, 2005, the department of ecology and the department of agriculture, in consultation with the department of health, shall make available to livestock producers clearly written guidelines for the composting of bovine and equine carcasses for routine animal disposal. (2) Composters of bovine and equine carcasses are exempt from the metals testing and permit requirements under the solid waste handling rules for compost that is distributed off-site if the following conditions are met: (a) The carcasses to be composted are not known or suspected to be affected with a prion-protein disease such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, a spore-forming disease such as anthrax or other diseases designated by the state veterinarian; (b) The composter follows the written guidelines provided for in subsection (1) of this section; (c) The composter does not accept for composting animal mortalities from other sources not directly affiliated with the composter's operation; (d) The composter provides information to the end user that includes the source of the material; the quality of the compost as to its nutrient content, pathogens, and stability; and the restrictions on use of the compost as stated in (f) of this subsection; (e) The composter reports annually to the department the number of bovines and equines and the amounts of other material composted, including the composter's best estimate of the tonnage or yardage involved; and (f) The end user applies the compost only to agricultural lands that are not used for the production of root crops except as prescribed in the guidelines and ensures no compost comes into contact with the crops harvested from the lands where the compost is applied. (3) If a compost production facility does not operate in compliance with the terms and conditions established for an exemption in this section, the facility shall be subject to the permitting requirements for solid waste handling under this chapter.
RCW 70A.214.150 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 214 / Section 150
RCW 70A.214.150: Public inspection of plans, summaries, progress reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall make available for public inspection any executive summary or annual progress report submitted to the department. Any hazardous substance user or hazardous waste generator required to prepare an executive summary or annual progress report who believes that disclosure of any information contained in the executive summary or annual progress report may adversely affect the competitive position of the user or generator may request the department pursuant to RCW 43.21A.160 to delete from the public record those portions of the executive summary or annual progress report that may affect the user's or generator's competitive position. The department shall not disclose any information contained in an executive summary or annual progress report pending a determination of whether the department will delete any information contained in the report from the public record. (2) Any ten persons residing within ten miles of a hazardous substance user or hazardous waste generator required to prepare a plan may file with the department a petition requesting the department to examine a plan to determine its adequacy. The department shall report its determination of adequacy to the petitioners and to the user or generator within a reasonable time. The department may deny a petition if the department has within the previous year determined the plan of the user or generator named in the petition to be adequate. (3) The department shall maintain a record of each plan, executive summary, or annual progress report it reviews, and a list of all plans, executive summaries, or annual progress reports the department has determined to be inadequate, including descriptions of corrective actions taken. This information shall be made available to the public.
RCW 70A.545.110 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 545 / Section 110
RCW 70A.545.110: Review of agency decisions.
Status: in_force

(1) A person may request a review by the director of the following agency decisions by submitting a written request, specifying the basis for the review, in accordance with procedures established by the agency: (a) A denial of program eligibility; (b) A denial of eligibility for payment under the program; (c) Amount of payment allowed for remedial actions; (d) Amount of payment allowed for a third-party claim; and (e) An agency request for cost repayment under RCW 70A.545.040 . (2) A person has 45 days after the decision to file a written request for review with the director. If the written request for review is received within 45 days, the director shall conduct an adjudicative hearing under chapter 34.05 RCW.
RCW 70.42.150 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 42 / Section 150
RCW 70.42.150: Revocation of license.
Status: in_force

Under this chapter, and chapter 34.05 RCW, the department may revoke the license of any licensee who: (1) Fails or refuses to comply with the requirements of this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter; (2) Has knowingly or with reason to know made a false statement of a material fact in the application for a license or in any data attached thereto or in any record required by the department; (3) Refuses to allow representatives of the department to examine any book, record, or file required by this chapter to be maintained; (4) Willfully prevented, interfered with, or attempted to impede in any way the work of a representative of the department; (5) Willfully prevented or interfered with preservation of evidence of a known violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter; (6) Misrepresented, or was fraudulent in, any aspect of the licensee's business; (7) Used false or fraudulent advertising; or (8) Failed to pay any civil monetary penalty assessed by the department pursuant to this chapter within twenty-eight days after the assessment becomes final. The department may summarily revoke a license when it finds continued licensure of a test site immediately jeopardizes the public health, safety, or welfare.
RCW 70.352.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 352 / Section 050
RCW 70.352.050: Eligibility for dental laboratory registration—Qualifications—Requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Effective January 31, 2021, to be eligible for dental laboratory registration the applicant must document that the applicant or one of the applicant's employees who works at least thirty hours per week in the applicant's dental laboratory: (a) Has successfully completed at least twelve hours of continuing education in dental laboratory technology approved by the national board for certification in dental laboratory technology during the twelve months immediately preceding their application for registration; or (b) Is certified by the national board for certification in dental laboratory technology as a certified dental technician in good standing. (2)(a) Effective January 31, 2025, the department may not issue a registration to a dental laboratory unless the applying dental laboratory documents that it employs a certified dental technician in good standing with the national board for certification in dental laboratory technology who works at least thirty hours per week in the applying dental laboratory or that the dental laboratory is operated under the supervision of a dentist licensed under chapter 18.32 RCW. (b) Subsection (2)(a) of this section does not apply to a dental laboratory that provides the department with documentation that the dental laboratory has been continuously owned and operated by the same individual since January 1, 1996. (3) A dental laboratory must maintain a qualified owner or employee identified in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
RCW 70.345.040 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 345 / Section 040
RCW 70.345.040: Licensing fee—Distributors.
Status: in_force

A fee of one hundred fifty dollars must accompany each vapor product distributor's license application or license renewal application under RCW 70.345.020 . If a distributor sells or intends to sell vapor products at two or more places of business, whether established or temporary, a separate license with a license fee of one hundred dollars is required for each additional place of business.
RCW 70.08.030 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 08 / Section 030
RCW 70.08.030: Qualifications.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in any city or county charter, the director of public health, under this chapter shall meet as a minimum one of the following standards of educational achievement and vocational experience to be qualified for appointment to the office: (1) Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, hospital administration, management, nursing, environmental health, epidemiology, public health, or its equivalent and five years of experience in administration in a community-related field; or (2) A graduate degree in any of the fields listed in subsection (1) of this section, or in medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery, plus three years of administrative experience in a community-related field. The director shall not engage in the private practice of the director's profession during such tenure of office and shall not be included in the classified civil service of the said city or the said county. If the director of public health does not meet the qualifications of a health officer or a physician under RCW 70.05.050 , the director shall employ a person so qualified to advise the director on medical or public health matters.
RCW 70A.505.140 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 505 / Section 140
RCW 70A.505.140: Application of chapter to the Washington utilities and transportation commission.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter changes or limits the authority of the Washington utilities and transportation commission to regulate collection of solid waste, including curbside collection of residential recyclable materials, nor does this chapter change or limit the authority of a city or town to provide such service itself or by contract under RCW 81.77.020 .
RCW 70.127.290 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 127 / Section 290
RCW 70.127.290: Access to care policies—Submission to department of health—Policies on display.
Status: in_force

