296-06

Public records.

Angie Wharton

Public Records

(360) 902-5542

TBD

TBD

TBD

This rule making will update the public record WAC with the current agency organizational information, statutory references, web links, and records request information.

All DOSH WACs

eRules.

Cathy Julian

DOSH

(360) 902-5401

(CR-105 filed 6/18/13, objection received)

WSR

13-13-064

12/17/13

WSR

14-01-088

4/22/14

Reorganize, renumber, make plain language changes, and easier e-access via smart phones, etc.

296-32

Safety standards for telecommunications.

Cindy Ireland

DOSH

(360) 902-5522

8/6/13

WSR

13-16-084

TBD

TBD

Update current telecommunications standard and bring it up to date with industry standards.

296-36

296-155, Part Q

Safety standards—Compressed air work.

Cindy Ireland

DOSH

(360) 902-5522

9/18/12

WSR

12-19-075

TBD

TBD

Update current rules related to compressed air work based on industry developments and technology.

296-37

Standards for commercial diving operations.

Cindy Ireland

DOSH

(360) 902-5522

TBD

TBD

TBD

Consider updating rule in response to recent accidents.

296-45

Safety standards for electrical workers (helicopters).

Tari Enos

DOSH

(360) 902-5541

3/5/13

WSR

13-06-055

TBD

TBD

Address for the first time safety standards addressed for lineman working from a basket attached to a helicopter.

296-56

Head protection.

Tari Enos

DOSH

(360) 902-5541

N/A

(CR-105)

9/3/13

WSR

13-18-064

1/7/14

WSR

14-03-013

Initiate rule making in response to OSHA rule change. Discussions underway regarding type and scope of rule making needed.

296-307

Safety standards in agriculture—Incorporate global harmonization rule.

Tari Enos/

Cindy Ireland

DOSH

(360) 902-5541

TBD

TBD

TBD

Incorporate global harmonization rule into agriculture rules.

296-901

Globally harmonized system (GHS) for hazard communication—PHASE 2.

Tari Enos/

Cindy Ireland

DOSH

(360) 902-5541

5/21/13

WSR

13-11-109

11/4/13

WSR

13-22-063

TBD - Spring 2014

Align over thirty WACs with GHS and incorporate additional OSHA rule changes made on February 8, 2013. Phase 2 of 2.

296-78

Lockout/tagout sawmills.

Tari Enos

DOSH

(360) 902-5541

3/5/14

TBD

TBD

Add reference to chapter 296-803 WAC in response to petition request.

296-900

DOSH penalty calculations.

Cindy Ireland/

Tari Enos

DOSH

(360) 902-5522

3/18/14

5/20/14

8/19/14

Resurrecting prior penalties calculation rule making to comply w/OSHA. Conducting additional stakeholdering before filing CR-101.

296-52

Explosives.

Tari Enos

DOSH

(360) 902-5541

 

CR-105

12/3/13

WSR

13-24-094

3/24/14

Expedited rule making to address new Washington state statutory requirement.

296-46B

Electrical safety standards, administration, and installation.

Alicia Curry

Electrical Program

(360) 902-6244

9/24/13

WSR

13-20-033

2/18/14

5/20/14

Adopt new safety code requirements from the 2014 edition of the National Electrical Code (NEC) and other proposals. The 2014 NEC was adopted by the department on March 1, 2013, to replace the current 2008 NEC standards and will become effective on July 1, 2014.

296-96

Safety regulations and fees for all elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators and other conveyances.

Alicia Curry

Field Services and

Public Safety

(360) 902-6244

8/20/13

WSR

13-17-102

11/27/13

WSR

13-24-066

2/26/14

Increase the elevator fees by 13.1 percent following legislative approval for fee increase.

296-96-00904

What must you do to become and remain a licensed elevator contractor?

Alicia Curry

Field Services and

Public Safety

(360) 902-6244

N/A

(CR-105)

3/5/14

5/21/14

Correct a word error that occurred when adopting the annual fee increase.

296-150M

Manufactured homes.

