WSR 18-03-008 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING [Filed January 4, 2018, 9:04 a.m., effective February 4, 2018] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing. Purpose: Modify existing rule language to reflect how the program handles fingerprint cards and process. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 308-124A-700. Adopted under notice filed as WSR 17-18-077 on September 5, 2017. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Date Adopted: January 4, 2018. Damon Monroe Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 16-05-064, filed 2/12/16, effective 3/14/16)
WAC 308-124A-700 Application for a license—Fingerprinting.
(1) New applicants applying for their first broker's license under chapter 18.85 RCW will be required to submit to a fingerprint background check with the department's authorized vendor.
(2) Applicants applying for their first managing broker's license using alternative qualifications will be required to submit to a fingerprint background check with the department's authorized vendor.
(3) Fingerprint background checks are required for every active renewal every six years. If the department background check was within the last six years, then no new background check is required to activate a license.
(4) An application submitted without the required fingerprint background check is considered incomplete.
(5) When fingerprints are rejected, the ((department will contact the licensee or applicant via the email address on file with the department. The)) licensee or applicant must follow the authorized vendor's procedures for resubmitting fingerprints within twenty-one calendar days ((of the date the department sends the email)). Failure to follow the vendor's fingerprint procedures within twenty-one days will result in a suspension of the real estate license until the vendor's fingerprint procedures are followed. The licensee or applicant will be responsible for any additional fees due.
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