Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations.
19.28.490 - Violation of chapter—Penalty—Appeal.

RCW 19.28.490
Violation of chapter—Penalty—Appeal.

Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity violating any of the provisions of this chapter may be assessed a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars or more than ten thousand dollars per violation. The department, after consulting with the board and receiving the board's recommendations, shall set by rule a schedule of penalties for violating this chapter. The department shall notify the person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity violating any of these provisions of the amount of the penalty and of the specific violation. The notice shall be sent using a method by which the mailing can be tracked or the delivery can be confirmed to the last known address of the assessed party. Penalties are subject to review by an appeal to the board. The filing of an appeal stays the effect of the penalty until the board makes its decision. The appeal shall be filed within twenty days after notice of the penalty is given to the assessed party, and shall be made by filing a written notice of appeal with the department. The notice shall be accompanied by a certified check for two hundred dollars or ten percent of the penalty amount, whichever is less, but in no event less than one hundred dollars. The check shall be returned to the assessed party if the decision of the department is not sustained by the board. If the board sustains the decision of the department, the amount of the check shall be applied by the department to the payment of the per diem and expenses of the members of the board incurred in the matter, and any balance remaining after payment of per diem and expenses shall be paid into the electrical license fund. The hearing and review procedures shall be conducted in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW. The board shall assign its hearings to an administrative law judge to conduct the hearing and issue a proposed decision and order. The board shall be allowed a minimum of twenty days to review a proposed decision and shall issue its decision no later than the next regularly scheduled board meeting.

[ 2014 c 190 § 4; 2011 c 301 § 9; 2000 c 238 § 213.]
NOTES:

Effective date—2014 c 190: See note following RCW 19.28.131.


Severability—2000 c 238: See note following RCW 19.28.301.

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Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous

Chapter 19.28 - Electricians and Electrical Installations.

19.28.006 - Definitions.

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.

19.28.061 - Electrical contractors—Designee of firm to take master electrician or administrator's examination—Administrator's certificate—Fee—Certificate duration, denial, renewal, nontransferable—Master electrician or administrator's duties.

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.

19.28.101 - Inspections—Notice to repair and change—Disconnection—Entry—Concealment—Accessibility—Connection to utility—Permits, fees—Limitation—Waiver of provisions during state of emergency.

19.28.111 - Nonconforming installations—Disputes—Reference to board.

19.28.121 - Board—Request for ruling—Fee—Costs.

19.28.131 - Specialty electrical contractor license—Written warning, penalty—Violations of RCW 19.28.010 through 19.28.141 and 19.28.311 through 19.28.361—Schedule of penalties—Appeal.

19.28.141 - RCW 19.28.101 inapplicable in certain cities and towns, electricity supply agency service areas, and rights-of-way of state highways.

19.28.151 - RCW 19.28.010 through 19.28.141 and 19.28.311 through 19.28.361 inapplicable to telegraph or telephone companies exercising certain functions.

19.28.161 - Certification—Apprentices and trainees—Supervision—Ratio of noncertified and certified workers—Trainee hours verification.

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.

19.28.251 - Powers and duties of director—Administration of RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 by the department.

19.28.261 - Exemptions from RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271.

19.28.265 - Licensing, certification, and inspection—Exemptions—Modifications—Industrial equipment defined.

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.

19.28.311 - Electrical board.

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.

19.28.371 - Medical device—Installation, maintenance, or repair—Compliance with chapter—Limit of exemption.

19.28.381 - Denial of renewal of certificate or license for outstanding penalties—Notice—Appeal—Hearing.

19.28.400 - Definitions.

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.

19.28.551 - Director's authority—Adoption of rules.

19.28.910 - Effective date—1963 c 207.