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WA Rev Code § 19.340.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.340 - Pharmacy Benefit Managers.|19.340.080 - Preliminary audit report—Dispute or denial of claim—Final audit report—Recoupment of disputed funds.

RCW 19.340.080 Preliminary audit report—Dispute or denial of claim—Final audit report—Recoupment of disputed funds. (Effective until January 1, 2022. Recodified as RCW 48.200.260.)(1)(a) After conducting an audit, an entity must provide the pharmacy that is the subject of the audit with a preliminary report of the audit. The preliminary report must be received by the pharmacy no later than forty-five days after the date on which the audit was completed and must be sent:(i) By mail or common carrier with a return receipt requested; or(ii) Electronically with electronic receipt confirmation.(b) An entity shall provide a pharmacy receiving a preliminary report under this subsection no fewer than forty-five days after receiving the report to contest the report or any findings in the report in accordance with the appeals procedure established under RCW 19.340.040(1) and to provide additional documentation in support of the claim. The entity shall consider a reasonable request for an extension of time to submit documentation to contest the report or any findings in the report.(2) If an audit results in the dispute or denial of a claim, the entity conducting the audit shall allow the pharmacy to resubmit the claim using any commercially reasonable method, including facsimile, mail, or electronic mail.(3) An entity must provide a pharmacy that is the subject of an audit with a final report of the audit no later than sixty days after the later of the date the preliminary report was received or the date the pharmacy contested the report using the appeals procedure established under RCW 19.340.040(1). The final report must include a final accounting of all moneys to be recovered by the entity.(4) Recoupment of disputed funds from a pharmacy by an entity or repayment of funds to an entity by a pharmacy, unless otherwise agreed to by the entity and the pharmacy, shall occur after the audit and the appeals procedure established under RCW 19.340.040(1) are final. If the identified discrepancy for an individual audit exceeds forty thousand dollars, any future payments to the pharmacy may be withheld by the entity until the audit and the appeals procedure established under RCW 19.340.040(1) are final.[ 2014 c 213 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 19.340.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.340 - Pharmacy Benefit Managers.|19.340.090 - Application.

RCW 19.340.090 Application. (Effective until January 1, 2022. Recodified as RCW 48.200.270.)RCW 19.340.020 and 19.340.040 through 19.340.090 do not:(1) Preclude an entity from instituting an action for fraud against a pharmacy;(2) Apply to an audit of pharmacy records when fraud or other intentional and willful misrepresentation is indicated by physical review, review of claims data or statements, or other investigative methods; or(3) Apply to a state agency that is conducting audits or a person that has contracted with a state agency to conduct audits of pharmacy records for prescription drugs paid for by the state medical assistance program.[ 2014 c 213 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 19.340.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.340 - Pharmacy Benefit Managers.|19.340.110 - Enforcement—Disputes—Civil penalties.

RCW 19.340.110 Enforcement—Disputes—Civil penalties. (Effective until January 1, 2022. Recodified as RCW 48.200.290.)(1) The commissioner shall have enforcement authority over this chapter and shall have authority to render a binding decision in any dispute between a pharmacy benefit manager, or third-party administrator of prescription drug benefits, and a pharmacy arising out of an appeal under RCW 19.340.100(6) regarding drug pricing and reimbursement.(2) Any person, corporation, third-party administrator of prescription drug benefits, pharmacy benefit manager, or business entity which violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty in the amount of one thousand dollars for each act in violation of this chapter or, if the violation was knowing and willful, a civil penalty of five thousand dollars for each violation of this chapter.[ 2016 c 210 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 19.345.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.345 - Ticket Sellers.|19.345.005 - Intent.

RCW 19.345.005 Intent.It is the intent of the legislature to protect consumers and ticket sellers from software that simulates the action of a human being purchasing tickets from a ticket seller in order to evade controls and measures on a ticket seller's website. The legislature is concerned by the use of software, commonly referred to as BOTs (web robots), to interfere with the operation of ticket sales over the internet, gaining unauthorized priority access to purchasing tickets, and thereby reducing access to the general public of online ticket sales at the intended original price. In order to protect consumers and ticket sellers, the legislature intends to prohibit acts and practices of persons that use or sell software to circumvent, thwart, interfere with, or evade a security measure, access control system, or other control or measure on a ticket seller's internet website. It is not the intent of the legislature to interrupt the online ticket buying process established by the authorized ticket seller, including the distribution of tickets to season ticket holders.[ 2015 c 129 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 19.345.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.345 - Ticket Sellers.|19.345.010 - Definitions.

