# RCW 19.142.010: RCW 19.142.010: Definitions > Washington · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S010 ## Section - **Citation:** RCW 19.142.010 - **Heading:** RCW 19.142.010: Definitions - **Jurisdiction:** Washington - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Washington Code / Title 19 / Chapter 142 / Section 010 ## Text Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Business day" means any day except a Sunday or a legal holiday. (2) "Buyer" or "member" means a person who purchases health studio services. (3) "Health studio" includes any person or entity engaged in the sale of instruction, training, assistance or use of facilities which purport to assist patrons to improve their physical condition or appearance through physical exercise, body building, weight loss, figure development, the martial arts, or any other similar activity. For the purposes of this chapter, "health studio" does not include: (a) Public common schools, private schools approved under RCW 28A.195.010 , and public or private institutions of higher education; (b) persons providing professional services within the scope of a person's license under Title 18 RCW; (c) bona fide nonprofit organizations which have been granted tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service, the functions of which as health studios are only incidental to their overall functions and purposes; (d) a person or entity which offers physical exercise, body building, figure development or similar activities as incidental features of a plan of instruction or assistance relating to diet or control of eating habits; (e) bona fide nonprofit corporations organized under chapter 24.03A RCW which have members and whose members have meaningful voting rights to elect and remove a board of directors which is responsible for the operation of the health club and corporation; and (f) a preexisting facility primarily offering aerobic classes, where the initiation fee is less than fifty dollars and no memberships are sold which exceed one year in duration. For purposes of this subsection, "preexisting facility" means an existing building used for health studio services covered by the fees collected. (4) "Health studio services" means instruction, services, privileges, or rights offered for sale by a health studio. "Health studio services" do not include: (a) Instruction or assistance relating to diet or control of eating habits not involving substantial on-site physical exercise, body building, figure development, or any other similar activity; or (b) recreational or social programs which either involve no physical exercise or exercise only incidental to the program. (5) "Initiation or membership fee" means a fee paid either in a lump sum or in installments within twelve months of execution of the health studio services contract on a one-time basis when a person first joins a health studio for the privilege of belonging to the health studio. (6) "Special offer or discount" means any offer of health studio services at a reduced price or without charge to a prospective member. (7) "Use fees or dues" means fees paid on a regular periodic basis for use of a health studio. This does not preclude prepayment of use fees at the buyer's option. ## Nearby sections - [RCW 19.142.005 RCW 19.142.005: Findings and declaration.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S005.md) - [RCW 19.142.010 RCW 19.142.010: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S010.md) - [RCW 19.142.020 RCW 19.142.020: Membership plans—Special offers—Misrepresentations prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S020.md) - [RCW 19.142.030 RCW 19.142.030: Written contract required.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S030.md) - [RCW 19.142.040 RCW 19.142.040: Contents of contract.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S040.md) - [RCW 19.142.050 RCW 19.142.050: Notice of cancellation—Refund.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S050.md) - [RCW 19.142.060 RCW 19.142.060: Trust account—Written receipt—Record of deposits—Buyers' claims.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S060.md) - [RCW 19.142.070 RCW 19.142.070: Surety bond in lieu of trust account.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S070.md) - [RCW 19.142.080 RCW 19.142.080: Failure to comply with bond or trust account requirements—Class C felony.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S080.md) - [RCW 19.142.090 RCW 19.142.090: Waivers of this chapter—Contracts not in compliance with this chapter—Void and unenforceable.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S090.md) - [RCW 19.142.100 RCW 19.142.100: Violations—Application of consumer protection act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S100.md) - [RCW 19.142.110 RCW 19.142.110: Attorneys' fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S110.md) - [RCW 19.142.900 RCW 19.142.900: Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S900.md) - [RCW 19.142.901 RCW 19.142.901: Prospective application of chapter.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S901.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T19_C142_S010. 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