Washington Administrative Code › Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of › Chapter 296-17A - Classifications for Washington workers' compensation insurance › Section 296-17A-6303 - Classification 6303

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
6303-00 Sales personnel with outside duties, messengers,
				N.O.C.
Applies to:
Workers whose job duties and work environment meet all the
				conditions of the general reporting rules covering outside sales personnel, and
				who are not covered by another classification (N.O.C.) assigned to the
				employer's account.
Sales personnel work activities are limited to duties
				such as:
* Activities allowed by WAC
				296-17A-4904
				(office workers);
* Completing correspondence;
* Estimating (nonconstruction) or appraising;
* Performing public relations duties for employers'
				business;
* Placing orders;
* Servicing existing accounts;
* Showing, selling, and explaining products or services in a
				showroom or other location away from employer's premises;
* Soliciting new customers by telephone or in person;
* Traveling to or from meeting or training locations.
Messengers work activities are limited to duties such
				as:
* Activities allowed by WAC
				296-17A-4904
				(office workers);
* Delivering interoffice mail;
* Making deposits;
* Similar duties that are exclusively for the administration of
				the employer's business.
Special notes:
Hands on training
				outside of a classroom setting must be reported in the applicable basic
				classification. For example, a karate instructor is reported in classification
				6204, not 6303.
Classification 6303 is a standard exception classification as
				described in WAC
				296-17-31018
				Exception classifications. If any of a worker's duties are excluded from 6303
				because of restrictions described in this rule, then none of the worker's hours
				may be reported in classification 6303.
Care must be taken to:
* Look beyond job titles such as salesperson or messenger. Job
				titles do not ensure the work satisfies the restrictions for classification
				6303.
* Ensure standard exceptions are permitted. Some basic
				classifications include sales work.
Exclusions:
* Workers that deliver products or merchandise or stock shelves
				are classified as applicable.
* Workers that demonstrate or deliver machinery or equipment
				are classified as applicable.
* Workers that drive for a service that transports or
				chauffeurs others are classified as applicable.
* Specialty services merchandising products in stores are
				classified in 0607-19.
* Collection agencies or public relations agencies are
				classified in 5301.
* Sales personnel engaged in home or door-to-door sales are
				classified in 6309.
* Retail product demonstrators are reported as required by WAC
				296-17-31018(3)
				 and
				296-17A-6406.
* Businesses engaged in providing inspection and valuations
				exclusively for insurance companies are classified in 4903.
* Businesses engaged in process serving and legal messenger
				services are classified in 6601.
* Messenger services who are classified in 1101.
* Directly supervising workers who perform activities or have
				exposures excluded from classification 6303.
6303-03 Insurance sales personnel and claims
				adjusters
Applies to:
Insurances sales personnel and claims adjustors with outside
				duties.
Work activities are limited to duties such
				as:
* Activities allowed by WAC
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				(office workers);
* Estimating (nonconstruction) or appraising;
* Going to the scene of an accident or catastrophe to assess
				damage;
* Selling insurance policies at their place of business or at
				the client's home, or other location.
Special notes
:
Individuals
				performing duties as an agent, broker, or solicitor (and who hold a license as
				issued by the office of the insurance commissioner) are exempt from coverage as
				specified in
				RCW
				 51.12.020 and
				48.17.010.
				To elect coverage these individuals must submit a completed elective coverage
				form to the department.
Classification 6303 is a standard exception classification as
				described in WAC
				296-17-31018
				Exception classifications. If any of a worker's duties are excluded from 6303
				because of restrictions described in this rule, then none of the worker's hours
				may be reported in classification 6303.
Care must be taken to:
* Look beyond job titles such as salesperson. Job titles do not
				ensure the work satisfies the restrictions for classification 6303.
* Ensure standard exceptions are permitted. Some basic
				classifications include sales work.
Exclusions:
* Businesses providing inspections and valuations exclusively
				for insurance companies are classified in 4903.
