title: RCW 70.77.430

text:
Notwithstanding RCW 70.77.255, following the revocation or expiration of a license, a licensee in lawful possession of a lawfully acquired stock of fireworks may sell such fireworks, but only under supervision of the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection. Any sale under this section shall be solely to persons who are authorized to buy, possess, sell, or use such fireworks.
[ 1995 c 369 s 53; 1986 c 266 s 110; 1984 c 249 s 28; 1982 c 230 s 36; 1961 c 228 s 63.]
Notes:
Effective date—1995 c 369: See note following RCW 43.43.930.
Severability—1986 c 266: See note following RCW 38.52.005.

catchline: Sale of stock after revocation or expiration of license.


doc_type: statute

jurisdiction: wa

title: RCW 70.77.435

text:
Any fireworks which are illegally sold, offered for sale, used, discharged, possessed, or transported in violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules or regulations of the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, are subject to seizure by the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, or his or her deputy, or by state agencies or local governments having general law enforcement authority.
[ 2002 c 370 s 37; 1997 c 182 s 20; 1995 c 61 s 23; 1994 c 133 s 11; 1986 c 266 s 111; 1982 c 230 s 37; 1961 c 228 s 64.]
Notes:
Severability—2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126.
Severability—Effective date—1997 c 182: See notes following RCW 70.77.160.
Severability—Effective date—1995 c 61: See notes following RCW 70.77.111.
Severability—Effective date—1994 c 133: See notes following RCW 70.77.146.
Severability—1986 c 266: See note following RCW 38.52.005.

license: public-domain-government-work

rule_set: Revised Code of Washington

catchline: Seizure of fireworks.

code: rcw

unit: section

court: Washington State Legislature


title: RCW 70.77.440

text:
(1) In the event of seizure under RCW 70.77.435, proceedings for forfeiture shall be deemed commenced by the seizure. The chief of the Washington state patrol or a designee, through the director of fire protection or the agency conducting the seizure, under whose authority the seizure was made shall cause notice to be served within fifteen days following the seizure on the owner of the fireworks seized and the person in charge thereof and any person having any known right or interest therein, of the seizure and intended forfeiture of the seized property. The notice may be served by any method authorized by law or court rule including but not limited to service by certified mail with return receipt requested. Service by mail shall be deemed complete upon mailing within the fifteen-day period following the seizure.
(2) If no person notifies the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection or the agency conducting the seizure, in writing of the person's claim of lawful ownership or right to lawful possession of seized fireworks within thirty days of the seizure, the seized fireworks shall be deemed forfeited.
(3) If any person notifies the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection or the agency conducting the seizure, in writing of the person's claim of lawful ownership or possession of the fireworks within thirty days of the seizure, the person or persons shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard as to the claim or right. The hearing shall be before an administrative law judge appointed under chapter 34.12 RCW, except that any person asserting a claim or right may remove the matter to a court of competent jurisdiction if the aggregate value of the seized fireworks is more than five hundred dollars. The hearing before an administrative law judge and any appeal therefrom shall be under Title 34 RCW. In a court hearing between two or more claimants to the article or articles involved, the prevailing party shall be entitled to a judgment for costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. The burden of producing evidence shall be upon the person claiming to have the lawful right to possession of the seized fireworks. The chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection or the agency conducting the seizure, shall promptly return the fireworks to the claimant upon a determination by the administrative law judge or court that the claimant is lawfully entitled to possession of the fireworks.
(4) When fireworks are forfeited under this chapter the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection or the agency conducting the seizure, may:
(a) Dispose of the fireworks by summary destruction at any time subsequent to thirty days from such seizure or ten days from the final termination of proceedings under this section, whichever is later; or
(b) Sell the forfeited fireworks and chemicals used to make fireworks, that are legal for use and possession under this chapter, to wholesalers or manufacturers, authorized to possess and use such fireworks or chemicals under a license issued by the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection. Sale shall be by public auction after publishing a notice of the date, place, and time of the auction in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the auction is to be held, at least three days before the date of the auction. The proceeds of the sale of the seized fireworks under this section may be retained by the agency conducting the seizure and used to offset the costs of seizure and/or storage costs of the seized fireworks. The remaining proceeds, if any, shall be deposited in the fire services trust fund and shall be used as follows: At least fifty percent is for a statewide public education campaign developed by the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, and the licensed fireworks industry emphasizing the safe and responsible use of legal fireworks; and the remainder is for statewide efforts to enforce this chapter.
[ 2002 c 370 s 38; 1997 c 182 s 21; 1995 c 61 s 24; 1994 c 133 s 12; 1986 c 266 s 112; 1984 c 249 s 29; 1961 c 228 s 65.]
Notes:
Severability—2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126.
Severability—Effective date—1997 c 182: See notes following RCW 70.77.160.
Severability—Effective date—1995 c 61: See notes following RCW 70.77.111.
Severability—Effective date—1994 c 133: See notes following RCW 70.77.146.
Severability—1986 c 266: See note following RCW 38.52.005.

catchline: Seizure of fireworks—Proceedings for forfeiture—Disposal of confiscated fireworks.


title: RCW 70.77.450

text:
The chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, may make an examination of the books and records of any licensee, or other person relative to fireworks, and may visit and inspect the premises of any licensee he or she may deem at any time necessary for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The licensee, owner, lessee, manager, or operator of any such building or premises shall permit the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, his or her deputies or salaried assistants, the local fire official, and their authorized representatives to enter and inspect the premises at the time and for the purpose stated in this section.
[ 2012 c 117 s 395; 1997 c 182 s 22; 1994 c 133 s 13; 1986 c 266 s 113; 1961 c 228 s 67.]
Notes:
Severability—Effective date—1997 c 182: See notes following RCW 70.77.160.
Severability—Effective date—1994 c 133: See notes following RCW 70.77.146.
Severability—1986 c 266: See note following RCW 38.52.005.

catchline: Examination, inspection of books and premises.


title: RCW 70.77.455

text:
(1) All licensees shall maintain and make available to the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, full and complete records showing all production, imports, exports, purchases, and sales of fireworks items by class.
(2) All records obtained and all reports produced, as required by this chapter, are not subject to disclosure through the public records act under chapter 42.56 RCW.
[ 2005 c 274 s 337; 1997 c 182 s 23. Prior: 1995 c 369 s 54; 1995 c 61 s 25; 1986 c 266 s 114; 1982 c 230 s 38; 1961 c 228 s 68.]
Notes:
Severability—Effective date—1997 c 182: See notes following RCW 70.77.160.
Effective date—1995 c 369: See note following RCW 43.43.930.
Severability—Effective date—1995 c 61: See notes following RCW 70.77.111.
Severability—1986 c 266: See note following RCW 38.52.005.

catchline: Licensees to maintain and make available complete records—Exemption from public records act.


title: RCW 70.77.460

text:
When reports on fireworks transactions or the payments of license fees or penalties are required to be made on or by specified dates, they shall be deemed to have been made at the time they are filed with or paid to the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, or, if sent by mail, on the date shown by the United States postmark on the envelope containing the report or payment.
[ 1995 c 369 s 55; 1986 c 266 s 115; 1961 c 228 s 69.]
Notes:
Effective date—1995 c 369: See note following RCW 43.43.930.
Severability—1986 c 266: See note following RCW 38.52.005.

catchline: Reports, payments deemed made when filed or paid or date mailed.


title: RCW 70.77.480

text:
The transfer of fireworks ownership whether by sale at wholesale or retail, by gift or other means of conveyance of title, or by delivery of any fireworks to any person in the state who does not possess and present to the carrier for inspection at the time of delivery a valid license, where such license is required to purchase, possess, transport, or use fireworks, is prohibited.
[ 1982 c 230 s 39; 1961 c 228 s 73.]

catchline: Prohibited transfers of fireworks.


title: RCW 70.77.485

text:
It is unlawful to possess any class or kind of fireworks in violation of this chapter. A violation of this section is:
(1) A misdemeanor if involving less than one pound of fireworks, exclusive of external packaging; or
(2) A gross misdemeanor if involving one pound or more of fireworks, exclusive of external packaging.
For the purposes of this section, "external packaging" means any materials that are not an integral part of the operative unit of fireworks.
[ 1984 c 249 s 30; 1961 c 228 s 74.]