(1) Every agency or facility providing hospice services as defined in RCW 70.127.010 shall submit to the department of health its policies related to access to care regarding end-of-life care and this chapter. The information shall include: (a) A section for the public with specific information about which end-of-life services are and are not generally available at each agency or facility; and (b) the contact information for the agency or facility in case patients have specific questions about services available at the hospice. (2) If an agency or facility providing hospice services as defined in RCW 70.127.010 makes changes to any of the policies listed under subsection (1) of this section, it shall submit a copy of the changed policy to the department of health within 30 days after the agency or facility approves the changes. (3) A copy of the policies provided to the department of health under subsection (1) of this section must be posted to the website of each agency or facility providing hospice services as defined in RCW 70.127.010 in a location where the policies are readily accessible to the public without a required login or other restriction.
RCW 70.175.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 175 / Section 020
RCW 70.175.020: Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Administrative structure" means a system of contracts or formal agreements between organizations and persons providing health services in an area that establishes the roles and responsibilities each will assume in providing the services of the rural health care facility. (2) "Department" means the department of health. (3) "Health care delivery system" means services and personnel involved in providing health care to a population in a geographic area. (4) "Health care facility" means any land, structure, system, machinery, equipment, or other real or personal property or appurtenances useful for or associated with delivery of inpatient or outpatient health care service or support for such care or any combination thereof which is operated or undertaken in connection with a hospital, clinic, health maintenance organization, diagnostic or treatment center, extended care facility, or any facility providing or designed to provide therapeutic, convalescent or preventive health care services. (5) "Health care system strategic plan" means a plan developed by the participant and includes identification of health care service needs of the participant, services and personnel necessary to meet health care service needs, identification of health status outcomes and outcome measures, identification of funding sources, and strategies to meet health care needs including measures of effectiveness. (6) "Institutions of higher education" means educational institutions as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 . (7) "Local administrator" means an individual or organization representing the participant who may enter into legal agreements on behalf of the participant. (8) "Participant" means communities, counties, and regions that serve as a health care catchment area where the project site is located. (9) "Project" means the Washington rural health system project. (10) "Project site" means a site selected to participate in the project. (11) "Rural health care facility" means a facility, group, or other formal organization or arrangement of facilities, equipment, and personnel capable of providing or assuring availability of health services in a rural area. The services to be provided by the rural health care facility may be delivered in a single location or may be geographically dispersed in the community health service catchment area so long as they are organized under a common administrative structure or through a mechanism that provides appropriate referral, treatment, and follow-up. (12) "Secretary" means the secretary of health.
RCW 70.74.180 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 74 / Section 180
RCW 70.74.180: Explosive devices prohibited—Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who has in his or her possession or control any shell, bomb, or similar device, charged or filled with one or more explosives, intending to use it or cause it to be used for an unlawful purpose, is guilty of a class A felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in a state prison for a term of not more than twenty years.
RCW 70.97.150 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 97 / Section 150
RCW 70.97.150: Unlicensed operation—Injunction or other remedies.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the existence or use of any other remedy, the department may, in the manner provided by law, maintain an action in the name of the state for an injunction, civil penalty, or other process against a person to restrain or prevent the operation or maintenance of a facility without a license issued under this chapter.
RCW 70A.208.120 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 208 / Section 120
RCW 70A.208.120: Equity study.
Status: in_force

(1) By January 31, 2032, the department must complete a study, conducted by a contracted third party that is not a producer or producer responsibility organization, of facilities operating in the state that manage covered materials and at facilities operating in the state that receive covered materials as recycled feedstock. The study must analyze, at a minimum, information about: (a) Working conditions, wage and benefit levels, workforce development effects, and employment levels of minorities and women at those facilities; (b) Barriers to ownership of recycling, composting, and reuse operations faced by women and minorities; (c) The degree to which residents of multifamily buildings have less convenient access to recycling, composting, and reuse opportunities than those living in single-family homes; (d) The degree to which individuals living in overburdened communities have access to fewer recycling, composting, and reuse opportunities compared to other parts of the state; (e) The degree to which programs to increase access, convenience, and education are successful in raising reuse, recycling, and composting rates in areas where participation in these activities is low. This must include an evaluation of the efficacy of activities under RCW 70A.208.190 that are conceptually, linguistically, and culturally tailored to effectively reach diverse residents, and which such activities could be adjusted or improved to achieve improved outcomes for specific areas or sectors where participation is low; (f) Strategies to increase participation in reuse, recycling, and composting; and (g) The degree to which residents and workers in overburdened communities are impacted by emissions, toxic substances, and other pollutants from solid waste facilities in comparison to other areas of the state and recommendations to mitigate those impacts. (2) Producer responsibility organizations registered under this chapter must cover the cost of conducting the study through the fees charged by the department to the producer responsibility organizations, and recommended actions identified in the study must be considered for inclusion as part of future plans required under this chapter, including adjustments to service provider reimbursements under RCW 70A.208.170 .
RCW 70A.120.050 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 120 / Section 050
RCW 70A.120.050: Rules and regulations—Secretary to adopt.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the administration of this chapter and shall enforce such rules and regulations. The rules and regulations shall include provisions establishing minimum qualifications and procedures for the certification of operators, criteria for determining the kind and nature of continuing educational requirements for renewal of certification under RCW 70A.120.100 (2), and provisions for classifying water purification plants and distribution systems. Rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this section shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW.
RCW 70A.440.020 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 440 / Section 020
RCW 70A.440.020: Coal tar pavement product—Sale or application prohibited—Notice of corrective action—Authority to adopt ordinance to enforce section.
Status: in_force

(1) After January 1, 2012, no person may sell at wholesale or retail a coal tar pavement product that is labeled as containing coal tar. (2) After July 1, 2013, a person may not apply a coal tar pavement product on a driveway or parking area. (3) The department may issue a notice of corrective action to a person in violation of subsection (1) or (2) of this section. (4) A city or county may adopt an ordinance providing for enforcement of the requirements of subsection (1) or (2) of this section. A city or county adopting an ordinance has jurisdiction concurrent with the department to enforce this section.
RCW 70.114A.045 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 114A / Section 045
RCW 70.114A.045: Housing operation standards—Departments' agreement—Enforcement.
Status: in_force

By December 1, 1999, the department and the department of labor and industries shall jointly establish a formal agreement that identifies the roles of each of the two agencies with respect to the enforcement of temporary worker housing operation standards. The agreement shall, to the extent feasible, provide for inspection and enforcement actions by a single agency, and shall include measures to avoid multiple citations for the same violation.
RCW 70A.530.010 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 530 / Section 010
RCW 70A.530.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Carryout bag" means any bag that is provided by a retail establishment at home delivery, the check stand, cash register, point of sale, or other point of departure to a customer for use to transport or carry away purchases. (2) "Compliant paper carryout bag" means a paper carryout bag provided by a retail establishment to a customer that meets the requirements in RCW 70A.530.020 (6)(a). (3) "Department" means the department of ecology. (4) "Nonwood renewable fiber" means plant-based fiber derived from wheat straw grown in North America. (5) "Pass-through charge" means a charge to be collected and retained by retail establishments from their customers when providing compliant paper carryout bags and reusable carryout bags made of film plastic. (6) "Retail establishment" means any person, corporation, partnership, business, facility, vendor, organization, or individual that sells or provides food, merchandise, goods, or materials directly to a customer including home delivery, temporary stores, or vendors at farmers markets, street fairs, and festivals. (7) "Reusable carryout bag" means a carryout bag made of cloth or other durable material with handles that is specifically designed and manufactured for long-term multiple reuse and meets the requirements of RCW 70A.530.020 (6)(b). (8) "Single-use plastic carryout bag" means any carryout bag that is made from plastic that is designed and suitable only to be used once and disposed.
RCW 70.104.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 104 / Section 050
RCW 70.104.050: Investigation of human exposure to pesticides.
Status: in_force

The department of health shall investigate human exposure to pesticides according to the degree of risk that the exposure presents to the individual and the greater population as well as the level of funding appropriated in the operating budget, and in order to carry out such investigations shall have authority to secure and analyze appropriate specimens of human tissue and samples representing sources of possible exposure.
RCW 70A.205.150 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 150
RCW 70A.205.150: Exemption from solid waste permit requirements—Medication disposal.
Status: in_force

An authorized collector regulated under chapter 69.48 RCW is not required to obtain a permit under RCW 70A.205.120 unless the authorized collector is required to obtain a permit under RCW 70A.205.120 as a consequence of activities that are not directly associated with the collection facility's activities under chapter 69.48 RCW.
RCW 70A.105.100 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 105 / Section 100
RCW 70A.105.100: Alternative systems—State guidelines and standards.
Status: in_force

In order to assure that technical guidelines and standards keep pace with advancing technologies, the department of health in collaboration with local health departments and other interested parties, must review and update as appropriate, the state guidelines and standards for alternative on-site sewage disposal every three years. The first review and update must be completed by January 1, 1999.
RCW 70A.505.900 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 505 / Section 900
RCW 70A.505.900: Chapter liberally construed.
Status: in_force

This chapter must be liberally construed to carry out its purposes and objectives.
RCW 70.14.120 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 14 / Section 120
RCW 70.14.120: Agency compliance with committee determination—Coverage and reimbursement determinations for nonreviewed health technologies—Appeals.
Status: in_force

