PERMANENT RULES
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
Date of Adoption: June 28, 2002.
Purpose: Chapter 296-400A WAC, Certification of competency for journeyman plumbers. The purpose of this rule making is to make substantive changes to the certification of competency for journeyman plumbers rules (chapter 296-400A WAC) in response to the passage of chapter 281, Laws of 2001 (ESHB 2172) from the 2001 legislative session.
These changes are necessary to:
• Update the rules to reflect current department practice;
• Establish the process, requirements and fees associated with becoming a backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty plumber; and
• Make necessary housekeeping changes.
AMENDED SECTIONS:
Title of the Rule: Changed the title of chapter 296-400A WAC to Plumber certification rules.
WAC 296-400A-005 What definitions do I need to know to understand these rules? Definitions were added for "backflow assembly tester," "backflow assembly," and "plumbing contractor." Also, the definition of "specialty plumber" was expanded to include provisions related [to] the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty category.
WAC 296-400A-020 How do I obtain a certificate of competency? Changes were made to this section to clarify the requirements for obtaining a certificate of competency for all the plumber classifications, including the new backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty.
WAC 296-400A-030 Do I need a temporary permit? Changes were made to this section to clarify that temporary permits do not apply to backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialties.
WAC 296-400A-031 How do I qualify for a temporary permit? Clarification changes were made to this section to remove unnecessary language.
WAC 296-400A-035 How can I be placed on inactive status? Changes were made to this section to eliminate the requirement that an individual must be at least sixty-two years of age to be placed on inactive status and that inactive status requests must be submitted and approved by the department prior to the expiration date of your plumbing certificate. Also, added provisions to require plumbers in inactive status for five or more years to reapply, pass the competency examination, and pay the appropriate fees.
WAC 296-400A-045 What fees will I have to pay? The fee structure was adjusted to incorporate the necessary fees for the new backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certification. The less than one-year trainee certificate fee was removed as no trainee certificates are issued for less than one year. Also, the replacement fee for certificates was reduced. Lastly, other minor changes were made to the fee provisions for purposes of clarity and to clearly reflect department practice.
WAC 296-400A-070 Can I work as a certified plumber in Washington without taking the Washington state plumbers' competency examination? Changes were made to this section to clarify the exceptions to the examination provisions of the rules. These exceptions are necessary in response to the legislative changes, which gave the department the authority to establish the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty.
WAC 296-400A-100 For certification purposes, how are "years of employment" computed and documented? Changes were made to this section to clarify that subsections (1) through (3) of this section do not apply to the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certification as years of employment are not required for this specialty. Applicants for this specialty designation are required to have fulfilled the requirements in WAC 296-400A-122 and pay the applicable fees in WAC 296-400A-045 (2). Also, a provision that experience obtained as a backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty may not be applied toward journeyman or specialty plumber certification was added.
WAC 296-400A-120 What do I need to know about plumber trainee certificates? Changes were made to this section to eliminate the provision that a training certificate may not be issued for more than eight years unless the department determines that there are extenuating circumstances. Also, clarified that the trainee hour requirements do not apply to the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certification. Lastly, a provision was added to require a trainee certificate for an individual performing backflow assembly maintenance and repair work that is not a certified plumber provided the individual works under the direct supervision of a certified backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty, journeyman plumber, or specialty plumber for a minimum of 100 percent of each working day.
WAC 296-400A-121 What do I need to know about trainee experience and plumber examination requirements for the journeyman and specialty plumber (excluding the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty)? Changes were made to this section to clarify that the trainee hour requirements do not apply to the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certification.
WAC 296-400A-130 What if I make a false statement or a material misrepresentation on an application, an employment report or a trainee certificate? Changes were made to this section to clarify that a plumber's certificate may be suspended or revoked per RCW 18.106.100. Clarified that the annual statements of employment do not apply to backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certification.
WAC 296-400A-140 How does the department enforce plumbers certification requirements? Changes were made to this section to require individuals who are certified as a backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty to have an active backflow assembly tester certification from the department of health.
