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Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › TUBERCULOSIS › Chapter 246-170 - Tuberculosis - Prevention, treatment, and control › Section 246-170-051 - Procedures for involuntary testing, treatment, and detention

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(1) A local health
				officer shall make reasonable efforts to obtain voluntary compliance with
				requests for examination, testing, and treatment prior to initiating the
				procedures for involuntary detention.
(2) If the local health officer has reason to
				believe that:
(a) A person is a suspected
				case, and that the person has failed to comply with a documented request from a
				health care practitioner or the local health officer to submit to examination
				and testing;
(b) A person with
				confirmed tuberculosis is failing to comply with an individual treatment plan
				approved by the local health officer;
(c) A person who is either a suspected or
				confirmed case and is failing to comply with infection control directives
				issued by the local health officer; or
(d) A person is a suspected or confirmed case
				of tuberculosis based upon generally accepted standards of medical and public
				health science. A local health officer shall investigate and evaluate the
				factual basis supporting his or her "reason to believe";
then the health officer may detain the person, cause the
				  person to be detained by written order, or petition the superior court
ex parte
for an order to take the person into emergency
				  detention for testing or treatment, or both. The period of detention shall not
				  exceed seventy-two hours, excluding weekends and holidays.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › TUBERCULOSIS › Chapter 246-170 - Tuberculosis - Prevention, treatment, and control › Section 246-170-061 - Initiation of testing or treatment

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If a person has been detained under WAC
				  246-170-051 or
				  246-170-055, the health officer
				  may begin testing or treatment, with informed consent, or pursuant to a court
				  order as appropriate, pending the hearing required under WAC
				  246-170-055.
Statutory Authority: ESB 6158 and
					 chapter
					 70.28 RCW. 95-04-035,
					 § 246-170-061, filed 1/24/95, effective
					 1/24/95.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › TUBERCULOSIS › Chapter 246-170 - Tuberculosis - Prevention, treatment, and control › Section 246-170-065 - Persons already detained, confined, or committed

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(1) The provisions of WAC
				246-170-051 through
				246-170-061 do not apply to
				persons who have been lawfully detained, confined, or committed to the custody
				of a penal institution, a mental health facility, or another public or private
				institution. The person in charge of such facility or his or her designee shall
				report to the local health officer the names of persons in custody who are
				either a suspected or confirmed case. The report shall include information
				indicating the date upon which the person is to be released from the facility,
				if known, and if no specific release date has been determined, the earliest
				date upon which release is likely to occur. A person in custody may be ordered
				to undergo examination and testing or treatment, as appropriate, by the person
				in charge of the facility or designee, subject to such constitutional or other
				requirements as may be applicable.
(2) The person in charge of a custodial
				facility shall notify the local health officer and the department of the
				release of a person who is at the time of release reasonably believed to be
				either a suspected or confirmed case. The notice shall be given to the local
				health officer where the facility is located and to the local health officer
				having jurisdiction over the place to which the person is being released, if
				known. The notice shall be given as early as is practical, but in no event
				later than the time of the actual release.
Statutory Authority: ESB 6158 and
					 chapter
					 70.28 RCW. 95-04-035,
					 § 246-170-065, filed 1/24/95, effective
					 1/24/95.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-203 - General sanitation › Section 246-203-010 - Definition - Public or common nuisance

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For the purpose of these regulations, a public or common
				  nuisance shall be considered as that which is set up, maintained or continued
				  so as to be injurious to the health, or an obstruction to the use of property
				  by interfering with the repose, health, safety or life of any considerable
				  number of persons.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.20.050. 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified
					 as § 246-203-010, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Regulation .50.010,
					 effective 3/11/60.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-203 - General sanitation › Section 246-203-020 - Spitting

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Spitting upon the floors or walls of a public building or
				  buildings used for public assemblage, of a building used for manufacturing or
				  industrial purposes, or upon the floors or platforms or any part of any
				  railroad or trolley car or ferry boat, or any other public conveyance, is
				  prohibited.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.20.050. 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified
					 as § 246-203-020, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Regulation .50.020,
					 effective 3/11/60.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-203 - General sanitation › Section 246-203-030 - Common towel

