Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 51 Industrial Insurance - Chapter 51.08 Definitions

51.08.010 Meaning of words
Unless the context indicates otherwise, words used in this title shall have the meaning given in this chapter.[1961 c 23 § 51.08.010. Prior: 1939 c ...

51.08.012 "Accredited school.
For the purposes of this title, "accredited school" means a school or course of instruction which is: (1) Approved by the state superintendent of public ...

51.08.013 "Acting in the course of employment.
(1) "Acting in the course of employment" means the worker acting at his or her employer's direction or in the furtherance of his or her ...

51.08.014 "Agriculture.
"Agriculture" means the business of growing or producing any agricultural or horticultural produce or crop, including the raising of any animal, bird, or insect, or ...

51.08.015 "Amount," "payment," "premium," "contribution," "assessment.
Wherever and whenever in any of the provisions of this title relating to any payments by an employer or worker the words "amount" and/or "amounts," ...

51.08.018 "Average monthly wage.
For purposes of this title, the average monthly wage in the state shall be the average annual wage as determined under RCW 50.04.355 as now ...

51.08.020 "Beneficiary.
"Beneficiary" means a husband, wife, child, or dependent of a worker in whom shall vest a right to receive payment under this title: PROVIDED, That ...

51.08.030 "Child.
"Child" means every natural born child, posthumous child, stepchild, child legally adopted prior to the injury, child born after the injury where conception occurred prior ...

51.08.040 "Department.
"Department" means department of labor and industries.[1961 c 23 § 51.08.040.]Notes: Department of labor and industries: Chapter 43.22 RCW. ...

51.08.050 "Dependent.
"Dependent" means any of the following named relatives of a worker whose death results from any injury and who leaves surviving no widow, widower, or ...

51.08.060 "Director.
"Director" means the director of labor and industries.[1961 c 23 § 51.08.060.] ...

51.08.070 "Employer" -- Exception
"Employer" means any person, body of persons, corporate or otherwise, and the legal representatives of a deceased employer, all while engaged in this state in ...

51.08.095 "Health services provider" -- "Provider.
"Health services provider" or "provider" means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, agency, institution, or other legal entity providing any kind of services related to ...

51.08.100 "Injury.
"Injury" means a sudden and tangible happening, of a traumatic nature, producing an immediate or prompt result, and occurring from without, and such physical conditions ...

51.08.110 "Invalid.
"Invalid" means one who is physically or mentally incapacitated from earning.[1961 c 23 § 51.08.110. Prior: 1957 c 70 § 13; prior: 1939 c 41 ...

51.08.140 "Occupational disease.
"Occupational disease" means such disease or infection as arises naturally and proximately out of employment under the mandatory or elective adoption provisions of this title.[1961 ...

51.08.142 "Occupational disease" -- Exclusion of mental conditions caused by stress
The department shall adopt a rule pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW that claims based on mental conditions or mental disabilities caused by stress do not ...

51.08.150 "Permanent partial disability.
"Permanent partial disability" means the loss of either one foot, one leg, one hand, one arm, one eye, one or more fingers, one or more ...

51.08.160 "Permanent total disability.
"Permanent total disability" means loss of both legs, or arms, or one leg and one arm, total loss of eyesight, paralysis or other condition permanently ...

51.08.173 "Self-insurer.
"Self-insurer" means an employer or group of employers which has been authorized under this title to carry its own liability to its employees covered by ...

51.08.175 "State fund" -- "State of Washington industrial insurance fund.
"State fund" means those funds held by the state or any agency thereof for the purposes of this title. The "state of Washington industrial insurance ...

51.08.177 "Successor.
"Successor" means any person to whom a taxpayer quitting, selling out, exchanging, or disposing of a business sells or otherwise conveys, directly or indirectly, in ...

51.08.178 "Wages" -- Monthly wages as basis of compensation -- Computation thereof
(1) For the purposes of this title, the monthly wages the worker was receiving from all employment at the time of injury shall be the ...

51.08.180 "Worker" -- Exceptions
"Worker" means every person in this state who is engaged in the employment of an employer under this title, whether by way of manual labor ...

51.08.181 "Worker" -- Registered contractor and electrician exclusions
For the purposes of this title, any individual performing services that require registration under chapter 18.27 RCW or licensing under chapter 19.28 RCW for remuneration ...

51.08.185 "Employee.
"Employee" shall have the same meaning as "worker" when the context would so indicate, and shall include all officers of the state, state agencies, counties, ...

51.08.195 "Employer" and "worker" -- Additional exception
As an exception to the definition of "employer" under RCW 51.08.070 and the definition of "worker" under RCW 51.08.180, services performed by an individual for ...