Alicia Curry

Field Services and

Public Safety

(360) 902-6244

TBD

TBD

TBD

Make housekeeping changes and update language for clarity and consistency with industry practices.

296-05

Apprenticeship rules.

Beverly Clark

Fraud Prevention and Labor Standards

(360) 902-6272

TBD

TBD

TBD

Make the final rule changes in response to the federal review to align the rules with the federal rules. Currently awaiting federal direction before proceeding.

296-127

Prevailing wage.

Beverly Clark

Fraud Prevention and Labor Standards

(360) 902-6272

TBD

TBD

TBD

Rule making will:

•  Reflect court decisions;

•  Integrate administrative

   policies;

•  Streamline current processes;

•  Create consistency with the

   statute; and

•  Make housekeeping changes.

296-127

Prevailing wage—Scope of work descriptions for dredge workers, truck drivers, and ready mix truck drivers.

Beverly Clark

Fraud Prevention and Labor Standards

(360) 902-6272

TBD

TBD

TBD

Adopt scope of work descriptions for dredge workers, truck drivers, and ready mix drivers.

296-127

Prevailing wage—Scope of work description for fabricated precast concrete products.

Beverly Clark

Fraud Prevention and Labor Standards

(360) 902-6272

TBD

TBD

TBD

Define the scope of work for fabricated precast concrete products.

296-127

Prevailing wage—Scope of work descriptions for utilities construction and laborers in utilities construction.

Beverly Clark

Fraud Prevention and Labor Standards

(360) 902-6272

8/16/10

WSR

10-17-087

TBD

TBD

Repeal scope of work definitions for utilities construction and laborers in utilities construction.

296-150M

Manufactured homes.

Beverly Clark

Fraud Prevention and Labor Standards

(360) 902-6272

TBD

TBD

TBD

Make housekeeping changes and update language for clarity and consistency.

296-200A

Contractor certificate of registration renewals—Security—Insurance.

Beverly Clark

Fraud Prevention and Labor Standards

(360) 902-6272

TBD

TBD

TBD

Make housekeeping changes and update language for clarity and consistency with industry practices. Clarify definitions.

296-400A

Plumber certification rules.

Beverly Clark

Fraud Prevention and Labor Standards

(360) 902-6272

TBD

TBD

TBD

Make housekeeping changes and update language for clarity and consistency with industry practices.

296-17 and 296-17B

2015 Workers' compensation premium rates.

Jo Anne Attwood

902-4777

6/17/14

9/16/14

11/25/14

Set rates for 2015 Workers' compensation insurance.

296-17A

Classifications for tree services.

Dick Bredeson

902-4985

TBD

TBD

TBD

Consider creating separate classifications for tree trimmers.

296-17A

Classifications for schools and churches.

Dick Bredeson

902-4985

TBD

TBD

TBD

Consider creating separate classifications for schools and churches. Presently they are subclassifications of the same basic classification.

296-17A

General classification rules:

  • Salons/spas

  • Optical stores

  • Reforestation

  • Agriculture

Dick Bredeson

902-4985

TBD

TBD

TBD

Reorganize multiple classifications to better address like business exposures.

Reformat classifications for clarity.

Collapse subclassifications where appropriate.

296-17

Multiple classifications reporting.

Colleen Nelson

902-4773

9/3/13

WSR

13-18-061

1/21/14

WSR

14-03-111

5/30/14

Clarify existing rules on when employers qualify for multiple basic classifications.

296-17B

Retrospective rating.

Diane Doherty

902-5903

11/5/13

WSR

13-22-071

TBD

TBD

Address extending requirements for businesses that enroll in individual retro plans and revising enrollment requirements for businesses under common majority ownership.

296-17B

Retrospective rating.

Diane Doherty

902-5903

11/5/13

WSR

13-22-072

4/1/14

TBD

Ensure that retro and nonretro employers continue to fund the same percentage of their claim costs and that retro refunds are distributed fairly among employers in retro.

296-17A

Agriculture classification rules, WAC 296-17A-4802 through 296-17A-4813.

