Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-150C - Commercial coaches › Section 296-150C-0020 - What definitions apply to this chapter?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Alteration"
is the replacement, addition,
				modification, or removal of any equipment or installation that affects the
				construction, fire and life safety, or the plumbing, mechanical, and electrical
				systems of a commercial coach.
The following are not considered alterations:
Repairs with approved parts;
Modification of a fuel-burning appliance according to
							 the listing agency's specifications; or
Adjustment and maintenance of equipment.
"Approved"
is approved by the department of labor
				and industries.
"Building site"
is a tract, parcel, or subdivision
				of land on which a commercial coach will be installed.
"Consumer"
is a person or organization, excluding
				a manufacturer or dealer of commercial coaches, who buys or leases a commercial
				coach.
"Commercial coach"
is a structure (referred to as
				a unit) that:
Can be transported in one or more sections;
Is used for temporary commercial purposes;
Is built on a permanent chassis;
Conforms to the construction standards of this
							 chapter;
May include plumbing, mechanical, electrical and
							 other systems.
Note:
A commercial coach may not be used as a single-family
							 dwelling or hazardous storage building. A commercial coach does not have to be
							 placed on a permanent foundation.
"Damaged in transit"
means damage that affects the
				integrity of a structural design or any of the systems.
"Dealer"
is a person, company, or corporation
				whose business is leasing, selling, offering for lease or sale, buying, or
				trading commercial coaches.
"Department"
is the department of labor and
				industries. The department may be referred to as "we" or "us" in this chapter.
				Note: You may contact us at: Department of Labor and Industries, Specialty
				Compliance, PO Box 44440, Olympia, WA 98504-4440.
"Design plan"
is a plan for the construction or
				alteration of a commercial coach or conversion of a vehicle to a commercial
				coach including floor plans, elevation drawings, specifications, engineering
				data, or test results necessary for a complete evaluation of the design.
"Design option"
is a design that a manufacturer
				may use as an option to its commercial coach design plan.
"Educational facility"
is a building or portion of
				a building used primarily for educational purposes by six or more persons at
				one time for twelve hours per week or four hours in any one day. Educational
				occupancy includes: Schools (preschool through grade twelve), colleges,
				academies, universities, and trade schools.
"Equipment"
is all material, appliances, devices,
				fixtures, fittings, or accessories used in the manufacture, assembly,
				conversion to, or alteration of a commercial coach.
"Factory assembled structure (FAS) advisory board"
is a board authorized to advise the director of the department regarding the
				issues and adoption of rules relating to commercial coaches. (See
				RCW
				43.22.420.)
"Health or personal care facilities"
are buildings
				or parts of buildings that contain, but are not limited to, facilities that are
				required to be licensed by the department of social and health services or the
				department of health (e.g., hospitals, nursing homes, private alcoholism
				hospitals, private psychiatric hospitals, boarding homes, alcoholism treatment
				facilities, maternity homes, birth centers or childbirth centers, residential
				treatment facilities for psychiatrically impaired children and youths, and
				renal hemodialysis clinics) and medical, dental or chiropractic offices or
				clinics, outpatient or ambulatory surgical clinics, and such other health care
				occupancies where patients who may be unable to provide for their own needs and
				safety without the assistance of another person are treated. (Further defined
				in WAC 296-46B-010.)
"Insignia"
is a label that we attach to a
				commercial coach to verify that the structure meets the requirements of this
				chapter and the applicable codes.
"Install"
is to erect, construct, assemble, or set
				a commercial coach in place.
"Institutional facility"
is a building or portion
				of a building used primarily for detention and correctional occupancies where
				some degree of restraint or security is required for a time period of
				twenty-four or more hours. Such occupancies include, but are not restricted to:
				Penal institutions, reformatories, jails, detention centers, correctional
				centers, and residential-restrained care.
"Labeled"
is to bear the department's
				insignia.
"Listed"
is a piece of equipment or apparatus that
				has been approved by a testing agency to the appropriate standard.
"Local enforcement agency"
is an agency of city or
				county government with power to enforce local regulations governing the
				installation of a commercial coach.
"Master design plan"
is a design plan that expires
				when a new state building code has been adopted.
"One-year design plan"
is a design plan that
				expires one year after approval or when a new state building code has been
				adopted.
"System"
is part of a commercial coach designed to
				serve a particular function. Examples include structural, plumbing, electrical,
				or mechanical systems.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.22 RCW. 05-23-002,
				  § 296-150C-0020, filed 11/3/05, effective 12/4/05. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.22 RCW and 2003 c 291.
				  05-01-102, § 296-150C-0020, filed 12/14/04, effective 2/1/05. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				  43.22.480. 00-01-187, § 296-150C-0020,
				  filed 12/22/99, effective 2/8/00. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  43.22 RCW. 98-14-078,
				  § 296-150C-0020, filed 6/30/98, effective 7/31/98. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  43.22.340,[43.22.]355 , [43.22.]360,
				  [43.22.]432, [43.22.]440 and[43.22.]480 . 96-21-146, § 296-150C-0020,
				  filed 10/23/96, effective 11/25/96.