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Chapter 19.28 Revised Code of Washington

ELECTRICIANS AND ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS

 

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PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS

 

     

Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Electrical SECTIONS

 

 

19.28.006
Definitions.

19.28.010
Electrical wiring requirements -- General -- Exceptions.

19.28.021
Disputes regarding local regulations -- Arbitration -- Appeal.
19.28.031
Rules, regulations, and standards.
19.28.041
License required -- General or specialty licenses -- Fees -- Application -- Bond or cash deposit.
19.28.051
Examinations -- Fees.
19.28.061
Electrical contractors -- Designee of firm to take master electrician or administrator's examination -- Administrator's certificate--Fee -- Certificate duration, denial, renewal, nontransferable -- Master electrician or administrator's duties.
19.28.071
Licensee's bond -- Action on -- Priorities -- Cash deposit, payment from.
19.28.081
Actions -- Local permits -- Proof of licensure.
19.28.091
Licensing -- Exemptions.
19.28.095
Equipment repair specialty -- Scope of work.
19.28.101
Inspections -- Notice to repair and change -- Disconnection -- Entry -- Concealment -- Accessibility -- Connection to utility -- Permits, fees -- Limitation.
19.28.111
Nonconforming installations -- Disputes -- Reference to board.
19.28.121
Board -- Request for ruling -- Fee -- Costs.
19.28.131
Violations of RCW 19.28.010 through 19.28.141 and19.28.311 through 19.28.361 -- Schedule of penalties -- Appeal.
19.28.141
RCW 19.28.101 inapplicable in certain cities and towns, electricity supply agency service areas, and rights of way of state highways.
19.28.151
RCW 19.28.010 through 19.28.141 and 19.28.311 through19.28.361 inapplicable to telegraph or telephone companies exercising certain functions.
19.28.161
Certificate of competency required -- Electrical training certificate -- Fee -- Verification and attestation of training hours.
19.28.171
Electrical trainee hours -- Audit -- Rules -- Confidentiality.
19.28.181
Application for certificate of competency.
19.28.191
Certificate of competency -- Eligibility for examination -- Rules.
19.28.201
Examination -- Times -- Certification of results -- Contents -- Fees.
19.28.211
Certificate of competency -- Issuance -- Renewal -- Continuing education -- Fees -- Effect.
19.28.221
Persons engaged in trade or business on July 16, 1973.
19.28.231
Temporary permits.
19.28.241
Revocation of certificate of competency -- Grounds -- Procedure.
19.28.251
Powers and duties of director -- Administration of RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 by the department.
19.28.261
Exemptions from RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271.
19.28.271
Violations of RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 -- Schedule of penalties -- Appeal.

 


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ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS AND

TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS
19.28.301
Application -- Subchapter heading.
19.28.311
Electrical board.
19.28.321
Enforcement -- State electrical inspectors -- Qualifications -- Salaries and expenses.
19.28.331
Inspection reports.
19.28.341
Revocation or suspension of license -- Grounds -- Appeal to board -- Fee -- Costs.
19.28.351
Electrical license fund.
19.28.361
Liability for injury or damage.
19.28.371
Medical device -- Installation, maintenance, or repair -- Compliance with chapter -- Limit of exemption.
19.28.381
Denial of renewal of certificate or license for outstanding penalties -- Notice -- Appeal -- Hearing.
 

 


 PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO

TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS

 

19.28.400
Definitions.
19.28.410
Telecommunications systems installations -- Subject to this subchapter.
19.28.420
Telecommunications contractor license -- Application -- Bond -- Issuance of license.
19.28.430
Administrator's examination -- Certificate -- Administrator's requirements.
19.28.440
Examination for telecommunications administrators' certificates.
19.28.450
Local enforcement of subchapter -- Enforcement of chapter.
19.28.460
Disputes regarding local regulations -- Arbitration -- Panel.
19.28.470
Inspections -- Report -- Required repairs/changes -- Accessibility of telecommunications systems.
19.28.480
Unlawful acts -- Interpretation of chapter.
19.28.490
Violation of chapter -- Penalty -- Appeal.
19.28.501
Insurance/financial responsibility.
19.28.511
Individual certification not required.
19.28.521
Limitation of action -- Proof of valid license required.
19.28.531
Unlawful installation/maintenance -- Disputed interpretation -- Board to determine methods.
19.28.541
Entity desiring board decision -- Process.
19.28.551
Director's authority -- Adoption of rules.
19.28.900
Severability -- 1935 c 169.
19.28.910
Effective date -- 1963 c 207.
19.28.911
Severability -- 1983 c 206.

