Revised Code of Washington
2023 Archive

Chapter 19.28 RCW
ELECTRICIANS AND ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
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PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
19.28.006Definitions.
19.28.010Electrical wiring requirements—General—Exceptions.
19.28.021Disputes regarding local regulations—Arbitration—Appeal.
19.28.031Rules, regulations, and standards.
19.28.041License required—General or specialty licenses—Fees—Application—Bond or cash deposit.
19.28.051Examinations—Fees.
19.28.061Electrical 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.
19.28.071Licensee's bond—Action on—Priorities—Cash deposit, payment from.
19.28.081Actions—Local permits—Proof of licensure.
19.28.091Licensing—Exemptions.
19.28.095Equipment repair specialty—Scope of work.
19.28.101Inspections—Notice to repair and change—Disconnection—Entry—Concealment—Accessibility—Connection to utility—Permits, fees—Limitation—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency.
19.28.111Nonconforming installations—Disputes—Reference to board.
19.28.121Board—Request for ruling—Fee—Costs.
19.28.131Specialty electrical contractor license—Written warning, penalty—Violations of RCW 19.28.010 through 19.28.141 and 19.28.311 through 19.28.361—Schedule of penalties—Appeal.
19.28.141RCW 19.28.101 inapplicable in certain cities and towns, electricity supply agency service areas, and rights-of-way of state highways.
19.28.151RCW 19.28.010 through 19.28.141 and 19.28.311 through 19.28.361 inapplicable to telegraph or telephone companies exercising certain functions.
19.28.161Certification—Apprentices and trainees—Supervision—Ratio of noncertified and certified workers—Trainee hours verification.
19.28.171Electrical trainee hours—Audit—Rules—Confidentiality.
19.28.181Application for certificate of competency.
19.28.191Certificate of competency—Eligibility for examination—Rules.
19.28.195Examination—Exception for lawful work experience and training school program completion.
19.28.201Examination—Times—Certification of results—Contents—Fees.
19.28.205In-class education requirements.
19.28.211Certificate of competency—Issuance—Renewal—Continuing education—Fees—Effect.
19.28.221Persons engaged in trade or business on July 16, 1973.
19.28.231Temporary permits.
19.28.241Revocation of certificate of competency—Grounds—Procedure.
19.28.251Powers and duties of director—Administration of RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 by the department.
19.28.261Exemptions from RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271.
19.28.265Licensing, certification, and inspection—Exemptions—Modifications—Industrial equipment defined.
19.28.271Violations of RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271—Schedule of penalties—Appeal.
19.28.281Electric vehicle infrastructure—Rule adoption.
19.28.291Violations of chapter—Issuance of subpoenas—Application.
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS
19.28.301Application—Subchapter heading.
19.28.311Electrical board.
19.28.321Enforcement—State electrical inspectors—Qualifications—Salaries and expenses.
19.28.325Enforcement—Local authority—Penalties—Appeals.
19.28.331Inspection reports.
19.28.341Revocation or suspension of license—Grounds—Appeal to board—Fee—Costs.
19.28.351Electrical license fund.
19.28.361Liability for injury or damage.
19.28.371Medical device—Installation, maintenance, or repair—Compliance with chapter—Limit of exemption.
19.28.381Denial of renewal of certificate or license for outstanding penalties—Notice—Appeal—Hearing.
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS
19.28.400Definitions.
19.28.410Telecommunications systems installations—Subject to this subchapter.
19.28.420Telecommunications contractor license—Application—Bond—Issuance of license.
19.28.430Administrator's examination—Certificate—Administrator's requirements.
19.28.440Examination for telecommunications administrators' certificates.
19.28.450Local enforcement of subchapter—Enforcement of chapter.
19.28.460Disputes regarding local regulations—Arbitration—Panel.
19.28.470Inspections—Report—Required repairs/changes—Accessibility of telecommunications systems.
19.28.480Unlawful acts—Interpretation of chapter.
19.28.490Violation of chapter—Penalty—Appeal.
19.28.501Insurance/financial responsibility.
19.28.511Individual certification not required.
19.28.521Limitation of action—Proof of valid license required.
19.28.531Unlawful installation/maintenance—Disputed interpretation—Board to determine methods.
19.28.541Entity desiring board decision—Process.
19.28.551Director's authority—Adoption of rules.
19.28.910Effective date—1963 c 207.
NOTES:
Electrical construction: Chapter 19.29 RCW.
State building code: Chapter 19.27 RCW.