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70.82.023 | Cerebral palsy fund—Abolished. | From and after the first day of May, 1955, the state cerebral palsy fund is abolished.
[ 1955 c 326 s 3 .] |
70.82.024 | Cerebral palsy fund—Warrants to be paid from general fund. | From and after the first day of May, 1955, all warrants drawn on the state cerebral palsy fund and not presented for payment shall be paid from the general fund, and it shall be the duty of the state treasurer and he or she is hereby directed to pay such warrants when presented from the general fund.
[ 2012 c 117 s 402... |
70.82.030 | Eligibility. | Any resident of this state who is educable but, as the result of cerebral palsy, is unable to take advantage of the regular system of free education of this state may be admitted to or be eligible for any service and facilities provided hereunder, provided such resident has lived in this state continuously for more tha... |
70.82.040 | Diagnosis. | Persons shall be admitted to or be eligible for the services and facilities provided herein only after diagnosis according to procedures and regulations established and approved for this purpose by the department of social and health services.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 91 s 3 ; 1947 c 240 s 4 ; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 5547-3.]
Severabi... |
70.82.050 | Powers, duties, functions, unallocated funds, transferred. | All powers, duties and functions of the superintendent of public instruction or the state board of education relating to the Cerebral Palsy Center as referred to in chapter 39, Laws of 1973 2nd ex. sess. shall be transferred to the department of social and health services as created in chapter 43.20A RCW, and all unall... |
70.83.010 | Declaration of policy and purpose. | It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Washington to make every effort to detect as early as feasible and to prevent where possible phenylketonuria and other preventable heritable disorders leading to developmental disabilities or physical defects.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 80 s 40 ; 1967 c 82 s 1 .]
Purpose — Int... |
70.83.020 | Screening tests of newborn infants. | (1) It shall be the duty of the department of health to require screening tests of all newborn infants born in any setting. Each hospital or health care provider attending a birth outside of a hospital shall collect and submit a sample blood specimen for all newborns no more than forty-eight hours following birth. The ... |
70.83.023 | Specialty clinics—Defined disorders—Fee for infant screening and sickle cell disease. | The department has the authority to collect a fee of eight dollars and forty cents from the parents or other responsible party of each infant screened for congenital disorders as defined by the state board of health under RCW 70.83.020 to fund specialty clinics that provide treatment services for those with the defined... |
70.83.030 | Report of positive test to department of health. | Laboratories, attending physicians, hospital administrators, or other persons performing or requesting the performance of tests for phenylketonuria shall report to the department of health all positive tests. The state board of health by rule shall, when it deems appropriate, require that positive tests for other herit... |
70.83.040 | Services and facilities of state agencies made available to families and physicians. | When notified of positive screening tests, the state department of health shall offer the use of its services and facilities, designed to prevent intellectual disabilities or physical defects in such children, to the attending physician, or the parents of the newborn child if no attending physician can be identified. T... |
70.83.050 | Rules and regulations to be adopted by state board of health. | The state board of health shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter.
[ 1967 c 82 s 5 .] |
70.83.090 | Critical congenital heart disease screening. | (1) Prior to discharge of an infant born in a hospital, the hospital shall: (a) Perform critical congenital heart disease screening using pulse oximetry according to recommended American academy of pediatrics guidelines; (b) Record the results of the critical congenital heart disease screening test in the newborn's med... |
70.83C.005 | Intent. | The legislature recognizes that the use of alcohol and other drugs during pregnancy can cause medical, psychological, and social problems for women and infants. The legislature further recognizes that communities are increasingly concerned about this problem and the associated costs to the mothers, infants, and society... |
70.83C.010 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Alcoholism" means a disease, characterized by a dependency on alcoholic beverages, loss of control over the amount and circumstances of alcohol use, symptoms of tolerance, physiological or psychological wi... |
70.83C.020 | Prevention strategies. | The secretary shall develop and promote statewide secondary prevention strategies designed to increase the use of alcohol and drug treatment services by women of childbearing age, before, during, and immediately after pregnancy. These efforts are conducted through the division of alcohol and substance abuse. The secret... |
70.83E.010 | Declaration—Policy. | The policy of the state of Washington is to make every effort to detect as early as feasible and to prevent where possible preventable disorders resulting from parental use of alcohol and drugs.
