RCW 18.106.320 Contractor's duties—Records audit—Department's rule-making authority—Penalty.
(1) Contractors shall accurately verify and attest to the trainee hours worked by plumbing trainees on behalf of the contractor and that all training hours were under the supervision of a certified plumber and within the proper ratio, and shall provide the supervising plumbers' names and certificate numbers. However, contractors are not required to identify which hours a trainee works with a specific certified plumber.
(2) The department may audit the records of a contractor that has verified the hours of experience submitted by a plumbing trainee to the department under RCW 18.106.030 in the following circumstances: Excessive hours were reported; hours were reported outside the normal course of the contractor's business; or for other similar circumstances in which the department demonstrates a likelihood of excessive or improper hours being reported. The department shall limit the audit to records necessary to verify hours. The department shall adopt rules implementing audit procedures. Information obtained from a contractor under the provisions of this section is confidential and is not open to public inspection under chapter 42.56 RCW.
(3) Violation of this section by a contractor is an infraction.
[ 2005 c 274 § 229; 2002 c 82 § 5.]
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