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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.83 - Phenylketonuria and Other Preventable Heritable Disorders. › 70.83.023 - Specialty clinics—Defined disorders—Fee for infant screening and sickle cell disease.

RCW 70.83.023
Specialty clinics—Defined disorders—Fee for infant screening and sickle cell disease.
The department has the authority to collect a fee of eight dollars and forty cents from the parents or other responsible party of each infant screened for congenital disorders as defined by the state board of health under RCW 70.83.020 to fund specialty clinics that provide treatment services for those with the defined disorders. The fee may also be used to support organizations conducting community outreach, education, and adult support related to sickle cell disease. The fee may be collected through the facility where a screening specimen is obtained.
[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 17 § 1; 2007 c 259 § 8.]
NOTES:
Subheadings not law—2007 c 259: See note following RCW 7.70.060.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.83 - Phenylketonuria and Other Preventable Heritable Disorders. › 70.83.030 - Report of positive test to department of health.

RCW 70.83.030
Report of positive test to department of health.
Laboratories, attending physicians, hospital administrators, or other persons performing or requesting the performance of tests for phenylketonuria shall report to the department of health all positive tests. The state board of health by rule shall, when it deems appropriate, require that positive tests for other heritable and metabolic disorders covered by this chapter be reported to the state department of health by such persons or agencies requesting or performing such tests.
[ 1991 c 3 § 349; 1979 c 141 § 113; 1967 c 82 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.83 - Phenylketonuria and Other Preventable Heritable Disorders. › 70.83.040 - Services and facilities of state agencies made available to families and physicians.

RCW 70.83.040
Services and facilities of state agencies made available to families and physicians.
When notified of positive screening tests, the state department of health shall offer the use of its services and facilities, designed to prevent intellectual disabilities or physical defects in such children, to the attending physician, or the parents of the newborn child if no attending physician can be identified.
The services and facilities of the department, and other state and local agencies cooperating with the department in carrying out programs of detection and prevention of intellectual disabilities and physical defects shall be made available to the family and physician to the extent required in order to carry out the intent of this chapter and within the availability of funds.
[ 2010 c 94 § 19; 2007 c 259 § 7; 2005 c 518 § 938; 1999 c 76 § 1; 1991 c 3 § 350; 1979 c 141 § 114; 1967 c 82 § 4.]
NOTES:
Purpose—2010 c 94: See note following RCW 44.04.280.
Subheadings not law—2007 c 259: See note following RCW 7.70.060.
Effective date—2005 c 518: See note following RCW 28A.600.110.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.83 - Phenylketonuria and Other Preventable Heritable Disorders. › 70.83.050 - Rules and regulations to be adopted by state board of health.

RCW 70.83.050
Rules and regulations to be adopted by state board of health.
The state board of health shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter.
[ 1967 c 82 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.83C - Alcohol and Drug Use Treatment Associated With Pregnancy—Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. › 70.83C.005 - Intent.

RCW 70.83C.005
Intent.
The legislature recognizes that the use of alcohol and other drugs during pregnancy can cause medical, psychological, and social problems for women and infants. The legislature further recognizes that communities are increasingly concerned about this problem and the associated costs to the mothers, infants, and society as a whole. The legislature recognizes that the department of health and other agencies are focusing on primary prevention activities to reduce the use of alcohol or drugs during pregnancy but few efforts have focused on secondary prevention efforts aimed at intervening in the lives of women already involved in the use of alcohol or other drugs during pregnancy. The legislature recognizes that the best way to prevent problems for chemically dependent pregnant women and their resulting children is to engage the women in alcohol or drug treatment. The legislature acknowledges that treatment professionals find pretreatment services to clients to be important in engaging women in alcohol or drug treatment. The legislature further recognizes that pretreatment services should be provided at locations where chemically dependent women are likely to be found, including public health clinics and domestic violence or homeless shelters. Therefore the legislature intends to prevent the detrimental effects of alcohol or other drug use to women and their resulting infants by promoting the establishment of local programs to help facilitate a woman's entry into alcohol or other drug treatment. These programs shall provide secondary prevention services and provision of opportunities for immediate treatment so that women who seek help are welcomed rather than ostracized.
[ 1993 c 422 § 3.]
NOTES:
Finding—1993 c 422: See note following RCW 70.83C.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.83C - Alcohol and Drug Use Treatment Associated With Pregnancy—Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. › 70.83C.020 - Prevention strategies.