NEW SECTIONS:
WAC 296-400A-122 What do I need to know about trainee experience and the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty examination requirements? A new section was added to establish the requirements relating to trainee experience and the examination for the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certification.
WAC 296-400A-430 If I'm a certified backflow assembly maintenance and repair, journeyman, or specialty plumber do I need to be a registered contractor under chapter 18.27 RCW? A new section was added to clarify that anyone who advertises, offers to do work, submits a bid, or performs any work under chapter 18.106 RCW and these rules must be a registered contractor under chapter 18.27 RCW, or an employee of such registered contractor, with wages as their sole compensation.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 296-400A-005, 296-400A-020, 296-400A-030, 296-400A-031, 296-400A-035, 296-400A-045, 296-400A-070, 296-400A-100, 296-400A-120, 296-400A-121, 296-400A-130, and 296-400A-140.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.106.040, 18.106.140, and chapter 281, Laws of 2001 (ESHB 2172).
Other Authority: Chapter 18.106 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 02-09-096 on April 17, 2002.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: WAC 296-400A-005 What definitions do I need to know to understand these rules? Made clarification changes to the "specialty plumber" definition. Removed the reference to "or backflow assembly maintenance and repair" in the definition of "training course provider" as the training course requirements for the backflow maintenance and repair specialty was removed from these rules. Also, clarified the definition of "plumbing contractor" to include the provision that plumbing contractors are to be registered contractors under chapter 18.27 RCW.
WAC 296-400A-025 Who approves medical gas piping installer endorsement training courses? The amendments to this section were eliminated as the training course requirements for the backflow maintenance and repair specialty was removed from these rules.
WAC 296-400A-026 What training course approval procedures will the department follow? The amendments to this section were eliminated as the training course requirements for the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty was removed from these rules.
WAC 296-400A-035 How can I be placed on inactive status? Added provisions to require plumbers in inactive status for five or more years to reapply, pass the competency examination, and pay the appropriate fees.
WAC 296-400A-045 What fees will I have to pay? Changes were made to this section to:
• Make the reciprocity fee for the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty consistent with the journeyman/specialty reciprocity fees in subsection (1) of this section.
• Eliminate the reference to the note for the medical gas endorsement examination application fee as this fee is paid directly to the department.
• Eliminate the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty application fee.
• Eliminate the training course references and fees for the backflow maintenance and repair specialty.
WAC 296-400A-120 What do I need to know about plumber trainee certificates? Clarified that direct supervision requirements for the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty is required 100% of the time spent performing maintenance and repair work to backflow assemblies located within a residential or commercial building or structure.
WAC 296-400A-122 What do I need to know about trainee experience and the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty examination requirements? Eliminated the training course requirement located in subsection (2)(b) of this section. Also, eliminated "has met the backflow assembly tester requirements and have" as this language is unnecessary because the applicant must show evidence that he or she has a valid backflow assembly tester certification.
WAC 296-400A-430 If I am a certified backflow assembly maintenance and repair, journeyman, or specialty plumber do I need to be a registered contractor under chapter 18.27 RCW? Clarification changes were made to add the phrase "as required."
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 2, Amended 12, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 2, Amended 12, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 2, Amended 12, Repealed 0.
Other Findings Required by Other Provisions of Law as Precondition to Adoption or Effectiveness of Rule: Section 2
(2)(b) of chapter 281, Laws of 2001 (ESHB 2172) contains a
provision that "These rules must take effect by July 1, 2002."
As this act requires that these rules take effect by July 1,
2002, the department is authorized to adopt and put these rules
into effect immediately per RCW 34.05.380(3).
Effective Date of Rule:
July 1, 2002.
June 28, 2002
Gary Moore
Director
OTS-5567.5
((CERTIFICATION OF COMPETENCY FOR JOURNEYMAN)) PLUMBER((S))
CERTIFICATION RULES
"Advisory board" is the state advisory board of plumbers.
"Backflow assembly" or "backflow prevention assembly" or "backflow preventer" is a device as described in the Uniform Plumbing Code that is used to prevent the undesirable reversal of flow of water or other substances through a cross-connection into the public water system or consumer's potable water system.