(1) A participating agency shall comply with a determination of the committee under RCW 70.14.110 unless: (a) The determination conflicts with an applicable federal statute or regulation, or applicable state statute; or (b) Reimbursement is provided under an agency policy regarding experimental or investigational treatment, services under a clinical investigation approved by an institutional review board, or health technologies that have a humanitarian device exemption from the federal food and drug administration. (2) For a health technology not selected for review under RCW 70.14.100 , a participating agency may use its existing statutory and administrative authority to make coverage and reimbursement determinations. Such determinations shall be shared among agencies, with a goal of maximizing each agency's understanding of the basis for the other's decisions and providing opportunities for agency collaboration. (3) A health technology not included as a covered benefit under a state purchased health care program pursuant to a determination of the health technology clinical committee under RCW 70.14.110 , or for which a condition of coverage established by the committee is not met, shall not be subject to a determination in the case of an individual patient as to whether it is medically necessary, or proper and necessary treatment. (4) Nothing in chapter 307, Laws of 2006 diminishes an individual's right under existing law to appeal an action or decision of a participating agency regarding a state purchased health care program. Appeals shall be governed by state and federal law applicable to participating agency decisions.
RCW 70.14.155 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 14 / Section 155
RCW 70.14.155: Streamlined health care administration—Agency participation.
Status: in_force

The following state agencies are directed to cooperate with the insurance commissioner and, within funds appropriated specifically for this purpose, adopt the processes, guidelines, and standards to streamline health care administration pursuant to chapter 48.165 RCW: The department of social and health services, the health care authority, and, to the extent permissible under Title 51 RCW, the department of labor and industries.
RCW 70A.245.060 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 245 / Section 060
RCW 70A.245.060: Trash bag labeling requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning January 1, 2023, producers shall label each package containing plastic trash bags sold, offered for sale, or distributed in or into Washington with: (a) The name of the producer and the city, state, and country where the producer is located, which may be designated as the location of the producer's corporate headquarters; or (b) A uniform resource locator or quick response code to an internet website that contains the information required pursuant to (a) of this subsection. (2)(a) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section do not apply to a plastic bag that is designed and manufactured to hold, store, or transport dangerous waste or biomedical waste. (b) For the purposes of this subsection: (i) "Biomedical waste" means any waste defined as that term under RCW 70A.228.010 ; and (ii) "Dangerous waste" means any waste defined as dangerous wastes under RCW 70A.300.010 .
RCW 70.26.050 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 26 / Section 050
RCW 70.26.050: Plans to be submitted to secretary for approval, rejection—Funding—Preparedness and response activities.
Status: in_force

Local health jurisdictions shall submit their pandemic flu preparedness and response plans to the secretary by November 1, 2006. Upon receipt of a plan, the secretary shall approve or reject the plan. When the plan is determined by the department to comply with the requirements and integrate the performance standards established under RCW 70.26.030 (1), any additional state or federal funding appropriated in the budget shall be provided to the local health jurisdiction to support the preparedness response activities identified in the plan, based upon a formula developed by the secretary under RCW 70.26.060 . Preparedness and response activities include but are not limited to: (1) Education, information, and outreach, in multiple languages, to increase community preparedness and reduce the spread of the disease should it occur; (2) Development of materials and systems to be used in the event of a pandemic to keep the public informed about the influenza, the course of the pandemic, and response activities; (3) Development of the legal documents necessary to facilitate and support the necessary government response; (4) Training and response drills for local health jurisdiction staff, law enforcement, health care providers, and others with responsibilities identified in the plan; (5) Enhancement of the communicable disease surveillance system; and (6) Development of coordination and communication systems among responding agencies. Where appropriate, these activities shall be coordinated and funded on a regional or statewide basis. The secretary, in consultation with the state director of emergency management, shall provide implementation support and assistance to a local health jurisdiction when the secretary or the local health jurisdiction has concerns regarding a jurisdiction's progress toward implementing its plan.
RCW 70.345.140 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 345 / Section 140
RCW 70.345.140: Purchase or possession by persons under 18—Penalty—Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

(1) A person under the age of eighteen who purchases or attempts to purchase, possesses, or obtains or attempts to obtain vapor products commits a class 3 civil infraction under chapter 7.80 RCW and is subject to participation in up to four hours of community service and referral to a smoking cessation program at no cost. This provision does not apply if a person under the age of eighteen, with parental authorization, is participating in a controlled purchase as part of a board, law enforcement, or local health department activity. (2) Municipal and district courts within the state have jurisdiction for enforcement of this section.
RCW 70.77.381 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 77 / Section 381
RCW 70.77.381: Wholesalers and retailers—Liability insurance requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) Every wholesaler shall carry liability insurance for each wholesale and retail fireworks outlet it operates in the amount of not less than fifty thousand dollars and five hundred thousand dollars for bodily injury liability for each person and occurrence, respectively, and not less than fifty thousand dollars for property damage liability for each occurrence, unless such insurance is not available from at least three approved insurance companies. If insurance in this amount is not offered, each wholesale and retail outlet shall be covered by a liability insurance policy in the maximum amount offered by at least three different approved insurance companies. (2) No wholesaler may knowingly sell or supply fireworks to any retail licensee unless the wholesaler determines that the retail licensee carries liability insurance in the same, or greater, amount as provided in subsection (1) of this section.
RCW 70.111.060 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 111 / Section 060
RCW 70.111.060: Civil actions.
Status: in_force

Any person may maintain an action against any commercial user who violates RCW 70.111.030 to enjoin the remanufacture, retrofit, sale, contract to sell, contract to resell, lease, or subletting of a full-size or nonfull-size crib that is unsafe for any infant using the crib, and for reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. This section does not apply to hotels, motels, and similar transient lodging, child care facilities, and family child care homes until January 1, 1999.
RCW 70.41.310 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 41 / Section 310
RCW 70.41.310: Long-term care—Program information to be provided to hospitals—Information on options to be provided to patients.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The department of social and health services, in consultation with hospitals and acute care facilities, shall promote the most appropriate and cost-effective use of long-term care services by developing and distributing to hospitals and other appropriate health care settings information on the various chronic long-term care programs that it administers directly or through contract. The information developed by the department of social and health services shall, at a minimum, include the following: (i) An identification and detailed description of each long-term care service available in the state; (ii) Functional, cognitive, and medicaid eligibility criteria that may be required for placement or admission to each long-term care service; and (iii) A long-term care services resource manual for each hospital, that identifies the long-term care services operating within each hospital's patient service area. The long-term care services resource manual shall, at a minimum, identify the name, address, and telephone number of each entity known to be providing long-term care services; a brief description of the programs or services provided by each of the identified entities; and the name or names of a person or persons who may be contacted for further information or assistance in accessing the programs or services at each of the identified entities. (b) The information required in (a) of this subsection shall be periodically updated and distributed to hospitals by the department of social and health services so that the information reflects current long-term care service options available within each hospital's patient service area. (2) To the extent that a patient will have continuing care needs, once discharged from the hospital setting, hospitals shall, during the course of the patient's hospital stay, promote each patient's family member's and/or legal representative's understanding of available long-term care service discharge options by, at a minimum: (a) Discussing the various and relevant long-term care services available, including eligibility criteria; (b) Making available, to patients, their family members, and/or legal representative, a copy of the most current long-term care services resource manual; (c) Responding to long-term care questions posed by patients, their family members, and/or legal representative; (d) Assisting the patient, their family members, and/or legal representative in contacting appropriate persons or entities to respond to the question or questions posed; and (e) Linking the patient and family to the local, state-designated aging and long-term care network to ensure effective transitions to appropriate levels of care and ongoing support.
RCW 70A.45.010 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 45 / Section 010
RCW 70A.45.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Carbon dioxide equivalents" means a metric measure used to compare the emissions from various greenhouse gases based upon their global warming potential. (2) "Carbon sequestration" means the process of capturing and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide through biologic, chemical, geologic, or physical processes. (3) "Climate advisory team" means the stakeholder group formed in response to executive order 07-02. (4) "Climate impacts group" means the University of Washington's climate impacts group. (5) "Department" means the department of ecology. (6) "Director" means the director of the department. (7) "Greenhouse gas" and "greenhouse gases" includes carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, sulfur hexafluoride, and any other gas or gases designated by the department by rule. (8) "Person" means an individual, partnership, franchise holder, association, corporation, a state, a city, a county, or any subdivision or instrumentality of the state. (9) "Program" means the department's climate change program. (10) "Western climate initiative" means the collaboration of states, Canadian provinces, Mexican states, and tribes to design a multisector market-based mechanism as directed under the western regional climate action initiative signed by the governor on February 22, 2007.
RCW 70.104.030 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 104 / Section 030
RCW 70.104.030: Powers and duties of department of health.
Status: in_force

