RCW 19.28.095
Equipment repair specialty—Scope of work.
(1) The scope of work for the equipment repair specialty involves servicing, maintaining, repairing, or replacing utilization equipment or wiring, appliances, devices, or equipment as specified by rule of the department.
(2) "Utilization equipment" means equipment that is: (a) Self-contained on a single skid or frame; (b) factory built to standardized sizes or types; (c) listed or field evaluated by a laboratory or approved by the department under WAC 296-46B-030; and (d) connected as a single unit to a single source of electrical power limited to a maximum of six hundred volts. The equipment may also be connected to a separate single source of electrical control power limited to a maximum of two hundred fifty volts. Utilization equipment does not include devices used for occupant space heating by industrial, commercial, hospital, educational, public, and private commercial buildings, and other end users.
(3) "Servicing, maintaining, repairing, or replacing utilization equipment" includes:
(a) The like-in-kind replacement of the equipment if the same unmodified electrical circuit is used to supply the equipment being replaced;
(b) The like-in-kind replacement or repair of remote control components that are integral to the operation of the equipment;
(c) The like-in-kind replacement or repair of electrical components within the equipment; and
(d) The disconnection, replacement, and reconnection of low-voltage control and line voltage supply whips not over six feet in length provided there are no modifications to the characteristics of the branch circuit.
(4) "Servicing, maintaining, repairing, or replacing utilization equipment" does not include:
(a) The installation, repair, or modification of wiring that interconnects equipment and/or remote components, branch circuit conductors, services, feeders, panelboards, disconnect switches, motor control centers, remote magnetic starters/contactors, or raceway/conductor systems interconnecting multiple equipment or other electrical components;
(b) Any work providing electrical feeds into the power distribution unit or installation of conduits and raceways; or
(c) Any electrical work governed under article(s) 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 510, 511, 513, 514, 515, or 516 NEC (i.e., classified locations), except for electrical work in sewage pumping stations.
[ 2016 c 198 § 1; 2003 c 399 § 602.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—2003 c 399: See note following RCW 19.28.006.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous
Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations.
19.28.010 - Electrical wiring requirements—General—Exceptions.
19.28.021 - Disputes regarding local regulations—Arbitration—Appeal.
19.28.031 - Rules, regulations, and standards.
19.28.041 - License required—General or specialty licenses—Fees—Application—Bond or cash deposit.
19.28.051 - Examinations—Fees.
19.28.071 - Licensee's bond—Action on—Priorities—Cash deposit, payment from.
19.28.081 - Actions—Local permits—Proof of licensure.
19.28.091 - Licensing—Exemptions.
19.28.095 - Equipment repair specialty—Scope of work.
19.28.111 - Nonconforming installations—Disputes—Reference to board.
19.28.121 - Board—Request for ruling—Fee—Costs.
19.28.171 - Electrical trainee hours—Audit—Rules—Confidentiality.
19.28.181 - Application for certificate of competency.
19.28.191 - Certificate of competency—Eligibility for examination—Rules.
19.28.195 - Examination—Exception for equivalent training and experience.
19.28.201 - Examination—Times—Certification of results—Contents—Fees.
19.28.205 - In-class education requirements.
19.28.211 - Certificate of competency—Issuance—Renewal—Continuing education—Fees—Effect.
19.28.221 - Persons engaged in trade or business on July 16, 1973.
19.28.231 - Temporary permits.
19.28.241 - Revocation of certificate of competency—Grounds—Procedure.
19.28.261 - Exemptions from RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271.
19.28.271 - Violations of RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271—Schedule of penalties—Appeal.
19.28.281 - Electric vehicle infrastructure—Rule adoption.
19.28.291 - Violations of chapter—Issuance of subpoenas—Application.
19.28.301 - Application—Subchapter heading.
19.28.321 - Enforcement—State electrical inspectors—Qualifications—Salaries and expenses.
19.28.325 - Enforcement—Local authority—Penalties—Appeals.
19.28.331 - Inspection reports.
19.28.341 - Revocation or suspension of license—Grounds—Appeal to board—Fee—Costs.
19.28.351 - Electrical license fund.
19.28.361 - Liability for injury or damage.
19.28.410 - Telecommunications systems installations—Subject to this subchapter.
19.28.420 - Telecommunications contractor license—Application—Bond—Issuance of license.
19.28.430 - Administrator's examination—Certificate—Administrator's requirements.
19.28.440 - Examination for telecommunications administrators' certificates.
19.28.450 - Local enforcement of subchapter—Enforcement of chapter.
19.28.460 - Disputes regarding local regulations—Arbitration—Panel.
19.28.470 - Inspections—Report—Required repairs/changes—Accessibility of telecommunications systems.
19.28.480 - Unlawful acts—Interpretation of chapter.
19.28.490 - Violation of chapter—Penalty—Appeal.
19.28.501 - Insurance/financial responsibility.
19.28.511 - Individual certification not required.
19.28.521 - Limitation of action—Proof of valid license required.
19.28.531 - Unlawful installation/maintenance—Disputed interpretation—Board to determine methods.
19.28.541 - Entity desiring board decision—Process.