Chapter 49.17 RCW - Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act

 

RCW 49.17.300 Temporary worker housing—Electricity--Storage, handling, preparation of food--Rules.
By December 1, 1998, the department of labor and industries shall adopt rules requiring electricity in all temporary worker housing and establishing minimum requirements to ensure the safe storage, handling, and preparation of food in these camps, regardless of whether individual or common cooking facilities are in use.

RCW 49.17.310 Temporary worker housing--Licensing, operation, and inspection--Rules--Definition.
The department and the department of health shall adopt joint rules for the licensing, operation, and inspection of temporary worker housing, and the enforcement thereof. For the purposes of this section “temporary worker housing” has the same meaning as given in RCW 70.114A.020.

RCW 49.17.320 Temporary worker housing operation standards--Departments' agreement--enforcement--Definition.
By December 1, 1999, the department and the department of health shall jointly establish a formal agreement that identifies the roles of each of the two agencies with respect to the enforcement of temporary worker housing operation standards.

The agreement shall, to the extent feasible, provide for inspection and enforcement actions by a single agency, and shall include measures to avoid multiple citations for the same violation.

For the purposes of this section, “temporary worker housing” has the same meaning as provided in RCW 70.114A.020.

RCW 49.17.900 Short title.
This act shall be known and cited as the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act of 1973.

RCW 49.17.910 Severability--1973 c 80.
If any provision of this act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.