[ 1998 c 93 s 1 .] |
70.83E.020 | Screening criteria, training protocols—Development of. | The department of health, in consultation with appropriate medical professionals, shall develop screening criteria for use in identifying pregnant or lactating women addicted to drugs or alcohol who are at risk of producing a drug-affected baby. The department shall also develop training protocols for medical professio... |
70.83E.030 | Department of health—Duties. | The department of health shall investigate the feasibility of medical protocols for laboratory testing or other screening of newborn infants for exposure to alcohol or drugs. The department of health shall consider how to improve the current system with respect to testing, considering such variables as whether such tes... |
70.84.010 | Declaration—Policy. | The legislature declares: (1) It is the policy of this state to encourage and enable the blind, persons with [visual] disabilities, the hearing impaired, and other persons with disabilities to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state, and to engage in remunerative employment. (2) As citizens, the ... |
70.84.020 | "Dog guide" defined. | For the purpose of this chapter, the term "dog guide" means a dog that is trained for the purpose of guiding blind persons or a dog trained for the purpose of assisting hearing impaired persons.
[ 1997 c 271 s 18 ; 1980 c 109 s 2 ; 1969 c 141 s 2 .] |
70.84.021 | "Service animal" defined. | For the purpose of this chapter, "service animal" means an animal that is trained for the purposes of assisting or accommodating a disabled person's sensory, mental, or physical disability.
[ 1997 c 271 s 19 ; 1985 c 90 s 1 .] |
70.84.040 | Precautions for drivers of motor vehicles approaching a wheelchair user or pedestrian who is using a white cane, dog guide, or service animal. | The driver of a vehicle approaching a totally or partially blind pedestrian who is carrying a cane predominantly white in color (with or without a red tip), a totally or partially blind or hearing impaired pedestrian using a dog guide, a person with physical disabilities using a service animal, or a person with a disab... |
70.84.050 | Handicapped pedestrians not carrying white cane or using dog guide—Rights and privileges. | A totally or partially blind pedestrian not carrying a white cane or a totally or partially blind or hearing impaired pedestrian not using a dog guide in any of the places, accommodations, or conveyances listed in RCW 70.84.010 , shall have all of the rights and privileges conferred by law on other persons.
[ 1997 c 27... |
70.84.060 | Unauthorized use of white cane, dog guide, or service animal. | It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian who is not totally or partially blind to use a white cane or any pedestrian who is not totally or partially blind or is not hearing impaired to use a dog guide or any pedestrian who is not otherwise physically disabled to use a service animal in any of the places, accommodations,... |
70.84.070 | Penalty for violations. | Any person or persons, firm or corporation, or the agent of any person or persons, firm or corporation, who denies or interferes with admittance to or enjoyment of the public facilities enumerated in RCW 70.84.010 , or otherwise interferes with the rights of a totally or partially blind, hearing impaired, or otherwise ... |
70.84.080 | Employment of persons with disabilities in public service. | In accordance with the policy set forth in RCW 70.84.010 , the blind, persons with visual disabilities, the hearing impaired, and other persons with disabilities shall be employed in the state service, in the service of the political subdivisions of the state, in the public schools, and in all other employment supporte... |
70.84.900 | Short title. | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "White Cane Law."
[ 1969 c 141 s 11 .] |
70.85.010 | Definitions. | "Party line" means a subscribers' line telephone circuit, consisting of two or more main telephone stations connected therewith, each station with a distinctive ring or telephone number. "Emergency" means a situation in which property or human life are in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential.
