PDFWAC 415-104-570

Endocrine and metabolic disorders.

The following endocrine and metabolic disorders or conditions are causes for rejection of membership:
(1) Adrenal gland, malfunction of, of any degree;
(2) Cretinism;
(3) Diabetes insipidus;
(4) Diabetes mellitus;
(5) Gigantism or acromegaly;
(6) Glycosuria, persistent, regardless of cause;
(7) Goiter:
(a) Simple goiter with definite pressure symptoms or so large in size as to interfere with the wearing of a uniform or firefighting equipment;
(b) Thyrotoxicosis;
(8) Gout;
(9) Hyperinsulinism, confirmed, symptomatic;
(10) Hyperparathyroidism and hypoparathyroidism;
(11) Hypopituitarism, severe;
(12) Myxedema, spontaneous or postoperative with clinical manifestations and not based solely on low basal metabolic rate;
(13) Nutritional deficiency diseases, (including spru, beriberi, pellagra, and scurvy) which are more than mild and not readily remediable or in which permanent pathological changes have been established;
(14) Other endocrine or metabolic disorders which obviously preclude satisfactory performance of duty which require frequent and prolonged treatment.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 41.50.050(6) and 41.50.090. WSR 78-03-023 (Order IV), § 415-104-570, filed 2/15/78. Formerly WAC 297-50-080.]