"Backflow assembly tester" is an individual certified by the department of health to perform tests to backflow assemblies.
"Continuity affidavit" is a form developed by the department that is used to verify whether medical gas pipe installation work has been performed. This form is provided to the department annually by the person holding the medical gas piping installer endorsement and requires the signature of the employer of the medical gas piping installer.
"Department" is the department of labor and industries.
"Director" is the director of the department of labor and industries.
"Journeyman plumber" is anyone who has learned the commercial plumbing trade and has been issued a journeyman certificate of competency by the department. A journeyman plumber may work on plumbing projects including residential, commercial and industrial worksite locations.
"Medical gas piping installer" is anyone who has been issued a medical gas piping installer endorsement of competency by the department.
"Medical gas piping systems" are piping systems that convey or involve oxygen, nitrous oxide, high pressure nitrogen, medical compressed air and medical vacuum systems.
"Plumbing" is that craft involved in installing, altering, repairing and renovating potable water systems, liquid waste systems and medical gas piping systems within a building. The installation of water softening or water treatment equipment into a water system is not considered plumbing.
"Plumbing contractor" means any person, corporate or otherwise, who engages in, or offers or advertises to engage in, any work covered by the provisions of chapter 18.106 RCW and these rules by way of trade or business, or any person, corporate or otherwise, who employs anyone, or offers or advertises to employ anyone, to engage in any work covered by the provisions of chapter 18.106 RCW and these rules and is registered as a contractor under chapter 18.27 RCW.
"Specialty plumber" is anyone who has been issued a
specialty plumbers certificate of competency by the department((.
Specialty plumber certificates are)) limited to ((the)):
(a) Installation, maintenance and repair of plumbing for single-family dwellings, duplexes and apartment buildings which do not exceed three stories; or
(b) Maintenance and repair of backflow assemblies located within a residential or commercial building or structure. For the purposes of this subsection, "maintenance and repair" includes cleaning and replacing internal parts of an assembly, but does not include installing or replacing backflow assemblies.
"Supervision" for the purpose of these rules means within sight or sound. Supervision requirements are met when the supervising plumber is on the premises and within sight or sound of the individual who is being trained.
"Training course provider" is an entity approved by the department, in consultation with the state advisory board of plumbers, to provide medical gas piping installer training. All training course providers must comply with the requirements in WAC 296-400A-026.
"Trainee plumber" is anyone who has been issued a trainee certificate and is learning or being trained in the plumbing trade with direct supervision of either a journeyman plumber or specialty plumber working in their specialty.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.106 RCW. 98-13-126, § 296-400A-005, filed 6/17/98, effective 7/20/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.050, [18.106.]070, [18.106.]110, [18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and [18.106.]270. 97-11-052, § 296-400A-005, filed 5/20/97, effective 6/30/97.]
(1) Journeyman and specialty plumber certificate (excluding backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certification):
(a) Submitting a competency examination application to the
department; ((and
(2))) (b) Paying the examination fee shown in WAC 296-400A-045(1); ((and
(3))) (c) Submitting the required evidence of competency and experience to the department as required under WAC 296-400A-120 and 296-400A-121; and
(((4))) (d) Passing the competency examination.
(2) Backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certificate:
(a) Submitting a competency examination application to the department;
(b) Paying the application and certificate fee shown in WAC 296-400A-045(2);
(c) Submitting the required evidence of competency to the department as required by WAC 296-400A-122; and
(d) Passing the competency examination.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.050, [18.106.]070, [18.106.]110, [18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and [18.106.]270. 97-11-052, § 296-400A-020, filed 5/20/97, effective 6/30/97.]
Temporary permits are not issued for the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty. Thus, WAC 296-400A-030 through 296-400A-033 do not apply to this specialty.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.106 RCW. 98-13-126, § 296-400A-030, filed 6/17/98, effective 7/20/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.050, [18.106.]070, [18.106.]110, [18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and [18.106.]270. 97-11-052, § 296-400A-030, filed 5/20/97, effective 6/30/97.]