catchline: Unlawful possession of fireworks—Penalties.


title: RCW 70.77.488

text:
It is unlawful for any person to discharge or use fireworks in a reckless manner which creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person or damage to the property of another. A violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1984 c 249 s 37.]

catchline: Unlawful discharge or use of fireworks—Penalty.


title: RCW 70.77.495

text:
It is unlawful for any person to set off fireworks of any kind in forest, fallows, grass, or brush covered land, either on his or her own land or the property of another, between April 15th and December 1st of any year, unless it is done under a written permit from the Washington state department of natural resources or its duly authorized agent, and in strict accordance with the terms of the permit and any other applicable law.
[ 2012 c 117 s 396; 2002 c 370 s 39; 1988 c 128 s 11; 1961 c 228 s 76.]
Notes:
Severability—2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126.

catchline: Forestry permit to set off fireworks in forest, brush, fallow, etc.


title: RCW 70.77.510

text:
It is unlawful for any person knowingly to sell, transfer, or agree to sell or transfer any display fireworks to any person who is not a fireworks licensee as provided for by this chapter. A violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2002 c 370 s 40; 1984 c 249 s 31; 1982 c 230 s 40; 1961 c 228 s 79.]
Notes:
Severability—2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126.

catchline: Unlawful sales or transfers of display fireworks—Penalty.


title: RCW 70.77.515

text:
(1) It is unlawful for any person to offer for sale, sell, or exchange for consideration, any consumer fireworks to a consumer or user other than at a fixed place of business of a retailer for which a license and permit have been issued.
(2) No licensee may sell any fireworks to any person under the age of sixteen.
(3) A violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2002 c 370 s 41; 1984 c 249 s 32; 1982 c 230 s 41; 1961 c 228 s 80.]
Notes:
Severability—2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126.

catchline: Unlawful sales or transfers of consumer fireworks—Penalty.


title: RCW 70.77.517

text:
It is unlawful for any person, except in the course of continuous interstate transportation through any state, to transport fireworks from this state into any other state, or deliver them for transportation into any other state, or attempt so to do, knowing that such fireworks are to be delivered, possessed, stored, transshipped, distributed, sold, or otherwise dealt with in a manner or for a use prohibited by the laws of such other state specifically prohibiting or regulating the use of fireworks. A violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.
This section does not apply to a common or contract carrier or to international or domestic water carriers engaged in interstate commerce or to the transportation of fireworks into a state for the use of United States agencies in the carrying out or the furtherance of their operations.
In the enforcement of this section, the definitions of fireworks contained in the laws of the respective states shall be applied.
As used in this section, the term "state" includes the several states, territories, and possessions of the United States, and the District of Columbia.
[ 2002 c 370 s 42; 1984 c 249 s 34.]
Notes:
Severability—2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126.

catchline: Unlawful transportation of fireworks—Penalty.


title: RCW 70.77.520

text:
It is unlawful for any person to allow any combustibles to accumulate in any premises in which fireworks are stored or sold or to permit a fire nuisance to exist in such a premises. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
[ 2002 c 370 s 43; 1984 c 249 s 33; 1961 c 228 s 81.]
Notes:
Severability—2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126.

catchline: Unlawful to permit fire nuisance where fireworks kept—Penalty.


title: RCW 70.77.525

text:
This chapter does not prohibit any manufacturer, wholesaler, dealer, or jobber, having a license and a permit secured under the provisions of this chapter, from manufacturing or selling any kind of fireworks for direct shipment out of this state.
[ 1982 c 230 s 42; 1961 c 228 s 82.]

catchline: Manufacture or sale of fireworks for out-of-state shipment.


title: RCW 70.77.530

text:
This chapter does not prohibit the use of torpedoes, flares, or fusees by motor vehicles, railroads, or other transportation agencies for signal purposes or illumination or for use in forest protection activities.
[ 1961 c 228 s 83.]

catchline: Nonprohibited acts—Signal purposes, forest protection.


title: RCW 70.77.535

text:
The assembling, compounding, use, and display of articles pyrotechnic or special effects in the production of motion pictures, radio or television productions, or live entertainment shall be under the direction and control of a pyrotechnic operator licensed by the state of Washington and who possesses a valid permit from the city or county.
[ 2002 c 370 s 44; 1994 c 133 s 14; 1984 c 249 s 35; 1982 c 230 s 43; 1961 c 228 s 84.]
Notes:
Severability—2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126.
Severability—Effective date—1994 c 133: See notes following RCW 70.77.146.

catchline: Articles pyrotechnic, special effects for entertainment media.


title: RCW 70.77.540

text:
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter or any rules issued thereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1984 c 249 s 36; 1961 c 228 s 85.]

catchline: Penalty.


title: RCW 70.77.545

text:
A person is guilty of a separate offense for each day during which he or she commits, continues, or permits a violation of any provision of, or any order, rule, or regulation made pursuant to this chapter.
[ 2012 c 117 s 397; 1961 c 228 s 86.]

catchline: Violation a separate, continuing offense.


title: RCW 70.77.547

text:
The inclusion in this chapter of criminal penalties does not preclude enforcement of this chapter through civil means.
[ 1994 c 133 s 15.]
Notes:
Severability—Effective date—1994 c 133: See notes following RCW 70.77.146.

catchline: Civil enforcement not precluded.


title: RCW 70.77.548

text:
Civil proceedings to enforce this chapter may be brought in the superior court of Thurston county or the county in which the violation occurred by the attorney general or the attorney of the city or county in which the violation occurred on his or her own motion or at the request of the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection.
[ 2002 c 370 s 48.]
Notes:
Severability—2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126.

catchline: Attorney general may institute civil proceedings—Venue.


title: RCW 70.77.549

text:
In addition to criminal penalties, a person who violates this chapter is also liable for a civil penalty and for the costs incurred with enforcing this chapter and bringing the civil action, including court costs and reasonable investigative and attorneys' fees.
[ 2002 c 370 s 49.]
Notes:
Severability—2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126.

catchline: Civil penalty—Costs.


title: RCW 70.77.550

text:
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the state fireworks law.
[ 1961 c 228 s 87.]

catchline: Short title.


title: RCW 70.77.555

text:
(1) A city or county may provide by ordinance for a fee in an amount sufficient to cover all legitimate costs for all needed permits, licenses, and authorizations from application to and through processing, issuance, and inspection, but in no case to exceed a total of one hundred dollars for any one retail sales permit for any one selling season in a year, whether June 28th through July 5th or December 27th through December 31st, or a total of two hundred dollars for both selling seasons.
(2) A city or county may provide by ordinance for a fee in an amount sufficient to cover all legitimate costs for all display permits, licenses, and authorizations from application to and through processing, issuance, and inspection, not to exceed actual costs and in no case more than a total of five thousand dollars for any one display permit.
[ 2002 c 370 s 45; 1995 c 61 s 26; 1982 c 230 s 44; 1961 c 228 s 88.]
Notes:
Severability—2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126.
Severability—Effective date—1995 c 61: See notes following RCW 70.77.111.

catchline: Local permit and license fees—Limits.


title: RCW 70.77.575

text:
(1) The chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, shall adopt by rule a list of the consumer fireworks that may be sold to the public in this state pursuant to this chapter. The chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, shall file the list by October 1st of each year with the code reviser for publication, unless the previously published list has remained current.
(2) The chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, shall provide the list adopted under subsection (1) of this section by November 1st of each year to all manufacturers, wholesalers, and importers licensed under this chapter, unless the previously distributed list has remained current.
[ 2002 c 370 s 46; 1995 c 369 s 57; 1986 c 266 s 117; 1984 c 249 s 8.]
Notes:
Severability—2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126.
Effective date—1995 c 369: See note following RCW 43.43.930.
Severability—1986 c 266: See note following RCW 38.52.005.

catchline: Chief of the Washington state patrol to provide list of consumer fireworks that may be sold to the public.


