reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.04 - General Provisions. › 51.04.153 - Fraud—Underground economy—Finding—Use of best practices.

RCW 51.04.153
Fraud—Underground economy—Finding—Use of best practices.
(1) The legislature finds that the department is successfully addressing employer fraud and the underground economy, helping ensure that employers who appropriately report and pay premiums can be competitive. Efforts focus on prevention, education, and enforcement by identifying industries for targeted audits, informing industry members and providing the opportunity for voluntary compliance, and ultimately identifying employers for audit based on proven criteria.
(2) To ensure the appropriate use of workers' compensation funds, the legislature directs the department of labor and industries to continue applying these proven best practices to employer fraud and to apply the same best practices to address instances of worker and provider fraud, including but not limited to:
(a) Participating in a national information exchange with other workers' compensation insurers to avoid duplication of claims and benefits;
(b) Increasing public awareness of employer, worker, and provider fraud issues and how to report suspected fraud;
(c) Establishing criteria for the periodic review of total permanent disability pension recipients including their level of disability and physical activity to determine whether they can be gainfully employed; and
(d) Identifying provider billing patterns to target potentially abusive practices.
(3) The provisions of RCW 51.28.070 shall not be a barrier to the department's participation in a national information exchange as required in subsection (2)(a) of this section.
(4) The department's activities must include approaches to prevent, educate, and ensure compliance by providers, employers, and workers. The department shall provide a report to the governor and the appropriate legislative committees by December 1, 2012, that describes the agency's efforts and outcomes and makes recommendations for statutory changes to address barriers for successfully addressing provider, employer, and worker fraud.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 37 § 701.]
NOTES:
Finding—Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 37: See notes following RCW 51.32.090.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.04 - General Provisions. › 51.04.165 - Information about scholarship opportunities—Costs.

RCW 51.04.165
Information about scholarship opportunities—Costs.
The department may provide information about scholarship opportunities offered by nonprofit organizations and available to children and spouses of workers who suffered an injury in the course of employment resulting in death or permanent total disability. The department may, in its sole discretion, provide information about one or more scholarship opportunities. The cost of printing and inserting materials, any additional mailing costs, and any other related costs must be borne by the scholarship organization.
[ 2013 c 134 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.04 - General Provisions. › 51.04.170 - Firefighter safety—Department must establish best practices.

RCW 51.04.170
Firefighter safety—Department must establish best practices.
(1) The department must establish best practices to improve safety and health outcomes for firefighters, including best practices:
(a) For a proactive health and safety risk management system consisting of a joint employer and employee governance structure to oversee a continuous process of identification, evaluation, monitoring and controlling, and reporting safety and health hazards in the workplace;
(b) To reduce firefighter risk of exposure to carcinogens; and
(c) To prevent or reduce the risk of injuries and illness with particular focus on causes of compensable workers' compensation claims.
(2) Employers of firefighters who implement the best practices provided in subsection (1) of this section may be eligible for a premium discount as determined by the department according to criteria established by the department.
(3) The department must consult with firefighters and employers of firefighters in establishing the best practices and criteria for a premium discount under this section.
(4) The department may update the best practices established under this section as appropriate.
(5) For the purposes of this section, "firefighter" has the same meaning as in RCW 41.26.030(17) (a) through (c).
[ 2019 c 76 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.04 - General Provisions. › 51.04.175 - Firefighter safety—Funding authorized for equipment that may be necessary to follow best practices—Eligibility for funding.

RCW 51.04.175
Firefighter safety—Funding authorized for equipment that may be necessary to follow best practices—Eligibility for funding.
(1) The director is authorized to provide funding of up to two percent of the premiums paid in the prior year from the risk classes for firefighters as defined in RCW 41.26.030(17) (a) through (c) for the purposes of providing funding to employers of firefighters who have limited resources to purchase additional equipment and other gear that may be needed to follow best practices under RCW 51.04.170. The department may require matching funds from employers. An appropriation is not required for expenditures. Only employers who pay premiums to the state fund as defined in RCW 51.08.175 are eligible for funding under this section.
(2) The department may adopt rules if necessary to implement this section.
[ 2019 c 76 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.04 - General Provisions. › 51.04.180 - State of emergency—Safety grant program expenditures—Procedures.