RCW 70.83C.020
Prevention strategies.
The secretary shall develop and promote statewide secondary prevention strategies designed to increase the use of alcohol and drug treatment services by women of childbearing age, before, during, and immediately after pregnancy. These efforts are conducted through the division of alcohol and substance abuse. The secretary shall:
(1) Promote development of three pilot demonstration projects in the state to be called pretreatment projects for women of childbearing age.
(2) Ensure that two of the projects are located in public health department clinics that provide maternity services and one is located with a domestic violence program.
(3) Hire three certified chemical dependency counselors to work as substance abuse educators in each of the three demonstration projects. The counselors may rotate between more than one clinic or domestic violence program. The chemical dependency counselor for the domestic violence program shall also be trained in domestic violence issues.
(4) Ensure that the duties and activities of the certified chemical dependency counselors include, at a minimum, the following:
(a) Identifying substance-using pregnant women in the health clinics and domestic violence programs;
(b) Educating the women and agency staff on the effects of alcohol or drugs on health, pregnancy, and unborn children;
(c) Determining the extent of the women's substance use;
(d) Evaluating the women's need for treatment;
(e) Making referrals for chemical dependency treatment if indicated;
(f) Facilitating the women's entry into treatment; and
(g) Advocating on the client's behalf with other social service agencies or others to ensure and coordinate clients into treatment.
(5) Ensure that administrative costs of the department are limited to ten percent of the funds appropriated for the project.
[ 1993 c 422 § 5.]
NOTES:
Finding—1993 c 422: See note following RCW 70.83C.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.83E - Prenatal Newborn Screening for Exposure to Harmful Drugs. › 70.83E.010 - Declaration—Policy.

RCW 70.83E.010
Declaration—Policy.
The policy of the state of Washington is to make every effort to detect as early as feasible and to prevent where possible preventable disorders resulting from parental use of alcohol and drugs.
[ 1998 c 93 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.83E - Prenatal Newborn Screening for Exposure to Harmful Drugs. › 70.83E.020 - Screening criteria, training protocols—Development of.

RCW 70.83E.020
Screening criteria, training protocols—Development of.
The department of health, in consultation with appropriate medical professionals, shall develop screening criteria for use in identifying pregnant or lactating women addicted to drugs or alcohol who are at risk of producing a drug-affected baby. The department shall also develop training protocols for medical professionals related to the identification and screening of women at risk of producing a drug-affected baby.
[ 1998 c 93 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.83E - Prenatal Newborn Screening for Exposure to Harmful Drugs. › 70.83E.030 - Department of health—Duties.

RCW 70.83E.030
Department of health—Duties.
The department of health shall investigate the feasibility of medical protocols for laboratory testing or other screening of newborn infants for exposure to alcohol or drugs. The department of health shall consider how to improve the current system with respect to testing, considering such variables as whether such testing is available, its cost, which entity is currently responsible for ordering testing, and whether testing should be mandatory or targeted.
[ 1998 c 93 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.84 - Blind, Handicapped, and Disabled Persons—"white Cane Law". › 70.84.010 - Declaration—Policy.

RCW 70.84.010
Declaration—Policy.
The legislature declares:
(1) It is the policy of this state to encourage and enable the blind, persons with [visual] disabilities, the hearing impaired, and other persons with disabilities to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state, and to engage in remunerative employment.
(2) As citizens, the blind, persons with visual disabilities, the hearing impaired, and other persons with disabilities have the same rights as the able-bodied to the full and free use of the streets, highways, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and other public places.
(3) The blind, persons with visual disabilities, the hearing impaired, and other persons with disabilities are entitled to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges on common carriers, airplanes, motor vehicles, railroad trains, motor buses, streetcars, boats, and all other public conveyances, as well as in hotels, lodging places, places of public resort, accommodation, assemblage or amusement, and all other places to which the general public is invited, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons.
[ 2020 c 274 § 48; 1980 c 109 § 1; 1969 c 141 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.84 - Blind, Handicapped, and Disabled Persons—"white Cane Law". › 70.84.020 - "Dog guide" defined.