[ 1953 c ... |
70.85.020 | Refusal to yield line—Penalty. | Any person who shall wilfully refuse to yield or surrender the use of a party line to another person for the purpose of permitting such other person to report a fire or summon police, medical or other aid in case of emergency, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1953 c 25 s 2 .] |
70.85.030 | Request for line on pretext of emergency—Penalty. | Any person who shall ask for or request the use of a party line on pretext that an emergency exists, knowing that no emergency in fact exists, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1953 c 25 s 3 .] |
70.85.040 | Telephone directories—Notice. | After September 9, 1953, every telephone directory thereafter distributed to the members of the general public shall contain a notice which explains this chapter, such notice to be printed in type which is no smaller than any other type on the same page and to be preceded by the word "warning": PROVIDED, That the prov... |
70.85.100 | Authority to isolate telephones in barricade or hostage situation—Definitions. | (1) The supervising law enforcement official having jurisdiction in a geographical area who reasonably believes that a person is barricaded, or one or more persons are holding another person or persons hostage within that area may order a telephone company employee designated pursuant to RCW 70.85.110 to arrange to cut... |
70.85.110 | Telephone companies to provide contacting information. | The telephone company providing service within the geographical jurisdiction of a law enforcement unit shall inform law enforcement agencies of the address and telephone number of its security office or other designated office to provide all required assistance to law enforcement officials to carry out the purpose of R... |
70.85.120 | Liability of telephone company. | Good faith reliance on an order given under RCW 70.85.100 through 70.85.130 by a supervising law enforcement official shall constitute a complete defense to any civil or criminal action arising out of such ordered cutting, rerouting or diverting of telephone lines.
[ 1979 c 28 s 3 .] |
70.85.130 | Applicability. | RCW 70.85.100 through 70.85.120 will govern notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this chapter and notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 9.73 RCW.
[ 1979 c 28 s 4 .] |
70.86.010 | Definitions. | The word "person" includes any individual, corporation, or group of two or more individuals acting together for a common purpose, whether acting in an individual, representative, or official capacity.
[ 1955 c 278 s 1 .] |
70.86.020 | Buildings to resist earthquake intensities. | Hospitals, schools, except one story, portable, frame school buildings, buildings designed or constructed as places of assembly accommodating more than three hundred persons; and all structures owned by the state, county, special districts, or any municipal corporation within the state of Washington shall hereafter be ... |
70.86.030 | Standards for design and construction. | Structural frames, exterior walls, and all appendages of the buildings described in RCW 70.86.020 , whose collapse will endanger life and property shall be designed and constructed to withstand horizontal forces from any direction of not less than the following fractions of the weight of the structure and its parts act... |
70.86.040 | Penalty. | Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: PROVIDED, That any person causing such a building to be built shall be entitled to rely on the certificate of a licensed professional engineer and/or registered architect that the standards of design set forth above have been met.
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70.87.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Advisory committee" means the elevator advisory committee as described in this chapter. (2) "Alteration" means any change to equipment, including its parts, components, and/or subsystems, other than mainten... |
70.87.020 | Conveyances to be safe and in conformity with law. | (1) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for safety of life and limb, to promote safety awareness, and to ensure the safe design, mechanical and electrical operation, and inspection of conveyances, and performance of conveyance work, and all such operation, inspection, and conveyance work subject to the provisions... |
70.87.030 | Rules—Waivers during state of emergency. | The department shall adopt rules governing the mechanical and electrical operation, acceptance tests, conveyance work, operation, and inspection that are necessary and appropriate and shall also adopt minimum standards governing existing installations. In the execution of this rule-making power and before the adoption ... |
70.87.034 | Additional powers of department. | The department also has the following powers: (1) The department may adopt any rules necessary or helpful for the department to implement and enforce this chapter. (2) The director may issue subpoenas for the production of persons, papers, or information in all proceedings and investigations within the scope of this ch... |
70.87.036 | Powers of attorney general. | On request of the department, the attorney general may: (1) File suit to collect a penalty assessed by the department; (2) Seek a civil injunction, show cause order, or contempt order against the person who repeatedly violates a provision of this chapter; (3) Seek an ex parte inspection warrant if the person refuses to... |
70.87.040 | Privately and publicly owned conveyances are subject to chapter. | All privately owned and publicly owned conveyances are subject to the provisions of this chapter except as specifically excluded by this chapter.
