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WA Rev Code § 43.22.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.020 - Supervisor of industrial insurance—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.

RCW 43.22.020 Supervisor of industrial insurance—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of industrial insurance, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute.The director may appoint and employ such adjusters, medical and other examiners, auditors, inspectors, clerks, and other assistants as may be necessary to the administration of workers' compensation and medical aid in this state.[ 1994 c 164 § 3; 1965 c 8 § 43.22.020. Prior: 1921 c 7 § 75; RRS § 10833.]NOTES:Industrial insurance: Title 51 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 43.22.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.030 - Powers and duties.

RCW 43.22.030 Powers and duties.The director of labor and industries shall:(1) Exercise all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law with respect to the administration of workers' compensation and medical aid in this state;(2) Have the custody of all property acquired by the state at execution sales upon judgments obtained for delinquent industrial insurance premiums or medical aid contributions, and penalties and costs; sell and dispose of the same at private sales for the sale purchase price, and pay the proceeds into the state treasury to the credit of the accident fund, or medical aid fund, as the case may be. In case of the sale of real estate the director shall execute the deed in the name of the state.[ 1994 c 164 § 4; 1987 c 185 § 16; 1965 c 8 § 43.22.030. Prior: 1921 c 7 § 78, part; RRS § 10836, part.]NOTES:Intent—Severability—1987 c 185: See notes following RCW 51.12.130.Workers' compensation: Title 51 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 43.22.035 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.035 - Printed materials—Department's duties.

RCW 43.22.035 Printed materials—Department's duties.When an employer initially files a business license application under chapter 19.02 RCW for the purpose, in whole or in part, of registering to pay industrial insurance taxes, the department must send to the employer any printed material the department recommends or requires the employer to post. Any time the printed material has substantive changes in the information, the department must send a copy to each employer.[ 2013 c 144 § 39; 2007 c 287 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 43.22.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.040 - Supervisor of industrial safety and health—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.

RCW 43.22.040 Supervisor of industrial safety and health—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of industrial safety and health, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute.The director may appoint and employ such inspectors, clerks, and other assistants as may be necessary to carry on the industrial safety and health work of the department.[ 1994 c 164 § 5; 1973 1st ex.s. c 52 § 3; 1965 c 8 § 43.22.040. Prior: 1921 c 7 § 76; RRS § 10834.]NOTES:Effective date—1973 1st ex.s. c 52: See note following RCW 43.22.010.Administrative expenses: RCW 51.16.105.
WA Rev Code § 43.22.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.050 - Powers and duties.

RCW 43.22.050 Powers and duties.The director of labor and industries shall:(1) Exercise all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law in relation to the inspection of factories, mills, workshops, storehouses, warerooms, stores and buildings, and the machinery and apparatus therein contained, and steam vessels, and other vessels operated by machinery, and in relation to the administration and enforcement of all laws and safety standards providing for the protection of employees in mills, factories, workshops, and in employments subject to the provisions of Title 51 RCW, and in relation to the enforcement, inspection, certification, and promulgation of safe places and safety device standards in all industries: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, This section shall not apply to railroads;(2) Exercise all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law in relation to the inspection of tracks, bridges, structures, machinery, equipment, and apparatus of street railways, gas plants, electrical plants, water systems, telephone lines, telegraph lines, and other public utilities, with respect to the safety of employees, and the administration and enforcement of all laws providing for the protection of employees of street railways, gas plants, electrical plants, water systems, telephone lines, telegraph lines, and other public utilities;(3) Exercise all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law in relation to the enforcement, amendment, alteration, change, and making additions to, rules and regulations concerning the operation, placing, erection, maintenance, and use of electrical apparatus, and the construction thereof.[ 1994 c 164 § 6; 1973 1st ex.s. c 52 § 4; 1971 ex.s. c 239 § 9; 1965 c 8 § 43.22.050. Prior: 1955 c 173 § 1; 1921 c 7 § 80; RRS § 10838.]NOTES:Effective date—1973 1st ex.s. c 52: See note following RCW 43.22.010.Boilers and steam vessels: Chapter 70.79 RCW.Electrical apparatus: Chapters 19.28, 19.29 RCW.Elevators, escalators and dumbwaiters: Chapter 70.87 RCW.Industrial safety and health: Chapter 49.17 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 43.22.051 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.051 - Rule making restricted.

RCW 43.22.051 Rule making restricted.For rules adopted after July 27, 1997, the director of the department of labor and industries may not rely solely on a statute's statement of intent or purpose, on the enabling provisions of the statute establishing the agency, or on any combination of those provisions, for statutory authority to adopt any rule. This section does not apply to rules adopted under chapter 39.12 RCW.[ 1997 c 409 § 103.]NOTES:Part headings—1997 c 409: "Part headings used in this act do not constitute any part of the law." [ 1997 c 409 § 607.]Severability—1997 c 409: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1997 c 409 § 609.]
WA Rev Code § 43.22.052 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.052 - Five-year formal review process of existing rules.