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No person, firm, corporation or authorities owning, in charge
				  of, or in control of any lavatory or wash room in any hotel, theatre, lodging
				  house, restaurant, factory, school, church, store, office building, railway or
				  trolley station, or public conveyance by land, water or air, or other
				  institution or conveyance frequented by the public, or which may be used for
				  the purpose of public assembly or as a place of employment, shall provide in or
				  about such lavatory or washroom any towel for common use.
The term "common use" in this section shall be construed to
				  mean, the use of all or any portion of a towel by more than one person without
				  adequate cleansing.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.20.050. 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified
					 as § 246-203-030, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Regulation .50.030,
					 effective 3/11/60.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-203 - General sanitation › Section 246-203-060 - Water sold to the public for drinking purposes in bottles or other containers

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(1)
Quality.
No water shall be sold, offered for sale or rendered
				available for drinking purposes in bottles or other containers unless such
				water is of a sanitary quality approved by the secretary of the department of
				health.
(2)
Inspection.
All plants for the preparation of water for sale in bottles or other
				containers for drinking purposes and the sources of the water supply shall be
				inspected as frequently as necessary by a representative of the department of
				health, and samples of water collected for sanitary analyses at the department
				of health laboratories.
(3)
Sterilizing containers.
Bottles or other containers in which water
				is sold for drinking purposes shall be sterilized before refilling. The method
				of sterilization shall be approved by the secretary of the department of
				health.
(4)
Water
				purification.
Processes of purification of waters that are to be sold
				for drinking purposes shall be approved by the secretary of the department of
				health before the water can be sold or offered for sale.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.20.050. 92-02-019 (Order 225B), §
					 246-203-060, filed 12/23/91, effective 1/23/92; 91-02-051 (Order 124B),
					 recodified as § 246-203-060, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Regulation
					 .50.060, effective 3/11/60.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-203 - General sanitation › Section 246-203-070 - Ice sold for public use

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(1)
Quality.
No ice shall be sold, offered for sale or rendered
				available for use to the public unless such ice is of a sanitary quality
				approved by the secretary of the department of health.
(2)
Information.
Any company,
				corporation, city or individual selling artificial ice for public consumption
				shall submit to the department of health complete information concerning the
				source of water supply used for the manufacture of the ice and a detailed
				description of the manufacturing processes involved.
Any company, corporation, city or individual harvesting
				  natural ice shall file full information with the department of health with
				  regard to the source of the ice and method of storage.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.20.050. 92-02-019 (Order 225B), §
					 246-203-070, filed 12/23/91, effective 1/23/92; 91-02-051 (Order 124B),
					 recodified as § 246-203-070, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Regulation
					 .50.070, effective 3/11/60.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-203 - General sanitation › Section 246-203-100 - Disposal of human excreta

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(1)
Waters of the state defined.
For the purpose of this regulation,
				the term "waters of the state" wherever used, shall include all streams and
				springs, and all bodies of surface and of groundwater, whether natural or
				artificial, within the boundaries of the state.
(2)
Privies shall be fly-proof.
No privy, cesspool, septic tank, or other receptacle for human excrement
				shall be constructed, maintained or used so that flies have or may have access
				to the excrementitious matter contained therein.
(3)
Privies shall not drain in any
				waters of the state.
No privy, urinal, cesspool, septic tank or other
				receptacle for human excrement shall be constructed, maintained or used which
				directly or indirectly drains or discharges over or upon the surface of the
				ground, or into any waters of the state either directly or indirectly; unless
				the contents of such urinal, cesspool, septic tank or receptacle for human
				excrement are subjected to some recognized sterilization treatment approved by
				the department of health.
(4)
Privies shall be kept clean.
All privies, urinals, cesspools,
				septic tanks or other receptacles for human excrement shall be cleansed at
				sufficiently frequent intervals to prevent the contents from
				overflowing.
(5)
Treating
				excreta on watersheds of public water supplies.
All schools, hamlets,
				villages, towns or industrial settlements which are now located or may be
				hereafter located on the watershed of any public water supply, not provided
				with a sewerage system, shall provide and maintain a reasonable system approved
				by the state director of health for collecting and disposing of all
				accumulations of human excrement within their respective jurisdiction or
				control.
(6)
Connection with
				sewer.
No privy, cesspool, septic tank or similar receptacle for human
				excrement shall be constructed, maintained or used on premises where a sewer is
				at all accessible which is part of a sewerage system from which sewage is
				lawfully discharged into the waters of the state.
(7)
Use of human excreta for fertilizer
				prohibited.
The contents of privies, cesspools, septic tanks or other
				receptacles for human excrement shall not be placed upon the surface of the
				ground or be used for fertilizing purposes for crops or gardens.
(8)
No privy near foodstuffs.
No
				privy, urinal, toilet or other receptacle for human excrement shall be
				constructed, maintained or used in any room, or have direct connection with any
				room wherein any kind of exposed foods or foodstuffs are prepared, stored or
				handled.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.20.050. 92-02-019 (Order 225B), §
					 246-203-100, filed 12/23/91, effective 1/23/92; 91-02-051 (Order 124B),
					 recodified as § 246-203-100, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Regulation
					 .50.100, effective 3/11/60.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-203 - General sanitation › Section 246-203-121 - Disposal of dead animals

