Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-400A - Plumber certification rules › Section 296-400A-045 - What fees does the department charge for issuance, renewal, relicensing, and reinstatement of a plumbing contractor license and plumbing certificates?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following are the department's nonrefundable fees: Fees
				related to journey level and specialty plumber certification and exam
				application:
Type of Fee
Period Covered by Fee
Dollar Amount of Fee
Plumbing contractor
For each issuance, renewal or reregistration of a
						  license
This registration is valid for two years from date of
						  issuance, renewal or reregistration, or until it is suspended or
						  revoked
$139.10
Initial identification or change in designated plumber
						  (nonrefundable)
$50.00
Examination application for journey level, residential
						  specialty, residential service, backflow certification
or
Reexaminations of medical gas
						  endorsements
Per examination the department's fee. Normal
						  examination administration is performed by a state authorized contractor. The
						  fees for such examinations are set by contract with the department and are
						  additional to the department's examination fees
$189.80
Domestic pump specialty application
						  fee*******
Per application the department's fee. Normal
						  examination administration is performed by a state authorized contractor. The
						  fees for such examinations are set by contract with the department and are
						  additional to the department's examination fees
$189.80
Reciprocity application*
Per application
$189.80
Trainee certificate**
One year or when hours are updated
$56.40
Temporary permit (not applicable for backflow assembly
						  maintenance and repair specialty)
One hundred twenty days
$94.20
Journey level, residential specialty, or residential
						  service certificate renewal or 1st card***
Three years
$227.90
Domestic pump specialty plumber certificate renewal or
						  1st card***
Three years
$228.00
Backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty
						  certificate renewal or 1st card***
Three years
$157.20
Medical gas endorsement application
Per application
$69.80
Medical gas endorsement renewal or 1st
						  card***
Three years
$156.70
Medical gas endorsement examination
						  fee****
See note below.
Medical gas endorsement training course
						  fee*****
See note below.
Domestic pump specialty examination
						  fee****
See note below.
Reinstatement of a plumbing contractor
						  license
$69.50
Reinstatement fee for residential and journey level
						  certificates
$304.70
Reinstatement fee for backflow assembly maintenance and
						  repair specialty certificates
$175.20
Reinstatement fee for domestic pump
$456.30
Replacement fee for all certificates and
						  licenses
$25.60
Refund processing fee
$27.50
Unsupervised trainee endorsement
$40.70
Inactive status fee
$40.70
Certified letter fee/verification of
						  licensure
$40.70
Required to cover the costs for the service of process
						  in an action against a plumbing contractor, the contractor's bond, or the
						  deposit under
						  RCW
						   18.106.410
Documents copied from a plumber's, trainee or plumbing
						  contractor file
$55.00
$2.40 per page maximum copy charge
$37.40
Continuing education new course
						  fee******
$246.70
Continuing education renewal course
						  fee******
$123.10
Continuing education classes provided by the
						  department
$14.90 per continuing education training hour
$9.90 per continuing education training hour for
						  correspondence and internet courses
* Reciprocity application is only allowed for applicants that
				are applying work experience toward certification that was obtained in state(s)
				with which the department has a reciprocity agreement. The reciprocity
				application is valid for one year.
** The trainee certificate will expire one year from the date
				of issuance and must be renewed on or before the date of expiration. Trainee
				update fee required when hours are submitted outside of renewal period.
*** This fee applies to either the original issuance or a
				renewal of a certificate. If you have passed the plumbers certificate of
				competency examination or the medical gas piping installer endorsement
				examination and paid the certificate fee, you will be issued a plumber
				certificate of competency or a medical gas endorsement that will expire on your
				birth date.
The three-year renewal of a Medical Gas Piping Installer
				Endorsement must include a continuity affidavit verifying that brazing work has
				been performed every six months during the renewal cycle.
**** This fee is paid directly to a nationally recognized
				testing agency under contract with the department. It covers the cost of
				preparing and administering the written competency examination and the
				materials necessary to conduct the practical competency examination required
				for the medical gas piping system installers endorsement or the domestic pump
				or pump and irrigation examination.
This fee is not paid to the
				department.
***** This fee is paid directly to a training course provider
				approved by the department, in consultation with the state advisory board of
				plumbers. It covers the cost of providing training courses required for the
				medical gas piping system installer endorsement.
This fee is not paid to
				the department.
****** This fee is for a three-year period or code
				cycle.
******* The domestic pump specialty application is valid for
				one year.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.106 RCW and 2011 c 50.
				  11-23-141, § 296-400A-045, filed 11/22/11, effective 12/31/11. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				   18.106.040 and
				  18.106.140. 10-06-051, §
				  296-400A-045, filed 2/24/10, effective 4/1/10; 09-10-080, § 296-400A-045,
				  filed 5/5/09, effective 6/5/09. Statutory Authority: Chapters 18.106,
				  43.22 RCW, 2008 c 285 and c 329.
				  08-12-042, § 296-400A-045, filed 5/30/08, effective 6/30/08. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  Chapters
				  18.27, 18.106,
				  43.22, and
				  70.87 RCW. 07-11-128, §
				  296-400A-045, filed 5/22/07, effective 6/30/07. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   18.106.040,
				  18.106.140. 06-24-040, §
				  296-400A-045, filed 11/30/06, effective 12/31/06. Statutory Authority: Chapters
				  18.106, 43.22, and
				  70.87 RCW. 06-10-066, §
				  296-400A-045, filed 5/2/06, effective 6/30/06. Statutory Authority: RCW
				  19.103.040,
				  
											18.106.140, and chapter 18.106
				  RCW. 05-11-061, § 296-400A-045, filed 5/17/05, effective 6/30/05.
				  Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   18.106.040,
				  18.106.140, 2002 c 82, and 2003 c
				  399. 04-12-046, § 296-400A-045, filed 5/28/04, effective 6/30/04.
				  Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   43.22.350,
				  43.22.434,
				  43.22.480,
				  43.22.500,
				  70.87.030,
				  18.106.070,
				  18.106.125, 2001 c 7, and chapters
				  18.106, 43.22, and
				  70.87 RCW. 03-12-045, §
				  296-400A-045, filed 5/30/03, effective 6/30/03. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   18.106.040,
				  18.106.140, 2001 c 281, and
				  chapter 18.106 RCW. 02-14-074, § 296-400A-045, filed 6/28/02, effective
				  7/1/02. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   18.106.125. 99-07-101, § 296-400A-045,
				  filed 3/23/99, effective 4/23/99. Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.106 RCW.
				  98-13-126, § 296-400A-045, filed 6/17/98, effective 7/20/98. Statutory
				  Authority: Chapters 18.106,
				  18.27 and
				  43.22 RCW. 98-12-041, §
				  296-400A-045, filed 5/29/98, effective 6/30/98. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   18.106.050, [18.106.]070,
				  [18.106.]110,[18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and [18.106.]270. 97-11-052, §
				  296-400A-045, filed 5/20/97, effective
				  6/30/97.