RCW 70.84.020
"Dog guide" defined.
For the purpose of this chapter, the term "dog guide" means a dog that is trained for the purpose of guiding blind persons or a dog trained for the purpose of assisting hearing impaired persons.
[ 1997 c 271 § 18; 1980 c 109 § 2; 1969 c 141 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.84 - Blind, Handicapped, and Disabled Persons—"white Cane Law". › 70.84.021 - "Service animal" defined.

RCW 70.84.021
"Service animal" defined.
For the purpose of this chapter, "service animal" means an animal that is trained for the purposes of assisting or accommodating a disabled person's sensory, mental, or physical disability.
[ 1997 c 271 § 19; 1985 c 90 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.84 - Blind, Handicapped, and Disabled Persons—"white Cane Law". › 70.84.040 - Precautions for drivers of motor vehicles approaching a wheelchair user or pedestrian who is using a white cane, dog guide, or service animal.

RCW 70.84.040
Precautions for drivers of motor vehicles approaching a wheelchair user or pedestrian who is using a white cane, dog guide, or service animal.
The driver of a vehicle approaching a totally or partially blind pedestrian who is carrying a cane predominantly white in color (with or without a red tip), a totally or partially blind or hearing impaired pedestrian using a dog guide, a person with physical disabilities using a service animal, or a person with a disability using a wheelchair or a power wheelchair as defined in RCW 46.04.415 shall take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to such pedestrian or wheelchair user. Any driver who fails to take such precaution shall be liable in damages for any injury caused such pedestrian or wheelchair user. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to drive into or upon any crosswalk while there is on such crosswalk such pedestrian or wheelchair user crossing or attempting to cross the roadway, if such pedestrian or wheelchair user is using a white cane, using a dog guide, using a service animal, or using a wheelchair or a power wheelchair as defined in RCW 46.04.415. The failure of any such pedestrian or wheelchair user so to signal shall not deprive him or her of the right-of-way accorded him or her by other laws.
[ 2010 c 184 § 1; 1997 c 271 § 20; 1985 c 90 § 3; 1980 c 109 § 4; 1971 ex.s. c 77 § 1; 1969 c 141 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2010 c 184: "This act takes effect August 1, 2010." [ 2010 c 184 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.84 - Blind, Handicapped, and Disabled Persons—"white Cane Law". › 70.84.050 - Handicapped pedestrians not carrying white cane or using dog guide—Rights and privileges.

RCW 70.84.050
Handicapped pedestrians not carrying white cane or using dog guide—Rights and privileges.
A totally or partially blind pedestrian not carrying a white cane or a totally or partially blind or hearing impaired pedestrian not using a dog guide in any of the places, accommodations, or conveyances listed in RCW 70.84.010, shall have all of the rights and privileges conferred by law on other persons.
[ 1997 c 271 § 21; 1980 c 109 § 5; 1969 c 141 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.84 - Blind, Handicapped, and Disabled Persons—"white Cane Law". › 70.84.060 - Unauthorized use of white cane, dog guide, or service animal.

RCW 70.84.060
Unauthorized use of white cane, dog guide, or service animal.
It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian who is not totally or partially blind to use a white cane or any pedestrian who is not totally or partially blind or is not hearing impaired to use a dog guide or any pedestrian who is not otherwise physically disabled to use a service animal in any of the places, accommodations, or conveyances listed in RCW 70.84.010 for the purpose of securing the rights and privileges accorded by the chapter to totally or partially blind, hearing impaired, or otherwise physically disabled people.
[ 1997 c 271 § 22; 1985 c 90 § 4; 1980 c 109 § 6; 1969 c 141 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.84 - Blind, Handicapped, and Disabled Persons—"white Cane Law". › 70.84.070 - Penalty for violations.

RCW 70.84.070
Penalty for violations.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation, or the agent of any person or persons, firm or corporation, who denies or interferes with admittance to or enjoyment of the public facilities enumerated in RCW 70.84.010, or otherwise interferes with the rights of a totally or partially blind, hearing impaired, or otherwise physically disabled person as set forth in RCW 70.84.010 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1985 c 90 § 5; 1980 c 109 § 7; 1969 c 141 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.84 - Blind, Handicapped, and Disabled Persons—"white Cane Law". › 70.84.080 - Employment of persons with disabilities in public service.