title: RCW 70.77.580

text:
Retailers required to be licensed under this chapter shall post prominently at each retail location a list of the consumer fireworks that may be sold to the public in this state pursuant to this chapter. The posted list shall be in a form approved by the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection. The chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, shall make the list available.
[ 2002 c 370 s 47; 1995 c 369 s 58; 1986 c 266 s 118; 1984 c 249 s 9.]
Notes:
Severability—2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126.
Effective date—1995 c 369: See note following RCW 43.43.930.
Severability—1986 c 266: See note following RCW 38.52.005.

catchline: Retailers to post list of consumer fireworks.


title: RCW 70.77.900

text:
This act shall take effect on January 1, 1962.
[ 1961 c 228 s 90.]

catchline: Effective date—1961 c 228.


title: RCW 70.79.010

text:
There is hereby created within this state a board of boiler rules, which shall hereafter be referred to as the board, consisting of five members who shall be appointed to the board by the governor, one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, and two for a term of four years. At the expiration of their respective terms of office, they, or their successors identifiable with the same interests respectively as hereinafter provided, shall be appointed for terms of four years each. The governor may at any time remove any member of the board for inefficiency or neglect of duty in office. Upon the death or incapacity of any member the governor shall fill the vacancy for the remainder of the vacated term with a representative of the same interests with which his or her predecessor was identified. Of these five appointed members, one shall be representative of owners and users of boilers and unfired pressure vessels within the state, one shall be representative of the boiler or unfired pressure vessel manufacturers within the state, one shall be a representative of a boiler insurance company licensed to do business within the state, one shall be a mechanical engineer on the faculty of a recognized engineering college or a graduate mechanical engineer having equivalent experience, and one shall be representative of the boilermakers, stationary operating engineers, or pressure vessel operators. The board shall elect one of its members to serve as chair and, at the call of the chair, the board shall meet at least four times each year at the state capitol or other place designated by the board.
[ 1999 c 183 s 1; 1951 c 32 s 1.]

catchline: Board of boiler rules—Members—Terms—Meetings.


title: RCW 70.79.020

text:
The members of the board shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240 and shall receive travel expenses incurred while in the performance of their duties as members of the board, in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
[ 1984 c 287 s 105; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34 s 159; 1951 c 32 s 2.]
Notes:
Legislative findings—Severability—Effective date—1984 c 287: See notes following RCW 43.03.220.
Effective date—Severability—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34: See notes following RCW 2.08.115.

catchline: Compensation and travel expenses.


title: RCW 70.79.030

text:
The board shall formulate definitions and rules for the safe and proper construction, installation, repair, use, and operation of boilers and for the safe and proper construction, installation, and repair of unfired pressure vessels in this state. The definitions and rules so formulated shall be based upon, and, at all times, follow the nationally or internationally accepted engineering standards, formulae, and practices established and pertaining to boiler and unfired pressure vessel construction and safety, and the board may by resolution adopt existing published codifications thereof, and when so adopted the same shall be deemed incorporated into, and to constitute a part or the whole of the definitions and rules of the board. Amendments and interpretations to the code shall be enforceable immediately upon being adopted, to the end that the definitions and rules shall at all times follow nationally or internationally accepted engineering standards. However, all rules adopted by the board shall be adopted in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW, as now or hereafter amended.
[ 1999 c 183 s 2; 1972 ex.s. c 86 s 1; 1951 c 32 s 3.]

catchline: Duties of board.


title: RCW 70.79.040

text:
The board shall promulgate rules and regulations for the safe and proper installation, repair, use and operation of boilers, and for the safe and proper installation and repair of unfired pressure vessels which were in use or installed ready for use in this state prior to the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this chapter pertaining to existing installations became effective, or during the twelve months period immediately thereafter.
[ 1951 c 32 s 4.]

catchline: Rules and regulations—Scope.


title: RCW 70.79.050

text:
(1) The rules and regulations formulated by the board shall have the force and effect of law, except that the rules applying to the construction of new boilers and unfired pressure vessels shall not be construed to prevent the installation thereof until twelve months after their approval by the director of the department of labor and industries.
(2) Subsequent amendments to the rules and regulations adopted by the board shall be permissive immediately and shall become mandatory twelve months after such approval.
[ 1951 c 32 s 5.]

catchline: Rules and regulations—Effect.


title: RCW 70.79.060

text:
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no power boiler, low pressure boiler, or unfired pressure vessel which does not conform to the rules and regulations formulated by the board governing new construction and installation shall be installed and operated in this state after twelve months from the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this chapter pertaining to new construction and installation shall have become effective, unless the boiler or unfired pressure vessel is of special design or construction, and is not covered by the rules and regulations, nor is in any way inconsistent with such rules and regulations, in which case an inspection certificate may at its discretion be granted by the board.
(2) An inspection certificate may also be granted for boilers and pressure vessels manufactured before 1951 which do not comply with the code requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers adopted under this chapter, if the boiler or pressure vessel is operated exclusively for the purposes of public exhibition, and the board finds, upon inspection, that operation of the boiler or pressure vessel for such purposes is not unsafe.
[ 2009 c 90 s 1; 1984 c 93 s 1; 1951 c 32 s 6.]

catchline: Construction, installation must conform to rules—Inspection certificate.


title: RCW 70.79.070

text:
(1) All boilers and unfired pressure vessels which were in use, or installed ready for use in this state prior to the date upon which the first rules and regulations under this chapter pertaining to existing installations became effective, or during the twelve months period immediately thereafter, shall be made to conform to the rules and regulations of the board governing existing installations, and the formulae prescribed therein shall be used in determining the maximum allowable working pressure for such boilers and unfired pressure vessels.
(2) This chapter shall not be construed as in any way preventing the use or sale of boilers or unfired vessels as referred to in subsection (1) of this section, provided they have been made to conform to the rules and regulations of the board governing existing installations, and provided, further, they have not been found upon inspection to be in an unsafe condition.
[ 2018 c 259 s 1; 2009 c 90 s 2; 1995 c 41 s 1; 1993 c 193 s 1; 1951 c 32 s 7.]


title: RCW 70.79.080

text:
This chapter shall not apply to the following boilers, unfired pressure vessels and domestic hot water tanks:
(1) Boilers and unfired pressure vessels under federal regulation or operated by any railroad subject to the provisions of the interstate commerce act;
(2) Unfired pressure vessels meeting the requirements of the interstate commerce commission for shipment of liquids or gases under pressure;
(3) Air tanks located on vehicles operating under the rules of other state authorities and used for carrying passengers, or freight;
(4) Air tanks installed on the right-of-way of railroads and used directly in the operation of trains;
(5) Unfired pressure vessels having a volume of five cubic feet or less when not located in places of public assembly;
(6) Unfired pressure vessels designed for a pressure not exceeding fifteen pounds per square inch gauge;
(7) Tanks used in connection with heating water for domestic and/or residential purposes;
(8) Boilers and unfired pressure vessels in cities having ordinances which are enforced and which have requirements equal to or higher than those provided for under this chapter, covering the installation, operation, maintenance and inspection of boilers and unfired pressure vessels;
(9) Tanks containing water with no air cushion and no direct source of energy that operate at ambient temperature;
(10) Electric boilers:
(a) Having a tank volume of not more than one and one-half cubic feet;
(b) Having a maximum allowable working pressure of one hundred pounds per square inch or less, with a pressure relief system to prevent excess pressure; and
(c) If constructed after June 10, 1994, constructed to American society of mechanical engineers code, or approved or otherwise certified by a nationally recognized or recognized foreign testing laboratory or construction code, including but not limited to Underwriters Laboratories, Edison Testing Laboratory, or Instituto Superiore Per La Prevenzione E La Sicurezza Del Lavoro;
(11) Electrical switchgear and control apparatus that have no external source of energy to maintain pressure and are located in restricted access areas under the control of an electric utility;
(12) Regardless of location, unfired pressure vessels less than one and one-half cubic feet (11.25 gallons) in volume or less than six inches in diameter with no limitation on the length of the vessel or pressure;
(13) Domestic hot water heaters less than one and one-half cubic feet (11.25 gallons) in volume with a safety valve setting of one hundred fifty pounds per square inch gauge or less;
(14)(a)(i) Miniature hobby boilers that have been certified by an inspector as of June 7, 2018; or
(ii) Miniature hobby boilers that have not been certified by an inspector as of June 7, 2018, but that receive certification from the chief inspector prior to being placed in service.
(b) For the purposes of this subsection, "miniature hobby boilers" means those that do not comply with the code requirements of the American society of mechanical engineers adopted under this chapter and do not exceed any of the following limits:
(i) Sixteen inches inside diameter of the shell;
(ii) Twenty square feet of total heating surface;
(iii) Five cubic feet of gross volume of vessel;
(iv) One hundred fifty p.s.i.g. maximum allowable working pressure; and
(v) The boiler is to be operated exclusively not for commercial or industrial use.
[ 2018 c 259 s 2; 2009 c 90 s 3; 2005 c 22 s 1; 1999 c 183 s 3; 1996 c 72 s 1; 1994 c 64 s 2; 1986 c 97 s 1; 1951 c 32 s 8.]
Notes:
Finding—Intent—1994 c 64: See note following RCW 70.79.095.