(1) The department of health may investigate all suspected human cases of pesticide poisoning and such cases of suspected pesticide poisoning of animals that may relate to human illness. The department shall establish time periods by rule to determine investigation response time. Time periods shall range from immediate to forty-eight hours to initiate an investigation, depending on the severity of the case or suspected case of pesticide poisoning. In order to adequately investigate such cases, the department shall have the power to: (a) Take all necessary samples and human or animal tissue specimens for diagnostic purposes: PROVIDED, That tissue, if taken from a living human, shall be taken from a living human only with the consent of a person legally qualified to give such consent; (b) Secure any and all such information as may be necessary to adequately determine the nature and causes of any case of pesticide poisoning. (2) The department shall immediately notify the department of agriculture, the department of labor and industries, and other appropriate agencies of the results of its investigation for such action as the other departments or agencies deem appropriate. The notification of such investigations and their results may include recommendations for further action by the appropriate department or agency.
RCW 70.92.110 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 92 / Section 110
RCW 70.92.110: Buildings and structures to which standards and specifications apply—Exemptions.
Status: in_force

The standards and specifications adopted under this chapter shall, as provided in this section, apply to buildings, structures, or portions thereof used primarily for group A-1 through group U-1 occupancies, except for group R-3 occupancies, as defined in the Uniform Building Code, 1994 edition, published by the International Conference of Building Officials. All such buildings, structures, or portions thereof, which are constructed, substantially remodeled, or substantially rehabilitated after July 1, 1976, shall conform to the standards and specifications adopted under this chapter: PROVIDED, That the following buildings, structures, or portions thereof shall be exempt from this chapter: (1) Buildings, structures, or portions thereof for which construction contracts have been awarded prior to July 1, 1976; (2) Any building, structure, or portion thereof in respect to which the administrative authority deems, after considering all circumstances applying thereto, that full compliance is impracticable: PROVIDED, That, such a determination shall be made no later than at the time of issuance of the building permit for the construction, remodeling, or rehabilitation: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the board of appeals provided for in chapter 1 of the Uniform Building Code shall have jurisdiction to hear and decide appeals from any decision by the administrative authority regarding a waiver or failure to grant a waiver from compliance with the standards adopted pursuant to RCW 70.92.100 through 70.92.160 . The provisions of the Uniform Building Code regarding the appeals process shall govern the appeals herein; (3) Any building or structure used solely for dwelling purposes and which contains not more than two dwelling units; (4) Any building or structure not used primarily for group A-1 through group U-1 occupancies, except for group R-3 occupancies, as set forth in the Uniform Building Code, 1994 edition, published by the International Conference of Building Officials; or (5) Apartment houses with ten or fewer units.
RCW 70.10.060 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 10 / Section 060
RCW 70.10.060: Adoption of rules and regulations—Liberal construction of chapter.
Status: in_force

In furtherance of the legislative policy to authorize the state to cooperate with the federal government in facilitating the construction of comprehensive community health centers, the state agencies involved shall adopt such rules and regulations as may become necessary to entitle the state and local units of government to share in federal grants, matching funds, or other funds, unless the same be expressly prohibited by this chapter. Any section or provision of this chapter susceptible to more than one construction shall be interpreted in favor of the construction most likely to satisfy federal laws entitling the state and local units of government to receive federal grants, matching funds or other funds for the construction of comprehensive community health centers.
RCW 70.74.191 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 74 / Section 191
RCW 70.74.191: Exemptions.
Status: in_force

The laws contained in this chapter and regulations prescribed by the department of labor and industries pursuant to this chapter shall not apply to: (1) Explosives or blasting agents in the course of transportation by way of railroad, water, highway, or air under the jurisdiction of, and in conformity with, regulations adopted by the federal department of transportation, the Washington state utilities and transportation commission, and the Washington state patrol; (2) The laboratories of schools, colleges, and similar institutions if confined to the purpose of instruction or research and if not exceeding the quantity of one pound; (3) Explosives in the forms prescribed by the official United States Pharmacopoeia; (4) The transportation, storage, and use of explosives or blasting agents in the normal and emergency operations of United States agencies and departments including the regular United States military departments on military reservations; arsenals, navy yards, depots, or other establishments owned by, operated by, or on behalf of, the United States; or the duly authorized militia of any state; or to emergency operations of any state department or agency, any police, or any municipality or county; (5) A hazardous devices technician when carrying out normal and emergency operations, handling evidence, and operating and maintaining a specially designed emergency response vehicle that carries no more than ten pounds of explosive material or when conducting training and whose employer possesses the minimum safety equipment prescribed by the federal bureau of investigation for hazardous devices work. For purposes of this section, a hazardous devices technician is a person who is a graduate of the federal bureau of investigation hazardous devices school and who is employed by a state, county, or municipality; (6) The importation, sale, possession, and use of fireworks as defined in chapter 70.77 RCW, signaling devices, flares, fuses, and torpedoes; (7) The transportation, storage, and use of explosives or blasting agents in the normal and emergency avalanche control procedures as conducted by trained and licensed ski area operator personnel. However, the storage, transportation, and use of explosives and blasting agents for such use shall meet the requirements of regulations adopted by the director of labor and industries; (8) The storage of consumer fireworks as defined in chapter 70.77 RCW pursuant to a forfeiture or seizure under chapter 70.77 RCW by the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, or his or her deputy, or by state agencies or local governments having general law enforcement authority; (9) The transportation and storage of explosive actuated tactical devices, including noise and flash diversionary devices, by local law enforcement tactical response teams and officers in law enforcement department-issued vehicles designated for use by tactical response teams and officers, provided the explosive devices are stored and secured in compliance with regulations and rulings adopted by the federal bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives; and (10) Any violation under this chapter if any existing ordinance of any city, municipality, or county is more stringent than this chapter.
RCW 70A.208.190 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 208 / Section 190
RCW 70A.208.190: Education and outreach.
Status: in_force

(1) A producer responsibility organization must develop and maintain a public website that uses best practices for accessibility and contains, at a minimum: (a) Information regarding a process that members of the public may use to contact the producer responsibility organization with questions; (b) A directory of all service providers operating under the plan administered by the producer responsibility organization, grouped by location or government entity; (c) Registration materials submitted to the department; (d) The draft and approved plan and any draft and approved amendments; (e) The list of exempt materials under this chapter; (f) Current and all past needs assessments; (g) Annual reports submitted to the department by the producer responsibility organization; (h) A link to administrative rules implementing this chapter; (i) Comments of the advisory council on the documents listed in (d) and (f) of this subsection and the responses of the producer responsibility organization to those comments; (j) A list, updated at least monthly, of all member producers that will operate under the plan administered by the producer responsibility organization and, for each producer, a list of all brands of the producer's covered materials; and (k) Education materials on waste reduction, refill, reuse, recycling, and composting for producers and the general public. (2) A producer responsibility organization must implement education and outreach activities that are conceptually, linguistically, and culturally tailored to effectively reach diverse residents and include culturally responsive materials and methods that rely on evidence-based practices, are accessible, clear, and support the achievement of the performance targets, including by developing and providing educational materials, resources, and campaigns that encourage and support recycling, composting, and reuse behaviors by residents and visitors. Activities must: (a) Assist producers in improving product labels as a means of informing consumers about refill, reuse, recycling, composting, and other environmentally sound methods of managing covered materials; (b) Increase public awareness of how to use and manage covered materials in an environmentally sound manner and how to access waste reduction, refill, reuse, recycling, and composting services; (c) Encourage behavior change to increase participation in waste reduction, refill, reuse, recycling, and composting programs including by considering motivational structures for recycling and reuse by engaging local communities in the design and implementation of programs and developing community-led solutions that are tailored to their specific cultural practices and waste generation patterns; (d) Reduce resident confusion regarding the appropriate solid waste collection container or end-of-life management option for each type of covered material; and (e) Develop and provide education and outreach materials that are able to be used by retail establishments, collectors, government entities, service providers, schools, institutions, youth organizations, and nonprofit organizations. Outreach materials must be accessible in multiple languages and culturally appropriate formats including by reaching non-English-speaking communities and by using a variety of tailored media and behavior change strategies. (3) A producer responsibility organization must coordinate with registered service providers and any government entities that choose to participate in carrying out education and outreach consistent with the plan.
RCW 70A.305.900 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 305 / Section 900
RCW 70A.305.900: Short title—1989 c 2.
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as "the model toxics control act."
RCW 70A.450.070 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 450 / Section 070
RCW 70A.450.070: Inspection of certain facilities for asbestos-containing building materials—Asbestos management plan—Content—Penalties.
Status: in_force