[ 1983 c 123 s 4 ; 1963 c 26 s 4 .] |
70.87.050 | Conveyances in buildings occupied by state, county, or political subdivision. | The conveyance work on, and the operation and inspection of any conveyance located in, or used in connection with, any building owned by the state, a county, or a political subdivision, other than those located within and owned by a city having an elevator code, shall be under the jurisdiction of the department.
[ 2003... |
70.87.060 | Responsibility for operation and maintenance of equipment and for periodic tests. | (1) The person, elevator contractor, or public agency performing conveyance work is responsible for operation and maintenance of the conveyance until the department has issued an operating permit for the conveyance, except during the period when a limited operating permit in accordance with RCW 70.87.090 (2) is in effe... |
70.87.070 | Serial numbers. | All new and existing conveyances shall have a serial number painted on or attached as directed by the department. This serial number shall be assigned by the department and shown on all required permits.
[ 1983 c 123 s 7 ; 1963 c 26 s 7 .] |
70.87.080 | Permits—When required—Application for—Posting. | (1) A permit shall be obtained from the department before performing work, other than maintenance, on a conveyance under the jurisdiction of the department. (2) The installer of the conveyance shall submit an application for the permit in duplicate, in a form that the department may prescribe. (3) The permit issued by ... |
70.87.090 | Operating permits—Limited permits—Duration—Posting. | (1) An operating permit is required for each conveyance operated in the state of Washington except during its erection by the person or firm responsible for its installation. A permit issued by the department shall be kept conspicuously posted near the conveyance. (2) The department may permit the temporary use of a co... |
70.87.100 | Conveyance work to be performed by elevator contractors—Acceptance tests—Inspections. | (1) All conveyance installations, relocations, or alterations must be performed by an elevator contractor employing an elevator mechanic. (2) The elevator contractor employing an elevator mechanic performing such conveyance work shall notify the department before completion of the work, and shall subject the new, moved... |
70.87.110 | Exceptions authorized. | The requirements of this chapter are intended to apply to all conveyances except as modified or waived by the department. They are intended to be modified or waived whenever any requirements are shown to be impracticable, such as involving expense not justified by the protection secured. However, the department shall n... |
70.87.120 | Inspectors—Inspections and reinspections—Suspension or revocation of permit—Order to discontinue use—Penalties—Investigation by department—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency. | (1) The department shall appoint and employ inspectors, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, under the provisions of the rules adopted by the Washington personnel resources board in accordance with chapter 41.06 RCW. (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, the department shall c... |
70.87.125 | Suspension or revocation of license or permit—Grounds—Notice—Stay of suspension or revocation—Removal of suspension or reinstatement of license or permit. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6039-S.SL ) ***
(1) A license issued under this chapter may be suspended, revoked, or subject to civil penalty by the department upon verification that any one or more of the following reasons exist: (a) Any false statement as to a material matter in the application; (b) Fraud, misrepresenta... |
70.87.140 | Operation without permit enjoinable. | Whenever any conveyance is being operated without a permit required by this chapter, the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the county may apply to the superior court of the county in which the conveyance is located for a temporary restraining order or a temporary or permanent injunction restraining the op... |
70.87.145 | Order to discontinue operation—Notice—Conditions—Contents of order—Recision of order—Violation—Penalty—Random inspections. | (1) An authorized representative of the department may order the owner or person operating a conveyance to discontinue the operation of a conveyance, and may place a notice that states that the conveyance may not be operated on a conspicuous place in the conveyance, if: (a) The conveyance work has not been permitted an... |
70.87.170 | Review of department action in accordance with administrative procedure act. | (1) Any person aggrieved by an order or action of the department denying, suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew a permit or license; assessing a penalty for a violation of this chapter; or ordering the operation of a conveyance to be discontinued, may request a hearing within fifteen days after notice of the depar... |