catchline: Exemptions from chapter.


title: RCW 70.79.090

text:
The following boilers and unfired pressure vessels shall be exempt from the requirements of RCW 70.79.220 and 70.79.240 through 70.79.330:
(1) Boilers or unfired pressure vessels located on farms and used solely for agricultural purposes;
(2) Unfired pressure vessels that are part of fertilizer applicator rigs designed and used exclusively for fertilization in the conduct of agricultural operations;
(3) Steam boilers used exclusively for heating purposes carrying a pressure of not more than fifteen pounds per square inch gauge and which are located in private residences or in apartment houses of less than six families;
(4) Hot water heating boilers carrying a pressure of not more than thirty pounds per square inch and which are located in private residences or in apartment houses of less than six families;
(5) Approved pressure vessels (hot water heaters, hot water storage tanks, hot water supply boilers, and hot water heating boilers listed by a nationally recognized testing agency), with approved safety devices including a pressure relief valve, with a nominal water containing capacity of one hundred twenty gallons or less having a heat input of two hundred thousand b.t.u.'s per hour or less, at pressure of one hundred sixty pounds per square inch or less, and at temperatures of two hundred ten degrees Fahrenheit or less: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That such pressure vessels are not installed in schools, child care centers, public and private hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, churches, public buildings owned or leased and maintained by the state or any political subdivision thereof, and assembly halls;
(6) Unfired pressure vessels containing only water under pressure for domestic supply purposes, including those containing air, the compression of which serves only as a cushion or airlift pumping systems, when located in private residences or in apartment houses of less than six families, or in public water systems as defined in RCW 70A.120.020;
(7) Unfired pressure vessels containing liquefied petroleum gases.
[ 2021 c 65 s 67; 2012 c 10 s 49; 2009 c 90 s 4; 2005 c 22 s 2; 1999 c 183 s 4; 1988 c 254 s 20; 1983 c 3 s 174; 1972 ex.s. c 86 s 2; 1951 c 32 s 9.]
Notes:
Explanatory statement—2021 c 65: See note following RCW 53.54.030.
Application—2012 c 10: See note following RCW 18.20.010.

catchline: Exemptions from certain provisions.


title: RCW 70.79.095

text:
A county, city, or other political subdivision of the state may not enforce any law specifically regulating the manufacture, installation, operation, maintenance, or inspection of any electric boiler exempt from this chapter by RCW 70.79.080(10).
[ 1994 c 64 s 3.]
Notes:
Finding—Intent—1994 c 64: "The legislature finds that small low-pressure boilers are found in devices such as espresso coffee machines and cleaning equipment common throughout Washington state. Such systems present little threat to public health and safety. Government regulation of such systems could impose a substantial burden on many small businesses and provide minimal public benefit. It is therefore the intent of the legislature to exempt these boilers from regulation under chapter 70.79 RCW and similar laws adopted by local governments." [ 1994 c 64 s 1.]

catchline: Espresso machines—Local regulation prohibited.


title: RCW 70.79.100

text:
(1) Within sixty days after the effective date of this chapter, and at any time thereafter that the office of the chief inspector may become vacant, the director of the department of labor and industries shall appoint a chief inspector who shall have had at the time of such appointment not less than ten years practical experience in the construction, maintenance, repair, or operation of high pressure boilers and unfired pressure vessels, as a mechanical engineer, steam engineer, boilermaker, or boiler inspector, and who shall have passed the same kind of examination as that prescribed for deputy or special inspectors in RCW 70.79.170 to be chief inspector until his or her successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Such chief inspector may be removed for cause after due investigation by the board and its recommendation to the director of the department of labor and industries.
[ 2012 c 117 s 398; 1951 c 32 s 10.]


title: RCW 70.79.110

text:
The chief inspector, if authorized by the director of the department of labor and industries is hereby charged, directed and empowered:
(1) To cause the prosecution of all violators of the provisions of this chapter;
(2) To issue, or to suspend, or revoke for cause, inspection certificates as provided for in RCW 70.79.290;
(3) To take action necessary for the enforcement of the laws of the state governing the use of boilers and unfired pressure vessels and of the rules and regulations of the board;
(4) To keep a complete record of the type, dimensions, maximum allowable working pressure, age, condition, location, and date of the last recorded internal inspection of all boilers and unfired pressure vessels to which this chapter applies;
(5) To publish and distribute, among manufacturers and others requesting them, copies of the rules and regulations adopted by the board.
[ 1951 c 32 s 11.]

catchline: Chief inspector—Duties in general.


title: RCW 70.79.120

text:
The director shall employ deputy inspectors who have met at the time of appointment the qualification requirements for a commission as set forth by the national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors, and who shall have passed the examination provided for in RCW 70.79.170.
[ 2024 c 167 s 1; 1994 c 164 s 27; 1951 c 32 s 12.]


title: RCW 70.79.130

text:
In addition to the deputy boiler inspectors authorized by RCW 70.79.120, the chief inspector shall, upon the request of any company authorized to insure against loss from explosion of boilers and unfired pressure vessels in this state, or upon the request of any company operating boilers or unfired pressure vessels in this state, issue to any inspectors of said company commissions as special inspectors, provided that each such inspector before receiving his or her commission shall satisfactorily pass the examination provided for in RCW 70.79.170, or, in lieu of such examination, shall hold a certificate of competency as an inspector of boilers and unfired pressure vessels for a state that has a standard of examination substantially equal to that of this state or a certificate as an inspector of boilers and unfired pressure vessels from the national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors. A commission as a special inspector for a company operating boilers or unfired pressure vessels in this state shall be issued only if, in addition to meeting the requirements stated herein, the inspector is continuously employed by the company for the purpose of making inspections of boilers or unfired pressure vessels used, or to be used, by such company.
[ 1999 c 183 s 5; 1951 c 32 s 13.]


title: RCW 70.79.140

text:
Special inspectors shall receive no salary from, nor shall any of their expenses be paid by the state, and the continuance of a special inspector's commission shall be conditioned upon his or her continuing in the employ of a boiler insurance company duly authorized as aforesaid or upon continuing in the employ of a company operating boilers or unfired pressure vessels in this state and upon his or her maintenance of the standards imposed by this chapter.
[ 1999 c 183 s 6; 1951 c 32 s 14.]

catchline: Special inspectors—Compensation—Continuance of commission.


title: RCW 70.79.150

text:
Special inspectors shall inspect all boilers and unfired pressure vessels insured or operated by their respective companies and, when so inspected, the owners and users of such insured boilers and unfired pressure vessels shall be exempt from the payment to the state of the inspection fees as provided for in RCW 70.79.330.
[ 1999 c 183 s 7; 1951 c 32 s 15.]

catchline: Special inspectors—Inspections—Exempts from inspection fees.


title: RCW 70.79.160

text:
Each company employing special inspectors shall, within thirty days following each internal or external boiler or unfired pressure vessel inspection made by such inspectors, file a report of such inspection with the chief inspector upon appropriate forms.
[ 2005 c 22 s 3; 1999 c 183 s 8; 1951 c 32 s 16.]

catchline: Report of inspection by special inspector—Filing.


