RCW 18.106.010 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Advisory board” means the state advisory board of plumbers. (2) “Department” means the department of labor and industries. (3) “Director” means the director of department of labor and industries. (4) “Journey level plumber” means any person […]
RCW 18.106.020 Certificate or permit required—Photo identification—Trainee supervision required—Medical gas piping installer endorsement—Penalty—Notice of infraction. (1) No person may engage in or offer to engage in the trade of plumbing without having a journey level certificate, specialty certificate, residential service certificate, temporary permit, or trainee certificate and photo identification in his or her possession. The […]
RCW 18.106.030 Application for certificate of competency—Medical gas piping installer endorsement—Evidence required. (1) Any person desiring to be issued a certificate of competency as provided in this chapter shall deliver evidence in a form prescribed by the department affirming that said person has had sufficient experience in as well as demonstrated general competency in the […]
RCW 18.106.040 Examinations—Eligibility requirements—Determination. (1) Upon receipt of the application and evidence set forth in RCW 18.106.030, the director shall review the same and make a determination as to whether the applicant is eligible to take an examination for the certificate of competency. To be eligible to take the examination: (a) Each applicant for a […]
RCW 18.106.050 Examinations—Scope—Results—Retaking. (1) The department, with the advice of the advisory board, shall prepare a written examination to be administered to applicants for certificates of competency for journey level plumber, specialty plumber, and residential service plumber. The examination shall be constructed to determine: (a) Whether the applicant possesses varied general knowledge of the technical […]
RCW 18.106.070 Certificates of competency, installer endorsement—Issuance—Renewal—Rights of holder—Training certificates—Supervision—Training, certified plumber—Work group. (1) The department shall issue a certificate of competency to all applicants who have passed the examination and have paid the fee for the certificate. The certificate may include a photograph of the holder. The certificate shall bear the date of issuance, […]
RCW 18.106.075 Medical gas piping installer endorsement. The department shall adopt requirements that qualify a journey level plumber to be issued a medical gas piping installer endorsement. [ 2013 c 23 § 20; 1997 c 326 § 1.] NOTES: Effective date—1997 c 326: See note following RCW 18.106.010.
RCW 18.106.080 Persons engaged in plumbing business or trade on effective date. No examination shall be required of any applicant for a certificate of competency who, on July 16, 1973, was engaged in a bona fide business or trade of plumbing, or on said date held a valid journey level plumber’s license issued by a […]
RCW 18.106.090 Temporary permits. The department is authorized to grant and issue temporary permits in lieu of certificates of competency whenever a plumber coming into the state of Washington from another state requests the department for a temporary permit to engage in the trade of plumbing as a journey level plumber or as a specialty […]
RCW 18.106.100 Revocation of certificate of competency, license, or endorsement—Grounds—Procedure. (1) The department may revoke or suspend a certificate of competency, license, or endorsement for any of the following reasons: (a) The certificate, license, or endorsement was obtained through error or fraud; (b) The certificate, license, or endorsement holder is judged to be incompetent to […]
RCW 18.106.110 Advisory board of plumbers. (1) There is created a state advisory board of plumbers, to be composed of nine members appointed by the director. Two members shall be journey level plumbers, one member shall be a specialty plumber, three members shall be persons conducting a plumbing business, at least one of which shall […]
RCW 18.106.125 Fees. The department shall charge fees for issuance, renewal, and reinstatement of all certificates, endorsements, licenses, and permits and for examinations required by this chapter. The department shall set the fees by rule. The fees shall cover the full cost of issuing the certificates and permits, devising and administering the examinations, and administering […]
RCW 18.106.130 Plumbing certificate fund. All moneys received from certificates, permits, or other sources, shall be paid to the state treasurer as ex officio custodian thereof and by him or her placed in a special fund designated as the “plumbing certificate fund.” He or she shall pay out upon vouchers duly and regularly issued therefor […]
RCW 18.106.140 Powers and duties of director. The director may promulgate rules, make specific decisions, orders, and rulings, including therein demands and findings, and take other necessary action for the implementation and enforcement of his or her duties under this chapter: PROVIDED, That in the administration of this chapter the director shall not enter any […]
RCW 18.106.150 Exemptions. (1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require that a person obtain a license in order to do plumbing work at his or her residence or farm or place of business or on other property owned by him or her. (2) A current certificate of competency or apprentice permit is […]
RCW 18.106.155 Reciprocity. The director may, upon payment of the appropriate fees, grant a certificate of competency without examination to any applicant who is a registered journey level plumber or specialty plumber in any other state whose requirements for registration are at least substantially equivalent to the requirements of this state, and which extends the […]
RCW 18.106.170 Violations—Inspections—Production of credentials. An authorized representative of the department may investigate alleged or apparent violations of this chapter. An authorized representative of the department upon presentation of credentials may inspect sites at which a person is doing plumbing work for the purpose of determining whether that person has a certificate or permit issued […]
RCW 18.106.180 Notice of infraction—Issuance, service. (1) An authorized representative of the department may issue a notice of infraction as specified in RCW 18.106.020 if: (a) A person who is doing plumbing work or who is offering to do plumbing work fails to produce evidence of: (i) Having a certificate or permit issued by the […]
RCW 18.106.190 Notice—Contents. The form of the notice of infraction issued under this chapter shall include the following: (1) A statement that the notice represents a determination that the infraction has been committed by the person named in the notice and that the determination shall be final unless contested as provided in this chapter; (2) […]
RCW 18.106.200 Notice—Hearing—Contest—Notice of appeal. A violation designated as an infraction under this chapter shall be heard and determined by an administrative law judge of the office of administrative hearings. If a party desires to contest the notice of infraction, the party shall file a notice of appeal with the department specifying the grounds of […]