RCW 51.04.180
State of emergency—Safety grant program expenditures—Procedures.
(1) In the event of a state of emergency as defined in RCW 43.06.010(12), the director is authorized to expend up to two percent per year of the net premiums earned in the accident fund in the prior fiscal year for the purpose of a safety grant program so long as the assets of the accident fund and pension reserve fund were at least 10 percent in excess of their funded liabilities in the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the state of emergency proclamation.
(2) The safety grant program shall provide one-time grants to employers to purchase equipment, gear, or make capital improvements so long as the purchase is not covered by another grant, government program, or insurance contract. The department may require matching funds from employers. Employers must apply for grants using an application developed by the department.
(3) Employers shall apply the safety grants to purchases of equipment, gear, or capital costs to meet any new safety and health requirements related to the emergency that are required before they are permitted to continue or resume business operations.
(4) An appropriation is not required for expenditures under this section.
(5) Only employers who pay premiums to the state fund as defined in RCW 51.08.175, are not self-insured as defined in RCW 51.08.173, and have 25 or fewer full-time equivalent employees are eligible for funding under this section.
(6) All funds expended from the accident fund for grants under this section must be reimbursed to the accident fund from the state general fund in the omnibus appropriations act adopted for the biennium following the expenditures.
(7) Rules that are adopted to implement this section must be done in consultation with stakeholders. Rules must include but are not limited to:
(a) Guidance for grant awards based on the type, scope, and time frame of a specific declared emergency; and
(b) Criteria for prioritizing grants for eligible recipients.
[ 2021 c 253 § 5.]
NOTES:
Rule-making authority—Worker safety and health—2021 c 253: See note following RCW 49.17.130.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.04 - General Provisions. › 51.04.190 - Transportation network companies.

RCW 51.04.190
Transportation network companies.
(1) The application of this chapter to a transportation network company, as defined in RCW 49.46.300, shall not be indicative of, or considered a factor in determining, the existence of an employer-employee relationship between the transportation network company and driver for purposes of any other rights, benefits, or obligations under other state and local employment laws.
(2) A transportation network company's compliance with this chapter satisfies any obligation under any county, city, town, or other municipal corporation ordinance requiring compensation or benefits for workplace injuries or occupational disease.
[ 2022 c 281 § 13.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2022 c 281 §§ 8-13, 17, and 28: See note following RCW 51.12.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.010 - Meaning of words.

RCW 51.08.010
Meaning of words.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, words used in this title shall have the meaning given in this chapter.
[ 1961 c 23 § 51.08.010. Prior: 1939 c 41 § 2, part; 1929 c 132 § 1, part; 1927 c 310 § 2, part; 1921 c 182 § 2, part; 1919 c 131 § 2, part; 1917 c 120 § 1, part; 1911 c 74 § 3, part; RRS § 7675, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.012 - "Accredited school."

RCW 51.08.012
"Accredited school."
For the purposes of this title, "accredited school" means a school or course of instruction which is:
(1) Approved by the state superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education, the *state board for community college education, or the state division of vocational education of the **coordinating council for occupational education; or
(2) Regulated or licensed as to course content by any agency of the state or under any occupational licensing act of the state, or recognized by the apprenticeship council under an agreement registered with the apprenticeship council pursuant to chapter 49.04 RCW.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 224 § 2; 1969 ex.s. c 77 § 3.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: *(1) The state board for community college education was renamed the state board for community and technical colleges by 1991 c 238 § 30.
**(2) The coordinating council for occupational education was abolished by 1975 1st ex.s. c 174 § 9.
Effective date—1975 1st ex.s. c 224: See note following RCW 51.04.110.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.013 - "Acting in the course of employment."

RCW 51.08.013
"Acting in the course of employment."
(1) "Acting in the course of employment" means the worker acting at his or her employer's direction or in the furtherance of his or her employer's business which shall include time spent going to and from work on the jobsite, as defined in RCW 51.32.015 and 51.36.040, insofar as such time is immediate to the actual time that the worker is engaged in the work process in areas controlled by his or her employer, except parking area. It is not necessary that at the time an injury is sustained by a worker he or she is doing the work on which his or her compensation is based or that the event is within the time limits on which industrial insurance or medical aid premiums or assessments are paid.
(2) "Acting in the course of employment" does not include:
(a) Time spent going to or coming from the employer's place of business in an alternative commute mode, notwithstanding that the employer (i) paid directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, the cost of a fare, pass, or other expense associated with the alternative commute mode; (ii) promoted and encouraged employee use of one or more alternative commute modes; or (iii) otherwise participated in the provision of the alternative commute mode.
(b) An employee's participation in social activities, recreational or athletic activities, events, or competitions, and parties or picnics, whether or not the employer pays some or all of the costs thereof, unless: (i) The participation is during the employee's working hours, not including paid leave; (ii) the employee was paid monetary compensation by the employer to participate; or (iii) the employee was ordered or directed by the employer to participate or reasonably believed the employee was ordered or directed to participate.
(3) "Alternative commute mode" means (a) a carpool or vanpool arrangement whereby a group of at least two but not more than fifteen persons including passengers and driver, is transported between their places of abode or termini near those places, and their places of employment or educational or other institutions, where the driver is also on the way to or from his or her place of employment or educational or other institution; (b) a bus, ferry, or other public transportation service; or (c) a nonmotorized means of commuting such as bicycling or walking.
[ 1997 c 250 § 10; 1995 c 179 § 1; 1993 c 138 § 1; 1979 c 111 § 15; 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 8; 1961 c 107 § 3.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 c 111: See note following RCW 46.74.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.014 - "Agriculture."