(1) Have an active state-issued journeyman plumbers
certificate; ((and))
(2) Give the department sufficient qualifying evidence for a
journeyman plumber certificate of competency; ((and))
(3) Never have taken the journeyman competency examination in Washington state; and
(4) Not be an apprentice plumber.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.106 RCW. 98-13-126, § 296-400A-031, filed 6/17/98, effective 7/20/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.050, [18.106.]070, [18.106.]110, [18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and [18.106.]270. 97-11-052, § 296-400A-031, filed 5/20/97, effective 6/30/97.]
(1) Be a currently certified plumber; ((and))
(2) ((Be at least sixty-two years of age)) Have your
inactive status request submitted and approved by the department
prior to the expiration date of your plumbing certificate; and
(3) Not be working in the plumbing trade.
Inactive status means that you are not currently working in
the plumbing trade and you are not required to pay the annual
certificate renewal fee. If you have been in inactive status for
less than five years, you may return to active status, without
reexamination, by paying the reinstatement ((of a journeyman
certificate)) fee shown in WAC 296-400A-045. If you have been in
inactive status for five or more years, you are required to
reapply and pass the competency examination pursuant to WAC 296-400A-020 and pay the appropriate fees shown in WAC 296-400A-045.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.106 RCW. 98-13-126, § 296-400A-035, filed 6/17/98, effective 7/20/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.050, [18.106.]070, [18.106.]110, [18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and [18.106.]270. 97-11-052, § 296-400A-035, filed 5/20/97, effective 6/30/97.]
(1) Fees related to journeyman and specialty plumber certification (excluding backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certification):
| Type of Fee |
Period Covered by Fee | Dollar Amount of Fee |
| Examination application | Per examination | $108.25 |
| *Reciprocity application | Per application | $108.25 |
| Trainee certificate** | One year | $32.50 |
| (( |
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| Temporary permit | 90 days | $54.00 |
| Journeyman or specialty certificate*** | Two years | $86.75 |
| Journeyman or specialty certificate | Less than two years | $3.50 per month with a minimum fee of $ 32.50 |
| Medical gas endorsement examination application(( |
Per application | $40.00 |
| Medical gas endorsement*** | One year | $30.00 |
| Medical gas endorsement | Less than one year | $2.50 per month with a minimum fee of $17.50 |
| Medical gas endorsement examination fee**** | See note below. | |
| Medical gas endorsement training course fee***** | See note below. | |
| Reinstatement of (( |
$173.50 | |
| Replacement of all certificates | $(( |
| * | Reciprocity application is only allowed for applicants that are applying work experience toward certification that was obtained in state(s) that the department has a reciprocity agreement with. |
| ** | The trainee certificate shall expire one year from the date of issuance and be renewed on or before the date of expiration. |
| *** | This fee applies to either the original issuance or a renewal of a certificate. If you have passed the plumbers certificate of competency
examination or the medical gas piping installer endorsement examination and paid the certificate fee, you will be issued a plumber
certificate of competency or a medical gas endorsement that will expire on your birthdate. |
| The annual renewal of a Medical Gas Piping Installer Endorsement shall include a continuity affidavit verifying that brazing work
has been performed within the past year. |
|
| **** | This fee is paid directly to a nationally recognized testing agency under contract with the department. It covers the cost of preparing
and administering the written competency examination and the materials necessary to conduct the practical competency examination
required for the medical gas piping system installers endorsement. This fee is not paid to the department. |
| ***** | This fee is paid directly to a training course provider approved by the department, in consultation with the state advisory board of plumbers. It covers the cost of providing training courses required for the medical gas piping system installer endorsement. This fee is not paid to the department. |
| Type of Fee |
Period Covered by Fee | Dollar Amount of Fee |
| Examination application | Per examination | $108.25 |
| Reciprocity application* | Per application | $108.25 |
| Trainee certificate** | One year | $32.50 |
| Backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certificate |
Two years | $60.00 |
| Backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certificate |
Less than two years | $2.50 per month with a minimum fee of $17.50 |
| Reinstatement fee | $100.00 | |
| Replacement of certificates | $15.00 |
| * | Reciprocity application is only allowed for applicants that are applying work experience toward certification that was obtained in state(s) that the department has a reciprocity agreement with. |
| ** | The trainee certificate shall expire one year from the date of issuance and be renewed on or before the date of expiration. |
(3) If your birth year is:
(((1))) (a) In an even-numbered year, your certificate will
expire on your birthdate in the next even-numbered year.
