Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 18 Businesses And Professions - Chapter 18.170 Security Guards

18.170.010 Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Armed private security guard" means a private security guard ...
18.170.020 Exemptions
The requirements of this chapter do not apply to: (1) A person who is employed exclusively or regularly by one employer and performs the functions ...
18.170.030 Security guard license -- Requirements
An applicant must meet the following minimum requirements to obtain a private security guard license: (1) Be at least eighteen years of age; (2) Be ...
18.170.040 Armed private security guard license -- Requirements
(1) An applicant must meet the following minimum requirements to obtain an armed private security guard license: (a) Be licensed as a private security guard; ...
18.170.050 Armed private security guard license authority -- Registration of firearms
(1) An armed private security guard license grants authority to the holder, while in the performance of his or her duties, to carry a firearm ...
18.170.060 Private security company license -- Requirements, restrictions -- Qualifying agent -- Assignment or transfer of license
(1) In addition to meeting the minimum requirements to obtain a license as a private security guard, an applicant, or, in the case of a ...
18.170.070 License cards and certificates -- Issuance and requirements
(1) The director shall issue a private security guard license card to each licensed private security guard and an armed private security guard license card ...
18.170.080 Licensed private security companies -- Certificate of insurance required
A licensed private security company shall file and maintain with the director a certificate of insurance as evidence that it has comprehensive general liability coverage ...
18.170.090 Temporary registration cards -- Requirements -- Expiration -- Suspension
(1) A licensed private security company may issue an employee a temporary registration card of the type and form provided by the director, but only ...
18.170.105 Training requirements
(1) To promote the safety of persons and the security of property, the director shall meet with interested parties to develop lists of suggested preassignment, ...
18.170.110 Required notice of certain occurrences
(1) A private security company shall notify the director within thirty days after the death or termination of employment of any employee who is a ...
18.170.120 Out-of-state licensees -- Application -- Fee -- Temporary assignment
(1) Any person from another state that the director determines has selection, training, and other requirements at least equal to those required by this chapter, ...
18.170.130 Investigation of applicants
(1) Applications for licenses required under this chapter shall be filed with the director on a form provided by the director. The director may require ...
18.170.140 Regulatory provisions exclusive -- Authority of the state and political subdivisions
(1) The provisions of this chapter relating to the licensing for regulatory purposes of private security guards, armed private security guards, and private security companies ...
18.170.150 Out-of-state private security guards operating across state lines
Private security guards or armed private security guards whose duties require them to operate across state lines may operate in this state if they are ...
18.170.160 Licenses required -- Use of public law enforcement insignia prohibited -- Penalties -- Enforcement
(1) After June 30, 1992, any person who performs the functions and duties of a private security guard in this state without being licensed in ...
18.170.163 License or certificate suspension -- Nonpayment or default on educational loan or scholarship
The director shall suspend the license or certificate of any person who has been certified by a lending agency and reported to the director for ...
18.170.164 License suspension -- Noncompliance with support order -- Reissuance
The director shall immediately suspend any license issued under this chapter if the holder has been certified pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320 by the department of ...
18.170.165 Transfer of license
A licensee who transfers from one company to another must submit a transfer application on a form prescribed by the director along with a transfer ...
18.170.170 Unprofessional conduct
In addition to the unprofessional conduct described in RCW 18.235.130, the following conduct, acts, or conditions constitute unprofessional conduct: (1) Knowingly violating any of the ...
18.170.175 Display of firearms while soliciting clients
No licensee, employee or agent of a licensee, or anyone accompanying a licensee, employee, or agent may display a firearm while soliciting a client.[1995 c ...
18.170.180 Authority of director
The director or the director's designee has the following authority in administering this chapter: (1) To adopt, amend, and rescind rules as deemed necessary to ...
18.170.210 Application of administrative procedure act to hearings
The procedures governing adjudicative proceedings before agencies under chapter 34.05 RCW, the administrative procedure act, govern all hearings before the director.[1991 c 334 § 21.] ...
18.170.220 Inability to practice by reason of a mental or physical condition -- Statement of charges -- Hearing -- Sanctions -- Examinations -- Presumed consent
(1) If the director believes a license holder or applicant may be unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety to the public by reason ...
18.170.230 Unprofessional conduct or inability to practice -- Penalties
Upon a finding that a license holder or applicant has committed unprofessional conduct or is unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety due to ...
18.170.280 Application of administrative procedure act to acts of the director
The director, in implementing and administering the provisions of this chapter, shall act in accordance with the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW.[1991 c 334 ...
18.170.290 Uniform regulation of business and professions act
The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees ...
18.170.300 Reciprocity agreements
The director has the authority to negotiate reciprocity agreements with other states allowing licensed security officers from Washington to work in those other states.[2004 c ...
18.170.900 Severability -- 1991 c 334
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...
18.170.901 Severability -- 1995 c 277
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...
18.170.902 Effective date -- 1995 c 277
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009