2172-S.E AAS 04/10/01
ESHB 2172 - S AMD 268
By Senator Prentice
ADOPTED AS AMENDED 4/10/01
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1. RCW 18.106.010 and 1997 c 326 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and phrases as hereinafter used in this chapter shall have the following meaning:
(1) "Advisory board" means the state advisory board of plumbers;
(2) "Department" means the department of labor and industries;
(3) "Director" means the director of department of labor and industries;
(4) "Journeyman plumber" means any person who has been issued a certificate of competency by the department of labor and industries as provided in this chapter;
(5) "Medical gas piping" means oxygen, nitrous oxide, high pressure nitrogen, medical compressed air, and medical vacuum systems;
(6) "Medical gas piping installer" means a journeyman plumber who has been issued a medical gas piping installer endorsement;
(7) "Plumbing" means that craft involved in installing, altering, repairing and renovating potable water systems, liquid waste systems, and medical gas piping systems within a building. Installation in a water system of water softening or water treatment equipment is not within the meaning of plumbing as used in this chapter;
(8) "Specialty plumber" means anyone who has been issued a specialty certificate of competency limited to:
(a) Installation, maintenance, and repair of the plumbing of single-family dwellings, duplexes, and apartment buildings that do not exceed three stories; or
(b) Maintenance and repair of backflow prevention assemblies.
Sec. 2. RCW 18.106.040 and 1977 ex.s. c 149 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Upon receipt of the application and evidence set forth in RCW 18.106.030, the director shall review the same and make a determination as to whether the applicant is eligible to take an examination for the certificate of competency. To be eligible to take the examination:
(a)
Each applicant for a journeyman plumber's certificate of competency shall
furnish written evidence that he or she has ((either)) completed
a course of study in the plumbing trade in the armed services of the United
States or at a school ((accredited)) licensed by the ((coordinating
council on occupational education;)) work force training and education
coordinating board, or ((that he)) has had four or more years
of experience under the direct supervision of a licensed journeyman plumber.
(b)
Each applicant for a specialty plumber's certificate of competency under RCW
18.106.010(8)(a) shall furnish written evidence that he or she has
((either)) completed a course of study in the plumbing trade in the
armed services of the United States or at a school ((accredited)) licensed
by the ((commission for vocational education or its designee)) work
force training and education coordinating board under chapter 28C.10 RCW,
or that he or she has had at least three years practical experience in
((his)) the specialty. ((No other requirement for eligibility
may be imposed.))
(c) Each applicant for a specialty plumber's certificate of competency under RCW 18.106.010(8)(b) shall furnish written evidence that he or she is eligible to take the examination. These eligibility requirements shall be adopted by rule by the director pursuant to subsection (2)(b) of this section.
(2)(a)
The director shall establish reasonable rules ((and regulations)) for
the examinations to be given applicants for certificates of competency. In
establishing ((said)) the rules, ((regulations, and criteria,))
the director shall consult with the state advisory board of plumbers as
established in RCW 18.106.110.
(b) The director shall establish reasonable criteria by rule for determining an applicant's eligibility to take an examination for the certificate of competency for specialty plumbers under subsection (1)(c) of this section. In establishing the criteria, the director shall consult with the state advisory board of plumbers as established in RCW 18.106.110. These rules must take effect by July 1, 2002.
(3)
Upon determination that the applicant is eligible to take the examination, the
director shall so notify ((him)) the applicant, indicating the
time and place for taking the same.
(4) No other requirement for eligibility may be imposed.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 18.106 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Those actively certified by the department of health on or before July 1, 2001, as backflow assembly testers and registered as a contractor under chapter 18.27 RCW or employed by a registered contractor, may perform maintenance and repair of backflow prevention assemblies, without being a certified plumber under this chapter, until January 1, 2003. For the purposes of this section, "maintenance and repair" include cleaning and replacing internal parts of an assembly, but do not include installing or replacing backflow prevention assemblies.
(2) After January 1, 2003, backflow assembly testers exempted under subsection (1) of this section are required to meet the eligibility requirements for a specialty plumber's certificate of competency under RCW 18.106.040(1)(c).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. A new section is added to chapter 19.27 RCW to read as follows:
The owner of a building classified as a group R, division 3 occupancy, as defined in the state building code adopted under this chapter, shall have the backflow prevention assembly tested by a department of health certified backflow assembly tester:
(1) At the time of installation, repair, or relocation, if required by the local official, board, department, or agency authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of the uniform plumbing code as adopted under this chapter; or
(2) When such official, board, department, or agency finds that cross‑connection control within the property lines of the premises may fail to prevent pollution or contamination of the domestic water supply."
ESHB 2172 - S AMD 268
By Senator Prentice
ADOPTED 04/10/01
On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "assemblies;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 18.106.010 and 18.106.040; adding a new section to chapter 18.106 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 19.27 RCW."
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