(((2))) (b) In an odd-numbered year, your certificate will
expire on your birthdate in the next odd-numbered year.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.125. 99-07-101, § 296-400A-045, filed 3/23/99, effective 4/23/99. Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.106 RCW. 98-13-126, § 296-400A-045, filed 6/17/98, effective 7/20/98. Statutory Authority: Chapters 18.106, 18.27 and 43.22 RCW. 98-12-041, § 296-400A-045, filed 5/29/98, effective 6/30/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.050, [18.106.]070, [18.106.]110, [18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and [18.106.]270. 97-11-052, § 296-400A-045, filed 5/20/97, effective 6/30/97.]
(1) You have a current plumbers certificate or license from another state; and
(2) That state has a current reciprocal agreement with the department of labor and industries; and
(3) You pay the reciprocity application fee and journeyman or specialty certificate fee shown in WAC 296-400A-045.
The director of labor and industries negotiates reciprocal agreements with states that have equivalent requirements for certification and licensing of journeyman and specialty plumbers. The agreement allows plumbers from those states to work in Washington and Washington-certified plumbers to work in the other state without taking competency examinations. To find out if your state has an agreement with the department, contact the plumber's certification clerk at the department's Tumwater, WA headquarters.
Reciprocity agreements cannot be used to take the Washington state competency examination instead of the examination in your home state.
(4)(a) Those actively certified by the department of health on or before July 1, 2001, as backflow assembly testers and registered as a contractor under chapter 18.27 RCW or employed by a registered contractor, may perform maintenance and repair of backflow prevention assemblies, without being a certified plumber under chapter 18.106 RCW and these rules, until January 1, 2003.
(b) After January 1, 2003, backflow assembly testers exempted under (a) of this subsection are required to meet the eligibility requirements for a specialty plumber's certificate of competency under chapter 18.106 RCW and these rules.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.106 RCW. 98-13-126, § 296-400A-070, filed 6/17/98, effective 7/20/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.050, [18.106.]070, [18.106.]110, [18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and [18.106.]270. 97-11-052, § 296-400A-070, filed 5/20/97, effective 6/30/97.]
(2) When you renew your certificate, you must document your previous years' plumbing work by accurately completing the department's approved form and submitting it to the department.
(3) If you have completed a one, two, three, four or more years plumbing construction trainee program, you must have the necessary training hours for the year in which you are registered. See RCW 18.106.040.
(4) Subsections (1) through (3) of this section do not apply to the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certification as years of employment are not required for this specialty. Applicants for this specialty designation are required to have fulfilled the requirements in WAC 296-400A-122 and pay the applicable fees in WAC 296-400A-045(2).
(5) Experience obtained as a backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty may not be applied toward journeyman or specialty plumber certification.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.050, [18.106.]070, [18.106.]110, [18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and [18.106.]270. 97-11-052, § 296-400A-100, filed 5/20/97, effective 6/30/97.]
(a) The department issues separate trainee certificates according to the following schedule:
| Certificate Year | Hours Employed As Plumber Trainee |
| First | Less than 2,000 hours |
| Second | More than 1,999 hours but less than 4,000 hours |
| Third | More than 3,999 hours but less than 6,000 hours |
| Fourth | More than 5,999 hours |
(((3) You cannot be issued a training certificate for more
than eight years unless the department determines that there are
extenuating circumstances.
(4))) (c) If you are a trainee applying for a journeyman certificate, you must complete a minimum of two of the required four years in commercial plumbing experience.
(((5))) (d) A certified specialty plumber working on a
commercial job site may work as a journeyman trainee only if they
have a current trainee certificate on their person while
performing commercial plumbing work.
(((6))) (e) On a job site, the ratio of certified plumbers
to noncertified plumbers must be:
(((a))) (i) One specialty plumber or journeyman working on a
specialty plumbing job may supervise no more than two trainees.
