- (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. WSR 01-02-067, § 246-220-060, filed 12/29/00, effective 1/29/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. WSR 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.]