Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 18 Businesses And Professions - Chapter 18.106 Plumbers

  • 18.106.010 Definitions
    The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Advisory board" means the state advisory board of plumbers. ...
  • 18.106.020 Certificate or permit required--Written warning, penalty--Trainee supervision required -- Medical gas piping installer endorsement--Penalty -- Notice of infraction
    (1) No person may engage in or offer to engage in the trade of plumbing without having a journeyman certificate, specialty certificate, temporary permit, or ...
  • 18.106.030 Application for certificate of competency -- Medical gas piping installer endorsement -- Evidence required
    Any person desiring to be issued a certificate of competency as provided in this chapter shall deliver evidence in a form prescribed by the department ...
  • 18.106.040 Examinations -- Eligibility requirements -- Determination
    (1) Upon receipt of the application and evidence set forth in RCW 18.106.030, the director shall review the same and make a determination as to ...
  • 18.106.050 Examinations -- Scope -- Results -- Retaking
    (1) The department, with the advice of the advisory board, shall prepare a written examination to be administered to applicants for certificates of competency for ...
  • 18.106.070 Certificates of competency, installer endorsement -- Issuance -- Renewal -- Rights of holder -- Training certificates -- Supervision -- Training, certified plumber
    (1) The department shall issue a certificate of competency to all applicants who have passed the examination and have paid the fee for the certificate. ...
  • 18.106.075 Medical gas piping installer endorsement
    The department shall adopt requirements that qualify a journeyman plumber to be issued a medical gas piping installer endorsement.[1997 c 326 § 1.]Notes:      Effective date ...
  • 18.106.080 Persons engaged in plumbing business or trade on effective date
    No examination shall be required of any applicant for a certificate of competency who, on July 16, 1973, was engaged in a bona fide business ...
  • 18.106.090 Temporary permits
    The department is authorized to grant and issue temporary permits in lieu of certificates of competency whenever a plumber coming into the state of Washington ...
  • 18.106.100 Revocation of certificate of competency -- Grounds -- Procedure
    (1) The department may revoke or suspend a certificate of competency for any of the following reasons: (a) The certificate was obtained through error or ...
  • 18.106.110 Advisory board of plumbers
    (1) There is created a state advisory board of plumbers, to be composed of seven members appointed by the governor. Two members shall be journeyman ...
  • 18.106.125 Fees
    The department shall charge fees for issuance, renewal, and reinstatement of all certificates and permits and for examinations required by this chapter. The department shall ...
  • 18.106.130 Plumbing certificate fund
    All moneys received from certificates, permits, or other sources, shall be paid to the state treasurer as ex officio custodian thereof and by him placed ...
  • 18.106.140 Powers and duties of director
    The director may promulgate rules, make specific decisions, orders, and rulings, including therein demands and findings, and take other necessary action for the implementation and ...
  • 18.106.150 Exemptions
    (1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require that a person obtain a license or a certified plumber in order to do plumbing ...
  • 18.106.155 Reciprocity
    The director may, upon payment of the appropriate fees, grant a certificate of competency without examination to any applicant who is a registered journeyman plumber ...
  • 18.106.170 Violations -- Investigations -- Evidence of compliance
    An authorized representative of the department may investigate alleged or apparent violations of this chapter. An authorized representative of the department upon presentation of credentials ...
  • 18.106.180 Notice of infraction -- Issuance, service
    (1) An authorized representative of the department may issue a notice of infraction as specified in RCW 18.106.020 if: (a) A person who is doing ...
  • 18.106.190 Notice -- Contents
    The form of the notice of infraction issued under this chapter shall include the following: (1) A statement that the notice represents a determination that ...
  • 18.106.200 Notice -- Hearing -- Contest -- Notice of appeal
    A violation designated as an infraction under this chapter shall be heard and determined by an administrative law judge of the office of administrative hearings. ...
  • 18.106.210 Notice -- Determination infraction committed
    Unless contested in accordance with this chapter, the notice of infraction represents a determination that the person to whom the notice was issued committed the ...
  • 18.106.220 Notice -- Penalty payment -- Filing answer of protest -- Failure to respond or appear
    (1) A person who receives a notice of infraction shall respond to the notice as provided in this section within fourteen days of the date ...
  • 18.106.230 Notice -- Failure to respond -- Misdemeanor
    It is a misdemeanor for any person who has been personally served with a notice of infraction: (1) To refuse to sign a written promise ...
  • 18.106.240 Representation by attorney -- Department represented by attorney general
    A person subject to proceedings under this chapter may appear or be represented by counsel. The department shall be represented by the attorney general in ...
  • 18.106.250 Infraction -- Cases -- Administrative Procedure Act -- Burden of proof -- Order -- Appeal
    (1) The administrative law judge shall conduct notice of infraction cases under this chapter pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW. (2) The burden of proof is ...
  • 18.106.270 Infraction -- Monetary penalties -- Rules
    (1) A person found to have committed an infraction under RCW 18.106.020 shall be assessed a monetary penalty of two hundred fifty dollars for the ...
  • 18.106.280 Pilot project -- Enforcement of chapter -- Reimbursement fee
    The department of labor and industries may establish one pilot project in which the department will enter into an agreement with a city and the ...
  • 18.106.290 Certificate or permit suspension -- Nonpayment or default on educational loan or scholarship
    The director shall suspend the certificate or permit of any person who has been certified by a lending agency and reported to the director for ...
  • 18.106.300 Certificate suspension--Noncompliance with support order--Reissuance
    The department shall immediately suspend any certificate of competency issued under this chapter if the holder of the certificate has been certified pursuant to RCW ...
  • 18.106.310 Backflow assembly testers -- Specialty plumber's certificate of competency
    (1) Those actively certified by the department of health on or before July 1, 2001, as backflow assembly testers and registered as a contractor under ...
  • 18.106.320 Contractor's duties -- Records audit -- Department's rule-making authority -- Penalty
    (1) Contractors shall accurately verify and attest to the trainee hours worked by plumbing trainees on behalf of the contractor and that all training hours ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009