* Construction estimators are reported as required by WAC
				296-17-31018(3)
				 and
				296-17A-4911.
* Directly supervising workers who perform activities or have
				exposures excluded from classification 6303.
6303-21 Home health care services: Social workers and
				dietitians
Applies to:
Social workers and dietitians, also called nutritionists,
				employed by home health care services. These businesses provide care for the
				elderly, people living with disabilities, or individuals who need the
				continuous care and supervision that hospitals and nursing facilities
				provide.
Work activities are limited to duties such
				as:
* Activities allowed by WAC
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				(office workers);
* Assesses the patient's current nutritional status, including
				current food intake, medical background, family history, currently prescribed
				medications, and social and psychological needs, then develops a food plan to
				meet the patient's needs. Workers subject to this classification do no
				cooking;
* Providing counseling or verbal direction;
* Teaching the elderly or physically or developmentally
				disabled individuals in their own home to manage daily living skills such as
				caring for themselves, laundry, dressing, cooking, shopping, using public
				transportation, budget, finances, access recreational or social activities, and
				going to the doctor.
Special notes
:
Classification
				6303 is a standard exception classification as described in WAC
				296-17-31018
				Exception classifications. If any of a worker's duties are excluded from 6303
				because of restrictions described in this rule, then none of the worker's hours
				may be reported in classification 6303.
Care must be taken to look beyond job titles such as social
				worker. Job titles do not ensure the work satisfies the restrictions for
				classification 6303;
This is a restrictive classification; the qualifying factor is
				that all the conditions of the general reporting rules covering standard
				exception employees have been met.
This classification is not to be
				assigned to any account that does not also have classification 6110 and/or
				6511.
Exclusions:
* Direct care of clients, such as: Cooking, cleaning,
				transporting, and physically assisting clients, is classified in the applicable
				classification.
* Workers that demonstrate or deliver machinery or equipment
				are classified in the applicable classification.
* Nursing and home health care services are classified in
				6110.
* Therapy services are classified in 6109 or 6110, as
				applicable.
* Domestic servants or workers are classified in 6510.
* Home care services provided through the consumer directed
				employer program are classified in 6512.
* Chore workers are classified in 6511.
* Directly supervising workers who perform activities or have
				exposures excluded from classification 6303.
Special note :
Subclassification
6303-21
is not to be assigned to any account that does not also
				  have classification
6110
and/or
6511
.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020 and
				  51.16.035. 13-08-063, §
				  296-17A-6303, filed 4/1/13, effective 1/1/14. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020,
				  51.16.035, and
				  51.16.100. 12-11-109, §
				  296-17A-6303, filed 5/22/12, effective 7/1/12. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100,
				  51.04.020(1).
				  10-18-024, § 296-17A-6303, filed 8/24/10, effective 10/1/10. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100, and
				  Title
				  51 RCW. 09-20-039, §
				  296-17A-6303, filed 9/30/09, effective 1/1/10. 07-01-014, recodified as §
				  296-17A-6303, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035,
				  51.16.100. 05-23-161, §
				  296-17-698, filed 11/22/05, effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.020,
				  51.16.035, and
				  51.12.120. 03-23-025, §
				  296-17-698, filed 11/12/03, effective 1/1/04. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.16.035. 99-18-068, § 296-17-698,
				  filed 8/31/99, effective 10/1/99; 98-18-042, § 296-17-698, filed 8/28/98,
				  effective 10/1/98; 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-698, filed 11/27/85,
				  effective 1/1/86; 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-698, filed 2/28/85,
				  effective 4/1/85; 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-698, filed 11/30/83,
				  effective 1/1/84. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   51.04.030 and
				  51.16.035. 79-12-086 (Order
				  79-18), § 296-17-698, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80; Order 76-36,
				  § 296-17-698, filed 11/30/76; Order 73-22, § 296-17-698, filed
				  11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.