RCW 70.84.080
Employment of persons with disabilities in public service.
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.
[ 2020 c 274 § 49; 1980 c 109 § 8; 1969 c 141 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.84 - Blind, Handicapped, and Disabled Persons—"white Cane Law". › 70.84.900 - Short title.

RCW 70.84.900
Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "White Cane Law."
[ 1969 c 141 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.85 - Emergency Party Line Telephone Calls—Limiting Telephone Communication in Hostage Situations. › 70.85.010 - Definitions.

RCW 70.85.010
Definitions.
"Party line" means a subscribers' line telephone circuit, consisting of two or more main telephone stations connected therewith, each station with a distinctive ring or telephone number.
"Emergency" means a situation in which property or human life are in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential.
[ 1953 c 25 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.85 - Emergency Party Line Telephone Calls—Limiting Telephone Communication in Hostage Situations. › 70.85.020 - Refusal to yield line—Penalty.

RCW 70.85.020
Refusal to yield line—Penalty.
Any person who shall wilfully refuse to yield or surrender the use of a party line to another person for the purpose of permitting such other person to report a fire or summon police, medical or other aid in case of emergency, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1953 c 25 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.85 - Emergency Party Line Telephone Calls—Limiting Telephone Communication in Hostage Situations. › 70.85.030 - Request for line on pretext of emergency—Penalty.

RCW 70.85.030
Request for line on pretext of emergency—Penalty.
Any person who shall ask for or request the use of a party line on pretext that an emergency exists, knowing that no emergency in fact exists, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1953 c 25 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.85 - Emergency Party Line Telephone Calls—Limiting Telephone Communication in Hostage Situations. › 70.85.040 - Telephone directories—Notice.

RCW 70.85.040
Telephone directories—Notice.
After September 9, 1953, every telephone directory thereafter distributed to the members of the general public shall contain a notice which explains this chapter, such notice to be printed in type which is no smaller than any other type on the same page and to be preceded by the word "warning": PROVIDED, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to those directories distributed solely for business advertising purposes, commonly known as classified directories.
[ 1953 c 25 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.85 - Emergency Party Line Telephone Calls—Limiting Telephone Communication in Hostage Situations. › 70.85.100 - Authority to isolate telephones in barricade or hostage situation—Definitions.

RCW 70.85.100
Authority to isolate telephones in barricade or hostage situation—Definitions.
(1) The supervising law enforcement official having jurisdiction in a geographical area who reasonably believes that a person is barricaded, or one or more persons are holding another person or persons hostage within that area may order a telephone company employee designated pursuant to RCW 70.85.110 to arrange to cut, reroute, or divert telephone lines for the purpose of preventing telephone communications between the barricaded person or hostage holder and any person other than a peace officer or a person authorized by the peace officer.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) A "hostage holder" is one who commits or attempts to commit any of the offenses described in RCW 9A.40.020, 9A.40.030, or 9A.40.040; and
(b) A "barricaded person" is one who establishes a perimeter around an area from which others are excluded and either:
(i) Is committing or is immediately fleeing from the commission of a violent felony; or
(ii) Is threatening or has immediately prior threatened a violent felony or suicide; or
(iii) Is creating or has created the likelihood of serious harm within the meaning of chapter 71.05 RCW relating to mental illness.
[ 1985 c 260 § 1; 1979 c 28 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.85 - Emergency Party Line Telephone Calls—Limiting Telephone Communication in Hostage Situations. › 70.85.110 - Telephone companies to provide contacting information.

RCW 70.85.110
Telephone companies to provide contacting information.
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.
[ 1979 c 28 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.85 - Emergency Party Line Telephone Calls—Limiting Telephone Communication in Hostage Situations. › 70.85.120 - Liability of telephone company.

RCW 70.85.120
Liability of telephone company.
Good faith reliance on an order given under RCW 70.85.100 through 70.85.130 by a supervising law enforcement official shall constitute a complete defense to any civil or criminal action arising out of such ordered cutting, rerouting or diverting of telephone lines.
[ 1979 c 28 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.85 - Emergency Party Line Telephone Calls—Limiting Telephone Communication in Hostage Situations. › 70.85.130 - Applicability.