70.87.180 | Violations. | (1) The performance of conveyance work, other than maintenance, or the operation of a conveyance without a permit by any person owning or having the custody, management, or operation thereof, except as provided in RCW 70.87.080 and 70.87.090 , is a misdemeanor. Each day of violation is a separate offense. A prosecution... |
70.87.185 | Penalty for violation of chapter—Rules—Notice. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6039-S.SL ) ***
(1) The department may assess a penalty against a person violating a provision of this chapter. The penalty shall be not more than five hundred dollars. Each day that the violation continues is a separate violation and is subject to a separate penalty. (2) The department may ... |
70.87.190 | Accidents—Report and investigation—Cessation of use—Removal of damaged parts. | The owner or the owner's duly authorized agent shall promptly notify the department of each accident to a person requiring the service of a physician or resulting in a disability exceeding one day, and shall afford the department every facility for investigating and inspecting the accident. The department shall without... |
70.87.200 | Exemptions. | (1) The provisions of this chapter do not apply where: (a) A conveyance is permanently removed from service or made effectively inoperative; (b) Lifts, hoists for persons, or material hoists are erected temporarily for use during construction work only and are of such a design that they must be operated by a worker sta... |
70.87.205 | Resolution of disputes by arbitration—Appointment of arbitrators—Procedure—Decision—Enforcement. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6039-S.SL ) ***
(1) Disputes arising under RCW 70.87.200 (2) shall be resolved by arbitration. The request shall be sent using a method by which the mailing can be tracked or the delivery can be confirmed. (2) The department shall appoint one arbitrator; the municipality shall appoint one ar... |
70.87.210 | Deposit of moneys from chapter. | All moneys, except fines and penalties, received or collected under the terms of this chapter shall be deposited in the construction registration inspection account. All fines and penalties received or collected under the terms of this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 11 s 3 ; 1963 c 2... |
70.87.220 | Elevator safety advisory committee. | (1) The department may adopt the rules necessary to establish and administer the elevator safety advisory committee. The purpose of the advisory committee is to advise the department on the adoption of rules that apply to conveyances; methods of enforcing and administering this chapter; and matters of concern to the co... |
70.87.230 | Conveyance work—Who may perform—Possession of license and identification. | (1) Except as provided in RCW 70.87.270 , a person may not perform conveyance work within the state unless he or she is an elevator mechanic who is regularly employed by and is working: (a) For an owner exempt from licensing requirements under RCW 70.87.270 and performing maintenance; (b) for a public agency performing... |
70.87.240 | Elevator contractor license, elevator mechanic license—Qualifications—Reciprocity. | (1) Any person, firm, public agency, or company wishing to engage in the business of performing conveyance work within the state must apply for an elevator contractor license with the department on a form provided by the department and be a registered general or specialty contractor under chapter 18.27 RCW. (2) Except ... |
70.87.245 | Material lift mechanic license. | A material lift mechanic license to perform conveyance work on material lifts subject to WAC 296-96-05010 may be granted to any person who possesses the following qualifications: (1) The person: (a) Must be employed by an elevator contractor that complies with subsections (2) and (3) of this section; (b) must have succ... |
70.87.250 | Licenses—Renewals—Fees—Temporary licenses—Continuing education—Records. | (1) Upon approval of an application, the department may issue a license that is biennially renewable. Each license may include a photograph of the licensee. The fee for the license and for any renewal shall be set by the department in rule. (2) The department may issue temporary elevator mechanic licenses. These tempor... |
70.87.260 | Liability not limited or assumed by state. | This chapter cannot be construed to relieve or lessen the responsibility or liability of any person, firm, or corporation owning, operating, controlling, testing, inspecting, or performing conveyance work on any conveyance or other related mechanisms covered by this chapter for damages to person or property caused by a... |
70.87.270 | Exemptions from licensure. | (1) The licensing requirements of this chapter do not apply to the maintenance of conveyances specified in (a) of this subsection if a person specified in (b) of this subsection performs the maintenance and the owner complies with the requirements specified in (c) and (d) of this subsection. (a) The conveyance: (i) Mus... |
70.87.280 | License categories—Rules. | In order to effectively administer and implement the elevator mechanic licensing of this chapter, the department may establish elevator mechanic license categories in rule.