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(1)
Definitions.
For the purpose of this regulation the following
				definitions apply:
(a) "Burial" means
				completely covering with soil in a manner and location not requiring a permit
				for a landfill under chapter 70A.205 RCW.
(b) "Composting" means a process of
				controlled aerobic decomposition in compliance with chapter 70A.205
				RCW.
(c) "Dead animal" means the
				carcass or tissue from an animal, large or small, except part of an animal used
				for food or other beneficial purpose in accordance with federal, state, and
				local laws and regulations. "Dead animal" does not mean a fish or other
				primarily aquatic animal.
(d)
				"Incineration" means controlled and monitored combustion for the purposes of
				volume reduction and pathogen destruction in an enclosed device approved by the
				department of ecology or the local air pollution control authority under
				chapters 70A.15 and 70A.205 RCW.
(e) "Landfilling" means a process of disposal
				at a permitted facility where solid waste is permanently placed in or on land
				in compliance with rules adopted by the department of ecology under chapter
				70A.205 RCW.
(f) "Livestock" means
				horses, mules, donkeys, cattle, bison, sheep, goats, swine, rabbits, llamas,
				alpacas, ratites, poultry, waterfowl, game birds, or other species according to
				RCW
				   16.36.005.
(g) "Natural decomposition" means natural
				decay on the surface of the ground without cover material.
(h) "Rendering" means heat processing
				according to requirements under chapter 16.68 RCW, Disposal of dead
				animals.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-203 - General sanitation › Section 246-203-130 - Domestic animal waste

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(1) A
				person may not keep or shelter animals in such a manner that the domestic
				animal waste creates a nuisance or health hazard. The purpose of this section
				is to establish standards for the prevention, control, and abatement of health
				hazards and nuisance detrimental to human health related to the disposal of
				domestic animal waste, including handling and storage of domestic animal waste,
				as described in subsection (3) of this section.
(2) The following definitions apply
				throughout this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(a) "Containment area" means an area where
				domestic animals are held, housed, or kept for a period of time and includes,
				but is not limited to, stables, corrals, confinement areas, kennels, pens, and
				yards.
(b) "Domestic animal" means
				an animal domesticated to live and breed in a tame condition under the care of
				humans. Domestic animal includes livestock and nonlivestock such as dogs and
				cats.
(c) "Domestic animal waste"
				means excreta from a domestic animal and includes associated wash water, feed,
				and bedding soiled with the excreta.
(d) "Health hazard" includes any organism,
				chemical, condition, or circumstance that poses a direct and immediate risk to
				human health.
(e) "Livestock" means
				domestic animals raised for use or for profit, especially on a farm, and
				includes horses, mules, donkeys, cattle, bison, sheep, goats, swine, rabbits,
				llamas, alpacas, ratites, poultry, waterfowl, and game birds.
(f) "Local health officer" means the legally
				qualified physician appointed as a health officer pursuant to chapter 70.05,
				70.08, or 70.46 RCW, or an authorized representative.
(g) "Nuisance" includes an act or omission
				that harms, endangers, or interferes with the health or safety of another
				person.
(h) "Person" means any
				individual, corporation, company, association, society, firm, partnership,
				joint stock company, or any governmental agency, or the authorized agents of
				these entities.
(i) "Sanitary"
				means of or relating to conditions that affect hygiene and health, especially
				relating to cleanliness and other precautions against disease.
(j) "Stockpiling" means the temporary piling
				of domestic animal waste from livestock prior to use or disposal. Stockpiling
				does not include active composting or lagoon storage of domestic animal waste
				from livestock.
(k) "Surface water"
				means a body of water open to the atmosphere and subject to surface runoff
				including, but not limited to, lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, and marine
				waters.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-203 - General sanitation › Section 246-203-160 - Sanitation of public buildings

