The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and the enforcement of these rules and regulations:
- (1) "School" - Shall mean any publicly financed or private or parochial school or facility used for the purpose of school instruction, from the kindergarten through twelfth grade. This definition does not include a private residence in which parents teach their own natural or legally adopted children.
- (2) "Board of education" - An appointive or elective board whose primary responsibility is to operate public or private or parochial schools or to contract for school services.
- (3) "Instructional areas" - Space intended or used for instructional purposes.
(4) "New construction" - Shall include the following:
- (a) New school building.
- (b) Additions to existing schools.
- (c) Renovation, other than minor repair, of existing schools.
- (d) Schools established in all or part of any existing structures, previously designed or utilized for other purposes.
- (e) Installation or alteration of any equipment or systems, subject to these regulations, in schools.
- (f) Portables constructed after the effective date of these regulations.
- (5) "Occupied zone" - Is that volume of space from the floor to 6 feet above the floor when determining temperature and air movement, exclusive of the 3 foot perimeter on the outside wall.
- (6) "Site" - Shall include the areas used for buildings, playgrounds and other school functions.
- (7) "Portables" - Any structure that is transported to a school site where it is placed or assembled for use as part of a school facility.
- (8) "Health officer" - Legally qualified physician who has been appointed as the health officer for the city, town, county or district public health department as defined in RCW 70.05.010(2), or his authorized representative.
- (9) "Secretary" - Means secretary of the Washington state department of health or the secretary's designee.
- (10) "Department" - Means Washington state department of health.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20.050. WSR 92-02-019 (Order 225B), § 246-366-010, filed 12/23/91, effective 1/23/92; WSR 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified as § 246-366-010, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; WSR 82-07-015 (Order 225), § 248-64-220, filed 3/9/82; Order 131, § 248-64-220, filed 8/5/76; Order 55, § 248-64-220, filed 6/8/71.]