RCW 70.85.130
Applicability.
RCW 70.85.100 through 70.85.120 will govern notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this chapter and notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 9.73 RCW.
[ 1979 c 28 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.86 - Earthquake Standards for Construction. › 70.86.010 - Definitions.

RCW 70.86.010
Definitions.
The word "person" includes any individual, corporation, or group of two or more individuals acting together for a common purpose, whether acting in an individual, representative, or official capacity.
[ 1955 c 278 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.86 - Earthquake Standards for Construction. › 70.86.020 - Buildings to resist earthquake intensities.

RCW 70.86.020
Buildings to resist earthquake intensities.
Hospitals, schools, except one story, portable, frame school buildings, buildings designed or constructed as places of assembly accommodating more than three hundred persons; and all structures owned by the state, county, special districts, or any municipal corporation within the state of Washington shall hereafter be designed and constructed to resist probable earthquake intensities at the location thereof in accordance with RCW 70.86.030, unless other standards of design and construction for earthquake resistance are prescribed by enactments of the legislative authority of counties, special districts, and/or municipal corporations in which the structure is constructed.
[ 1955 c 278 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.86 - Earthquake Standards for Construction. › 70.86.030 - Standards for design and construction.

RCW 70.86.030
Standards for design and construction.
Structural frames, exterior walls, and all appendages of the buildings described in RCW 70.86.020, whose collapse will endanger life and property shall be designed and constructed to withstand horizontal forces from any direction of not less than the following fractions of the weight of the structure and its parts acting at the centers of gravity:
Western Washington 0.05.
[ 1955 c 278 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.86 - Earthquake Standards for Construction. › 70.86.040 - Penalty.

RCW 70.86.040
Penalty.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: PROVIDED, That any person causing such a building to be built shall be entitled to rely on the certificate of a licensed professional engineer and/or registered architect that the standards of design set forth above have been met.
[ 1955 c 278 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.020 - Conveyances to be safe and in conformity with law.

RCW 70.87.020
Conveyances to be safe and in conformity with law.
(1) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for safety of life and limb, to promote safety awareness, and to ensure the safe design, mechanical and electrical operation, and inspection of conveyances, and performance of conveyance work, and all such operation, inspection, and conveyance work subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be reasonably safe to persons and property and in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and the applicable statutes of the state of Washington, and all orders, and rules of the department. The use of unsafe and defective conveyances imposes a substantial probability of serious and preventable injury to employees and the public exposed to unsafe conditions. The prevention of these injuries and protection of employees and the public from unsafe conditions is in the best interest of the people of this state. It is the policy of the legislature that employees should be protected from workplace reprisal or retaliatory action for the opposition to or reporting in good faith of practices that may violate the provisions of this chapter and the rules promulgated hereunder, or of the safety, installation, repair, or maintenance policies of their employers. Personnel performing work covered by this chapter must, by documented training or experience or both, be familiar with the operation and safety functions of the components and equipment. Training and experience must include, but not be limited to, recognizing the safety hazards and performing the procedures to which the personnel performing conveyance work covered by this chapter are assigned in conformance with the requirements of this chapter. This chapter establishes the minimum standards for personnel performing conveyance work.
(2) This chapter is not intended to prevent the use of systems, methods, or devices of equivalent or superior quality, strength, fire resistance, code effectiveness, durability, and safety to those required by this chapter, provided that there is technical documentation to demonstrate the equivalency of the system, method, or device, as prescribed in this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter.
(3) In any suit for damages allegedly caused by a failure or malfunction of the conveyance, conformity with the rules of the department is prima facie evidence that the conveyance work, operation, and inspection is reasonably safe to persons and property.
[ 2012 c 54 § 1; 2003 c 143 § 10; 2002 c 98 § 2; 1983 c 123 § 2; 1963 c 26 § 2.]
NOTES:
Part headings and captions not law—2003 c 143: "Part headings and captions used in this act are not any part of the law." [ 2003 c 143 § 23.]
Effective date—2003 c 143: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [May 7, 2003]." [ 2003 c 143 § 24.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.030 - Rules—Waivers during state of emergency.

