(1) Each organization shall appoint and continuously maintain a responsible officer, as required by RCW 19.166.040, who has primary responsibility for supervising placements within the state of Washington.

(2) The responsible officer shall be an employee or officer of the organization.

(3) The person who signs the application as responsible officer as required by RCW 19.166.040(2) shows acceptance of assuming the duties of the responsible officer.

(4) The responsible officer shall have an address which shall be a specific geographic location, and be identified by number, if any, and street, or building address, or rural route, city, state, and zip code or, if a commonly known street or rural route does not exist, by legal description. The responsible officer's address may not be identified by post office box number or other nongeographic address. For purposes of communicating by mail, the secretary may permit the use of a post office address in conjunction with the geographic location if they are located in same city, if, the organization also maintains on file the specific geographic address of the Washington office.