Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-150T - Factory-built temporary worker housing structures › Section 296-150T-0020 - What definitions apply to this chapter?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Approved"
is approved by the department of labor
				and industries.
"Damaged in transit"
is damage that effects the
				integrity of the structural design or damage to any other system referenced in
				the codes required by the temporary worker housing construction
				standard.
"Department"
is the department of labor and
				industries. The department may also 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.
"Department of health"
is the state agency
				responsible for adopting by rule a "temporary worker housing construction
				standard." You may contact them for copies of the "temporary worker housing
				construction standards" at: Department of Health, PO Box 47852, Olympia, WA
				98504-7852.
"Design option"
is a design that a manufacturer
				may use as an option to its design plan.
"Design plan"
is a plan for the construction of
				factory-built temporary worker housing that includes floor plans, elevation
				drawings, specifications, engineering data, or test results necessary for a
				complete evaluation of the design. The design plan expires one year after
				approval or when a new temporary worker housing construction standard becomes
				effective or the electrical code as adopted by chapter 296-46 WAC adopts a new
				code. Electrical code changes if minor may be made by submitting an
				addendum.
"Equipment"
is all material, appliances, devices,
				fixtures, fittings, or accessories used in the manufacture, assembly,
				installation, or alteration of factory-built temporary worker housing
				structures.
"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 factory-built temporary worker
				housing structures. (See
				RCW
				43.22.420.)
"Factory-built temporary worker housing"
is
				housing designed and constructed to the requirements in chapter 246-359 WAC,
				"temporary worker housing construction standard" as promulgated by the
				department of health for human occupancy. The structure which is entirely or
				substantially prefabricated or assembled at a place other than a building site.
				(See RCW
				43.22.450(3).)
"Insignia"
is a label that we attach to a
				structure to verify that a factory-built temporary worker housing structure
				meets the requirements of this chapter.
"Install"
is to erect or set in place a structure
				at a building site. It may also be the construction or assembly of a component
				as part of a factory-built temporary worker housing.
"Listed"
is a piece of equipment, a component, or
				an installation that appears in a list published by a testing or listing agency
				and is suitable for use in a specified manner.
"Listing agency"
is an organization whose business
				is approving equipment, components, or installations for publication.
"Local enforcement agency"
is the department of
				health with power to enforce regulations governing the installation of
				factory-built temporary worker housing.
"Manufacturing"
is making, fabricating, forming,
				or assembling a factory-built temporary worker housing structure.
"Repair"
is the replacement, addition,
				modification, or removal of any construction, equipment, system, or
				installation to correct damage in transit or during on-site installation before
				occupancy.
"Unit"
is a factory-built temporary worker
				structure.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  43.22.480. 99-12-079, § 296-150T-0020,
				  filed 5/28/99, effective 6/28/99.