title: RCW 70.79.170

text:
Examinations for deputy or special inspectors shall be in writing and shall be held by the chief and a member of the board, or by at least two national board commissioned inspectors. Such examinations shall be confined to questions the answers to which will aid in determining the fitness and competency of the applicant for the intended service. In case an applicant for an inspector's appointment or commission fails to pass the examination, he or she may appeal to the board for another examination which shall be given by the chief within ninety days. The record of an applicant's examination shall be accessible to said applicant and his or her employer.
[ 2012 c 117 s 399; 2005 c 22 s 7; 1951 c 32 s 18.]

catchline: Examinations for inspector's appointment or commission—Reexamination.


title: RCW 70.79.180

text:
A commission may be suspended or revoked after due investigation and recommendation by the board to the director of the department of labor and industries for the incompetence or untrustworthiness of the holder thereof, or for willful falsification of any matter or statement contained in his or her application or in a report of any inspection. A person whose commission has been suspended or revoked, except for untrustworthiness, shall be entitled to apply to the board for reinstatement or, in the case of a revocation, for a new examination and commission after ninety days from such revocation.
[ 2012 c 117 s 400; 1951 c 32 s 19.]

catchline: Suspension, revocation of inspector's commission—Grounds—Reinstatement.


title: RCW 70.79.190

text:
A person whose commission has been suspended or revoked shall be entitled to an appeal as provided in RCW 70.79.361 and to be present in person and/or represented by counsel on the hearing of the appeal.
[ 2005 c 22 s 5; 1951 c 32 s 20.]

catchline: Suspension, revocation of commission—Appeal.


title: RCW 70.79.200

text:
If a certificate or commission is lost or destroyed, a new certificate or commission shall be issued in its place without another examination.
[ 1951 c 32 s 21.]

catchline: Lost or destroyed certificate or commission.


title: RCW 70.79.220

text:
The inspections herein required shall be made by the chief inspector, by a deputy inspector, or by a special inspector provided for in this chapter.
[ 1951 c 32 s 25.]

catchline: Inspections—Who shall make.


title: RCW 70.79.230

text:
The chief inspector, or any deputy or special inspector, shall have free access, during reasonable hours, to any premises in the state where a boiler or unfired pressure vessel is being constructed, or is being installed or operated, for the purpose of ascertaining whether such boiler or unfired pressure vessel is constructed, installed and operated in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1951 c 32 s 17.]

catchline: Access to premises by inspectors.


title: RCW 70.79.240

text:
Each boiler and unfired pressure vessel used or proposed to be used within this state, except boilers or unfired pressure vessels exempt in RCW 70.79.080 and 70.79.090, shall be thoroughly inspected as to their construction, installation, condition and operation, as follows:
(1) Power boilers shall be inspected annually both internally and externally while not under pressure, except that the board may provide for longer periods between inspections where the contents, history, or operation of the power boiler or the material of which it is constructed warrant special consideration. Power boilers shall also be inspected annually externally while under pressure if possible;
(2) Low pressure heating boilers shall be inspected both internally and externally biennially where construction will permit, except that the board may, in its discretion, provide for longer periods between internal inspections;
(3) Unfired pressure vessels subject to internal corrosion shall be inspected both internally and externally biennially where construction will permit, except that the board may, in its discretion, provide for longer periods between internal inspections;
(4) Unfired pressure vessels not subject to internal corrosion shall be inspected externally at intervals set by the board, but internal inspections shall not be required of unfired pressure vessels, the contents of which are known to be noncorrosive to the material of which the shell, head, or fittings are constructed, either from the chemical composition of the contents or from evidence that the contents are adequately treated with a corrosion inhibitor, provided that such vessels are constructed in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board or in accordance with standards substantially equivalent to the rules and regulations of the board, in effect at the time of manufacture.
[ 2009 c 90 s 5; 1993 c 391 s 1; 1951 c 32 s 22.]

catchline: Inspection of boilers, unfired pressure vessels—Scope—Frequency.


title: RCW 70.79.250

text:
In the case of power boilers a grace period of not more than two months longer than the period established by the board under RCW 70.79.240(1) may elapse between internal inspections of a boiler while not under pressure or between external inspections of a boiler while under pressure; in the case of low pressure heating boilers not more than twenty-six months shall elapse between inspections, and in the case of unfired pressure vessels not more than two months longer than the period between inspections prescribed by the board shall elapse between internal inspections.
[ 1993 c 391 s 2; 1951 c 32 s 23.]

catchline: Inspection—Frequency—Grace period.


title: RCW 70.79.260

text:
The rules and regulations formulated by the board applying to the inspection of unfired pressure vessels may be modified by the board to reduce or extend the interval between required inspections where the contents of the vessel or the material of which it is constructed warrant special consideration.
[ 1951 c 32 s 24.]


title: RCW 70.79.270

text:
If at any time a hydrostatic test shall be deemed necessary to determine the safety of a boiler or unfired pressure vessel, [the] same shall be made, at the discretion of the inspector, by the owner or user thereof.
[ 1951 c 32 s 26.]

catchline: Hydrostatic test.


title: RCW 70.79.280

text:
All boilers and all unfired pressure vessels to be installed in this state after the twelve-month period from the date upon which the rules of the board shall become effective shall be inspected during construction as required by the applicable rules of the board by an inspector authorized to inspect boilers and unfired pressure vessels in this state, or, if constructed outside of the state, by an inspector holding a certificate from the national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors, or a certificate of competency as an inspector of boilers and unfired pressure vessels for a state that has a standard of examination substantially equal to that of this state as provided in RCW 70.79.170.
[ 1999 c 183 s 9; 1951 c 32 s 27.]

catchline: Inspection during construction.


title: RCW 70.79.290

text:
If, upon inspection, a boiler or pressure vessel is found to comply with the rules and regulations of the board, and upon the appropriate fee payment made directly to the chief inspector, as required by RCW 70.79.160 or 70.79.330, the chief inspector shall issue to the owner or user of such a boiler or pressure vessel an inspection certificate bearing the date of inspection and specifying the maximum pressure under which the boiler or pressure vessel may be operated. Such inspection certificate shall be valid for not more than fourteen months from its date in the case of power boilers and twenty-six months in the case of low pressure heating boilers, and for not more than two months longer than the authorized inspection period in the case of pressure vessels. Certificates shall be posted under glass in the room containing the boiler or pressure vessel inspected. If the boiler or pressure vessel is not located within a building, the certificate shall be posted in a location convenient to the boiler or pressure vessel inspected or, in the case of a portable boiler or pressure vessel, the certificate shall be kept in a protective container to be fastened to the boiler or pressure vessel or in a tool box accompanying the boiler or pressure vessel.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 175 s 1; 1970 ex.s. c 21 s 1; 1951 c 32 s 28.]


title: RCW 70.79.300

text:
No inspection certificate issued for an insured boiler or unfired pressure vessel inspected by a special inspector shall be valid after the boiler or unfired pressure vessel, for which it was issued, shall cease to be insured by a company duly authorized by this state to carry such insurance.
[ 1951 c 32 s 29.]

catchline: Inspection certificate invalid on termination of insurance.


title: RCW 70.79.310

text:
The chief inspector, or his or her authorized representative, may at any time suspend an inspection certificate when, in his or her opinion, the boiler or unfired pressure vessel for which it was issued cannot be operated without menace to the public safety, or when the boiler or unfired pressure vessel is found not to comply with the rules herein provided. A special inspector shall have corresponding powers with respect to inspection certificates for boilers or unfired pressure vessels insured or operated by the company employing him or her. Such suspension of an inspection certificate shall continue in effect until such boiler or unfired pressure vessel shall have been made to conform to the rules of the board, and until said inspection certificate shall have been reinstated.
[ 1999 c 183 s 10; 1951 c 32 s 30.]


title: RCW 70.79.320

text:
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to operate under pressure in this state a boiler or unfired pressure vessel, to which this chapter applies, without a valid inspection certificate as provided for in this chapter.
(2) The department may assess a penalty against a person violating a provision of this chapter. The penalty shall be not more than $500. Each day that the violation continues is a separate violation and is subject to a separate penalty.
(3) The department may not assess a penalty until it adopts rules describing the method it will use to calculate penalties for various violations.
(4) The department shall notify the violator of its action, and the reasons for its action. The department shall send the notice using an electronic or nonelectronic method by which the notice can be tracked or the delivery can be confirmed to the violator that a hearing may be requested under RCW 70.79.361. Before using an electronic method for the first time under this section, the department must provide the violator the option to receive communication through a nonelectronic method. The hearing shall not stay the effect of the penalty.
[ 2026 c 77 s 34; 2011 c 301 s 21; 2005 c 22 s 6; 1986 c 97 s 2; 1951 c 32 s 31.]