RCW 51.08.014
"Agriculture."
"Agriculture" means the business of growing or producing any agricultural or horticultural produce or crop, including the raising of any animal, bird, or insect, or the milk, eggs, wool, fur, meat, honey, or other substances obtained therefrom.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 75.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.015 - "Amount," "payment," "premium," "contribution," "assessment."

RCW 51.08.015
"Amount," "payment," "premium," "contribution," "assessment."
Wherever and whenever in any of the provisions of this title relating to any payments by an employer or worker the words "amount" and/or "amounts," "payment" and/or "payments," "premium" and/or "premiums," "contribution" and/or "contributions," and "assessment" and/or "assessments" appear said words shall be construed to mean taxes, which are the money payments by an employer or worker which are required by this title to be made to the state treasury for the accident fund, the medical aid fund, the supplemental pension fund, or any other fund created by this title.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 9; 1972 ex.s. c 43 § 3; 1961 c 23 § 51.08.015. Prior: 1959 c 308 § 25.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.018 - "Average monthly wage."

RCW 51.08.018
"Average monthly wage."
For purposes of this title, the average monthly wage in the state shall be the average annual wage as determined under RCW 50.04.355 as now or hereafter amended divided by twelve.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 323 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 15.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective date—1977 ex.s. c 323: See notes following RCW 51.04.040.
Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.020 - "Beneficiary."

RCW 51.08.020
"Beneficiary."
"Beneficiary" means a husband, wife, child, or dependent of a worker in whom shall vest a right to receive payment under this title: PROVIDED, That a husband or wife of an injured worker, living separate and apart in a state of abandonment, regardless of the party responsible therefor, for more than one year at the time of the injury or subsequently, shall not be a beneficiary. A spouse who has lived separate and apart from the other spouse for the period of two years and who has not, during that time, received, or attempted by process of law to collect, funds for maintenance, shall be deemed living in a state of abandonment.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 10; 1973 1st ex.s. c 154 § 91; 1961 c 23 § 51.08.020. Prior: 1957 c 70 § 6; prior: (i) 1939 c 41 § 2, part; 1929 c 132 § 1, part; 1927 c 310 § 2, part; 1921 c 182 § 2, part; 1919 c 131 § 2, part; 1917 c 120 § 1, part; 1911 c 74 § 3, part; RRS § 7675, part. (ii) 1949 c 219 § 1, part; 1947 c 246 § 1, part; 1929 c 132 § 2, part; 1927 c 310 § 4, part; 1923 c 136 § 2, part; 1919 c 131 § 4, part; 1917 c 28 § 1, part; 1913 c 148 § 1, part; 1911 c 74 § 5, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7679, part.]
NOTES:
Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 154: See note following RCW 2.12.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.030 - "Child."

RCW 51.08.030
"Child."
"Child" means every natural born child, posthumous child, stepchild, child legally adopted prior to the injury, child born after the injury where conception occurred prior to the injury, and dependent child in the legal custody and control of the worker, all while under the age of eighteen years, or under the age of twenty-three years while permanently enrolled at a full time course in an accredited school, and over the age of eighteen years if the child is a dependent as a result of a disability.
[ 2020 c 274 § 43; 1986 c 293 § 1; 1980 c 14 § 4. Prior: 1977 ex.s. c 323 § 4; 1977 ex.s. c 80 § 36; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 42 § 37; 1972 ex.s. c 65 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 77 § 1; 1961 c 23 § 51.08.030; prior: 1957 c 70 § 7; prior: (i) 1939 c 41 § 2, part; 1929 c 132 § 1, part; 1927 c 310 § 2, part; 1921 c 182 § 2, part; 1919 c 131 § 2, part; 1917 c 120 § 1, part; 1911 c 74 § 3, part; RRS § 7675, part. (ii) 1941 c 209 § 3, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7679, part.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective date—1977 ex.s. c 323: See notes following RCW 51.04.040.
Purpose—Intent—Severability—1977 ex.s. c 80: See notes following RCW 4.16.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.040 - "Department."