Karen Chamberlain

902-4772

5/6/14

7/22/14

1/6/15

Clarifying and plain talk the agriculture rules. It is not anticipated this will result in any reclassifying of accounts.

296-17A

Reforestation classification rules, WAC 296-17A-1007, 296-17A-5004, 296-17A-5006.

Karen Chamberlain

902-4772

5/6/14

7/22/14

1/6/15

Combe [Combine] some very small reforestation subclassifications into larger and more credible groupings. Rates will not change, businesses will be reassigned to new subclassifications at the same rate.

296-17A

Opticians, WAC 296-17A-6109.

Dick Bredeson

902-4985

5/6/14

7/22/14

1/6/15

Reclassify opticians who also sell eyewear into the optical store classification. Align with NCCI rules. It will result in moving many optician businesses from classification 6109 to the lower rated classification 6308.

296-17A

Spas, WAC 296-17A-6109, 296-17A-6204, 296-17A-6501.

Julia Sweeney

902-4799

5/6/14

7/22/14

1/6/15

Codify existing classification policy that is currently in an advisement.

296-17A

Sports teams, WAC 296-17A-6706, 296-17A-6707, 296-17A-6809, 296-17A-7102.

Richard Bredeson

902-4985

5/6/14

7/22/14

1/6/15

Codify an earlier agreement between professional sports teams and the department to allow coaches and managers to be reported in a lower rated classification in the off-season.

296-20

296-23

Medical aid conversion

factors, physical therapy

rules, and occupational

therapy rules.

Erik Landaas

Health Services

Analysis

(360) 902-4244

Tom Davis

Health Services

Analysis

(360) 902-6687

12/17/13

WSR

14-01-087

2/14

4/14

Update conversion factors used to determine payments to medical providers, and to update the maximum daily fees payable to physical and occupational therapists.

296-14

Confidentiality of workers' compensation claim files.

Mark Rosen

Legal Services

(360) 902- 6042

11/16/04

WSR

04-23-080

TBD

TBD

Define the responsibility of employers, workers, and other parties who have access to workers' compensation claim files for confidentiality and release of claim information.

296-14

Definition of temporary partial disability (loss of earning power).

Mark Rosen

Legal Services

(360) 902- 6042

1/2/13

WSR

13-02-092

TBD

TBD

Amend the definition of temporary partial disability (loss of earning power) in the medical aid rules and add a corresponding definition in the industrial insurance rules.

296-14

Pension discount rates and mortality assumptions.

Mark Rosen

Legal Services

(360) 902- 6042

6/20/01

WSR

01-13-096

TBD

TBD

Update the mortality assumptions used to determine pension reserves and actuarial benefit reductions.

296-14

Wages.

Mark Rosen

Legal Services

(360) 902- 6042

4/22/08

WSR

08-09-115

TBD

TBD

Amend existing rules for consistency with RCW 51.08.178 (2007 SHB 1244). In addition, a new rule will be added to clarify when the value of health care benefits is included in determining the worker's monthly wage.

296-14

296-15

Suppressing workers' compensation claims.

Mark Rosen

Legal Services

(360) 902- 6042

6/5/07

WSR

07-12-079

TBD

TBD

Define "bona fide workplace safety," "accident prevention program," and "first aid," and establish the penalty structure for employers when there is a finding of claim suppression. Consideration will be given to when and how employers may be required to notify workers of a finding of claim suppression. In addition, the rule making may address additional issues identified in the rule development process.

296-15

Penalties owed by the self-insured employer resulting from delay or failure to authorize and pay benefits.

Natalee Fillinger

Self-Insurance

(360) 902-6907

11/19/13

WSR

13-23-077

TBD

TBD

Consider adopting rules regarding penalties, to define what information is required to constitute a request for penalty and what response is required from the self-insured employer.

296-15

Certified claims administrators and continuing education requirements.

Natalee Fillinger

Self-Insurance

(360) 902-6907

3/19/13

WSR

13-07-060

10/23/13

WSR

13-21-147

1/2/14

WSR

14-02-121

Define the term "certified claims administrator" and reclassify some continuing education credits to a "general education" category.