RCW 19.345.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Admission ticket" means evidence of a right of entry to a venue or an entertainment event.(2) "Affinity group" means an identifiable group of people who are members of the same organization, or who are customers of the same person, and who enjoy special privileges.(3) "Event" means a concert, theatrical performance, sporting event, exhibition, show, or other similar activity held in this state.(4) "Initial sale" means the first sale of an admission ticket by the ticket seller. "Initial sale" also includes the distribution of admission tickets under an agreement between the ticket seller and the recipient.(5) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, other organization, or any combination thereof.(6) "Place of entertainment" means any privately or publicly owned or operated entertainment facility within this state, such as a theater, stadium, museum, arena, park, racetrack, or other place where concerts, theatrical performances, sporting events, exhibitions, shows, or other similar activities are held and for which an entry fee is charged.(7) "Presale" means a sale of admission tickets at or below the price printed on the ticket by, or with the permission of, a ticket seller, prior to their release to the general public.(8) "Promoter" means a person who organizes financing and publicity for an entertainment event.(9) "Ticket seller" means a person that makes admission tickets available, directly or indirectly, at an initial presale or sale to the general public, and may include an owner or operator of a place of entertainment, a sponsor or promoter of an event, a sports team participating in an event, a fan club or affinity group, a theater company, a musical group, or similar participant in an event, or an employee or agent of any such person.[ 2015 c 129 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 19.345.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.345 - Ticket Sellers.|19.345.020 - Prohibited acts—Application of consumer protection act.

RCW 19.345.020 Prohibited acts—Application of consumer protection act.(1) A person may not:(a) Use software to circumvent, thwart, interfere with, or evade a security measure, access control system, or other control or measure on a ticket seller's internet website; or(b) Sell software that is advertised for profit with the express purpose to circumvent, thwart, interfere with, or evade a security measure, access control system, or other control or measure on a ticket seller's internet website.(2) The use or sale of software as described in subsection (1) of this section only violates this section if the user or seller knows or should know that the purpose of the software is to circumvent, thwart, interfere with, or evade a security measure, access control system, or other control or measure on a ticket seller's internet website.(3) The legislature finds that the conduct described in subsection (1) of this section vitally affects the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. Using or selling software to circumvent, thwart, or evade a control or measure, which is used on a ticket seller's internet website to ensure an equitable distribution of tickets, is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business and is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce and an unfair method of competition for the purposes of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.[ 2015 c 129 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 19.350.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.350 - Patent Infringement—Bad Faith Assertions.|19.350.005 - Finding.

RCW 19.350.005 Finding.The legislature finds that abusive patent litigation, and especially the assertion of bad faith infringement claims, can harm Washington's economy. A person or business that receives a demand asserting such claims faces the threat of expensive and protracted litigation and may determine that it has no choice but to settle and to pay a licensing fee, even if the claim is meritless. This is especially so for small and medium-sized entities and nonprofits lacking adequate resources to investigate and defend themselves against the infringement claims. Not only do bad faith patent infringement claims impose a significant burden on individual Washington businesses and other entities, they also undermine Washington's efforts to attract and nurture information technology and knowledge-based businesses. Resources expended to avoid the threat of bad faith litigation are no longer available to invest, develop and produce new products, expand, or hire new workers, thereby harming Washington's economy. Through this legislation, the legislature seeks to protect Washington's economy from abusive and bad faith assertions of patent infringement, while not interfering with federal law or legitimate patent enforcement actions.[ 2015 c 108 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 19.350.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.350 - Patent Infringement—Bad Faith Assertions.|19.350.010 - Definitions.