RCW 43.22.052 Five-year formal review process of existing rules.The department of labor and industries must establish and perform, within existing funds, a formal review process of its existing rules every five years. The goal of the review is to decrease the numbers of, simplify the process, and decrease the time required for obtaining licenses, permits, and inspections, as applicable, in order to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses without compromising public health and safety. Benchmarks must be adopted to assess the effectiveness of streamlining efforts. The department must establish a process for effectively applying sunset provisions to rules when applicable. The department must report back to the applicable committees of the legislature with its review process and benchmarks by January 2014.[ 2013 2nd sp.s. c 30 § 3.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2013 2nd sp.s. c 30: See note following RCW 43.21A.081.
WA Rev Code § 43.22.053 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.053 - Supervisor of building and construction safety inspection services—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.

RCW 43.22.053 Supervisor of building and construction safety inspection services—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of building and construction safety inspection services, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute.The director may appoint and employ such inspectors, clerks, and other assistants as may be necessary to carry on building and construction safety inspection services subject to the provisions of chapter 41.06 RCW.[ 1994 c 164 § 7; 1969 ex.s. c 32 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 43.22.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.260 - Supervisor of industrial relations—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.

RCW 43.22.260 Supervisor of industrial relations—Appointment—Authority—Personnel.The director of labor and industries shall appoint and deputize an assistant, to be known as the supervisor of industrial relations, who shall have authority to perform those duties delegated by the director and by statute.The director may appoint an assistant to be known as the industrial statistician, and an assistant to be known as the supervisor of employment standards and may appoint and employ experts, clerks, and other assistants as may be necessary to carry on the industrial relations work of the department.[ 1994 c 164 § 10; 1975 1st ex.s. c 296 § 31; 1973 2nd ex.s. c 16 § 11; 1973 1st ex.s. c 154 § 82; 1965 c 8 § 43.22.260. Prior: 1921 c 7 § 77; RRS § 10835.]NOTES:Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 154: See note following RCW 2.12.030.
WA Rev Code § 43.22.270 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.270 - Powers and duties.

RCW 43.22.270 Powers and duties.The director of labor and industries shall have the power, and it shall be the director's duty:(1) To study and keep in touch with problems of industrial relations and, from time to time, make public reports and recommendations to the legislature;(2) To, with the assistance of the industrial statistician, exercise all the powers and perform all the duties in relation to collecting, assorting, and systematizing statistical details relating to labor within the state and systematizing such statistical information to, as far as possible, conform to the plans and reports of the United States department of labor;(3) To, with the assistance of the industrial statistician, make such special investigations and collect such special statistical information as may be needed for use by the department or division of the state government having need of industrial statistics;(4) To, with the assistance of the supervisor of employment standards, supervise the administration and enforcement of all laws respecting the employment and relating to the health, sanitary conditions, surroundings, hours of labor, and wages of employees employed in business and industry in accordance with the provisions of chapter 49.12 RCW;(5) To exercise all the powers and perform all the duties, not specifically assigned to the department of labor and industries, now vested in, and required to be performed by, the commissioner of labor;(6) To exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be provided by law.[ 1994 c 164 § 11; 1977 c 75 § 48; 1975 1st ex.s. c 296 § 32; 1973 2nd ex.s. c 16 § 12; 1973 1st ex.s. c 154 § 83; 1965 c 8 § 43.22.270. Prior: 1921 c 7 § 81; RRS 10839.]NOTES:Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 154: See note following RCW 2.12.030.Apprenticeships: Chapter 49.04 RCW.Arbitration of disputes: Chapter 49.08 RCW.Public employees' collective bargaining, arbitration of disputes: RCW 41.56.100.Public employment labor relations: Chapter 41.58 RCW.Wage collection for aggrieved employees: RCW 49.48.040.
WA Rev Code § 43.22.282 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.282 - Industrial welfare committee abolished—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.

RCW 43.22.282 Industrial welfare committee abolished—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.The industrial welfare committee established by this chapter is abolished. All powers, duties, and functions of the committee are transferred to the director of labor and industries.[ 1982 c 163 § 16.]NOTES:Severability—Effective date—1982 c 163: See notes following RCW 2.10.052.
WA Rev Code § 43.22.290 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.290 - Reports by employers.

RCW 43.22.290 Reports by employers.Every owner, operator, or manager of a factory, workshop, mill, mine, or other establishment where labor is employed, shall make to the department, upon blanks furnished by it, such reports and returns as the department may require, for the purpose of compiling such labor statistics as are authorized by this chapter, and the owner or business manager shall make such reports and returns within the time prescribed therefor by the director, and shall certify to the correctness thereof.In the reports of the department no use shall be made of the names of individuals, firms, or corporations supplying the information called for by this section, such information being deemed confidential, and not for the purpose of disclosing personal affairs, and any officer, agent, or employee of the department violating this provision shall be fined a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for up to three hundred sixty-four days.[ 2011 c 96 § 28; 1965 c 8 § 43.22.290. Prior: 1901 c 74 § 3; RRS § 7588.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—2011 c 96: See note following RCW 9A.20.021.
WA Rev Code § 43.22.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.300 - Compelling attendance of witnesses and testimony—Penalty.