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(1)
Definition.
A public
				building shall be construed to mean any theater, show-house, public hall,
				public meeting place, public transportation terminal, or any other public
				building not covered by specific regulations: Provided, That a public building
				shall not be construed to include any store, market, supermarket, or other
				commercial establishment open to the general public for commercial purposes
				which does not cater to an audience.
(2)
Lighting and ventilation.
All public buildings shall be properly lighted and ventilated according
				to the type of said building and the uses to which it is put.
(3)
Water supply.
(a) Any public place supplied with water
				under pressure shall be equipped with sanitary drinking fountains of an
				approved type.
(b) Where water
				supplied for drinking is not obtained from a public water supply, such water
				shall be of a quality approved by the secretary of the department of health.
				When not under pressure, drinking water shall be stored in a covered container
				of an approved type.
(c) The use of
				the common drinking cup is prohibited.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-203 - General sanitation › Section 246-203-180 - Piggeries

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(1) No pigsty or
				piggery shall be built or maintained on marshy ground or land subject to
				overflow, nor within 200 feet of any stream or other source of water
				supply.
(2) When garbage is fed to
				pigs all unconsumed garbage shall be removed daily and disposed of by burial or
				incineration.
(3) No organic
				material furnishing food for flies shall be allowed to accumulate on the
				premises.
(4) All garbage shall be
				handled and fed upon platforms of concrete or other impervious
				material.
(5) Unslaked lime,
				hypochlorite of lime, borax or mineral oil shall be used daily in sufficient
				quantities to prevent offensive odors and the breeding to flies.
(6) All garbage, offal and flesh fed to swine
				must be sterilized by cooking before feeding.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.20.050. 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified
					 as § 246-203-180, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Order 44, §
					 248-50-180, filed 12/11/70; Regulation .50.180, effective
					 3/11/60.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-203 - General sanitation › Section 246-203-200 - Disease producing organisms for rodent extermination forbidden

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The use of any disease-producing organisms such as the
				  so-called "rat viruses" or any bacteria for the purpose of rodent extermination
				  is prohibited.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.20.050. 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified
					 as § 246-203-200, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Regulation .50.200,
					 effective 3/11/60.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-203 - General sanitation › Section 246-203-210 - Common drinking cups

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No person, firm, corporation or authorities owning, in charge
				  of, or in control of any hotel, theatre, restaurant, lodging house, factory,
				  school, church, store, office building, railway, trolley or other public
				  conveyance station, or public conveyance by land, water or air, or other
				  institution or conveyance frequented by the public or which may be used for the
				  purpose of public assembly or as a place of employment, is permitted to furnish
				  any cup, vessel or other receptacle for common use in any such place for
				  drinking or eating purposes.
The term "common use" in this section shall be construed to
				  mean, for use by more than one person without adequate
				  cleansing.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.20.050. 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified
					 as § 246-203-210, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Regulation .50.210,
					 effective 3/11/60.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › Section 246-205-001 - Purpose and authority

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(1)
				This chapter is adopted to protect the public's health, safety, and welfare by
				establishing standards, procedures, and responsibilities for:
(a) The certification of contractors and
				their employees authorized to perform decontamination of illegal drug
				manufacturing or storage sites; and
(b) Regulating the occupancy and use of
				property where hazardous chemicals or chemical residues commonly associated
				with the manufacture of illegal drugs are or may be present.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › DECONTAMINATION CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION › Section 246-205-021 - Training provider certification