(1) Every owner of a facility that is engaged in activities described in codes 31 through 33 of the North American industry classification system must: (a) Perform an inspection of the facility to determine whether asbestos-containing building materials are present and, if asbestos-containing building materials are found during the initial inspection, reinspect asbestos-containing building materials every five years thereafter. The inspections must be conducted by persons meeting the accreditation requirements of the federal toxic substances control act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 2646 (b) or (c); and (b) Develop, maintain, and update an asbestos management plan and keep a copy at the facility. The asbestos management plan must be updated every five years and after any material changes in asbestos-containing building materials in the facility. The asbestos management plan must include: (i) The name and address of the facility and whether the facility has asbestos-containing building materials, and the type of asbestos-containing building material; (ii) The date of the original facility inspection; (iii) A plan for reinspections; (iv) A blueprint of the facility that clearly identifies the location of asbestos-containing building materials; (v) A description of any response action or prevention measures taken to reduce asbestos exposure; (vi) A copy of the analysis of any building or facility, and the name and address of any laboratory that sampled the material; (vii) The name, address, and telephone number of a designated contact to whom the owner has assigned responsibility for ensuring that the duties of the owner are carried out; and (viii) A description of steps taken to inform workers about inspections, reinspections, response actions, and periodic surveillance of the asbestos-containing building materials. (2) Upon request, the asbestos management plan required under subsection (1)(b) of this section must be made available to the department, the department of labor and industries, local air pollution control authorities in jurisdictions where they have been created under this chapter, and any interested party. In addition to the penalties established by this chapter, failure to create or maintain a required asbestos management plan is a violation of chapter 49.17 RCW and subject to the penalties established under RCW 49.17.180 and 49.17.190 .
RCW 70A.65.230 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 65 / Section 230
RCW 70A.65.230: Investments—Legislative intent—Evaluation.
Status: in_force

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(1) It is the intent of the legislature that each year the total investments made through the carbon emissions reduction account created in RCW 70A.65.240 , the climate commitment account created in RCW 70A.65.260 , the natural climate solutions account created in RCW 70A.65.270 , and the air quality and health disparities improvement account created in RCW 70A.65.280 , achieve the following: (a) A minimum of not less than 35 percent and a goal of 40 percent of total investments that provide direct and meaningful benefits to vulnerable populations within the boundaries of overburdened communities identified under chapter 70A.02 RCW; and (b) In addition to the requirements of (a) of this subsection, a minimum of not less than 10 percent of total investments that are used for programs, activities, or projects formally supported by a resolution of an Indian tribe, with priority given to otherwise qualifying projects directly administered or proposed by an Indian tribe. An investment that meets the requirements of both this subsection (1)(b) and (a) of this subsection may count toward the minimum percentage targets for both subsections. (2) The expenditure of moneys under this chapter must be consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, and treaty rights including, but not limited to, prohibitions on uses of funds imposed by the state Constitution. (3) For the purposes of this section, "benefits" means investments or activities that: (a) Reduce vulnerable population characteristics, environmental burdens, or associated risks that contribute significantly to the cumulative impact designation of overburdened communities; (b) Meaningfully protect an overburdened community from, or support community response to, the impacts of air pollution or climate change; or (c) Meet a community need identified by vulnerable members of the overburdened community that is consistent with the intent of this chapter. (4) The state must develop a process by which to evaluate the impacts of the investments made under this chapter, work across state agencies to develop and track priorities across the different eligible funding categories, and work with the environmental justice council pursuant to RCW 70A.65.040 .
RCW 70A.15.5180 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 5180
RCW 70A.15.5180: Aircraft crash rescue fire training—Training to fight structural fires—Training to fight forest fires—Other firefighter instruction.
Status: in_force

(1) Aircraft crash rescue fire training activities meeting the following conditions do not require a permit under this section, or under RCW 70A.15.5010 , 70A.15.5020 , 70A.15.5030 , 70A.15.5040 , 70A.15.5050 , 70A.15.5060 , 70A.15.5070 , and 70A.15.5080 , from an air pollution control authority, the department, or any local entity with delegated permit authority: (a) Firefighters participating in the training fires must be limited to those who provide firefighting support to an airport that is either certified by the federal aviation administration or operated in support of military or governmental activities; (b) The fire training may not be conducted during an air pollution episode or any stage of impaired air quality declared under RCW 70A.15.6010 for the area where training is to be conducted; (c) The number of training fires allowed per year without a permit shall be the minimum number necessary to meet federal aviation administration or other federal safety requirements; (d) The facility shall use current technology and be operated in a manner that will minimize, to the extent possible, the air contaminants generated during operation; and (e) The organization conducting training shall notify both the: (i) Local fire district or fire department; and (ii) air pollution control authority, department of ecology, or local entity delegated permitting authority under RCW 70A.15.5100 , having jurisdiction within the area where training is to be conducted before the commencement of aircraft fire training. Written approval from the department or a local air pollution control authority shall be obtained prior to the initial operation of aircraft crash rescue fire training. Such approval will be granted to fire training activities meeting the conditions in this subsection. (2) Aircraft crash rescue fire training activities conducted in compliance with subsection (1) of this section are not subject to the prohibition, in RCW 70A.15.5010 (1), of outdoor fires containing petroleum products and are not considered outdoor burning under RCW 70A.15.5010 , 70A.15.5020 , 70A.15.5030 , 70A.15.5040 , 70A.15.5050 , 70A.15.5060 , 70A.15.5070 , and 70A.15.5080 . (3) Training to fight structural fires located outside urban growth areas in counties that plan under the requirements of RCW 36.70A.040 and outside of any city with a population of ten thousand or more in all other counties does not need a permit under this section from an air pollution control authority or the department of ecology, but must be conducted in accordance with RCW 52.12.150 . (4) Training to fight forest fires does not require a permit from an air pollution control authority or the department of ecology. (5) To provide for firefighting instruction in instances not governed by subsections (1) through (3) of this section, or other actions to protect public health and safety, the department or a local air pollution control authority may issue permits that allow limited burning of prohibited materials listed in RCW 70A.15.5010 (1).
RCW 70.48.245 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 48 / Section 245
RCW 70.48.245: Transfer of persons with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries from jail to department of corrections facility.
Status: in_force

When a jail has determined that a person in custody has or may have a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020 or a traumatic brain injury, upon transfer of the person to a department of corrections facility or other jail facility, every reasonable effort shall be made by the transferring jail staff to communicate to receiving staff the nature of the disability, as determined by the jail and any necessary accommodation for the person as identified by the transferring jail staff.
RCW 70A.330.800 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 330 / Section 800
RCW 70A.330.800: Technical advice and assistance program expansion—Interpretive guidance pending rules.
Status: in_force

To ensure the adoption of rules will not delay the implementation of remedial actions, the pollution liability insurance agency may implement the technical advice and assistance program expansion to include petroleum storage tank systems through interpretive guidance pending adoption of rules.
RCW 70.77.335 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 77 / Section 335
RCW 70.77.335: License authorizes activities of sellers, authorized representatives, employees.
Status: in_force

The authorization to engage in the particular act or acts conferred by a license to a person shall extend to sellers, authorized representatives, and other employees of such person.
RCW 70A.208.270 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 208 / Section 270
RCW 70A.208.270: Identification of socially vulnerable populations.
Status: in_force

(1) The department must periodically assess the availability of, and methodology used by, the United States centers for disease control and the agency for toxic substances and disease registry's social vulnerability index, as compared to how it existed as of January 1, 2025. (2) If the department determines that the social vulnerability index is no longer available in substantially the same form as it existed on January 1, 2025, the department must notify each registered producer responsibility organization that for purposes of the identification of socially vulnerable populations under this chapter, the department and producer responsibility organizations are no longer required to reference the United States centers for disease control and the agency for toxic substances and disease registry's social vulnerability index. Instead, the department and registered producer responsibility organizations must reference the alternative populations specified in subsection (3) of this section. (3)(a) Until such time as a rule is adopted under (b) of this subsection, the department and registered producer responsibility organizations must, for purposes of identifying socially vulnerable populations, identify as socially vulnerable populations those communities ranked as an eight or higher on the environmental health disparities map developed under RCW 43.70.815 . (b) After making a determination under subsection (2) of this section, by rule the department may, but is not required to, adopt an alternative methodology for the identification of socially vulnerable populations to replace the reference to the United States centers for disease control and the agency for toxic substances and disease registry's social vulnerability index. A rule adopted under this subsection may, but is not required to, rely in whole or in part on the environmental health disparities map developed by the department of health under RCW 43.70.815 .
RCW 70.02.290 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 02 / Section 290
RCW 70.02.290: Agency rule-making requirements—Use/destruction of health care information by certain state and local agencies—Unauthorized disclosure—Notice—Rules/policies available on agency's website.
Status: in_force

