(1) A contractor's
registration will be suspended if the following impairments, cancellations,
noncompliance, or errors occur:
(a) A surety
bond or other security has an unsatisfied final judgment against it or becomes
otherwise impaired.
(b) A surety
bond is canceled.
(c) An insurance
policy is expired, canceled, revoked or the insurer is withdrawn from the
insurance policy.
(d) The
contractor has an unsatisfied final judgment against it under chapter 18.27 RCW
and this chapter.
(e) The
department has notice that the contractor is a sole proprietor or an owner,
principal, or officer of a registered contractor that has an unsatisfied final
judgment against it for work within the scope of chapter 18.27 RCW and this
chapter.
(f) The program has been
notified that the contractor has outstanding debt owed to the department for
work performed under this chapter, such as industrial insurance premiums owed
for workers' hours or penalties for violation of chapter 18.27 RCW and this
chapter.
(g) The department is
notified that the contractor has been certified by the department of social and
health services as a person who is not in compliance with a support order as
provided in
RCW
74.20A.320.
(h) The department finds that the contractor
has provided false or misleading information or has otherwise been registered
in error.
(i) The contractor fails
to comply with a penalty payment plan agreement.
(j) The contractor has been certified by a
lending agency and reported to the department for nonpayment or default on a
federally or state-guaranteed educational loan or service conditional
scholarship.
(k) The contractor
does not maintain an active and valid unified business identifier number with
the department of revenue.
(l) The
contractor does not provide the department with updated information or forms as
necessary to validate their information.
(2) The contractor's registration will be
automatically suspended on the effective date of the impairment or
cancellation. The department must mail a notice of the suspension to the
contractor's last recorded address with the contractor registration program
within two days after suspension.
(3) A contractor must not advertise, offer to
do work, submit a bid, or perform any work as a contractor while its
registration is suspended. To continue to operate as a contractor while its
registration is suspended is a violation of chapter 18.27 RCW and subject to
infractions.
(4) The department
shall not deny an application or suspend a registration because of an
unsatisfied final judgment if the applicant's or registrant's unsatisfied final
judgment was determined by the director to be the result of the fraud or
negligence of another party.