RCW 51.08.040
"Department."
"Department" means department of labor and industries.
[ 1961 c 23 § 51.08.040.]
NOTES:
Department of labor and industries: Chapter 43.22 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.050 - "Dependent."

RCW 51.08.050
"Dependent."
"Dependent" means any of the following named relatives of a worker whose death results from any injury and who leaves surviving no widow, widower, or child, viz: Father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, stepfather, stepmother, grandson, granddaughter, brother, sister, half-sister, half-brother, niece, nephew, who at the time of the accident are actually and necessarily dependent in whole or in part for their support upon the earnings of the worker.
[ 1997 c 325 § 6; 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 11; 1961 c 23 § 51.08.050. Prior: 1957 c 70 § 8; prior: 1939 c 41 § 2, part; 1929 c 132 § 1, part; 1927 c 310 § 2, part; 1921 c 182 § 2, part; 1919 c 131 § 2, part; 1917 c 120 § 1, part; 1911 c 74 § 3, part; RRS § 7675, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.070 - "Employer"—Exception.

RCW 51.08.070
"Employer"—Exception.
(1) "Employer" means any person, body of persons, corporate or otherwise, and the legal representatives of a deceased employer, all while engaged in this state in any work covered by the provisions of this title, by way of trade or business, or who contracts with one or more workers, the essence of which is the personal labor of such worker or workers. Or as an exception to the definition of employer, persons or entities are not employers when they contract or agree to remunerate the services performed by an individual who meets the tests set forth in RCW 51.08.195 (1) through (6) or the separate tests set forth in RCW 51.08.181 for work performed that requires registration under chapter 18.27 RCW or licensing under chapter 18.106 or 19.28 RCW.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, and for purposes of this title only, a transportation network company, as defined in RCW 49.46.300, shall have the same rights and obligations of an "employer" under this title with respect to a driver, as defined in RCW 49.46.300, only while the driver is engaged in passenger platform time and dispatch platform time.
[ 2023 c 88 § 7; 2022 c 281 § 9; 2008 c 102 § 2; 1991 c 246 § 2; 1981 c 128 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 12; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 1; 1961 c 23 § 51.08.070. Prior: 1957 c 70 § 9; prior: (i) 1939 c 41 § 2, part; 1929 c 132 § 1, part; 1927 c 310 § 2, part; 1921 c 182 § 2, part; 1919 c 131 § 2, part; 1917 c 120 § 1, part; 1911 c 74 § 3, part; RRS § 7675, part. (ii) 1949 c 219 § 1, part; 1947 c 246 § 1, part; 1929 c 132 § 2, part; 1927 c 310 § 4, part; 1923 c 136 § 2, part; 1919 c 131 § 4, part; 1917 c 28 § 1, part; 1913 c 148 § 1, part; 1911 c 74 § 5, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7679, part.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2022 c 281 §§ 8-13, 17, and 28: See note following RCW 51.12.020.
Conflict with federal requirements—2008 c 102: "If any part of this act is found to be in conflict with federal requirements which are a prescribed condition to the allocation of federal funds to the state or the eligibility of employers in this state for federal unemployment tax credits, the conflicting part of this act is hereby declared to be inoperative solely to the extent of the conflict, and such finding or determination may not affect the operation of the remainder of this act. The rules under this act shall meet federal requirements which are a necessary condition to the receipt of federal funds by the state or the granting of federal unemployment tax credits to employers in this state." [ 2008 c 102 § 6.]
Severability—2008 c 102: "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." [ 2008 c 102 § 7.]
Effective date—Conflict with federal requirements—1991 c 246: See notes following RCW 51.08.195.
Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.095 - "Health services provider"—"Provider."

RCW 51.08.095
"Health services provider"—"Provider."
"Health services provider" or "provider" means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, agency, institution, or other legal entity providing any kind of services related to the treatment of an industrially injured worker.
[ 1986 c 200 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.100 - "Injury."

RCW 51.08.100
"Injury."
"Injury" means a sudden and tangible happening, of a traumatic nature, producing an immediate or prompt result, and occurring from without, and such physical conditions as result therefrom.
[ 1961 c 23 § 51.08.100. Prior: 1959 c 308 § 3; 1957 c 70 § 12; prior: 1939 c 41 § 2, part; 1929 c 132 § 1, part; 1927 c 310 § 2, part; 1921 c 182 § 2, part; 1919 c 131 § 2, part; 1917 c 120 § 1, part; 1911 c 74 § 3, part; RRS § 7675, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.110 - "Invalid."