RCW 70.87.030
Rules—Waivers during state of emergency.
The department shall adopt rules governing the mechanical and electrical operation, acceptance tests, conveyance work, operation, and inspection that are necessary and appropriate and shall also adopt minimum standards governing existing installations. In the execution of this rule-making power and before the adoption of rules, the department shall consider the rules for safe conveyance work, operation, and inspection, including the American National Standards Institute Safety Code for Personnel and Material Hoists, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety Code for Elevators, Dumbwaiters, and Escalators, and any amendatory or supplemental provisions thereto. The department by rule shall establish a schedule of fees to pay the costs incurred by the department for the work related to administration and enforcement of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the department to prescribe or enforce general or special safety orders as provided by law.
The department may consult with: Engineering authorities and organizations concerned with standard safety codes; rules and regulations governing conveyance work, operation, and inspection; and the qualifications that are adequate, reasonable, and necessary for the elevator mechanic, contractor, and inspector.
During a state of emergency declared under RCW 43.06.010(12), the governor may waive or suspend the collection of fees under this section or any portion of this section or under any administrative rule, and issue any orders to facilitate the operation of state or local government or to promote and secure the safety and protection of the civilian population.
[ 2008 c 181 § 206; 2003 c 143 § 11; 2002 c 98 § 3; 1998 c 137 § 2; 1994 c 164 § 28; 1983 c 123 § 3; 1973 1st ex.s. c 52 § 10; 1971 c 66 § 1; 1970 ex.s. c 22 § 1; 1963 c 26 § 3.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—2008 c 181: See note following RCW 43.06.220.
Part headings and captions not law—Effective date—2003 c 143: See notes following RCW 70.87.020.
Effective date—1973 1st ex.s. c 52: See note following RCW 43.22.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.034 - Additional powers of department.

RCW 70.87.034
Additional powers of department.
The department also has the following powers:
(1) The department may adopt any rules necessary or helpful for the department to implement and enforce this chapter.
(2) The director may issue subpoenas for the production of persons, papers, or information in all proceedings and investigations within the scope of this chapter. If a person refuses to obey a subpoena, the director, through the attorney general, may ask the superior court to order the person to obey the subpoena.
(3) The director may take the oral or written testimony of any person. The director has the power to administer oaths.
(4) The director may make specific decisions, cease and desist orders, other orders, and rulings, including demands and findings.
[ 1983 c 123 § 19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.036 - Powers of attorney general.

RCW 70.87.036
Powers of attorney general.
On request of the department, the attorney general may:
(1) File suit to collect a penalty assessed by the department;
(2) Seek a civil injunction, show cause order, or contempt order against the person who repeatedly violates a provision of this chapter;
(3) Seek an ex parte inspection warrant if the person refuses to allow the department to inspect a conveyance;
(4) File suit asking the court to enforce a cease and desist order or a subpoena issued by the director under this chapter; and
(5) Take any other legal action appropriate and necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter.
All suits shall be brought in the district or superior court of the district or county in which the defendant resides or transacts business. In any suit or other legal action, the department may ask the court to award costs and attorney's fees. If the department prevails, the court shall award the appropriate costs and attorney's fees.
[ 1983 c 123 § 20.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.040 - Privately and publicly owned conveyances are subject to chapter.

RCW 70.87.040
Privately and publicly owned conveyances are subject to chapter.
All privately owned and publicly owned conveyances are subject to the provisions of this chapter except as specifically excluded by this chapter.
[ 1983 c 123 § 4; 1963 c 26 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.050 - Conveyances in buildings occupied by state, county, or political subdivision.

RCW 70.87.050
Conveyances in buildings occupied by state, county, or political subdivision.
The conveyance work on, and the operation and inspection of any conveyance located in, or used in connection with, any building owned by the state, a county, or a political subdivision, other than those located within and owned by a city having an elevator code, shall be under the jurisdiction of the department.
[ 2003 c 143 § 12; 2002 c 98 § 4; 1983 c 123 § 5; 1969 ex.s. c 108 § 2; 1963 c 26 § 5.]
NOTES:
Part headings and captions not law—Effective date—2003 c 143: See notes following RCW 70.87.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.060 - Responsibility for operation and maintenance of equipment and for periodic tests.

