RCW 51.08.010 Meaning of words. Unless the context indicates otherwise, words used in this title shall have the meaning given in this chapter. [ 1961 c 23 § 51.08.010. Prior: 1939 c 41 § 2, part; 1929 c 132 § 1, part; 1927 c 310 § 2, part; 1921 c 182 § 2, part; 1919 […]
RCW 51.08.012 “Accredited school.” For the purposes of this title, “accredited school” means a school or course of instruction which is: (1) Approved by the state superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education, the *state board for community college education, or the state division of vocational education of the **coordinating council for occupational […]
RCW 51.08.013 “Acting in the course of employment.” (1) “Acting in the course of employment” means the worker acting at his or her employer’s direction or in the furtherance of his or her employer’s business which shall include time spent going to and from work on the jobsite, as defined in RCW 51.32.015 and 51.36.040, […]
RCW 51.08.014 “Agriculture.” “Agriculture” means the business of growing or producing any agricultural or horticultural produce or crop, including the raising of any animal, bird, or insect, or the milk, eggs, wool, fur, meat, honey, or other substances obtained therefrom. [ 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 75.] NOTES: Effective dates—Severability—1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW […]
RCW 51.08.015 “Amount,” “payment,” “premium,” “contribution,” “assessment.” Wherever and whenever in any of the provisions of this title relating to any payments by an employer or worker the words “amount” and/or “amounts,” “payment” and/or “payments,” “premium” and/or “premiums,” “contribution” and/or “contributions,” and “assessment” and/or “assessments” appear said words shall be construed to mean taxes, which […]
RCW 51.08.018 “Average monthly wage.” For purposes of this title, the average monthly wage in the state shall be the average annual wage as determined under RCW 50.04.355 as now or hereafter amended divided by twelve. [ 1977 ex.s. c 323 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 15.] NOTES: Severability—Effective date—1977 ex.s. c 323: […]
RCW 51.08.020 “Beneficiary.” “Beneficiary” means a husband, wife, child, or dependent of a worker in whom shall vest a right to receive payment under this title: PROVIDED, That a husband or wife of an injured worker, living separate and apart in a state of abandonment, regardless of the party responsible therefor, for more than one […]
RCW 51.08.030 “Child.” “Child” means every natural born child, posthumous child, stepchild, child legally adopted prior to the injury, child born after the injury where conception occurred prior to the injury, and dependent child in the legal custody and control of the worker, all while under the age of eighteen years, or under the age […]
RCW 51.08.040 “Department.” “Department” means department of labor and industries. [ 1961 c 23 § 51.08.040.] NOTES: Department of labor and industries: Chapter 43.22 RCW.
RCW 51.08.050 “Dependent.” “Dependent” means any of the following named relatives of a worker whose death results from any injury and who leaves surviving no widow, widower, or child, viz: Father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, stepfather, stepmother, grandson, granddaughter, brother, sister, half-sister, half-brother, niece, nephew, who at the time of the accident are actually and necessarily […]
RCW 51.08.060 “Director.” “Director” means the director of labor and industries. [ 1961 c 23 § 51.08.060.]
RCW 51.08.070 “Employer”—Exception. (Effective until January 1, 2023.) “Employer” means any person, body of persons, corporate or otherwise, and the legal representatives of a deceased employer, all while engaged in this state in any work covered by the provisions of this title, by way of trade or business, or who contracts with one or more […]
RCW 51.08.095 “Health services provider”—”Provider.” “Health services provider” or “provider” means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, agency, institution, or other legal entity providing any kind of services related to the treatment of an industrially injured worker. [ 1986 c 200 § 12.]
RCW 51.08.100 “Injury.” “Injury” means a sudden and tangible happening, of a traumatic nature, producing an immediate or prompt result, and occurring from without, and such physical conditions as result therefrom. [ 1961 c 23 § 51.08.100. Prior: 1959 c 308 § 3; 1957 c 70 § 12; prior: 1939 c 41 § 2, part; […]
RCW 51.08.110 “Invalid.” “Invalid” means one who is physically or mentally incapacitated from earning. [ 1961 c 23 § 51.08.110. Prior: 1957 c 70 § 13; prior: 1939 c 41 § 2, part; 1929 c 132 § 1, part; 1927 c 310 § 2, part; 1921 c 182 § 2, part; 1919 c 131 § […]
RCW 51.08.121 “New medical issue.” “New medical issue” means a medical issue not covered by a previous medical examination requested by the department or the self-insurer such as an issue regarding medical causation, medical treatment, work restrictions, or evaluating permanent partial disability. [ 2020 c 213 § 1.] NOTES: Effective date—2020 c 213 §§ 1-3: […]
RCW 51.08.140 “Occupational disease.” “Occupational disease” means such disease or infection as arises naturally and proximately out of employment under the mandatory or elective adoption provisions of this title. [ 1961 c 23 § 51.08.140. Prior: 1959 c 308 § 4; 1957 c 70 § 16; prior: 1951 c 236 § 1; 1941 c 235 […]
RCW 51.08.142 “Occupational disease”—Exclusion of mental conditions caused by stress, except for certain firefighters. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the department shall adopt a rule pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW that claims based on mental conditions or mental disabilities caused by stress do not fall within the definition of occupational […]
RCW 51.08.150 “Permanent partial disability.” “Permanent partial disability” means the loss of either one foot, one leg, one hand, one arm, one eye, one or more fingers, one or more toes, any dislocation where ligaments were severed where repair is not complete, or any other injury known in surgery to be permanent partial disability. [ […]
RCW 51.08.160 “Permanent total disability.” “Permanent total disability” means loss of both legs, or arms, or one leg and one arm, total loss of eyesight, paralysis or other condition permanently incapacitating the worker from performing any work at any gainful occupation. [ 1977 ex.s. c 350 § 13; 1961 c 23 § 51.08.160. Prior: 1957 […]