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(1) Persons wanting to become an illegal drug
				  lab decontamination training provider must obtain department approval of
				  instructors and courses. The types of drug lab decontamination courses that may
				  be approved by the department are:
(a) Basic
				  worker;
(b) Basic supervisor;
				  and
(c) Refresher worker and
				  supervisor.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › DECONTAMINATION CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION › Section 246-205-031 - Basic training course content

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Department approved basic worker and supervisor training
					 courses shall provide at a minimum:
(1) Information on state and federal laws,
				  rules, and regulations applicable to illegal drug manufacturing or storage
				  sites including, but not limited to, Contaminated properties, chapter 64.44
				  RCW; Precursor drugs, chapter 69.43 RCW; Uniform Controlled Substances Act,
				  chapter
				  69.50 RCW; Washington
				  Industrial Safety and Health Act, chapter 49.17 RCW; the Federal Occupational
				  Health and Safety Act,  29 U.S.C. 651  et seq.; and this chapter.
(2) Chemical terminology, classifications,
				  and properties related to illegal drug manufacturing.
(3) Illegal drug laboratory
				  characteristics.
(4) First
				  aid.
(5) Adverse health effects of
				  exposure related to illegal drug manufacturing including, but not limited to:
(a) Toxicology; and
(b) Symptomology.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › DECONTAMINATION CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION › Section 246-205-041 - Refresher training course

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(1) A
				  refresher training course is required every two years for workers and
				  supervisors.
(2) Department
				  approved refresher worker and supervisor training courses shall provide at a
				  minimum:
(a) A thorough review of the
				  subjects required under WAC
				  246-205-031;
(b) An update of information on
				  state-of-the-art procedures and equipment;
(c) A review of regulatory changes and
				  interpretation; and
(d) Other
				  subjects if required by the department to update information on new technology
				  and procedures.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › DECONTAMINATION CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION › Section 246-205-051 - Certified training provider responsibilities

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(1) Prior to any training, the training
				  provider shall:
(a) Notify the department in
				  writing thirty or more days before training is scheduled to begin. The
				  notification shall include the date, time, and address of the location where
				  training will be conducted;
(b)
				  Ensure that the size of the class is appropriate for learning the course
				  content;
(c) Incorporate into
				  training any required subject matter developed by the department;
(d) Obtain department approval in advance of
				  any changes to the training; and
(e) Maintain the course content and quality
				  as approved by the department.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › DECONTAMINATION CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION › Section 246-205-061 - Training provider certification renewal

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(1) Training provider certificate renewal is
				  valid for two years from the date of issuance. All training provider
				  certificates issued after December 1, 2009, will expire on the same day:
				  November 30, 2011, and on November 30th in every odd-numbered year thereafter.
				  Certification fees will be prorated by the month for applications submitted
				  during the two-year period.
(2)
				  Training providers seeking renewal certification shall submit the following to
				  the department thirty or more days before expiration of the current
				  certificate:
(a) A completed training
				  provider application as described in WAC
				  246-205-021(5);
				  and
(b) A fee as prescribed in WAC
				  246-205-990.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › DECONTAMINATION CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION › Section 246-205-071 - Worker and supervisor certification

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(1) Applicants seeking certification as a
				  decontamination worker shall ensure the department receives the following
				  within ninety days of completing the basic worker course:
(a) A completed decontamination worker
				  application;
(b) A fee as
				  prescribed in WAC
				  246-205-990;
(c) Evidence of satisfying the requirements
				  of WAC 296-62-30410;
(d) Evidence
				  of successful completion of a department sponsored or approved basic
				  decontamination worker course; and
(e) Evidence of passing the basic
				  decontamination worker examination administered by the department with a score
				  of seventy percent or higher.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › DECONTAMINATION CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION › Section 246-205-081 - Worker and supervisor certification renewal