RCW 51.08.110
"Invalid."
"Invalid" means one who is physically or mentally incapacitated from earning.
[ 1961 c 23 § 51.08.110. Prior: 1957 c 70 § 13; prior: 1939 c 41 § 2, part; 1929 c 132 § 1, part; 1927 c 310 § 2, part; 1921 c 182 § 2, part; 1919 c 131 § 2, part; 1917 c 120 § 1, part; 1911 c 74 § 3, part; RRS § 7675, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.121 - "New medical issue."

RCW 51.08.121
"New medical issue."
"New medical issue" means a medical issue not covered by a previous medical examination requested by the department or the self-insurer such as an issue regarding medical causation, medical treatment, work restrictions, or evaluating permanent partial disability.
[ 2020 c 213 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2020 c 213 §§ 1-3: "Sections 1 through 3 of this act take effect January 1, 2021." [ 2020 c 213 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.140 - "Occupational disease."

RCW 51.08.140
"Occupational disease."
"Occupational disease" means such disease or infection as arises naturally and proximately out of employment under the mandatory or elective adoption provisions of this title.
[ 1961 c 23 § 51.08.140. Prior: 1959 c 308 § 4; 1957 c 70 § 16; prior: 1951 c 236 § 1; 1941 c 235 § 1, part; 1939 c 135 § 1, part; 1937 c 212 § 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 7679-1, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.150 - "Permanent partial disability."

RCW 51.08.150
"Permanent partial disability."
"Permanent partial disability" means the loss of either one foot, one leg, one hand, one arm, one eye, one or more fingers, one or more toes, any dislocation where ligaments were severed where repair is not complete, or any other injury known in surgery to be permanent partial disability.
[ 1961 c 23 § 51.08.150. Prior: 1957 c 70 § 17; prior: 1949 c 219 § 1, part; 1947 c 246 § 1, part; 1929 c 132 § 2, part; 1927 c 310 § 4, part; 1923 c 136 § 2, part; 1919 c 131 § 4, part; 1917 c 28 § 1, part; 1913 c 148 § 1, part; 1911 c 74 § 5, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7679, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.160 - "Permanent total disability."

RCW 51.08.160
"Permanent total disability."
"Permanent total disability" means loss of both legs, or arms, or one leg and one arm, total loss of eyesight, paralysis or other condition permanently incapacitating the worker from performing any work at any gainful occupation.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 13; 1961 c 23 § 51.08.160. Prior: 1957 c 70 § 18; prior: 1949 c 219 § 1, part; 1947 c 246 § 1, part; 1929 c 132 § 2, part; 1927 c 310 § 4, part; 1923 c 136 § 2, part; 1919 c 131 § 4, part; 1917 c 28 § 1, part; 1913 c 148 § 1, part; 1911 c 74 § 5, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 7679, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.165 - "Posttraumatic stress disorder."

RCW 51.08.165
"Posttraumatic stress disorder."
"Posttraumatic stress disorder" means a disorder that meets the diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress specified by the American psychiatric association in the diagnostic and statistics manual of mental disorders, fifth edition, or in a later edition as adopted by the department in rule.
[ 2018 c 264 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.173 - "Self-insurer."

RCW 51.08.173
"Self-insurer."
"Self-insurer" means an employer or group of employers which has been authorized under this title to carry its own liability to its employees covered by this title.
[ 1983 c 174 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 80.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.175 - "State fund"—"State of Washington industrial insurance fund."

RCW 51.08.175
"State fund"—"State of Washington industrial insurance fund."
"State fund" means those funds held by the state or any agency thereof for the purposes of this title. The "state of Washington industrial insurance fund" means the department when acting as the agency to insure the industrial insurance obligation of employers. The terms "state fund" and "state of Washington industrial insurance fund" shall be deemed synonymous when applied to the functions of the department connected with the insuring of employers who secure the payment of industrial insurance benefits through the state. The director shall manage the state fund and the state of Washington industrial insurance fund and shall have such powers as are necessary to carry out its functions and may reinsure any risk insured by the state fund.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 323 § 5; 1972 ex.s. c 43 § 5; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 88.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective date—1977 ex.s. c 323: See notes following RCW 51.04.040.
Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.177 - "Successor."

RCW 51.08.177
"Successor."
"Successor" means any person to whom a taxpayer quitting, selling out, exchanging, or disposing of a business sells or otherwise conveys, directly or indirectly, in bulk and not in the ordinary course of the taxpayer's business, a major part of the property, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, of the taxpayer.
[ 2004 c 243 § 1; 1986 c 9 § 3.]
NOTES:
Adoption of rules—2004 c 243: "The department shall adopt rules to implement this act." [ 2004 c 243 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.180 - "Worker"—Exceptions.