catchline: Operating without inspection certificate prohibited—Penalty.


title: RCW 70.79.330

text:
The owner or user of a boiler or pressure vessel required by this chapter to be inspected by the chief inspector, or his or her deputy inspector, shall pay directly to the chief inspector, upon completion of inspection, fees and expenses in accordance with a schedule adopted by the board and approved by the director of the department of labor and industries in accordance with the requirements of the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW.
During a state of emergency declared under RCW 43.06.010(12), the governor may waive or suspend the collection of fees under this section or any portion of this section or under any administrative rule, and issue any orders to facilitate the operation of state or local government or to promote and secure the safety and protection of the civilian population.
[ 2012 c 117 s 401; 2008 c 181 s 205; 1977 ex.s. c 175 s 2; 1970 ex.s. c 21 s 2; 1963 c 217 s 1; 1951 c 32 s 32.]
Notes:
Part headings not law—2008 c 181: See note following RCW 43.06.220.

catchline: Inspection fees—Expenses—Schedules—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency.


title: RCW 70.79.350

text:
The chief inspector shall give an official receipt for all fees required by chapter 70.79 RCW and shall transfer all sums so received to the treasurer of the state of Washington as ex officio custodian thereof and the treasurer shall place all sums in a special fund hereby created and designated as the "pressure systems safety fund." Funds shall be paid out upon vouchers duly and regularly issued therefor and approved by the director of the department of labor and industries. The treasurer, as ex officio custodian of the fund, shall keep an accurate record of any payments into the fund, and of all disbursements therefrom. The fund shall be used exclusively to defray only the expenses of administering chapter 70.79 RCW by the chief inspector as authorized by law and the expenses incident to the maintenance of the office. The fund shall be charged with its pro rata share of the cost of administering the fund which is to be determined by the director of financial management and by the director of the department of labor and industries.
During the 2003-2005 and 2025-2027 fiscal biennia, the legislature may transfer from the pressure systems safety fund to the state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of the fund.
[ 2025 c 424 s 970; 2003 1st sp.s. c 25 s 931; 1979 c 151 s 171; 1977 ex.s. c 175 s 3; 1951 c 32 s 34.]
Notes:
Effective date—2025 c 424: See note following RCW 9.46.100.
Severability—Effective date—2003 1st sp.s. c 25: See notes following RCW 19.28.351.

catchline: Inspection fees—Receipts for—Pressure systems safety fund.


title: RCW 70.79.361

text:
(1) No person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity may install or maintain any standards that violate this chapter. In cases where the interpretation and application of the installation or maintenance standards prescribed in this chapter is in dispute, the board shall determine the methods of installation or maintenance to be used in the particular case submitted for its decision. To appeal the board's decision, a person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity shall, in writing, notify the chief boiler inspector. The notice shall specify the ruling or interpretation desired and the contention of the person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity as to the proper interpretation or application on the question on which a decision is desired.
(2) Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity wishing to appeal a penalty issued under this chapter may appeal to the board. The appeal shall be filed within twenty days after service of the notice of the penalty to the assessed party by filing a written notice of appeal with the chief boiler inspector. The hearing and review procedures shall be conducted by the board in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 2005 c 22 s 4.]

catchline: Board determinations—Appeals.


title: RCW 70.82.010

text:
It is hereby declared to be of vital concern to the state of Washington that all persons who are bona fide residents of the state of Washington and who are afflicted with cerebral palsy in any degree be provided with facilities and a program of service for medical care, education, treatment and training to enable them to become normal individuals. In order to effectively accomplish such purpose the department of social and health services, hereinafter called the department, is authorized and instructed and it shall be its duty to establish and administer facilities and a program of service for the discovery, care, education, hospitalization, treatment and training of educable persons afflicted with cerebral palsy, and to provide in connection therewith nursing, medical, surgical and corrective care, together with academic, occupational and related training. Such program shall extend to developing, extending and improving service for the discovery of such persons and for diagnostication and hospitalization and shall include cooperation with other agencies of the state charged with the administration of laws providing for any type of service or aid to persons with disabilities, and with the United States government through any appropriate agency or instrumentality in developing, extending and improving such service, program and facilities. Such facilities shall include field clinics, diagnosis and observation centers, boarding schools, special classes in day schools, research facilities and such other facilities as shall be required to render appropriate aid to such persons. Existing facilities, buildings, hospitals and equipment belonging to or operated by the state of Washington shall be made available for these purposes when use therefor does not conflict with the primary use of such existing facilities. Existing buildings, facilities and equipment belonging to private persons, firms or corporations or to the United States government may be acquired or leased.
[ 2020 c 274 s 46; 1974 ex.s. c 91 s 2; 1947 c 240 s 1; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 5547-1.]
Notes:
Severability—1974 ex.s. c 91: "If any provision of this 1974 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1974 ex.s. c 91 s 8.]
Effective date—1974 ex.s. c 91: "This 1974 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately: PROVIDED, That sections 2 through 5 of this 1974 amendatory act shall not take effect until July 1, 1974." [ 1974 ex.s. c 91 s 7.]
Severability—1947 c 240: "If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application." [ 1947 c 240 s 5.]

catchline: Purpose and aim of program.


title: RCW 70.82.021

text:
All moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the state cerebral palsy fund on the first day of May, 1955, and all moneys thereafter paid into the state treasury for or to the credit of the state cerebral palsy fund, shall be and are hereby transferred to and placed in the general fund.
[ 1955 c 326 s 1.]

catchline: Cerebral palsy fund—Moneys transferred to general fund.


title: RCW 70.82.022

text:
From and after the first day of April, 1955, all appropriations made by the thirty-fourth legislature from the state cerebral palsy fund shall be paid out of moneys in the general fund.
[ 1955 c 326 s 2.]

catchline: Cerebral palsy fund—Appropriations to be paid from general fund.


title: RCW 70.82.023

text:
From and after the first day of May, 1955, the state cerebral palsy fund is abolished.
[ 1955 c 326 s 3.]

catchline: Cerebral palsy fund—Abolished.


title: RCW 70.82.024

text:
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; 1955 c 326 s 4.]

catchline: Cerebral palsy fund—Warrants to be paid from general fund.


title: RCW 70.82.030

text:
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 than one year before his or her application for such admission or eligibility.
[ 2020 c 274 s 47; 2012 c 117 s 403; 1947 c 240 s 3; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 5547-2.]

catchline: Eligibility.


title: RCW 70.82.040

text:
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.]
Notes:
Severability—Effective date—1974 ex.s. c 91: See notes following RCW 70.82.010.

catchline: Diagnosis.


title: RCW 70.82.050

text:
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 unallocated funds within any account to the credit of the superintendent of public instruction or the state board of education for purposes of such Cerebral Palsy Center shall be transferred effective July 1, 1974 to the credit of the department of social and health services, which department shall hereafter expend such funds for such Cerebral Palsy Center purposes as contemplated in the appropriations therefor. All employees of the Cerebral Palsy Center on July 1, 1974 who are classified employees under chapter 41.06 RCW, the state civil service law, shall be assigned and transferred to the department of social and health services to perform their usual duties upon the same terms as formerly, without any loss of rights, subject to any action that may be appropriate thereafter in accordance with the laws and rules governing the state civil service law.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 91 s 4.]
Notes:
Severability—Effective date—1974 ex.s. c 91: See notes following RCW 70.82.010.

catchline: Powers, duties, functions, unallocated funds, transferred.


title: RCW 70.83.010

text:
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.]
Notes:
Purpose—Intent—Severability—1977 ex.s. c 80: See notes following RCW 4.16.190.

catchline: Declaration of policy and purpose.