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(1) Worker and supervisor certificate renewal
				  is valid for two years from the date of issuance. All worker and supervisor
				  certificates issued after December 1, 2009, will expire on the same day:
				  November 30, 2011, and on November 30th in every odd-numbered year thereafter.
				  Certification fees will be prorated by the month for applications submitted
				  during the two-year period.
(2)
				  Certified workers and supervisors seeking certificate renewal shall submit to
				  the department thirty or more days before expiration of the current
				  certificate:
(a) A completed application form
				  for certificate renewal;
(b) A fee
				  prescribed in WAC
				  246-205-990; and
(c) Evidence of successful completion of a
				  department sponsored or approved refresher training course.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › DECONTAMINATION CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION › Section 246-205-091 - Contractor certification

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(1) A
				  contractor may advertise, offer to undertake, or perform decontamination,
				  demolition, or disposal work at an illegal drug manufacturing or storage site
				  only after securing a certificate from the department.
(2) Applicants for department certification
				  as an authorized contractor, shall submit to the department:
(a) Evidence of being licensed, bonded, and
				  insured as a general contractor under the provisions of
				  chapter
				  18.27 RCW;
(b) Evidence of department certification for
				  each employee who will do work on an illegal drug manufacturing or storage
				  site;
(c) Documentation that the
				  contractor has at least one department certified supervisor and one department
				  certified worker;
(d) A completed
				  decontamination contractor application form; and
(e) A fee as prescribed in WAC
				  246-205-990.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › DECONTAMINATION CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION › Section 246-205-101 - Reciprocity

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(1) The department
				  may provide reciprocal certification for contractors, supervisors, and workers
				  trained and certified in another state if standards and training are
				  substantially equivalent to those of this chapter.
(2) Applicants for reciprocity shall submit
				  to the department:
(a) A completed
				  application form for the type of certification being requested;
(b) Documentation of specialized training for
				  illegal drug manufacturing or storage site decontamination;
(c) Evidence of successful completion of
				  training required by the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act,  29 U.S.C. 651  et seq.; Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act regulations, chapter
				  49.17 RCW; and
(d) A fee as
				  prescribed in WAC
				  246-205-990.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › DECONTAMINATION CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION › Section 246-205-111 - Performance standards

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Authorized contractors, including workers and supervisors,
					 working at a decontamination site shall, at a minimum:
(1) Perform all decontamination work only
				  with department certified workers and supervisors;
(2) File a work plan with and obtain approval
				  from the local health department;
(3) Perform work in accordance with the
				  approved work plan;
(4) Station on
				  site a contractor-employed certified supervisor to oversee the activities
				  performed;
(5) Perform work meeting
				  applicable requirements of state and local building codes;
(6) Comply with applicable Federal
				  Occupational Safety and Health Act, Public Law 91-596, 84 stat. 1590; and
				  Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act regulations and requirements,
				  chapter 49.17 RCW;
(7) Comply with
				  applicable requirements of chapter 70A.300 RCW, Hazardous waste management; and
				  chapter 173-303 WAC, Dangerous waste regulations;
(8) Comply with applicable requirements of
				  department of ecology and Environmental Protection Agency
				  regulations;
(9) Comply with
				  applicable contractor regulations;
(10) Notify the state and local
				  jurisdictional health department of all work performed within 10 days after
				  completion of the project;
(11)
				  Comply with all other applicable laws and regulations; and
(12) Comply with this chapter.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   64.44.070. 03-02-022, § 246-205-111,
						filed 12/23/02, effective 1/23/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › DECONTAMINATION CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION › Section 246-205-121 - Denial, suspension, revocation of certification, and civil penalties

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(1) An initial,
				  renewal, or reciprocal illegal drug manufacturing or storage site
				  decontamination worker, supervisor, or contractor certificate will be denied
				  when an applicant fails to meet the requirements of WAC
				  246-205-071,
				  246-205-081,
				  246-205-091 or
				  246-205-101.
(2) Disciplinary action against a
				  decontamination worker, supervisor, or contractor may be taken for failing to
				  comply with the requirements of chapter 64.44 RCW, or any rule adopted under
				  chapter 64.44 RCW. Disciplinary action may be taken on any of the following
				  grounds:
(a) Failing to perform
				  decontamination, demolition, or disposal work under the supervision of trained
				  personnel;
(b) Failing to file a
				  work plan;
(c) Failing to perform
				  work pursuant to the work plan;
(d)
				  Failing to perform work that meets the requirements of the
				  department;
(e) Obtaining a
				  certificate by error, fraud, or misrepresentation; or
(f) If the person has been certified pursuant
				  to RCW
				     74.20A.320 by the department of social and
				  health services as a person who is not in compliance with a support order or a
				  residential or visitation order. If the person has continued to meet all other
				  requirements for reinstatement during the suspension, reissuance of the license
				  or certificate shall be automatic upon the department's receipt of a release
				  issued by the department of social and health services stating that the person
				  is in compliance with the order.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › DECONTAMINATION CONTRACTOR CERTIFICATION › Section 246-205-131 - Certified contractor list