(1) All state or local agencies obtaining patient health care information pursuant to RCW 70.02.050 and 70.02.200 through 70.02.240 that are not health care facilities or providers shall adopt rules establishing their record acquisition, retention, destruction, and security policies that are consistent with this chapter. (2) State and local agencies that are not health care facilities or providers that have not requested health care information and are not authorized to receive this information under this chapter: (a) Must not use or disclose this information unless permitted under this chapter; and (b) Must destroy the information in accordance with the policy developed under subsection (1) of this section or return the information to the entity that provided the information to the state or local agency if the entity is a health care facility or provider and subject to this chapter. (3) A person who has health care information disclosed in violation of subsection (2)(a) of this section, must be informed of the disclosure by the state or local agency improperly making the disclosure. State and local agencies that are not health care facilities or providers must develop a policy to establish a reasonable notification period and what information must be included in the notice, including whether the name of the entity that originally provided the information to the agency must be included. (4) Rules or policies adopted under this section must be available through each agency's website.
RCW 70A.390.900 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 390 / Section 900
RCW 70A.390.900: Construction—1981 c 1.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the individual citizens of the state of Washington.
RCW 70A.205.200 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 200
RCW 70A.205.200: Name appearing on waste material—Presumption.
Status: in_force

Whenever solid wastes dumped in violation of RCW 70A.205.195 contain three or more items bearing the name of one individual, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the individual whose name appears on such items committed the unlawful act of dumping.
RCW 70A.205.330 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 330
RCW 70A.205.330: Solid waste recyclers—Notice—Report—Penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) All facilities that recycle solid waste, except for those facilities with a current solid waste handling permit issued under RCW 70A.205.120 , must notify the department in writing within thirty days prior to operation, or ninety days from July 24, 2005, for existing recycling operations, of the intent to conduct recycling in accordance with this section. Notification must be in writing, and include: (a) Contact information for the person conducting the recycling activity; (b) A general description of the recycling activity; (c) A description of the types of solid waste being recycled; and (d) A general explanation of the recycling processes and methods. (2) Each facility that recycles solid waste, except those facilities with a current solid waste handling permit issued under RCW 70A.205.120 , shall prepare and submit an annual report to the department by April 1st on forms supplied by the department. The annual report must detail recycling activities during the previous calendar year and include the following information: (a) The name and address of the recycling operation; (b) The calendar year covered by the report; (c) The annual quantities and types of waste received, recycled, and disposed, in tons, for purposes of determining progress towards achieving the goals of waste reduction, waste recycling, and treatment in accordance with RCW 70A.205.005 (4); and (d) Any additional information required by written notification of the department that is needed to determine progress towards achieving the goals of waste reduction, waste recycling, and treatment in accordance with RCW 70A.205.005 (4). (3) Any facility, except for product take-back centers, that recycles solid waste materials within the state without first obtaining a solid waste handling permit under RCW 70A.205.120 or completing a notification under this section is subject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars per violation.
RCW 70A.15.3500 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 3500
RCW 70A.15.3500: Woodstoves—Policy.
Status: in_force

In the interest of the public health and welfare and in keeping with the objectives of RCW 70A.15.1005 , the legislature declares it to be the public policy of the state to control, reduce, and prevent air pollution caused by woodstove emissions. It is the state's policy to reduce woodstove emissions by encouraging the department of ecology to continue efforts to educate the public about the effects of woodstove emissions, other heating alternatives, and the desirability of achieving better emission performance and heating efficiency from woodstoves. The legislature further declares that: (1) The purchase of certified woodstoves will not solve the problem of pollution caused by woodstove emissions; and (2) the reduction of air pollution caused by woodstove emissions will only occur when woodstove users adopt proper methods of wood burning.
RCW 70A.515.080 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 515 / Section 080
RCW 70A.515.080: Report.
Status: in_force

(1) By October 15, 2020, and annually thereafter, a stewardship organization shall submit to the department a report describing the paint stewardship program that the stewardship organization implemented during the previous fiscal year. The report must include all of the following: (a) A description of the methods the stewardship organization used to reduce, reuse, collect, transport, recycle, and process leftover paint statewide in Washington; (b) The volume of latex and oil-based architectural paint collected by the stewardship organization in the preceding fiscal year in Washington, including any increase in total volume of paint collected each year, and the cost of the paint stewardship program per gallon of paint collected; (c) The volume of latex and oil-based architectural paint collected by method of disposition, including reuse, recycling, energy recovery, and disposal; (d) An estimate of the total weight of all paint containers recycled by the program; (e) A list of all processors through final disposition that are used to manage leftover paint collected by the stewardship organization in the preceding year; (f) A list of all the producers participating in the plan; (g) The total volume of architectural paint sold in Washington during the preceding year based on the architectural paint stewardship assessment collected by the stewardship organization; (h) An independent financial audit of the paint stewardship program implemented by the stewardship organization, including a breakdown of the program's expenses, such as collection, recycling, education, and overhead; (i) The total cost of implementing the paint stewardship program broken out by administrative, collection, transportation and disposition, and communications costs; (j) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the paint stewardship program from year to year, and anticipated steps, if needed, to improve performance throughout the state; and (k) A summary of outreach and education activities undertaken and samples of the educational materials that the stewardship organization provided to consumers of architectural paint during the first year of the program and any changes to those materials in subsequent years. (2) The department must make all reports submitted under this section available to the general public through the internet. Consistent with RCW 70A.515.130 , valuable commercial information submitted to the department under this chapter is exempt from public disclosure under RCW 42.56.270 . However, the department may use and disclose such information in summary or aggregated form as long as the disclosure does not directly or indirectly identify financial, production, or sales data of an individual producer or stewardship organization. The department is not required to notify individual producers prior to making available to the general public the reports submitted under this section or aggregated or summarized information from reports submitted under this section.
RCW 70.54.200 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 54 / Section 200
RCW 70.54.200: Fees for repository of vaccines, biologics.
Status: in_force

The department shall prescribe by rule a schedule of fees predicated on the cost of providing a repository of emergency vaccines and other biologics.
RCW 70A.115.040 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 115 / Section 040
RCW 70A.115.040: Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) For the protection of human health and the environment, the secretary shall adopt rules for the comprehensive regulation of large on-site sewage systems, which includes, but is not limited to, the siting, design, construction, installation, maintenance, repair, and permitting of the systems. (2) In adopting the rules, the secretary shall, in consultation with the department of ecology, require that large on-site sewage systems comply with the applicable sections of chapter 90.48 RCW regarding control and prevention of pollution of waters of the state, including but not limited to: (a) Surface and groundwater standards established under RCW 90.48.035 ; and (b) Those provisions requiring all known, available, and reasonable methods of treatment. (3) In adopting the rules, the secretary shall ensure that requirements for large on-site sewage systems are consistent with the requirements of any comprehensive plans or development regulations adopted under chapter 36.70A RCW or any other applicable comprehensive plan, land use plan, or development regulation adopted by a city, town, or county.
RCW 70.126.020 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 126 / Section 020
RCW 70.126.020: Home health care—Services and supplies included, not included.
Status: in_force