title: RCW 70.83.020

text:
(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 department of health shall conduct screening tests of samples for the detection of phenylketonuria and other heritable or metabolic disorders leading to intellectual disabilities or physical defects as defined by the state board of health: PROVIDED, That no such tests shall be given to any newborn infant whose parents or guardian object thereto on the grounds that such tests conflict with their religious tenets and practices.
(2) The sample required in subsection (1) of this section must be received by the department [of health] within seventy-two hours of the collection of the sample, excluding any day that the Washington state public health laboratory is closed.
[ 2014 c 18 s 1; 2010 c 94 s 18; 1991 c 3 s 348; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 27 s 1; 1967 c 82 s 2.]
Notes:
Purpose—2010 c 94: See note following RCW 44.04.280.

catchline: Screening tests of newborn infants.


title: RCW 70.83.023

text:
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 disorders. The fee may also be used to support organizations conducting community outreach, education, and adult support related to sickle cell disease. The fee may be collected through the facility where a screening specimen is obtained.
[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 17 s 1; 2007 c 259 s 8.]
Notes:
Subheadings not law—2007 c 259: See note following RCW 7.70.060.

catchline: Specialty clinics—Defined disorders—Fee for infant screening and sickle cell disease.


title: RCW 70.83.030

text:
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 heritable and metabolic disorders covered by this chapter be reported to the state department of health by such persons or agencies requesting or performing such tests.
[ 1991 c 3 s 349; 1979 c 141 s 113; 1967 c 82 s 3.]

catchline: Report of positive test to department of health.


title: RCW 70.83.040

text:
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.
The services and facilities of the department, and other state and local agencies cooperating with the department in carrying out programs of detection and prevention of intellectual disabilities and physical defects shall be made available to the family and physician to the extent required in order to carry out the intent of this chapter and within the availability of funds.
[ 2010 c 94 s 19; 2007 c 259 s 7; 2005 c 518 s 938; 1999 c 76 s 1; 1991 c 3 s 350; 1979 c 141 s 114; 1967 c 82 s 4.]
Notes:
Purpose—2010 c 94: See note following RCW 44.04.280.
Subheadings not law—2007 c 259: See note following RCW 7.70.060.
Effective date—2005 c 518: See note following RCW 28A.600.110.

catchline: Services and facilities of state agencies made available to families and physicians.


title: RCW 70.83.050

text:
The state board of health shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the intent of this chapter.
[ 1967 c 82 s 5.]

catchline: Rules and regulations to be adopted by state board of health.


title: RCW 70.83.090

text:
(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 medical record; and
(c) If the screening test indicates a suspicion of abnormality, refer the newborn for appropriate care and report the test results to the newborn's attending physician and parent, parents, or guardian.
(2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a health care provider attending a birth outside of a hospital shall, no sooner than twenty-four hours after the birth of an infant born outside of a hospital, but no later than forty-eight hours after the birth:
(i) Perform critical congenital heart disease screening using pulse oximetry according to recommended American academy of pediatrics guidelines;
(ii) Record the results of the critical congenital heart disease screening test in the newborn's medical record; and
(iii) If the screening test indicates a suspicion of abnormality, refer the newborn for appropriate care and report the test results to the newborn's attending physician and parent, parents, or guardian.
(b) If the health care provider does not perform the test required in (a) of this subsection because he or she does not possess the proper equipment, the health care provider shall notify the parent, parents, or guardian in writing that the health care provider was unable to perform the test and that the infant should be tested by another health care provider no sooner than twenty-four hours after the birth, but no later than forty-eight hours after the birth.
(3) No test may be given to a newborn infant under this section whose parent, parents, or guardian object thereto on the grounds that such tests conflict with their religious tenets and practices.
(4) The state board of health may adopt rules to implement the requirements of this section.
(5) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(a) "Critical congenital heart disease" means an abnormality in the structure or function of the heart that exists at birth, causes severe, life-threatening symptoms, and requires medical intervention within the first year of life.
(b) "Newborn" means an infant born in any setting in the state of Washington.
[ 2015 c 37 s 2.]
Notes:
Findings—2015 c 37: "The legislature finds the following:
(1) Critical congenital heart disease is an abnormality in the structure or function of the heart that exists at birth, may cause life-threatening symptoms, and requires early medical intervention. Congenital heart disease is the most common cause of death in the first year of life. Outwardly healthy babies may be discharged from hospitals before signs of disease are detected.
(2) Pulse oximetry is a low-cost, noninvasive test that is effective at detecting congenital heart defects that otherwise would go undetected.
(3) Critical congenital heart disease was added to the national recommended uniform screening panel in 2011, and the majority of states have established a statewide screening for the disease.
(4) Requiring all hospitals and health care providers attending births to screen newborns for critical congenital heart disease has the potential to save newborn lives with early detection and treatment." [ 2015 c 37 s 1.]

catchline: Critical congenital heart disease screening.


title: RCW 70.83C.005

text:
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 as a whole. The legislature recognizes that the department of health and other agencies are focusing on primary prevention activities to reduce the use of alcohol or drugs during pregnancy but few efforts have focused on secondary prevention efforts aimed at intervening in the lives of women already involved in the use of alcohol or other drugs during pregnancy. The legislature recognizes that the best way to prevent problems for chemically dependent pregnant women and their resulting children is to engage the women in alcohol or drug treatment. The legislature acknowledges that treatment professionals find pretreatment services to clients to be important in engaging women in alcohol or drug treatment. The legislature further recognizes that pretreatment services should be provided at locations where chemically dependent women are likely to be found, including public health clinics and domestic violence or homeless shelters. Therefore the legislature intends to prevent the detrimental effects of alcohol or other drug use to women and their resulting infants by promoting the establishment of local programs to help facilitate a woman's entry into alcohol or other drug treatment. These programs shall provide secondary prevention services and provision of opportunities for immediate treatment so that women who seek help are welcomed rather than ostracized.
[ 1993 c 422 s 3.]
Notes:
Finding—1993 c 422: See note following RCW 70.83C.010.

catchline: Intent.


title: RCW 70.83C.010

text:
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 withdrawal, or both, if use is reduced or discontinued, and impairment of health or disruption of social or economic functioning.
(2) "Approved treatment program" means a discrete program of chemical dependency treatment provided by a treatment program certified by the department of social and health services as meeting standards adopted under this chapter.
(3) "Assessment" means an interview with an individual to determine if he or she is chemically dependent and in need of referral to an approved treatment program.
(4) "Chemically dependent individual" means someone suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction, or dependence on alcohol or one or more other psychoactive chemicals.
(5) "Department" means the department of social and health services.
(6) "Domestic violence" is a categorization of offenses, as defined in RCW 10.99.020.
(7) "Domestic violence program" means a shelter or other program which provides services to victims of domestic violence.
(8) "Drug addiction" means a disease characterized by a dependency on psychoactive chemicals, loss of control over the amount and circumstances of use, symptoms of tolerance, physiological or psychological withdrawal, or both, if use is reduced or discontinued, and impairment of health or disruptions of social or economic functioning.
(9) "Pretreatment" means the period of time prior to an individual's enrollment in alcohol or drug treatment.
(10) "Pretreatment services" means activities taking place prior to treatment that include identification of individuals using alcohol or drugs, education, assessment of their use, evaluation of need for treatment, referral to an approved treatment program, and advocacy on a client's behalf with social service agencies or others to ensure and coordinate a client's entry into treatment.
(11) "Primary prevention" means providing information about the effects of alcohol or drug use to individuals so they will avoid using these substances.
(12) "Secondary prevention" means identifying and obtaining an assessment on individuals using alcohol or other drugs for referral to treatment when indicated.
(13) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of social and health services.
(14) "Treatment" means the broad range of emergency detoxification, residential, and outpatient services and care, including diagnostic evaluation, chemical dependency education and counseling, medical, psychiatric, psychological, and social service care, vocational rehabilitation, and career counseling, that may be extended to chemically dependent individuals and their families.
(15) "Treatment program" means an organization, institution, or corporation, public or private, engaged in the care, treatment, or rehabilitation of chemically dependent individuals.
[ 2020 c 29 s 16; 1993 c 422 s 4.]
Notes:
Effective date—2020 c 29: See note following RCW 7.77.060.
Finding—1993 c 422: "The United States surgeon general warns that women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of the risk of birth defects. The legislature finds that these defects include fetal alcohol syndrome, a birth defect that causes permanent antisocial behavior in the sufferer, disrupts the functions of his or her family, and, at an alarmingly increasing rate, extracts a safety and fiscal toll on society." [ 1993 c 422 s 1.]