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(1)
				  The department shall maintain a list of authorized illegal drug manufacturing
				  or storage site decontamination contractors.
(2) The department's authorized contractor
				  list shall be made available to local health officials and other appropriate
				  agencies semiannually, and to the public upon request.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						64.44.070. 03-02-022, § 246-205-131,
						filed 12/23/02, effective 1/23/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 246-205-510 - Local health officer responsibilities

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As required by chapter 64.44 RCW, the local health
					 officer's responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Posting property;
(2) Inspecting property;
(3) Determining contamination;
(4) Reporting contaminated
				  property;
(5) Notification of
				  contaminated property;
(6)
				  Determining whether a contractor is required for decontamination;
(7) Verifying decontamination; and
(8) Recording decontamination.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						64.44.070. 03-02-022, § 246-205-510,
						filed 12/23/02, effective 1/23/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 246-205-520 - Posting property

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(1) Within one
				  working day of notification from a law enforcement agency of potential
				  contamination, the local health officer shall post a written warning on the
				  premises. The warning shall inform potential occupants that hazardous chemicals
				  may exist on, or have been removed from the property and that entry is
				  unsafe.
(2) Within fourteen days of
				  notification, the local health officer shall inspect the property.
(3) If the property is contaminated, the
				  local health officer shall post a written notice on the premises declaring that
				  the officer intends to issue an order prohibiting use of the property as long
				  as the property is contaminated.
(4) Within ten working days of determining
				  the property is contaminated, the local health officer shall cause to be served
				  an order prohibiting use as required under WAC
				  246-205-560.
(5) Within one working day of issuance of the
				  order, the local health officer shall post the order in a conspicuous place on
				  the property.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						64.44.070. 03-02-022, § 246-205-520,
						filed 12/23/02, effective 1/23/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 64.40.070
						[64.44.070] and chapter 64.44 RCW. 92-10-027 (Order 268B), § 246-205-520,
						filed 4/29/92, effective 5/30/92.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 246-205-530 - Inspecting property

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Within fourteen days after a law enforcement agency or
					 property owner notifies the local health officer of potential property
					 contamination, the local health officer shall inspect the property.
(1) To enable the local health officer to
				  determine contamination, the property inspection shall include, but not be
				  limited to, an acquisition of data such as evidence of:
(a) Hazardous chemical use or storage on
				  site;
(b) Chemical
				  stains;
(c) Release or spillage of
				  hazardous chemicals on the property; or
(d) Glassware or other paraphernalia
				  associated with the manufacture of illegal drugs on site.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 246-205-531 - Sampling procedures

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(1)
				  The analytical results obtained through sampling may be used as a method to
				  determine contamination. Types of sample collection include, but are not
				  limited to:
(a) Nonporous surface;
(b) Porous surface;
(c) Air;
(d) Drinking water;
(e) Groundwater;
(f) Surface water;
(g) Soil; and
(h) Septic system.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 246-205-540 - Determining contamination

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(1)
				  The local health officer shall make a determination of contamination when the
				  inspection reveals the property is contaminated.
(2) If designated contaminated, the local
				  health officer shall post and cause to be served an order prohibiting use of
				  all or portions of the property as required under WAC
				  246-205-520 and
				  246-205-560.
(3) If the local health officer determines
				  the property is not contaminated, the local health officer shall document the
				  findings. The local health officer's documentation shall include:
(a) Findings;
(b) Conclusions;
(c) Name of the property owner;
(d) Mailing and street address of the
				  property owner;
(e) Parcel
				  identification number and legal description of the property; and
(f) Clear directions for locating the
				  property.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 246-205-541 - Decontamination standards

