After all evidence has been presented at hearings conducted by an
industrial appeals judge, who shall be an active or judicial
member of the Washington state bar association, the industrial
appeals judge shall enter a proposed or recommended decision and
order which shall be in writing and shall contain findings and
conclusions as to each contested issue of fact and law, as well
as the order based thereon. The industrial appeals judge shall
file the signed original of the proposed decision and order with
the board, and copies thereof shall be mailed by the board to
each party to the appeal and to each party's attorney or
representative of record. Within twenty days, or such further
time as the board may allow on written application of a party,
filed within said twenty days from the date of communication of
the proposed decision and order to the parties or their attorneys
or representatives of record, any party may file with the board a
written petition for review of the same. Filing of a petition
for review is perfected by mailing or personally delivering the
petition to the board's offices in Olympia. Such petition for
review shall set forth in detail the grounds therefor and the
party or parties filing the same shall be deemed to have waived
all objections or irregularities not specifically set forth
therein.
In the event no petition for review is filed as provided
herein by any party, the proposed decision and order of the
industrial appeals judge shall be adopted by the board and become
the decision and order of the board, and no appeal may be taken
therefrom to the courts. If an order adopting the proposed
decision and order is not formally signed by the board on the day
following the date the petition for review of the proposed
decision and order is due, said proposed decision and order shall
be deemed adopted by the board and become the decision and order
of the board, and no appeal may be taken therefrom to the courts.
[2003 c 224 § 2; 1985 c 314 § 1; 1982 c 109 § 5; 1971 ex.s. c 289 § 22; 1963 c 148 § 6.]
NOTES:
Effective dates -- Severability -- 1971 ex.s. c 289: See RCW 51.98.060 and 51.98.070.