Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 51 Industrial Insurance - Chapter 51.18 Retrospective Rating Plan

• 51.18.005 Findings
  The legislature finds that the retrospective rating plan provided for in RCW 51.16.035 has proven to be highly effective both in terms of improved workplace ...
• 51.18.010 Availability -- Rules -- Coverage period
  (1) The department shall offer a retrospective rating plan to insure the workers' compensation obligations of employers and groups of employers. The plan is to ...
• 51.18.020 Entrance criteria
  Prior to allowing initial entrance into the state's retrospective rating plan, the department shall review each proposed retrospective rating group to ensure that the following ...
• 51.18.030 Sponsoring entities -- New or existing retrospective rating groups
  (1) Entities which sponsored retrospective rating groups prior to July 25, 1999, may not sponsor additional retrospective rating groups in a new business or industry ...
• 51.18.040 Retrospective rating groups -- Industry and business categories
  (1) In order to ensure that all retrospective rating groups are made up of employers who are substantially similar, considering the services or activities performed ...
• 51.18.050 Retrospective rating groups -- Probationary status -- Denial of future enrollment
  (1) Any retrospective rating group required to pay additional net premium assessments in two consecutive coverage periods shall be immediately placed on probationary status. Once ...
• 51.18.060 Retrospective rating groups -- Department approval
  All retrospective rating groups approved by the department prior to July 25, 1999, under RCW 51.16.035 as it existed prior to July 25, 1999, remain ...
• 51.18.900 Severability -- 1999 c 7
  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 ...

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