RCW 51.08.180
"Worker"—Exceptions.
(1) "Worker" means every person in this state who is engaged in the employment of an employer under this title, whether by way of manual labor or otherwise in the course of his or her employment; also every person in this state who is engaged in the employment of or who is working under an independent contract, the essence of which is his or her personal labor for an employer under this title, whether by way of manual labor or otherwise, in the course of his or her employment, or as an exception to the definition of worker, a person is not a worker if he or she meets the tests set forth in RCW 51.08.195 (1) through (6) or the separate tests set forth in RCW 51.08.181 for work performed that requires registration under chapter 18.27 RCW or licensing under chapter 18.106 or 19.28 RCW: PROVIDED, That a person is not a worker for the purpose of this title, with respect to his or her activities attendant to operating a truck which he or she owns, and which is leased to a common or contract carrier.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, and for purposes of this title only, a driver, as defined in RCW 49.46.300, shall have the same rights and obligations of a "worker" under this title with respect to a transportation network company, as defined in RCW 49.46.300, only while the driver is engaged in passenger platform time and dispatch platform time.
[ 2023 c 88 § 8; 2022 c 281 § 10; 2008 c 102 § 3; 1991 c 246 § 3; 1987 c 175 § 3; 1983 c 97 § 1; 1982 c 80 § 1; 1981 c 128 § 2; 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 15; 1961 c 23 § 51.08.180. Prior: 1957 c 70 § 20; prior: (i) 1939 c 41 § 2, part; 1929 c 132 § 1, part; 1927 c 310 § 2, part; 1921 c 182 § 2, part; 1919 c 131 § 2, part; 1917 c 120 § 1, part; 1911 c 74 § 3, part; RRS § 7675, part. (ii) 1937 c 211 § 2; RRS § 7674-1.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2022 c 281 §§ 8-13, 17, and 28: See note following RCW 51.12.020.
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—2008 c 102: See notes following RCW 51.08.070.
Effective date—Conflict with federal requirements—1991 c 246: See notes following RCW 51.08.195.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.181 - "Worker"—Registered contractor and electrician exclusions.

RCW 51.08.181
"Worker"—Registered contractor and electrician exclusions.
For the purposes of this title, any individual performing services that require registration under chapter 18.27 RCW or licensing under chapter 18.106 or 19.28 RCW for remuneration under an independent contract is not a worker when:
(1) The individual has been, and will continue to be, free from control or direction over the performance of the service, both under the contract of service and in fact;
(2) The service is either outside the usual course of business for which the service is performed, or the service is performed outside all of the places of business of the enterprise for which the service is performed, or the individual is responsible, both under the contract and in fact, for the costs of the principal place of business from which the service is performed;
(3) The individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession, or business, of the same nature as that involved in the contract of service, or the individual has a principal place of business for the business the individual is conducting that is eligible for a business deduction for federal income tax purposes other than that furnished by the employer for which the business has contracted to furnish services;
(4) On the effective date of the contract of service, the individual is responsible for filing at the next applicable filing period, both under the contract of service and in fact, a schedule of expenses with the internal revenue service for the type of business the individual is conducting;
(5) On the effective date of the contract of service, or within a reasonable period after the effective date of the contract, the individual has an active and valid certificate of registration with the department of revenue, and an active and valid account with any other state agencies as required by the particular case, for the business the individual is conducting for the payment of all state taxes normally paid by employers and businesses and has registered for and received a unified business identifier number from the state of Washington;
(6) On the effective date of the contract of service, the individual is maintaining a separate set of books or records that reflect all items of income and expenses of the business which the individual is conducting; and
(7) On the effective date of the contract of service, the individual has a valid contractor registration pursuant to chapter 18.27 RCW, a plumbing contractor license pursuant to chapter 18.106 RCW, or an electrical contractor license pursuant to chapter 19.28 RCW.
[ 2023 c 88 § 9; 2008 c 102 § 5.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—2008 c 102: See notes following RCW 51.08.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.185 - "Employee."

RCW 51.08.185
"Employee."
"Employee" shall have the same meaning as "worker" when the context would so indicate, and shall include all officers of the state, state agencies, counties, municipal corporations, or other public corporations, or political subdivisions.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 16; 1972 ex.s. c 43 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.200 - Attending provider.