RCW 43.22.300 Compelling attendance of witnesses and testimony—Penalty.(1) The director may issue subpoenas, administer oaths and take testimony in all matters relating to the duties herein required, such testimony to be taken in some suitable place in the vicinity to which testimony is applicable.(2) Witnesses subpoenaed and testifying before any officer of the department shall be paid the same fees as witnesses before a superior court, such payment to be made from the funds of the department.(3) Any person duly subpoenaed under the provisions of this section who willfully neglects or refuses to attend or testify at the time and place named in the subpoena, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days.[ 2003 c 53 § 227; 1965 c 8 § 43.22.300. Prior: 1901 c 74 § 4; RRS § 7589.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 43.22.310 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.310 - Access to plants—Penalty for refusal.

RCW 43.22.310 Access to plants—Penalty for refusal.The director or any employee of the department of labor and industries may enter any factory, mill, office, workshop, or public or private works at any time for the purpose of gathering facts and statistics as provided by this chapter, and examine into the methods of protection from danger to employees, and the sanitary conditions in and around such buildings and places and make a record thereof, and any owner or occupant of such factory, mill, office or workshop, or public or private works, or his or her agent who refuses to allow an inspector or employee of the department to enter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed ninety days.[ 2009 c 549 § 5100; 1965 c 8 § 43.22.310. Prior: 1901 c 74 § 5; RRS § 7590.]
WA Rev Code § 43.22.315 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.315 - Use of social security numbers in correspondence with third parties.

RCW 43.22.315 Use of social security numbers in correspondence with third parties.(1) For the purposes of preventing fraud and protecting personal privacy, the department shall examine its current practices in which it discloses the full social security numbers of persons in its correspondence with nongovernmental third parties.(2) If the disclosure of full social security numbers in its correspondence with nongovernmental third parties is not required for compliance with any state or federal law, the department shall:(a) Institute procedures to replace the use of full social security numbers with other forms of personal identifiers in its correspondence with nongovernmental third parties; and(b) By July 1, 2023, cease disclosing the full social security numbers of persons in its correspondence with nongovernmental third parties.(3) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section:(a) "Correspondence" means written communications, emails, or other similar communications. "Correspondence" does not include financial transactions or communications sent via secured or encrypted methods.(b) "Nongovernmental third party" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, or other legal commercial entity. The term does not include a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality.[ 2021 c 80 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 43.22.331 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.331 - Annual report on workers' compensation fraud.

RCW 43.22.331 Annual report on workers' compensation fraud.The department shall annually compile a comprehensive report on workers' compensation fraud in Washington. The report shall include the department's activities related to the prevention, detection, and prosecution of worker, employer, and provider fraud and the cost of such activities, as well as the actual and estimated cost savings of such activities. The report shall be submitted to the appropriate committees of the legislature prior to the start of the legislative session in January.[ 1995 c 160 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 43.22.335 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 43 - State Government—Executive|Chapter 43.22 - Department of Labor and Industries.|43.22.335 - Manufactured homes, mobile homes, recreational vehicles—Definitions.

RCW 43.22.335 Manufactured homes, mobile homes, recreational vehicles—Definitions.Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 43.22.340 through 43.22.434, 43.22.442, and 43.22.495.(1) "Conversion vending units" means a motor vehicle or recreational vehicle that has been converted or built for the purpose of being used for commercial sales at temporary locations. The units must be less than eight feet six inches wide in the set-up position and the inside working area must be less than forty feet in length.(2) "Indigent" means a person receiving an annual income, after taxes, of one hundred twenty-five percent or less of the current federally established poverty level.(3) "Manufactured home" means a single-family dwelling required to be built in accordance with regulations adopted under the national manufactured housing construction and safety standards act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.).(4) "Medical unit" means a self-propelled unit used to provide medical examinations, treatments, and medical and dental services or procedures, not including emergency response vehicles.(5) "Mobile home" means a factory-built dwelling built before June 15, 1976, to standards other than the national manufactured housing construction and safety standards act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et seq.), and acceptable under applicable state codes in effect at the time of construction or introduction of the home into this state.(6) "Park trailer" means a park trailer as defined in the American national standards institute A119.5 standard for park trailers.(7) "Recreational vehicle" means a vehicular-type unit primarily designed for recreational camping or travel use that has its own motive power or is mounted on or towed by another vehicle. The units include travel trailers, fifth-wheel trailers, folding camping trailers, truck campers, and motor homes.[ 2016 c 167 § 3; 2002 c 268 § 9; 2001 c 335 § 1; 1999 c 22 § 1; 1995 c 280 § 1.]NOTES:Purpose—Finding—Effective dates—2002 c 268: See notes following RCW 43.22.434.Application—2001 c 335: "This act applies to manufactured homes without regard to the date such homes may have been altered." [ 2001 c 335 § 10.]