(((b))) (ii) One journeyman plumber working on a commercial
job may supervise no more than one trainee.
(((7))) (f) A plumber trainee who has a current trainee
certificate with the state of Washington and has successfully
completed or is enrolled in an approved medical gas piping
installer training course may work on medical gas piping systems.
Work may only occur when there is direct supervision by an
active Washington state certified journeyman plumber with an
active medical gas piping installer endorsement issued by the
department. Supervision must be one hundred percent of the
working day on a one-to-one ratio.
(2) Backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certification. A trainee certificate must be obtained by an individual performing backflow assembly maintenance and repair work that is not a certified plumber provided the individual works under the direct supervision of a certified backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty, journeyman plumber, or specialty plumber for a minimum of one hundred percent of the time spent performing maintenance and repair work to backflow assemblies located within a residential or commercial building or structure.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.106 RCW. 98-13-126, § 296-400A-120, filed 6/17/98, effective 7/20/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.050, [18.106.]070, [18.106.]110, [18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and [18.106.]270. 97-11-052, § 296-400A-120, filed 5/20/97, effective 6/30/97.]
(a) You may take the specialty plumber examination after completing 6,000 hours of documented training.
(b) You may take the journeyman examination after completing 8,000 hours of documented training which must include 4,000 hours of commercial plumbing experience.
(2) All journeyman trainees must work under the direct supervision of a journeyman plumber until they have completed 7,500 hours of training. After completing the 7,500 supervised hours, a trainee may work without direct supervision until they complete 8,000 hours. (See RCW 18.106.070(3).)
When 8,000 training hours have been completed, the trainee must take the journeyman examination. Any trainee who has failed the journeyman plumber examination cannot retake the examination for at least one month and must work under the direct supervision of a journeyman plumber until the examination is passed.
(3) To be eligible for the specialty plumber's examination, a specialty trainee must complete 6,000 hours of training under the direct supervision of either a certified specialty plumber or a journeyman plumber. Any specialty trainee who has failed the specialty examination, cannot retake the examination for at least one month and must work under the direct supervision of a certified plumber until the examination is passed.
(4) Any applicant (trainee, specialty plumber or journeyman) who fails an examination, will be required to wait at least one month before retaking the examination. If an applicant fails the second attempt, the waiting period for reexamination will be extended to at least two months. An applicant who fails the examination a third time will have a mandatory waiting period of at least four months.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.050, [18.106.]070, [18.106.]110, [18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and [18.106.]270. 97-11-052, § 296-400A-121, filed 5/20/97, effective 6/30/97.]
(2) Each applicant for a backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certificate must furnish written evidence that he or she has a valid backflow assembly tester certification administered and enforced by the department of health.
(3) Any applicant who fails an examination, will be required to wait at least one month before retaking the examination. If an applicant fails the second attempt, the waiting period for reexamination will be extended to at least two months. An applicant who fails the examination a third time will have a mandatory waiting period of at least four months.
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(2) The department's decisions, under this section, can be appealed to the advisory board. The appeal hearing will be conducted according to the appropriate provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW.
(3) The annual statements of employment described in subsection (1) of this section do not apply to the backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialty certification.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.050, [18.106.]070, [18.106.]110, [18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and [18.106.]270. 97-11-052, § 296-400A-130, filed 5/20/97, effective 6/30/97.]
(1) Each person doing plumbing work has a proper certificate on their person; and
(2) The ratio of certified specialty and/or journeyman plumbers to certified trainees is correct; and
(3) ((That)) Each certified trainee is directly supervised
by either a certified specialty plumber or a certified
journeyman; and
(4) ((That)) Persons who are installing medical gas piping
systems have active medical gas piping installer endorsements in
addition to their active plumber certification.
(5) Persons who are certified as backflow assembly maintenance and repair specialties must have an active backflow assembly tester certification from the department of health.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.106 RCW. 98-13-126, § 296-400A-140, filed 6/17/98, effective 7/20/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.106.050, [18.106.]070, [18.106.]110, [18.106.]125, [18.106.]140 and [18.106.]270. 97-11-052, § 296-400A-140, filed 5/20/97, effective 6/30/97.]
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