RCW 51.08.200
Attending provider. (Effective July 1, 2025.)
"Attending provider" means a person who is a member of the health care provider network established under RCW 51.36.010, is treating injured workers within the person's scope of practice, and is licensed under Title 18 RCW in one of the following professions: Physicians, chapter 18.71 RCW; osteopathy, chapter 18.57 RCW; chiropractic, chapter 18.25 RCW; naturopathy, chapter 18.36A RCW; podiatric medicine and surgery, chapter 18.22 RCW; dentistry, chapter 18.32 RCW; optometry, chapter 18.53 RCW; in the case of claims solely for mental health conditions, psychology, chapter 18.83 RCW; physician assistants, chapter 18.71A RCW; and licensed advanced registered nurse practitioners, chapter 18.79 RCW.
[ 2023 c 171 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Retroactive application—2023 c 171: See note following RCW 51.04.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.08 - Definitions. › 51.08.900 - Construction—Title applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 51.08.900
Construction—Title applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this title, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 138.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.12 - Employments and Occupations Covered. › 51.12.010 - Employments included—Declaration of policy.

RCW 51.12.010
Employments included—Declaration of policy.
There is a hazard in all employment and it is the purpose of this title to embrace all employments which are within the legislative jurisdiction of the state.
This title shall be liberally construed for the purpose of reducing to a minimum the suffering and economic loss arising from injuries and/or death occurring in the course of employment.
[ 1972 ex.s. c 43 § 6; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 2; 1961 c 23 § 51.12.010. Prior: 1959 c 55 § 1; 1955 c 74 § 2; prior: (i) 1947 c 281 § 1, part; 1943 c 210 § 1, part; 1939 c 41 § 1, part; 1937 c 211 § 1, part; 1927 c 310 § 1, part; 1921 c 182 § 1, part; 1919 c 131 § 1, part; 1911 c 74 § 2, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 7674, part. (ii) 1923 c 128 § 1, part; RRS § 7674a, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.12 - Employments and Occupations Covered. › 51.12.025 - Persons working on parents' family farms—Optional exclusion from coverage.

RCW 51.12.025
Persons working on parents' family farms—Optional exclusion from coverage.
(1) The parent or parents of a person at least eighteen years of age but under twenty-one years of age may elect to exclude from mandatory coverage under this title the parent's employment of that person in agricultural activities on their family farm if:
(a) The person resides with his or her parent or parents or resides on their family farm; and
(b) The parent or parents file a written notice with the department electing exclusion from coverage.
(2) A parent or parents who have elected to exclude a person under this subsection may subsequently obtain coverage for that person under RCW 51.12.110.
[ 1996 c 8 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.12 - Employments and Occupations Covered. › 51.12.045 - Offenders performing community restitution.

RCW 51.12.045
Offenders performing community restitution.
Offenders performing community restitution pursuant to court order or under RCW 13.40.080 may be deemed employees and/or workers under this title at the option of the state, county, city, town, or nonprofit organization under whose authorization the community restitution is performed. Any premiums or assessments due under this title for community restitution work shall be the obligation of and be paid for by the state agency, county, city, town, or nonprofit organization for which the offender performed the community restitution. Coverage commences when a state agency, county, city, town, or nonprofit organization has given notice to the director that it wishes to cover offenders performing community restitution before the occurrence of an injury or contraction of an occupational disease.
[ 2002 c 175 § 40; 1986 c 193 § 1; 1984 c 24 § 4; 1981 c 266 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2002 c 175: See note following RCW 7.80.130.
Offenders treated as employees or workers by local governments: RCW 35.21.209, 35A.21.220, 36.16.139.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.12 - Employments and Occupations Covered. › 51.12.060 - Federal projects.

RCW 51.12.060
Federal projects.
The application of this title and related safety laws is hereby extended to all lands and premises owned or held by the United States of America, by deed or act of cession, by purchase or otherwise, which are within the exterior boundaries of the state of Washington, and to all projects, buildings, constructions, improvements, and property belonging to the United States of America, which are within the exterior boundaries of the state, in the same way and to the same extent as if said premises were under the exclusive jurisdiction of the state, and as fully as is permitted under the provisions of that act of the congress of the United States approved June 25, 1936, granting to the several states jurisdiction and authority to apply their state workers' compensation laws on all property and premises belonging to the United States of America, being 49 United States Statutes at large 1938, title 40, section 290 United States code, 1958 edition: PROVIDED, That this title shall not apply to employees of the United States of America.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 19; 1961 c 23 § 51.12.060. Prior: 1937 c 147 § 1; RRS § 7676-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.12 - Employments and Occupations Covered. › 51.12.080 - Railway employees.