[ 2003 c 143 s 5 .]
Part headings and captions not law — Effective date — 2003 c 143: See notes following RCW 70.87.020 . |
70.87.290 | Rules—Effective date. | The department of labor and industries may not adopt rules to implement chapter 98, Laws of 2002, and to implement chapter 143, Laws of 2003 that take effect before March 1, 2004.
[ 2003 c 143 s 6 .]
Part headings and captions not law — Effective date — 2003 c 143: See notes following RCW 70.87.020 . |
70.87.305 | Private residence conveyances—Licensing requirements—Rules. | (1) The department shall, by rule, establish licensing requirements for conveyance work performed on private residence conveyances. These rules shall include an exemption from licensing for maintenance work on private residence conveyances performed by an owner or at the direction of the owner, provided the owner resid... |
70.87.310 | Whistleblower—Identity to remain confidential. | (1) An employee who is a whistleblower and who as a result of being a whistleblower has been subjected to workplace reprisal or retaliatory action has the remedies provided under chapter 49.60 RCW. (2) The identity of a whistleblower who reports, in good faith, to the department or to a political subdivision that regul... |
70.90.101 | Legislative findings. | The legislature finds that water recreation facilities are an important source of recreation for the citizens of this state. To promote the public health, safety, and welfare, the legislature finds it necessary to continue to regulate these facilities.
[ 1987 c 222 s 1 .] |
70.90.110 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Water recreation facility" means any artificial basin or other structure containing water used or intended to be used for recreation, bathing, relaxation, or swimming, where body contact with the water occu... |
70.90.120 | Adoption of rules governing safety, sanitation, and water quality—Exceptions. | (1) The board shall adopt rules under the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, governing safety, sanitation, and water quality for water recreation facilities. The rules shall include but not be limited to requirements for design; operation; injury and illness reporting; biological and chemical contaminatio... |
70.90.125 | Regulation by local boards of health. | Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any local board of health from establishing and enforcing any provisions governing safety, sanitation, and water quality for any water recreation facility, regardless of ownership or use, in addition to those rules established by the state board of health under this chapter.
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70.90.140 | Enforcement. | The secretary shall enforce the rules adopted under this chapter. The secretary may develop joint plans of responsibility with any local health jurisdiction to administer this chapter.
[ 1986 c 236 s 5 .] |
70.90.150 | Fees. | (1) Local health officers may establish and collect fees sufficient to cover their costs incurred in carrying out their duties under this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter. (2) The department may establish and collect fees sufficient to cover its costs incurred in carrying out its duties under this chapt... |
70.90.160 | Modification or construction of facility—Permit required—Submission of plans. | A permit is required for any modification to or construction of any recreational water contact facility after June 11, 1986, and for any other water recreation facility after July 26, 1987. Water recreation facilities existing on July 26, 1987, which do not comply with the design and construction requirements establish... |
70.90.170 | Operating permit—Renewal. | An operating permit from the department or local health officer, as applicable, is required for each water recreation facility operated in this state. The permit shall be renewed annually. The permit shall be conspicuously displayed at the water recreation facility.
[ 1987 c 222 s 8 ; 1986 c 236 s 8 .] |
70.90.180 | State and local health jurisdictions—Chapter not basis for liability. | Nothing in this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter creates or forms the basis for any liability: (1) On the part of the state and local health jurisdictions, or their officers, employees, or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of the owner or operator of water recreation facilities ... |
70.90.190 | Reporting of injury, disease, or death. | Any person operating a water recreation facility shall report to the local health officer or the department any serious injury, communicable disease, or death occurring at or caused by the water recreation facility.
