WAC 16-470-912   Schedule of fees and charges -- Applicable fees and charges.  (1) Hourly rate.


Hourly rate - business hours $40.00  
Hourly rate - nonbusiness hours $51.00  

     (2) Laboratory diagnostic services, except as provided in subsection (3) or (4) of this section, are charged at the applicable hourly rate plus materials.

     (3) Plant pathology laboratory diagnostic fees:

     (a) Nematode assay (plant material) . . . . . . . . . . . . $38.00

     (b) Nematode assay (soil) . . . . . . . . . . . . $60.00

     (c) Assay for dwarf bunt (TCK), Karnal bunt, flag smut

. . . . . . . . . . . . $60.00


Note: Fee is for one sample for one specific organism, unless more than one organism can be detected in a single test without additional inputs.

     (4) The department reserves the right to provide service by written agreement at a single, negotiated cost or at a negotiated rate for projects with at least one of the following characteristics:

     (a) Projects greater than one hundred samples;

     (b) Projects requiring materials not readily available; or

     (c) Projects requiring special handling, multiple phase test procedures, or prolonged incubation periods.

     The rate charged shall not be less than the cost to the department of performing the tests.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 17.24.021, 17.24.131, chapter 34.05 RCW, and 2009 c 564. 09-23-006, § 16-470-912, filed 11/5/09, effective 1/1/10. Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.24 and 34.05 RCW. 07-11-012, § 16-470-912, filed 5/3/07, effective 7/1/07; 06-15-044, § 16-470-912, filed 7/11/06, effective 8/11/06; 05-12-111, § 16-470-912, filed 5/31/05, effective 7/1/05. Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.24, 15.14, and 34.05 RCW. 05-01-180, § 16-470-912, filed 12/21/04, effective 1/21/05. Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.24 and 34.05 RCW. 04-17-036, § 16-470-912, filed 8/10/04, effective 9/10/04. Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.13, 15.14, 17.24, and 34.05 RCW. 03-21-166, § 16-470-912, filed 10/22/03, effective 11/22/03. Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.24 and 34.05 RCW. 03-10-082, § 16-470-912, filed 5/6/03, effective 6/30/03. Statutory Authority: Chapters 17.24 and 15.14 RCW. 01-11-033, § 16-470-912, filed 5/8/01, effective 6/8/01.]