(1) WAC 296-900-17005 and 296-900-17010 apply to appeals described in this section. The remainder of the section outlines the timelines for notifying the department about appeals of the citation and notice of assessment issued by the department.

(2) Citation and notice of assessment appeal. Both the employer and the complainant have a right to appeal determinations made under WAC 296-360-040.

(a) Notification to the department.

(i) An employer has 30 calendar days of receipt of the citation and notice of assessment to notify the department that the employer wishes to appeal the citation or notice of assessment; and

(ii) The complainant has 15 working days from receipt of the citation and notice of assessment to notify the department that the complainant wishes to appeal the order of appropriate relief stated in the notice of assessment.

(b) The citation and notice of assessment will become a final order of the department, not subject to review by any court or agency, if the department does not receive notification of appeal from the employer or complainant as stated in (a) of this subsection.

(3) The department may reassume jurisdiction according to the timeline, process for hearing, and issuance of corrective notices of redetermination under RCW  49.17.140(4) upon receiving notice of appeal from the employer, employee, or both.

(a) The redetermination will become the final order subject to direct appeal by an employer or complainant to the board of industrial insurance appeals within 15 working days of such redetermination with service of notice of appeal upon the director.

(b) In the event that the department does not reassume jurisdiction, the department must notify the state board of industrial insurance appeals of all notifications of intention to appeal the citation and notice of assessment and certify a full copy of the record in such appeal matters to the board.

(4) A notice of appeal filed under this section will stay the effectiveness of any citation or notice of assessment except orders of reinstatement pending review by the board of industrial appeals.