WSR 25-05-094
PERMANENT RULES
BOARD OF REGISTRATION
FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
AND LAND SURVEYORS
[Filed February 19, 2025, 6:39 a.m., effective March 22, 2025]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The Public Records Act (RCW 42.56.070) requires state agencies to create, maintain, and make available to the public indexes of certain records and enact a rule describing the indexing system.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 196-09-152.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 18.43.035.
Other Authority: RCW 42.56.070.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 25-01-120 on December 16, 2024.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: February 13, 2025.
Ken Fuller
Director
RDS-6050.2
NEW SECTION
WAC 196-09-152Records index.
(1) Purpose. This rule implements RCW 42.56.070 (5) and (6) and 34.05.220 (2) and (3).
(2) The board has implemented an indexing system for the identification and location of the following records:
(a) All records issued before July 1, 1990, for which the board has maintained an index which include final orders and board orders, indexed by type of order, date issued, profession, case number, and respondent name;
(b) Final orders entered after June 30, 1990, that are issued in adjudicative proceedings as defined in RCW 34.05.010(1) indexed by type of order, date issued, profession, case number, topic, and respondent name;
(c) Policy statements as defined in RCW 34.05.010(15), interpretive statements as defined in RCW 34.05.010(8), and declaratory orders that were entered after June 30, 1990, and indexed by title, topic, and dates issued;
(d) Minutes of board meetings shall be indexed chronologically.
(3) Indexes are available online at brpels.wa.gov and are available for public inspection and copying weekdays, excluding legal holidays or other days the agency is closed, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the board's office, 605 11th Ave SE, Suite 201, Olympia, Washington.
(4) The indexes are updated quarterly. In addition to the indexing system, the board also maintains and continually updates its website at brpels.wa.gov, which includes board laws and rules; board forms; board meeting agendas and materials; and other agency documents.