§ 13-17-6-1 — Asbestos emission control; program for accreditation of persons engaged in inspection, management, or abatement; licensing of contractors

(a) This section does not apply to a person
making an inspection under the authority of IC 22-8-1.1.
(b) The board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 requiring the
commissioner to establish a program for the following:
(1) The accreditation of persons engaged in the inspection,
management, or abatement of asbestos containing material.
(2) The licensing of asbestos contractors.
(c) The board shall, in the rules adopted under this section, do the
following:
(1) Prohibit a person without accreditation or an asbestos
contractor without a license from engaging in the inspection,
management, or abatement of asbestos containing material at:
(A) elementary and secondary schools; and
(B) facilities subject to:
(i) United States Environmental Protection Agency
regulations; or
(ii) rules of the board;
pertaining to asbestos emission control.
(2) Require training and examination as a precondition to
accreditation.
(3) Require periodic retraining and reexamination to maintain
accreditation.
(4) Establish minimum requirements for the issuance of an
asbestos contractor license, including a requirement that all
workers employed by an asbestos contractor to inspect, manage,
or abate asbestos containing material be accredited under the
program established under this section.
(5) Extend the applicability of the accreditation and licensing
requirements to other facilities as determined by the board.
(6) Exempt from accreditation and licensing requirements a
person that performs work:
(A) on a private residential dwelling and commercial residential
building with fewer than five (5) dwelling units; and
(B) during an emergency that results from a sudden and
unexpected event that is not a planned asbestos project.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-1-1-14(a),
(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.7.