Unless the context clearly
requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply
throughout RCW 19.27A.080 through 19.27A.120.
(1) "Portable oil-fueled heater" means any
nonflue-connected, self-contained, self-supporting, oil-fueled,
heating appliance equipped with an integral reservoir, designed
to be carried from one location to another.
(2) "Oil" means any liquid fuel with a flash point of
greater than one hundred degrees Fahrenheit, including but not
limited to kerosene.
(3) "Listed" means any portable oil-fueled heater which has
been evaluated in accordance with the Underwriters Laboratories,
Inc. standard for portable oil-fueled heaters or an equivalent
standard and with respect to reasonably foreseeable hazards to
life and property by a nationally recognized testing or
inspection agency, such as Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., and
which has been authorized as being reasonably safe for its
specific purpose and shown in a list published by such agency
and/or bears the mark, name, and/or symbol of such agency as
indication that it has been so authorized. Such evaluation shall
include but not be limited to evaluation of the requirements
hereinafter set forth.
(4) "Approved" means any listed portable oil-fueled heater
which is deemed approved if it satisfies the requirements set
forth herein or adopted under RCW 19.27A.080 through 19.27A.120
and if the supplier certifies to the authority having
jurisdiction over the sale and use of the heater that it is
listed and in compliance with RCW 19.27A.080 through 19.27A.120.
(5) "Structure" means any building or completed construction
of any kind included in state building code groups M, R-1, R-3,
B, F, S-1, S-2, and U occupancies, except sleeping rooms and
bathrooms: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That in B, M, and S-1 occupancies,
approved portable oil-fueled heaters shall only be used under
permit of the fire chief.
(6) "Supplier" means any party offering to sell to retailers
or to the general public approved portable oil-fueled heaters.
[1995 c 343 § 2; 1985 c 360 § 15; 1983 c 134 § 2. Formerly RCW 19.27.420.]