(1) Home health care shall be provided by a home health agency and shall: (a) Be delivered by a registered nurse, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, or home health aide on a part-time or intermittent basis; (b) Include, as applicable under the written plan, supplies and equipment such as: (i) Drugs and medicines that are legally obtainable only upon a physician's written prescription, and insulin; (ii) Rental of durable medical apparatus and medical equipment such as wheelchairs, hospital beds, respirators, splints, trusses, braces, or crutches needed for treatment; (iii) Supplies normally used for hospital inpatients and dispensed by the home health agency such as oxygen, catheters, needles, syringes, dressings, materials used in aseptic techniques, irrigation solutions, and intravenous fluids. (2) The following services may be included when medically necessary, ordered by the attending physician, and included in the approved plan of treatment: (a) Licensed practical nurses; (b) Respiratory therapists; (c) Social workers holding a master's degree or further advanced degree from a social work educational program accredited and approved as provided in RCW 18.320.010 ; (d) Ambulance service that is certified by the physician as necessary in the approved plan of treatment because of the patient's physical condition or for unexpected emergency situations. (3) Services not included in home health care include: (a) Nonmedical, custodial, or housekeeping services except by home health aides as ordered in the approved plan of treatment; (b) "Meals on Wheels" or similar food services; (c) Nutritional guidance; (d) Services performed by family members; (e) Services not included in an approved plan of treatment; (f) Supportive environmental materials such as handrails, ramps, telephones, air conditioners, and similar appliances and devices.
RCW 70.87.170 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 87 / Section 170
RCW 70.87.170: Review of department action in accordance with administrative procedure act.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person aggrieved by an order or action of the department denying, suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew a permit or license; assessing a penalty for a violation of this chapter; or ordering the operation of a conveyance to be discontinued, may request a hearing within fifteen days after notice of the department's order or action is received. The date the hearing was requested shall be the date the request for hearing was postmarked. (2) The party requesting the hearing must accompany the request with a certified or cashier's check for two hundred dollars payable to the department, except that if a penalty assessment is the issue for the hearing, the check amount shall be ten percent of the penalty amount or two hundred dollars, whichever is less, but in no event less than one hundred dollars. The department shall refund the amount of the check if the party requesting the hearing prevails at the hearing; otherwise, the department shall retain the amount of the check. (3) If the department does not receive a timely request for hearing, the department's order or action is final and may not be appealed. (4) If the aggrieved party requests a hearing, the department shall ask an administrative law judge to preside over the hearing. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.
RCW 70.155.010 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 155 / Section 010
RCW 70.155.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

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The definitions set forth in RCW 82.24.010 apply to this chapter. In addition, for the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise required by the context: (1) "Board" means the Washington state liquor and cannabis board. (2) "Internet" means any computer network, telephonic network, or other electronic network. (3) "Sample" means a tobacco product distributed to members of the general public at no cost or at nominal cost for product promotion purposes. (4) "Sampling" means the distribution of samples to members of the public. (5) "Tobacco product" means a product that contains tobacco and is intended for human use, including any product defined in RCW 82.24.010 (2) or 82.26.010 (21), except that for the purposes of RCW 70.155.140 only, "tobacco product" does not include cigars defined in RCW 82.26.010 as to which one thousand units weigh more than three pounds. (6) "Vapor product" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 70.345.010 .
RCW 70.85.110 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 85 / Section 110
RCW 70.85.110: Telephone companies to provide contacting information.
Status: in_force

The telephone company providing service within the geographical jurisdiction of a law enforcement unit shall inform law enforcement agencies of the address and telephone number of its security office or other designated office to provide all required assistance to law enforcement officials to carry out the purpose of RCW 70.85.100 through 70.85.130 . The designation shall be in writing and shall provide the telephone number or numbers through which the security representative or other telephone company official can be reached at any time. This information shall be served upon all law enforcement units having jurisdiction in a geographical area. Any change in address or telephone number or identity of the telephone company office to be contacted to provide required assistance shall be served upon all law enforcement units in the affected geographical area.
RCW 70.190.090 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 190 / Section 090
RCW 70.190.090: Community networks—Planning grants and contracts—Distribution of funds—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) A network shall, upon application to the council, be eligible to receive planning grants and technical assistance from the council. However, during the 1999-01 fiscal biennium, a network that has not finalized its membership shall be eligible to receive such grants and assistance. Planning grants may be funded through available federal funds for family preservation services. After receiving the planning grant the network has up to one year to submit the long-term comprehensive plan. (2) The council shall enter into biennial contracts with networks as part of the grant process. The contracts shall be consistent with available resources, and shall be distributed in accordance with the distribution formula developed pursuant to *RCW 43.41.195 , subject to the applicable matching fund requirement. (3) No later than February 1 of each odd-numbered year following the initial contract between the council and a network, the council shall request from the network its plan for the upcoming biennial contract period. (4) The council shall notify the networks of their allocation of available resources at least sixty days prior to the start of a new biennial contract period. (5) The networks shall, by contract, distribute funds (a) appropriated for plan implementation by the legislature, and (b) obtained from nonstate or federal sources. In distributing funds, the networks shall ensure that administrative costs are held to a maximum of ten percent. However, during the 1999-01 fiscal biennium, administrative costs shall be held to a maximum of ten percent or twenty thousand dollars, whichever is greater, exclusive of costs associated with procurement, payroll processing, personnel functions, management, maintenance and operation of space and property, data processing and computer services, indirect costs, and organizational planning, consultation, coordination, and training. (6) A network shall not provide services or operate programs. (7) A network shall file a report with the council by May 1 of each year that includes but is not limited to the following information: Detailed expenditures, programs under way, progress on contracted services and programs, and successes and problems in achieving the outcomes required by **RCW 70.190.130 (1)(h) related to reducing the rate of state-funded out-of-home placements and the other three at-risk behaviors covered by the comprehensive plan and approved by the council.
RCW 70.128.240 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 128 / Section 240
RCW 70.128.240: Approval system—Department-approved training—Adoption of rules.
Status: in_force

By March 1, 2002, the department must, by rule, create an approval system for those seeking to conduct department-approved training under RCW 70.128.230 , * 70.128.120 (5) and (6), and ** 70.128.130 (10). The department shall adopt rules based on recommendations of the community long-term care training and education steering committee established in ***RCW 74.39A.190 .
RCW 70.108.010 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 108 / Section 010
RCW 70.108.010: Legislative declaration.
Status: in_force

The legislature hereby declares it to be the public interest, and for the protection of the health, welfare and property of the residents of the state of Washington to provide for the orderly and lawful conduct of outdoor music festivals by assuring that proper sanitary, health, fire, safety, and police measures are provided and maintained. This invocation of the police power is prompted by and based upon prior experience with outdoor music festivals where the enforcement of the existing laws and regulations on dangerous and narcotic drugs, indecent exposure, intoxicating liquor, and sanitation has been rendered most difficult by the flagrant violations thereof by a large number of festival patrons.
RCW 70.158.900 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 158 / Section 900
RCW 70.158.900: Conflict of law—Severability—2003 c 25.
Status: in_force

If a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the provisions of chapter 25, Laws of 2003 and chapter 70.157 RCW conflict and cannot be harmonized, then the provisions of chapter 70.157 RCW shall control. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of chapter 25, Laws of 2003 causes chapter 70.157 RCW no longer to constitute a qualifying or model statute, as those terms are defined in the master settlement agreement, then that portion of chapter 25, Laws of 2003 shall not be valid. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of chapter 25, Laws of 2003 is for any reason held to be invalid, unlawful, or unconstitutional, the decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of chapter 25, Laws of 2003 or any part thereof.
RCW 70A.15.1560 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 1560
RCW 70A.15.1560: Powers and duties of authorities.
Status: in_force

An activated authority shall be deemed a municipal corporation; have right to perpetual succession; adopt and use a seal; may sue and be sued in the name of the authority in all courts and in all proceedings; and, may receive, account for, and disburse funds, employ personnel, and acquire or dispose of any interest in real or personal property within or without the authority in the furtherance of its purposes.
RCW 70A.15.5160 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 15 / Section 5160
RCW 70A.15.5160: Adoption of rules.
Status: in_force

The department of natural resources and the department of ecology may adopt rules necessary to implement their respective responsibilities under the provisions of RCW 70A.15.5090 , 70A.15.5100 , 70A.15.5110 , 70A.15.5120 , 70A.15.5130 , 70A.15.5140 , 70A.15.5150 , 70A.15.5160 , and 70A.15.5170 .
RCW 70.157.030 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 157 / Section 030
RCW 70.157.030: Contingent expiration date—Court action.
Status: repealed

If chapter 342, Laws of 2003 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, then RCW 70.157.020 (b)(2)(B) shall be repealed in its entirety. If RCW 70.157.020 (b)(2) shall thereafter be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, then chapter 342, Laws of 2003 shall be repealed, and RCW 70.157.020 (b)(2)(B) be restored as if no amendments had been made. Neither any holding of unconstitutionality nor the repeal of RCW 70.157.020 (b)(2)(B) shall affect, impair, or invalidate any other portion of RCW 70.157.020 or the application of that section to any other person or circumstance, and the remaining portions of RCW 70.157.020 shall at all times continue in full force and effect.
RCW 70A.205.190 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 205 / Section 190
RCW 70A.205.190: Diversion of recyclable material—Penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) No person may divert to personal use any recyclable material placed in a container as part of a recycling program, without the consent of the generator of such recyclable material or the solid waste collection company operating under the authority of a town, city, county, or the utilities and transportation commission, and no person may divert to commercial use any recyclable material placed in a container as part of a recycling program, without the consent of the person owning or operating such container. (2) A violation of subsection (1) of this section is a class 1 civil infraction under chapter 7.80 RCW. Each violation of this section shall be a separate infraction.
RCW 70.77.205 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 77 / Section 205
RCW 70.77.205: Definitions—"Manufacturer."
Status: in_force