NOTES:

Electrical construction: Chapter 19.29 RCW.

State building code: Chapter 19.27 RCW.

 

 

 

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RCW 19.28.006
Definitions.

The definitions in this section apply throughout this subchapter.

 (1) "Administrator" means a person designated by an electrical contractor to supervise electrical work and electricians in accordance with the rules adopted under this chapter.

 
Author's comment:  Although an electrical administrator can supervise electrical work the rules governing persons that actually work with the tools requires a certificate of competency.  Therefore, unless electrical administrators have a certificate of competency they cannot do electrical work with the tools.

 

 (2) "Basic electrical work" means the work classified in (a) and (b) of this subsection as class A and class B basic electrical work:

 
RCW 19.28.101
 (1) The director shall cause an inspector to inspect all wiring, appliances, devices, and equipment to which this chapter applies except for basic electrical work as defined in this chapter. The department may not require an electrical work permit for class A basic electrical work unless deficiencies in the installation or repair require inspection. The department may inspect class B basic electrical work on a random basis.



     (a) "Class A basic electrical work" means the like-in-kind replacement of a: Contactor, relay, timer, starter, circuit board, or similar control component; household appliance; circuit breaker; fuse; residential luminaire; lamp; snap switch; dimmer; receptacle outlet; thermostat; heating element; luminaire ballast with an exact same ballast; ten horsepower or smaller motor; or wiring, appliances, devices, or equipment as specified by rule.
 

    (b) "Class B basic electrical work" means work other than class A basic electrical work that requires minimal electrical circuit modifications and has limited exposure hazards. Class B basic electrical work includes the following:

             (i) Extension of not more than one branch electrical circuit limited to one hundred twenty volts and twenty amps each where:

                     (A) No cover inspection is necessary; and

                     (B) The extension does not supply more than two outlets;

             (ii) Like-in-kind replacement of a single luminaire not exceeding two hundred seventy-seven volts and twenty amps;

             (iii) Like-in-kind replacement of a motor larger than ten horsepower;

             (iv) The following low voltage systems:

                     (A) Repair and replacement of devices not exceeding one hundred volt-amperes in Class 2, Class 3, or power limited low voltage systems in one and two-family dwellings;

                     (B) Repair and replacement of the following devices not exceeding one hundred volt-amperes in Class 2, Class 3, or power limited low voltage systems in other buildings, provided the    equipment is not for fire alarm or nurse call systems and is not located in an area classified as hazardous by the national electrical code; or

             (v) Wiring, appliances, devices, or equipment as specified.

 

(3) "Board" means the electrical board under RCW 19.28.311.

     (4) "Chapter" or "subchapter" means the subchapter, if no chapter number is referenced.

     (5) "Department" means the department of Labor and Industries.

     (6) "Director" means the director of the department or the director's designee.

     (7) "Electrical construction trade" includes but is not limited to installing or maintaining electrical wires and equipment that are used for light, heat, or power and installing and maintaining remote control, signaling, power limited, or communication circuits or systems.

     (8) "Electrical contractor" means a person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity that offers to undertake, undertakes, submits a bid for, or does the work of installing or maintaining wires or equipment that convey electrical current.

     (9) "Equipment" means any equipment or apparatus that directly uses, conducts, insulates, or is operated by electricity but does not mean: Plug-in appliances; or plug-in equipment as determined by the department by rule.

     (10) "Industrial control panel" means a factory-wired or user-wired assembly of industrial control equipment such as motor controllers, switches, relays, power supplies, computers, cathode ray tubes, transducers, and auxiliary devices. The panel may include disconnect means and motor branch circuit protective devices.

     (11) "Journeyman electrician" means a person who has been issued a journeyman electrician certificate of competency by the department.

     (12) "Like-in-kind" means having similar characteristics such as voltage requirements, current draw, and function, and being in the same location.

     (13) "Master electrician" means either a master journeyman electrician or master specialty electrician.

     (14) "Master journeyman electrician" means a person who has been issued a master journeyman electrician certificate of competency by the department and who may be designated by an electrical contractor to supervise electrical work and electricians in accordance with rules adopted under this chapter.

     (15) "Master specialty electrician" means a person who has been issued a specialty electrician certificate of competency by the department and who may be designated by an electrical contractor to supervise electrical work and electricians in accordance with rules adopted under this chapter.

     (16) "Specialty electrician" means a person who has been issued a specialty electrician certificate of competency by the department.

 

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