RCW 19.350.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Assertion of patent infringement" means:(a) Sending or delivering a demand to a target;(b) Threatening a target with litigation asserting, alleging, or claiming that the target has engaged in patent infringement;(c) Sending or delivering a demand to the customers of a target; or(d) Otherwise making claims or allegations, other than those made in litigation against a target, that a target has engaged in patent infringement or that a target should obtain a license to a patent in order to avoid litigation.(2) "Claim" means the scope of the patent owner's exclusive rights to the use and control of the patent owner's invention.(3) "Demand" means a letter, an email, or any other communication asserting that a person has engaged in patent infringement.(4) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, government, governmental subdivision, institution of higher education, or any other legal or commercial entity.(5) "Target" means a person:(a) Who has received a demand or against whom an assertion of patent infringement has been made;(b) Who has been threatened with litigation or against whom a lawsuit has been filed alleging patent infringement; or(c) Who has at least one customer who has received a demand letter asserting that the person's product, service, or technology has infringed a patent.[ 2015 c 108 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 19.350.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.350 - Patent Infringement—Bad Faith Assertions.|19.350.030 - Enforcement of chapter—Application of consumer protection act.

RCW 19.350.030 Enforcement of chapter—Application of consumer protection act.The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state, or as parens patriae on behalf of persons residing in the state, to enforce this chapter. For actions brought by the attorney general to enforce the provisions of this section, the legislature finds that the practices covered by this section are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. For actions brought by the attorney general to enforce this chapter, a violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business and is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce and an unfair method of competition for purposes of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.[ 2015 c 108 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 19.350.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.350 - Patent Infringement—Bad Faith Assertions.|19.350.900 - Short title.

RCW 19.350.900 Short title.This chapter may be known and cited as the "patent troll prevention act."[ 2015 c 108 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 19.355.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.355 - Locksmith Services.|19.355.010 - Definitions.

RCW 19.355.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Local telephone directory" means a publication listing telephone numbers for various businesses in a certain geographic area and distributed free of charge to some or all telephone subscribers in that area.(2) "Local telephone number" means a telephone number that can be dialed without incurring long distance charges from telephones located within the area covered by the local telephone directory in which the number is listed. The term does not include long distance numbers, toll-free numbers, or nine hundred exchange numbers listed in a local telephone directory.(3) "Locksmith services" means:(a) Selling, installing, servicing, repairing, repinning, recombinating, and adjusting locks, safes, vaults, or safe deposit boxes;(b) Originating keys;(c) Operating, bypassing, or neutralizing locks, safes, vaults, or safe deposit boxes;(d) Creating, documenting, selling, installing, managing, and servicing master-key systems;(e) Unlocking, bypassing, or neutralizing locks for motor vehicles;(f) Originating keys for motor vehicles, which can include the programming, reprogramming, or bypassing of any security transponder, immobilizer system, or subsequent technology built by the manufacturer; and(g) Keying or recombinating motor vehicle locks.(4) "Person" means an individual, partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, or limited liability corporation.[ 2015 c 28 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 19.355.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.355 - Locksmith Services.|19.355.020 - Prohibited practices—Requirements.

RCW 19.355.020 Prohibited practices—Requirements.(1) No person whose primary business is to provide locksmith services and who represents himself or herself to the public as a locksmith may misrepresent his, her, or its geographic location by:(a) Listing a local telephone number in a local telephone directory or on an internet website if:(i) Calls to the telephone number are routinely forwarded or otherwise transferred to a business location that is outside the calling area covered by the local telephone directory or outside the local calling area for the local telephone number listed on an internet website; and(ii) The listing fails to conspicuously disclose the locality and state in which the business is located; or(b) Listing a business name in a local telephone directory or on an internet website if:(i) The name misrepresents the business's geographic location; and(ii) The listing fails to disclose the locality and state in which the business is located.(2) A person whose primary business is to provide locksmith services and who represents himself or herself to the public as a locksmith must conspicuously display on the business website and all advertising:(a) The number of the business license issued to it by the state or a local government; or(b) The state unified business identifier account number.(3) The requirements of subsections (1) and (2) of this section do not apply to businesses that provide locksmith services that are ancillary to their primary business, such as businesses that provide roadside or towing services.[ 2015 c 28 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 19.355.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.355 - Locksmith Services.|19.355.030 - Application of consumer protection act.