"Manufacturer" includes any person who manufactures, makes, constructs, fabricates, or produces any fireworks article or device but does not include persons who assemble or fabricate sets or mechanical pieces in public displays of fireworks or persons who assemble consumer fireworks items or sets or packages containing consumer fireworks items.
RCW 70.168.100 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 168 / Section 100
RCW 70.168.100: Regional emergency medical services and trauma care councils.
Status: in_force

Regional emergency medical services and trauma care councils are established. The councils: (1) By June 1990, shall begin the development of regional emergency medical services and trauma care plans to: (a) Assess and analyze regional emergency medical services and trauma care needs; (b) Identify personnel, agencies, facilities, equipment, training, and education to meet regional and local needs; (c) Identify specific activities necessary to meet statewide standards and patient care outcomes and develop a plan of implementation for regional compliance; (d) Establish and review agreements with regional providers necessary to meet state standards; (e) Establish agreements with providers outside the region to facilitate patient transfer; (f) Include a regional budget; (g) Establish the number and level of facilities to be designated which are consistent with state standards and based upon availability of resources and the distribution of trauma within the region; (h) Identify the need for and recommend distribution and level of care of prehospital services to assure adequate availability and avoid inefficient duplication and lack of coordination of prehospital services within the region; (i) Identify procedures to allow for the appropriate transport of patients to mental health facilities or chemical dependency programs, as informed by the alternative facility guidelines adopted under RCW 70.168.170 ; and (j) Include other specific elements defined by the department; (2) By June 1991, shall begin the submission of the regional emergency medical services and trauma care plan to the department; (3) Shall advise the department on matters relating to the delivery of emergency medical services and trauma care within the region; (4) Shall provide data required by the department to assess the effectiveness of the emergency medical services and trauma care system; (5) May apply for, receive, and accept gifts and other payments, including property and service, from any governmental or other public or private entity or person, and may make arrangements as to the use of these receipts, including any activities related to the design, maintenance, or enhancements of the emergency medical services and trauma care system in the region. The councils shall report in the regional budget the amount, source, and purpose of all gifts and payments.
RCW 70A.388.180 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 388 / Section 180
RCW 70A.388.180: Impounding of materials.
Status: in_force

The agency shall have the authority in the event of an emergency to impound or order the impounding of sources of ionizing radiation in the possession of any person who is not equipped to observe or fails to observe the provisions of this chapter or any rules or regulations issued thereunder.
RCW 70.225.070 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 225 / Section 070
RCW 70.225.070: Requirements for test sites in the prescription monitoring program.
Status: in_force

(1) Test sites that may receive access to data in the prescription monitoring program under RCW 70.225.040 must be: (a) Licensed by the department as a test site under chapter 70.42 RCW; and (b) Certified as a drug testing laboratory by the United States department of health and human services, substance abuse and mental health services administration. (2) Test sites may not: (a) Charge a fee for accessing the prescription monitoring program; (b) Store data accessed from the prescription drug monitoring program in any form, including, but not limited to, hard copies, electronic copies, or web/digital based copies of any kind. Such data may be used only to transmit to those entities listed in *RCW 70.255.040 (3)(a).
RCW 70.108.170 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 108 / Section 170
RCW 70.108.170: Local regulations and ordinances not precluded.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as precluding counties, cities and other political subdivisions of the state of Washington from enacting ordinances or regulations for the control and regulation of outdoor music festivals nor shall this chapter repeal any existing ordinances or regulations.
RCW 70.74.013 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 74 / Section 013
RCW 70.74.013: Funds collected by department.
Status: in_force

All funds collected by the department under RCW 70.74.137 through 70.74.146 and 70.74.360 shall be transferred to the state treasurer for deposit into the accident and medical aid funds under RCW 51.44.010 and 51.44.020 .
RCW 70.230.210 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 230 / Section 210
RCW 70.230.210: Pattern of balance billing protection act violations by ambulatory surgical facility—Fines and disciplinary action.
Status: in_force

If the insurance commissioner reports to the department that he or she has cause to believe that an ambulatory surgical facility has engaged in a pattern of violations of RCW 48.49.020 or 48.49.030 or has violated RCW 48.43.732 , and the report is substantiated after investigation, the department may levy a fine upon the ambulatory surgical facility in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars per violation and take other formal or informal disciplinary action as permitted under the authority of the department.
RCW 70A.300.360 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 300 / Section 360
RCW 70A.300.360: Local governments to prepare local hazardous waste plans—Used oil recycling element.
Status: in_force

Local governments and combinations of local governments shall amend their local hazardous waste plans required under RCW 70A.300.350 to comply with RCW 70A.224.020 .
RCW 70.44.045 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 44 / Section 045
RCW 70.44.045: Commissioners—Vacancies.
Status: in_force

A vacancy in the office of commissioner shall occur as provided in chapter 42.12 RCW or by nonattendance at meetings of the commission for sixty days, unless excused by the commission. A vacancy shall be filled as provided in chapter 42.12 RCW.
RCW 70A.445.010 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 445 / Section 010
RCW 70A.445.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Department" means the department of ecology. (2) "Director" means the director of the department of ecology. (3)(a) "Recreational water vessel" means any vessel that is no more than sixty-five feet in length and is: (i) Manufactured or used primarily for pleasure; or (ii) leased, rented, or chartered by a person for the pleasure of that person. (b) "Recreational water vessel" does not include a vessel that is subject to United States coast guard inspection and that: (i) Is engaged in commercial use; or (ii) carries paying passengers. (4) "Wood boat" means a recreational water vessel with an external hull surface entirely constructed of wood planks or sheets. A vessel with a wood hull sheathed in a nonwood material, such as fiberglass, is not a "wood boat" for purposes of this chapter.
RCW 70.170.080 — Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 170 / Section 080
RCW 70.170.080: Assessments—Costs.
Status: in_force

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The basic expenses for the hospital data collection and reporting activities of this chapter shall be financed by an assessment against hospitals of no more than four one-hundredths of one percent of each hospital's gross operating costs, to be levied and collected from and after that date, upon which the similar assessment levied under *chapter 70.39 RCW is terminated, for the provision of hospital services for its last fiscal year ending on or before June 30th of the preceding calendar year. Budgetary requirements in excess of that limit must be financed by a general fund appropriation by the legislature. All moneys collected under this section shall be deposited by the state treasurer in the hospital data collection account which is hereby created in the state treasury. The department may also charge, receive, and dispense funds or authorize any contractor or outside sponsor to charge for and reimburse the costs associated with special studies as specified in RCW 70.170.050 . During the 1993-1995 fiscal biennium, moneys in the hospital data collection account may be expended, pursuant to appropriation, for hospital data analysis and the administration of the health information program. Any amounts raised by the collection of assessments from hospitals provided for in this section which are not required to meet appropriations in the budget act for the current fiscal year shall be available to the department in succeeding years.
RCW 70A.384.903 — Washington Code / Title 70A / Chapter 384 / Section 903
RCW 70A.384.903: Transfer of site use permit program from the department of ecology to the department of health.
Status: in_force

(1) The site use permit program is transferred from the department of ecology to the department of health. (2)(a) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, papers, or written material in the possession of the department of ecology site use permit program shall be delivered to the custody of the department of health. All funds, credits, or other assets held by the department of ecology site use permit program shall be assigned to the department of health. (b) Any appropriations made to the department of ecology for the site use permit program shall be transferred and credited to the department of health. (3) All rules of the department of ecology site use permit program shall be continued and acted upon by the department of health until new rules are adopted under RCW 70A.388.060 . All permit applications and pending business before the department of ecology site use permit program shall be continued and acted upon by the department of health. All existing contracts and obligations shall remain in full force and shall be performed by the department of health. (4) The transfer of the powers, duties, functions, and personnel of the department of ecology site use permit program to the department of health under chapter 19, Laws of 2012 shall not affect the validity of any activity performed before July 1, 2012.