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The decontamination standards include:
(1) Methamphetamine of less than or equal to
				  1.5 micro grams per 100 square centimeters;
(2) Total lead of less than or equal to 20
				  micro grams per square foot;
(3)
				  Mercury of less than or equal to 50 nano grams per cubic meter in air;
				  and
(4) Volatile organic compounds
				  (VOCs) of 1 part per million total hydrocarbons and VOCs in air.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   64.44.070. 03-02-022, § 246-205-541,
						filed 12/23/02, effective 1/23/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 246-205-550 - Reporting contaminated property

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(1) When property is determined contaminated,
				  the local health officer shall report the contaminated property to the state
				  department of health:
(a) By telephone or
				  e-mail within one working day; and
(b) In writing within ten working
				  days.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 246-205-560 - Notification of contaminated property

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(1) Within ten working days after the local
				  health officer's determination that a property is contaminated, the local
				  health officer shall cause to be served, either personally or by certified
				  mail, return receipt requested, an order prohibiting use to all known:
(a) Occupants; and
(b) Persons having an interest in the
				  property as shown upon the records of the auditor's office of the county in
				  which the property is located.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 246-205-570 - Decontamination

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(1) An owner of
				  contaminated property who desires to reduce the contamination shall use the
				  services of an authorized contractor unless otherwise authorized by the local
				  health officer.
(2) The local
				  health officer shall provide the property owner with a list of authorized
				  contractors upon request.
(3) When
				  an authorized contractor is required for decontamination, the property owner
				  shall have a written work plan approved by the local health officer before
				  starting decontamination.
(4) When
				  an authorized contractor is required for decontamination, the contractor shall
				  prepare the work plan in accordance with this chapter and chapter 64.44 RCW.
				  When the local health officer determines the services of an authorized
				  contractor are not necessary, the local health officer shall take appropriate
				  measures to ensure the property is decontaminated consistent with the purposes
				  of chapter 64.44 RCW.
(5) The
				  property owner or the contractor shall decontaminate the property according to
				  the approved work plan and to meet the decontamination standards described in
				  WAC 246-205-541.
(6) The property owner shall be responsible
				  for:
(a) The costs of any property testing
				  which may be required to demonstrate the presence or absence of hazardous
				  chemicals;
(b) The costs of the
				  property's decontamination and disposal expenses, as well as costs incurred by
				  the local health officer resulting from the enforcement of this
				  chapter;
(c) Keeping records
				  documenting decontamination procedures and submitting notarized copies of all
				  records to the local health officer; and
(d) Petitioning the local health officer to
				  review the decontamination records and to declare the property
				  decontaminated.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 246-205-580 - Verifying decontamination

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Within ten working days of a request for review of
					 decontamination records, the local health officer:
(1) Shall review the documentation to verify
				  decontamination was performed according to the approved work plan and the
				  applicable decontamination standards in WAC
				  246-205-541 are met;
(2) May visit the property site to assess the
				  thoroughness of the decontamination;
(3) May require the property owner to provide
				  more extensive testing and assessment of the property site by an independent
				  laboratory or firm qualified to perform such testing and assessment.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						64.44.070. 03-02-022, § 246-205-580,
						filed 12/23/02, effective 1/23/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 64.40.070
						[64.44.070] and chapter 64.44 RCW. 92-10-027 (Order 268B), § 246-205-580,
						filed 4/29/92, effective 5/30/92.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Chapter 246-205 - Decontamination of illegal drug manufacturing or storage sites › LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 246-205-590 - Recording decontamination

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If, after review of the information in WAC
					 246-205-580, the local health
					 officer determines the property has been decontaminated, the local health
					 officer shall within ten working days:
(1) Record a release for reuse document in
				  the real property records of the county auditor where the property is located
				  indicating that to the best of his or her knowledge, the property was
				  decontaminated in accordance with this chapter.
(2) Send a copy of the release to the
				  property owner.
(3) Send a copy of
				  the release to the state department of health.
(4) Send a copy of the release to the local
				  building or code enforcement department.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						64.44.070. 03-02-022, § 246-205-590,
						filed 12/23/02, effective 1/23/03.