RCW 70.87.060
Responsibility for operation and maintenance of equipment and for periodic tests.
(1) The person, elevator contractor, or public agency performing conveyance work is responsible for operation and maintenance of the conveyance until the department has issued an operating permit for the conveyance, except during the period when a limited operating permit in accordance with RCW 70.87.090(2) is in effect, and is also responsible for all tests of a new, relocated, or altered conveyance until the department has issued an operating permit for the conveyance.
(2) The owner or his or her duly appointed agent shall be responsible for the safe operation and proper maintenance of the conveyance after the department has issued the operating permit and also during the period of effectiveness of any limited operating permit in accordance with RCW 70.87.090(2). The owner shall be responsible for all periodic tests required by the department.
[ 2003 c 143 § 13; 1983 c 123 § 6; 1963 c 26 § 6.]
NOTES:
Part headings and captions not law—Effective date—2003 c 143: See notes following RCW 70.87.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.070 - Serial numbers.

RCW 70.87.070
Serial numbers.
All new and existing conveyances shall have a serial number painted on or attached as directed by the department. This serial number shall be assigned by the department and shown on all required permits.
[ 1983 c 123 § 7; 1963 c 26 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.080 - Permits—When required—Application for—Posting.

RCW 70.87.080
Permits—When required—Application for—Posting.
(1) A permit shall be obtained from the department before performing work, other than maintenance, on a conveyance under the jurisdiction of the department.
(2) The installer of the conveyance shall submit an application for the permit in duplicate, in a form that the department may prescribe.
(3) The permit issued by the department shall be kept posted conspicuously at the site of installation.
(4) A permit is not required for maintenance.
(5) After the effective date of rules adopted under this chapter establishing licensing requirements, the department may issue a permit for conveyance work only to an elevator contractor unless the permit is for conveyance work on private residence conveyances. After July 1, 2004, the department may not issue a permit for conveyance work on private residence conveyances to a person other than an elevator contractor.
[ 2003 c 143 § 14; 1983 c 123 § 8; 1963 c 26 § 8.]
NOTES:
Part headings and captions not law—Effective date—2003 c 143: See notes following RCW 70.87.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.090 - Operating permits—Limited permits—Duration—Posting.

RCW 70.87.090
Operating permits—Limited permits—Duration—Posting.
(1) An operating permit is required for each conveyance operated in the state of Washington except during its erection by the person or firm responsible for its installation. A permit issued by the department shall be kept conspicuously posted near the conveyance.
(2) The department may permit the temporary use of a conveyance during its installation or alteration, under the authority of a limited permit issued by the department for each class of service. Limited permits shall be issued for a period not to exceed thirty days and may be renewed at the discretion of the department. This limited-use permit is to provide transportation for construction personnel, tools, and materials only. Where a limited permit is issued, a notice bearing the information that the equipment has not been finally approved shall be conspicuously posted.
[ 1998 c 137 § 3; 1983 c 123 § 9; 1963 c 26 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.100 - Conveyance work to be performed by elevator contractors—Acceptance tests—Inspections.

RCW 70.87.100
Conveyance work to be performed by elevator contractors—Acceptance tests—Inspections.
(1) All conveyance installations, relocations, or alterations must be performed by an elevator contractor employing an elevator mechanic.
(2) The elevator contractor employing an elevator mechanic performing such conveyance work shall notify the department before completion of the work, and shall subject the new, moved, or altered portions of the conveyance to the acceptance tests.
(3) All new, altered, or relocated conveyances for which a permit has been issued, shall be inspected for compliance with the requirements of this chapter by an authorized representative of the department. The authorized representative shall also witness the test specified.
[ 2003 c 143 § 15; 2002 c 98 § 5; 1983 c 123 § 11; 1963 c 26 § 10.]
NOTES:
Part headings and captions not law—Effective date—2003 c 143: See notes following RCW 70.87.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.110 - Exceptions authorized.

RCW 70.87.110
Exceptions authorized.
The requirements of this chapter are intended to apply to all conveyances except as modified or waived by the department. They are intended to be modified or waived whenever any requirements are shown to be impracticable, such as involving expense not justified by the protection secured. However, the department shall not allow the modification or waiver unless equivalent or safer construction is secured in other ways. An exception applies only to the installation covered by the application for waiver.
[ 1983 c 123 § 12; 1963 c 26 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.140 - Operation without permit enjoinable.

