WSR 17-17-002
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING
[Filed August 2, 2017, 12:13 p.m., effective September 2, 2017]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Amending WAC 308-408A-110(2) to reflect the program it enforces; repealing WAC 308-408A-010 to remove a fingerprint requirement for which the program does not have legal authority; and repealing WAC 308-408B-130 to remove a rule that is no longer in effect.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 308-408A-010 and 308-408B-130; and amending WAC 308-408A-110(2).
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.280.050.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-11-103 on May 22, 2017.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 2; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: August 2, 2017.
Damon Monroe
Rules Coordinator
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 308-408A-010
Application for a license—Fingerprinting.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 09-13-001, filed 6/3/09, effective 7/4/09)
WAC 308-408A-110 Continuing education clock hour requirements.
A licensee shall submit to the department evidence of satisfactory completion of clock hours, pursuant to RCW 18.280.110, in the manner and on forms prescribed by the department.
(1) A licensee applying for renewal of a license shall submit evidence of completion of twenty-four hours of instruction in a course(s) approved by the board and commenced within twenty-four months of a licensee's renewal date.
(2) The twenty-four clock hours shall be satisfied by evidence of completion of approved ((real estate)) home inspector courses as defined in WAC 308-408B-040.
(3) Courses for continuing education clock hour credit shall be commenced after issuance of a first license.
(4) Approved courses may be repeated for continuing education credit in subsequent renewal periods.
(5) Clock hour credit for continuing education shall not be accepted if: The course is not approved pursuant to chapters 308-408B WAC and 18.280 RCW.
(6) Instructors shall not receive clock hour credit for teaching or course development.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 308-408B-130
Fundamentals supplemental course.