RCW 51.12.080
Railway employees.
Inasmuch as it has proved impossible in the case of employees of common carriers by railroad, engaged in maintenance and operation of railways doing interstate, foreign, and intrastate commerce, and in maintenance and construction of their equipment, to separate and distinguish the connection of such employees with interstate or foreign commerce from their connection with intrastate commerce, and such employees have, in fact, received no compensation under this title, the provisions of this title shall not apply to work performed by such employees in the maintenance and operation of such railroads or performed in the maintenance or construction of their equipment, or to the employees of such common carriers by railroad engaged therein, but nothing herein shall be construed as excluding from the operation of this title railroad construction work, or the employees engaged thereon: PROVIDED, That common carriers by railroad engaged in such interstate or foreign commerce and in intrastate commerce shall, in all cases where liability does not exist under the laws of the United States, be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while employed by such carrier, or in case of the death of such employee, to the surviving spouse and child, or children, and if no surviving spouse or child or children, then to the parents, minor sisters, or minor brothers, residents of the United States at the time of such death, and who were dependent upon such deceased for support, to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as the liability now existing, or hereafter created, by the laws of the United States governing recoveries by railroad employees injured while engaged in interstate commerce: PROVIDED FURTHER, That if any interstate common carrier by railroad shall also be engaged in one or more intrastate enterprises or industries (including street railways and power plants) other than its railroad, the foregoing provisions of this section shall not exclude from the operation of the other sections of this title or bring under the foregoing proviso of this section any work of such other enterprise or industry, the payroll of which may be clearly separable and distinguishable from the payroll of the maintenance or operation of such railroad, or of the maintenance or construction of its equipment: PROVIDED FURTHER, That nothing in this section shall be construed as relieving an independent contractor engaged through or by his or her employees in performing work for a common carrier by railroad, from the duty of complying with the terms of this title, nor as depriving any employee of such independent contractor of the benefits of this title.
[ 2010 c 8 § 14002; 1973 1st ex.s. c 154 § 92; 1972 ex.s. c 43 § 9; 1961 c 23 § 51.12.080. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 84 § 1; 1919 c 67 § 1; 1917 c 29 § 19; 1911 c 74 § 18; RRS § 7693.]
NOTES:
Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 154: See note following RCW 2.12.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.12 - Employments and Occupations Covered. › 51.12.090 - Intrastate and interstate commerce.

RCW 51.12.090
Intrastate and interstate commerce.
The provisions of this title shall apply to employers and workers (other than railways and their workers) engaged in intrastate and also in interstate or foreign commerce, for whom a rule of liability or method of compensation now exists under or may hereafter be established by the congress of the United States, only to the extent that the payroll of such workers may and shall be clearly separable and distinguishable from the payroll of workers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce: PROVIDED, That as to workers whose payroll is not so clearly separable and distinguishable the employer shall in all cases be liable in damages for injuries to the same extent and under the same circumstances as is specified in the case of railroads in the first proviso of RCW 51.12.080: PROVIDED FURTHER, That nothing in this title shall be construed to exclude goods or materials and/or workers brought into this state for the purpose of engaging in work.
[ 1983 c 170 § 1; 1982 c 63 § 16; 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 20; 1972 ex.s. c 43 § 10; 1961 c 23 § 51.12.090. Prior: 1959 c 308 § 10; 1919 c 67 § 3; RRS § 7695.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—Implementation—1982 c 63: See note following RCW 51.32.095.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 51 - Industrial Insurance › Chapter 51.12 - Employments and Occupations Covered. › 51.12.095 - Common carrier employees—Owners and operators of trucks.

RCW 51.12.095
Common carrier employees—Owners and operators of trucks.
(1) Common or contract carriers doing business in this state that are engaged exclusively in interstate or foreign commerce, or any combination thereof, shall provide coverage under this title for their Washington employees, unless the employer has furnished workers' compensation insurance coverage under the laws of another state for the coverage of employees in this state: PROVIDED, That any common or contract carrier or its successor that formerly had coverage under this title and by virtue of being exclusively engaged in interstate or foreign commerce, or any combination thereof, withdrew its acceptance of liability under this title by filing written notice with the director of the withdrawal of its acceptance prior to January 2, 1987, shall be governed by the provisions of this section that were in effect as of that date.
(2) A person who is domiciled in this state and who owns and operates a truck engaged in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce, or any combination thereof, may elect coverage under this title in the manner provided by RCW 51.32.030, whether or not the truck is leased to a common or contract carrier.
[ 1989 c 368 § 1; 1983 c 170 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1989 c 368: "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 shall take effect July 1, 1989." [ 1989 c 368 § 2.]