Washington Administrative Code › Title 212 - State Patrol (Fire Protection) (See also Titles 204, 446 and 448) › Chapter 212-80 - Fire protection sprinkler system contractors › FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM CONTRACTOR › Section 212-80-063 - Contractor responsibilities, certificate of competency holder employment

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Any fire protection sprinkler system
				contractor must have at least one full-time certificate of competency holder,
				consistent with the license level as provided by WAC
				212-80-018,
				employed to conduct business.
(2)
				If a certificate of competency holder leaves the employment of the fire
				protection sprinkler system contractor, the contractor must comply with the
				following:
(a) From the date of separation of
				the design-only certificate of competency holder, the contractor will have six
				months or until the expiration of the current license, whichever occurs last,
				to come into compliance. In order to be issued a new license, the contractor
				must employ a new person (either as owner or full-time employee) with the
				appropriate certificate level consistent with the contractor's license level as
				provided by WAC
				212-80-018.
(b) The licensed contractor must notify the
				director of the loss of the primary design certificate of competency holder
				within 30 calendar days. For the purposes of this subsection, 30 calendar days
				commence on the certificate of competency holder's last day of employment for
				compensation. The licensed contractor's failure to notify the director:
(i) Within 30 calendar days is a Level 1
				violation.
(ii) Within 60 calendar
				days is a Level 2 violation.
(iii)
				After 180 calendar days is a Level 3 violation.
(c) A fire protection sprinkler system
				contractor may renew a license without employing a design certificate of
				competency holder if the six-month period crosses into a new license year and
				all appropriate fees are paid at the time of renewal. During the period in
				which the licensed contractor does not have a design certificate of competency
				holder, the licensed contractor must limit work on fire protection sprinkler
				systems to:
(i) Completing the active phase of
				existing work in progress which has been approved by the authority having
				jurisdiction, and may not receive new approvals from the authority having
				jurisdiction without a design certificate of competency holder's number on the
				documents; or
(ii) Continuing
				installation on approved design plans, however, the contractor's material and
				test certificate for the system must be stamped by a certificate of competency
				holder in the full-time employ of the installing contractor.
(d) If a contractor fails to
				employ a design certificate of competency holder as required in this chapter,
				and the director has renewed the license, the director will suspend the
				contractor's license pursuant to WAC
				212-80-205.
				The suspension will remain in effect until the contractor has a full-time
				design certificate of competency holder or a hearings officer denies the
				director's petition to suspend the license.
(e) When a licensed contractor no longer
				employs a design certificate of competency holder, and the contractor has not
				hired another design certificate of competency holder, the contractor may not
				bid on the design, installation, or repair of a fire protection sprinkler
				system, or any part of such system, that requires work inconsistent with the
				previously employed design certificate of competency holder's level.
(f) Any contractor that uses a current or
				former employee's certification stamp on any technical drawings not prepared by
				the design certificate of competency holder is in violation of this
				chapter.
(g) Failure to comply with
				(c) through (f) of this subsection constitutes a Level 3
				violation.