WAC 246-220-060   Violations.  (1) An injunction or other court order may be obtained prohibiting any violation of any provision of the act or any regulation or order issued thereunder.

     (2) Any person who violates any provision of the act or any regulation or order issued thereunder may be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and upon conviction, may be punished by fine or imprisonment or both, as provided by law.

     (3) A person who knowingly provides to any licensee, applicant, contractor, or subcontractor, components, equipment, materials, or other goods or services, that relate to a licensee's or applicant's activities subject to these regulations, may be individually subject to department enforcement action for deliberate misconduct.

     (a) For the purposes of this subsection, "person" means:

     (i) A radioactive materials licensee;

     (ii) An applicant for a radioactive materials license;

     (iii) An employee of a radioactive materials licensee or applicant; or

     (iv) Any contractor (including a supplier or consultant), subcontractor, or employee of a contractor or subcontractor of any radioactive materials licensee or applicant for a radioactive materials license.

     (b) Persons who knowingly provide to any licensee, applicant, contractor, or subcontractor, components, equipment, materials, or other goods or services, that relate to a licensee's or applicant's activities subject to these regulations may not:

     (i) Engage in deliberate misconduct that causes or would have caused, if not detected, a licensee, or applicant to be in violation of any rule, regulation, or order; or any term, condition, or limitation of any license issued by the department; or

     (ii) Deliberately submit to the department, a licensee, an applicant, or a licensee's or applicant's contractor or subcontractor, information that the person submitting the information knows to be incomplete or inaccurate in some respect material to the department.

     (c) For the purposes of this section, deliberate misconduct by a person means an intentional act or omission that the person knows would cause a licensee or applicant to be in violation of any rule, regulation, or order; or any term, condition, or limitation, of any license issued by the department.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050. 01-02-067, § 246-220-060, filed 12/29/00, effective 1/29/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-220-060, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Order 1095, § 402-12-130, filed 2/6/76; Order 1, § 402-12-130, filed 1/8/69; Rules (part), filed 10/26/66.]