(1) Any city that does electrical or telecommunications inspections must declare their intent to do inspections by ordinance. See RCW
19.28.010(3) for city inspection and inspector requirements. The department may enforce city electrical or telecommunications ordinances where those governmental agencies do not make inspections under an established program.
Evaluation engineers, testing laboratories, and equipment standards.
(2) As authorized in RCW
19.28.010(1), the department is the sole authority for determining testing laboratory accreditation. See WAC
296-46B-997 and
296-46B-999 for information regarding evaluation engineers, testing laboratories, and equipment standards.