RCW 70.87.140
Operation without permit enjoinable.
Whenever any conveyance is being operated without a permit required by this chapter, the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the county may apply to the superior court of the county in which the conveyance is located for a temporary restraining order or a temporary or permanent injunction restraining the operation of the conveyance until the department issues a permit for the conveyance. No bond may be required from the department in such proceedings.
[ 1983 c 123 § 14; 1963 c 26 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.145 - Order to discontinue operation—Notice—Conditions—Contents of order—Recision of order—Violation—Penalty—Random inspections.

RCW 70.87.145
Order to discontinue operation—Notice—Conditions—Contents of order—Recision of order—Violation—Penalty—Random inspections.
(1) An authorized representative of the department may order the owner or person operating a conveyance to discontinue the operation of a conveyance, and may place a notice that states that the conveyance may not be operated on a conspicuous place in the conveyance, if:
(a) The conveyance work has not been permitted and performed in accordance with this chapter; or
(b) The conveyance has otherwise become unsafe.
The order is effective immediately, and shall not be stayed by a request for a hearing.
(2) The department shall prescribe a form for the order to discontinue operation. The order shall specify why the conveyance violates this chapter or is otherwise unsafe, and shall inform the owner or operator that he or she may request a hearing pursuant to RCW 70.87.170. A request for a hearing does not stay the effect of the order.
(3) The department shall rescind the order to discontinue operation if the conveyance is fixed or modified to bring it into compliance with this chapter.
(4) An owner or a person that knowingly operates or allows the operation of a conveyance in contravention of an order to discontinue operation, or removes a notice not to operate, is:
(a) Guilty of a misdemeanor; and
(b) Subject to a civil penalty under RCW 70.87.185.
(5) The department may conduct random on-site inspections and tests on existing installations, witnessing periodic inspections and testing in order to ensure satisfactory conveyance work by persons, firms, or companies performing conveyance work, and assist in development of public awareness programs.
[ 2003 c 143 § 17; 2002 c 98 § 7; 1983 c 123 § 15.]
NOTES:
Part headings and captions not law—Effective date—2003 c 143: See notes following RCW 70.87.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.170 - Review of department action in accordance with administrative procedure act.

RCW 70.87.170
Review of department action in accordance with administrative procedure act.
(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.
[ 2014 c 190 § 5; 2003 c 143 § 18; 2002 c 98 § 8; 1983 c 123 § 16; 1963 c 26 § 17.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2014 c 190: See note following RCW 19.28.131.
Part headings and captions not law—Effective date—2003 c 143: See notes following RCW 70.87.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.180 - Violations.

RCW 70.87.180
Violations.
(1) The performance of conveyance work, other than maintenance, or the operation of a conveyance without a permit by any person owning or having the custody, management, or operation thereof, except as provided in RCW 70.87.080 and 70.87.090, is a misdemeanor. Each day of violation is a separate offense. A prosecution may not be maintained if a person has requested the issuance or renewal of a permit but the department has not acted.
(2) The performance of conveyance work, other than the maintenance of conveyances as specified in RCW 70.87.270, without a license by any person is a misdemeanor. Each day of violation is a separate offense. A prosecution may not be maintained if a person has requested the issuance or renewal of a license but the department has not acted.
[ 2003 c 143 § 19; 2002 c 98 § 9; 1983 c 123 § 17; 1963 c 26 § 18.]
NOTES:
Part headings and captions not law—Effective date—2003 c 143: See notes following RCW 70.87.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70 - Public Health and Safety › Chapter 70.87 - Elevators, Lifting Devices, and Moving Walks. › 70.87.185 - Penalty for violation of chapter—Rules—Notice.

RCW 70.87.185
Penalty for violation of chapter—Rules—Notice.
(1) The department may assess a penalty against a person violating a provision of this chapter. The penalty shall be not more than five hundred dollars. Each day that the violation continues is a separate violation and is subject to a separate penalty.
(2) The department may not assess a penalty until it adopts rules describing the method it will use to calculate penalties for various violations.
(3) The department shall notify the violator of its action, and the reasons for its action, in writing. The department shall send the notice using a method by which the mailing can be tracked or the delivery can be confirmed to the violator's last known address. The notice shall inform the violator that a hearing may be requested under RCW 70.87.170. The hearing shall not stay the effect of the penalty.
[ 2011 c 301 § 23; 1983 c 123 § 18.]