catchline: Definitions.


title: RCW 70.83C.020

text:
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 secretary shall:
(1) Promote development of three pilot demonstration projects in the state to be called pretreatment projects for women of childbearing age.
(2) Ensure that two of the projects are located in public health department clinics that provide maternity services and one is located with a domestic violence program.
(3) Hire three certified chemical dependency counselors to work as substance abuse educators in each of the three demonstration projects. The counselors may rotate between more than one clinic or domestic violence program. The chemical dependency counselor for the domestic violence program shall also be trained in domestic violence issues.
(4) Ensure that the duties and activities of the certified chemical dependency counselors include, at a minimum, the following:
(a) Identifying substance-using pregnant women in the health clinics and domestic violence programs;
(b) Educating the women and agency staff on the effects of alcohol or drugs on health, pregnancy, and unborn children;
(c) Determining the extent of the women's substance use;
(d) Evaluating the women's need for treatment;
(e) Making referrals for chemical dependency treatment if indicated;
(f) Facilitating the women's entry into treatment; and
(g) Advocating on the client's behalf with other social service agencies or others to ensure and coordinate clients into treatment.
(5) Ensure that administrative costs of the department are limited to ten percent of the funds appropriated for the project.
[ 1993 c 422 s 5.]
Notes:
Finding—1993 c 422: See note following RCW 70.83C.010.

catchline: Prevention strategies.


title: RCW 70.83E.010

text:
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.]

catchline: Declaration—Policy.


title: RCW 70.83E.020

text:
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 professionals related to the identification and screening of women at risk of producing a drug-affected baby.
[ 1998 c 93 s 2.]

catchline: Screening criteria, training protocols—Development of.


title: RCW 70.83E.030

text:
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 testing is available, its cost, which entity is currently responsible for ordering testing, and whether testing should be mandatory or targeted.
[ 1998 c 93 s 3.]

catchline: Department of health—Duties.


title: RCW 70.84.010

text:
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 blind, persons with visual disabilities, the hearing impaired, and other persons with disabilities have the same rights as the able-bodied to the full and free use of the streets, highways, walkways, public buildings, public facilities, and other public places.
(3) The blind, persons with visual disabilities, the hearing impaired, and other persons with disabilities are entitled to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges on common carriers, airplanes, motor vehicles, railroad trains, motor buses, streetcars, boats, and all other public conveyances, as well as in hotels, lodging places, places of public resort, accommodation, assemblage or amusement, and all other places to which the general public is invited, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons.
[ 2020 c 274 s 48; 1980 c 109 s 1; 1969 c 141 s 1.]


title: RCW 70.84.020

text:
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.]

catchline: "Dog guide" defined.


title: RCW 70.84.021

text:
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.]

catchline: "Service animal" defined.


title: RCW 70.84.040

text:
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 disability using a wheelchair or a power wheelchair as defined in RCW 46.04.415 shall take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to such pedestrian or wheelchair user. Any driver who fails to take such precaution shall be liable in damages for any injury caused such pedestrian or wheelchair user. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to drive into or upon any crosswalk while there is on such crosswalk such pedestrian or wheelchair user crossing or attempting to cross the roadway, if such pedestrian or wheelchair user is using a white cane, using a dog guide, using a service animal, or using a wheelchair or a power wheelchair as defined in RCW 46.04.415. The failure of any such pedestrian or wheelchair user so to signal shall not deprive him or her of the right-of-way accorded him or her by other laws.
[ 2010 c 184 s 1; 1997 c 271 s 20; 1985 c 90 s 3; 1980 c 109 s 4; 1971 ex.s. c 77 s 1; 1969 c 141 s 4.]
Notes:
Effective date—2010 c 184: "This act takes effect August 1, 2010." [ 2010 c 184 s 2.]

catchline: Precautions for drivers of motor vehicles approaching a wheelchair user or pedestrian who is using a white cane, dog guide, or service animal.


title: RCW 70.84.050

text:
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 271 s 21; 1980 c 109 s 5; 1969 c 141 s 5.]

catchline: Handicapped pedestrians not carrying white cane or using dog guide—Rights and privileges.


title: RCW 70.84.060

text:
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, or conveyances listed in RCW 70.84.010 for the purpose of securing the rights and privileges accorded by the chapter to totally or partially blind, hearing impaired, or otherwise physically disabled people.
[ 1997 c 271 s 22; 1985 c 90 s 4; 1980 c 109 s 6; 1969 c 141 s 6.]

catchline: Unauthorized use of white cane, dog guide, or service animal.


title: RCW 70.84.070

text:
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 physically disabled person as set forth in RCW 70.84.010 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1985 c 90 s 5; 1980 c 109 s 7; 1969 c 141 s 7.]

catchline: Penalty for violations.


title: RCW 70.84.080

text:
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 supported in whole or in part by public funds on the same terms and conditions as the able-bodied, unless it is shown that the particular disability prevents the performance of the work involved.
[ 2020 c 274 s 49; 1980 c 109 s 8; 1969 c 141 s 9.]

catchline: Employment of persons with disabilities in public service.


title: RCW 70.84.900

text:
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "White Cane Law."
[ 1969 c 141 s 11.]

catchline: Short title.


title: RCW 70.85.010

text:
"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 25 s 1.]


title: RCW 70.85.020

text:
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.]

catchline: Refusal to yield line—Penalty.


title: RCW 70.85.030

text:
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.]

catchline: Request for line on pretext of emergency—Penalty.


title: RCW 70.85.040

text:
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 provisions of this section shall not apply to those directories distributed solely for business advertising purposes, commonly known as classified directories.
[ 1953 c 25 s 4.]

catchline: Telephone directories—Notice.


title: RCW 70.85.100

text:
(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, reroute, or divert telephone lines for the purpose of preventing telephone communications between the barricaded person or hostage holder and any person other than a peace officer or a person authorized by the peace officer.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) A "hostage holder" is one who commits or attempts to commit any of the offenses described in RCW 9A.40.020, 9A.40.030, or 9A.40.040; and
(b) A "barricaded person" is one who establishes a perimeter around an area from which others are excluded and either:
(i) Is committing or is immediately fleeing from the commission of a violent felony; or
(ii) Is threatening or has immediately prior threatened a violent felony or suicide; or
(iii) Is creating or has created the likelihood of serious harm within the meaning of chapter 71.05 RCW relating to mental illness.
[ 1985 c 260 s 1; 1979 c 28 s 1.]

catchline: Authority to isolate telephones in barricade or hostage situation—Definitions.


title: RCW 70.85.110

text:
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 RCW 70.85.100 through 70.85.130. The designation shall be in writing and shall provide the telephone number or numbers through which the security representative or other telephone company official can be reached at any time. This information shall be served upon all law enforcement units having jurisdiction in a geographical area. Any change in address or telephone number or identity of the telephone company office to be contacted to provide required assistance shall be served upon all law enforcement units in the affected geographical area.
[ 1979 c 28 s 2.]

catchline: Telephone companies to provide contacting information.


title: RCW 70.85.120

text:
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.]

catchline: Liability of telephone company.


title: RCW 70.85.130

text:
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.]

catchline: Applicability.


title: RCW 70.86.010

text:
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.]

catchline: Definitions.


title: RCW 70.86.020

text:
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 designed and constructed to resist probable earthquake intensities at the location thereof in accordance with RCW 70.86.030, unless other standards of design and construction for earthquake resistance are prescribed by enactments of the legislative authority of counties, special districts, and/or municipal corporations in which the structure is constructed.
[ 1955 c 278 s 2.]

catchline: Buildings to resist earthquake intensities.


title: RCW 70.86.030

text:
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 acting at the centers of gravity:
Western Washington 0.05.
[ 1955 c 278 s 3.]

catchline: Standards for design and construction.


title: RCW 70.86.040

text:
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.
[ 1955 c 278 s 4.]

catchline: Penalty.