(1) In accordance with the policy statement requirements of WAC
357-25-025, employers must develop and maintain a policy statement on reasonable accommodation.
(2) In accordance with state and federal laws, employers must develop and make readily available a procedure regarding reasonable accommodation of employees with disabilities.
(a) Each employee who requests reasonable accommodation must be provided access to the employer's reasonable accommodation procedure in an accessible format.
(b) Employees who request reasonable accommodation must be notified in writing that in the event he or she cannot be accommodated in his or her current position, and placement in an alternative vacant position is not possible, the appointing authority may initiate a disability separation in accordance with WAC
357-46-160.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 41.06 RCW. 05-01-196, § 357-26-020, filed 12/21/04, effective 7/1/05.]