(1) The department shall collect nonrefundable fees as follows:

(a) One hundred seventy-five dollars per preliminary standard data file;

(b) Three hundred fifty dollars per annual final standard data file;

(c) Two hundred dollar flat fee for up to two hours of analytic services or general data inquiry requests;

(d) Any analytic services or general data inquiry requests that exceed two hours, in addition to subsection (1)(b) of this section, will be charged an hourly fee of one hundred dollars; and

(e) Fifty dollars per standard data file for students with proof of valid student status.

(2) For custom data file requests, the department shall collect nonrefundable fees as follows:

(a) Three hundred fifty dollars per data file; and

(b) One hundred dollars per hour to create the custom data file.

(3) For data requests where data files are provided on a routine schedule, the department shall collect nonrefundable fees as follows:

(a) A one-time initial automation program creation fee of one thousand five hundred dollars;

(b) One hundred seventy-five dollars per data file; and

(c) An annual maintenance fee of one thousand five hundred dollars.

(4) If a requestor has received all preliminary data files for a single data set for a single calendar year and has paid the fees for such data sets required by subsection (1)(a) of this section, the department may waive the annual final standard file fee in subsection (1)(b) of this section for the same year and same data set.

(5) For existing data requests with an established automation program in existence at the time of the adoption of the rule, the department may waive the initial automation program creation fee of one thousand five hundred dollars in subsection (3)(a) of this section.

(6) Updates to data requests allowed by WAC 246-492-500(2) will be assessed a fee by the department equivalent to the actual costs incurred by the department in order to update the data request.

(7) The department, at the discretion of the state registrar, may waive fees for data requests for the following:

(a) Requests from state legislators or legislative staff;

(b) Local health jurisdictions receiving standard data files prescribed by the state registrar;

(c) Tribes, tribal organizations within the state, and Indian health service designated tribal epidemiology centers serving tribes within the state, receiving standard data files prescribed by the state registrar; and

(d) Government agencies during a state of emergency, if the data is used for official duties to aid the state of emergency response.