RCW 19.355.030 Application of consumer protection act.The legislature finds that the practices covered by RCW 19.355.020(1) are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying chapter 19.86 RCW. A violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business and is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce and an unfair method of competition for the purpose of applying chapter 19.86 RCW.[ 2015 c 28 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 19.365.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.365 - Radiology Benefit Managers.|19.365.010 - Registration required—Requirements.

RCW 19.365.010 Registration required—Requirements. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)(1) Any radiology benefit manager that is owned by a carrier as defined in RCW 48.43.005 or acts as a subcontractor for a carrier must be registered with the department of revenue's business licensing service and annually renew the registration. (2)(a) For purposes of this section, a "radiology benefit manager" means a person that contracts with, or is owned by, a carrier or a third-party payor to:(i) Process claims for services and procedures performed by a licensed radiologist or advanced diagnostic imaging service provider; or(ii) Pay or authorize payment to radiology clinics, radiologists, or advanced diagnostic imaging service providers for services or procedures;(b) "Radiology benefit manager" does not include a health care service contractor as defined in RCW 48.44.010, a health maintenance organization as defined in RCW 48.46.020, or an issuer as defined in RCW 48.01.053. (3) To register under this section, a radiology benefit manager must:(a) Submit an application requiring the following information:(i) The identity of the radiology benefit manager;(ii) The name, business address, phone number, and medical director for the radiology benefit manager; and(iii) Where applicable, the federal tax employer identification number for the entity; and(b) Pay a registration fee of two hundred dollars.(4) To renew a registration under this section, a radiology benefit manager must pay a renewal fee of two hundred dollars.(5) All receipts from registrations and renewals collected by the department of revenue must be deposited into the business license account created in RCW 19.02.210.[ 2015 c 166 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 19.370.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.370 - Performing Rights Societies.|19.370.010 - Definitions.

RCW 19.370.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Copyright owner" means the owner of a copyright of a nondramatic musical work recognized and enforceable under the copyright laws of the United States pursuant to Title 17 of the United States Code (17 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.). "Copyright owner" does not include the owner of a copyright in a motion picture or audiovisual work, or in part of a motion picture or audiovisual work.(2) "Music licensing agency" means a performing rights society.(3) "Performing rights society" means an association or corporation that licenses the public performance of nondramatic musical works on behalf of copyright owners, such as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), and SESAC, Inc.(4) "Proprietor" means the owner of a retail establishment, restaurant, inn, bar, tavern, sports or entertainment facility, or any other similar place of business or professional office located in this state in which the public may assemble and in which nondramatic musical works or similar copyrighted works may be performed, broadcast, or otherwise transmitted for the enjoyment of members of the public there assembled.(5) "Royalty" or "royalties" means the fees payable to a copyright owner or performing rights society for the public performance of nondramatic musical works or other similar works.[ 2016 c 38 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 19.370.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.370 - Performing Rights Societies.|19.370.020 - Requirement to register.

RCW 19.370.020 Requirement to register.A performing rights society that licenses the performing rights to music may not license or attempt to license the use of or collect or attempt to collect any compensation on account of any sale, license, or other disposition regarding the performance rights of music unless the performing rights society:(1) Registers and files annually with the department of licensing an electronic copy of each performing rights form agreement providing for the payment of royalties made available from the performing rights society to any proprietor within the state; and(2) Has a valid Washington unified business identifier number.[ 2016 c 38 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 19.370.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.370 - Performing Rights Societies.|19.370.030 - List of members and affiliates—List of works licensed—Availability.

RCW 19.370.030 List of members and affiliates—List of works licensed—Availability.A performing rights society must make available electronically to business proprietors the most current available list of members and affiliates represented by the performing rights society and the most current available list of the performed works that the performing rights society licenses.[ 2016 c 38 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 19.370.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.370 - Performing Rights Societies.|19.370.040 - Violations—Penalties—Attorney general enforcement.

RCW 19.370.040 Violations—Penalties—Attorney general enforcement.A person who willfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter may be liable for a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars per violation. Multiple violations on a single day may be considered separate violations. The attorney general, acting in the name of the state, may seek recovery of all such penalties in a civil action. The attorney general may issue civil investigative demands for the inspection of documents, interrogatory responses, and oral testimony in the enforcement of this section.[ 2016 c 38 § 4.]