[ 1987 c 222 s 10 ; 1986 c 236 s 10 .] |
70.90.200 | Civil penalties. | County, city, or town legislative authorities and the secretary, as applicable, may establish civil penalties for a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter not to exceed five hundred dollars. Each day upon which a violation occurs constitutes a separate violation. A person violating this chapt... |
70.90.205 | Criminal penalties. | The violation of any provisions of this chapter and any rules adopted under this chapter shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
[ 1987 c 222 s 11 .] |
70.90.210 | Adjudicative proceeding—Notice. | (1) Any person aggrieved by an order of the department or by the imposition of a civil fine by the department has the right to an adjudicative proceeding. RCW 43.70.095 governs department notice of a civil fine and a person's right to an adjudicative proceeding. (2) Any person aggrieved by an order of a local health of... |
70.90.230 | Insurance required. | (1) A recreational water contact facility shall not be operated within the state unless the owner or operator has purchased insurance in an amount not less than one hundred thousand dollars against liability for bodily injury to or death of one or more persons in any one accident arising out of the use of the recreatio... |
70.90.240 | Sale of spas, pools, and tubs—Operating instructions and health caution required. | Every seller of spas, pools and tubs under RCW 70.90.110 (1) (a) and (c) shall furnish to the purchaser a complete set of operating instructions which shall include detailed instructions on the safe use of the spa, pool, or tub and for the proper treatment of water to reduce health risks to the purchaser. Included in t... |
70.90.250 | Application of chapter. | This chapter applies to all water recreation facilities regardless of whether ownership is public or private and regardless of whether the intended use is commercial or private, except that this chapter shall not apply to: (1) Any water recreation facility for the sole use of residents and invited guests at a single-fa... |
70.92.100 | Legislative intent. | It is the intent of the legislature that, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, plans and specifications for the erection of buildings through the use of public or private funds shall make special provisions for elderly or physically disabled persons.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 110 s 1 .] |
70.92.110 | Buildings and structures to which standards and specifications apply—Exemptions. | The standards and specifications adopted under this chapter shall, as provided in this section, apply to buildings, structures, or portions thereof used primarily for group A-1 through group U-1 occupancies, except for group R-3 occupancies, as defined in the Uniform Building Code, 1994 edition, published by the Intern... |
70.92.120 | Handicap symbol—Display—Signs showing location of entrance for handicapped. | All buildings built in accordance with the standards and specifications provided for in this chapter, and containing facilities that are in compliance therewith, shall display the following symbol which is known as the International Symbol of Access. Such symbol shall be white on a blue background and shall indicate th... |
70.92.130 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Administrative authority" means the building department of each county, city, or town of this state; (2) "Substantially remodeled or substantially rehabilitated" means any altera... |
70.92.140 | Minimum standards for facilities—Adoption—Facilities to be included. | The *state building code advisory council shall adopt minimum standards by rule and regulation for the provision of facilities in buildings and structures to accommodate the elderly, as well as physically disabled persons, which shall include but not be limited to standards for: (1) Ramps; (2) Doors and doorways; (3) S... |
70.92.150 | Standards adopted by other states to be considered—Majority vote. | The council in adopting these minimum standards shall consider minimum standards adopted by both law and rule and regulation in other states and the government of the United States: PROVIDED, That no standards adopted by the council pursuant to RCW 70.92.100 through 70.92.160 shall take effect until July 1, 1976. The c... |
70.92.160 | Waiver from compliance with standards. | The administrative authority of any jurisdiction may grant a waiver from compliance with any standard adopted hereunder for a particular building or structure if it determines that compliance with the particular standard is impractical: PROVIDED, That such a determination shall be made no later than at the time of issu... |
70.92.170 | Personal wireless service facilities—Rules. | (1) The state building code council shall amend its rules under chapter 70.92 RCW, to the extent practicable while still maintaining the certification of those regulations under the federal Americans with disabilities act, to exempt personal wireless services equipment shelters, or the room or enclosure housing equipme... |
70.96.150 | Inability to contribute to cost no bar to admission. | [ 1959 c 85 s 15 .]
Reviser's note: This section was amended by 1989 c 271 s 308, without cognizance of the repeal thereof; and subsequently recodified without cognizance of the repeal thereof.
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70.97.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Behavioral health disorder" means either a mental disorder, a substance use disorder, or co-occurring mental disorder and substance use disorder. (2) "Department" means the department of social and health s... |
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