For purposes of this section, “asbestos training provider” means a person or entity that offers a training program for asbestos abatement or asbestos consultation and certifies asbestos abatement workers, asbestos abatement site supervisors and asbestos consultants. On and after October 1, 2017, each asbestos training provider shall be certified by the department. The department shall issue an initial certification of a provider upon the provider's completion of an application and payment of a fee of fifty dollars. The certification issued pursuant to this section shall be renewed annually in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e) of section 19a-88 upon payment of a fee of fifty dollars. The department shall approve a training program upon determination that such program complies with such requirements as may be established in regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-440. Each application or reapplication for approval of a training program shall be accompanied by a fee of five hundred dollars. Each application for approval or reapproval of a refresher training program as required by section 20-441 shall be accompanied by a fee of two hundred fifty dollars. Each asbestos training provider shall furnish the department with a list of the persons who have successfully completed the course within thirty days of such completion. The department shall conduct periodic reviews of approved training courses and may revoke approval at any time it determines that the course fails to meet the requirements established in such regulations.
(P.A. 87-537, S. 7, 13; P.A. 95-196, S. 10; P.A. 03-87, S. 3; P.A. 17-66, S. 9; 17-146, S. 34.)
History: P.A. 95-196 changed references to employment and licensure to certification; P.A. 03-87 required applications or reapplications for training program approval to be accompanied by $500 fee and applications for refresher training program approval or reapproval to be accompanied by $250 fee; P.A. 17-66 deleted provision re approval of training programs on or after effective date of regulations, added definition of “asbestos training provider” and provisions re certification of asbestos training providers, added provision re adoption of regulations and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 17-146 deleted provision re adoption of regulations by commissioner, effective July 1, 2017.
See Sec. 19a-332 for applicable definitions.
See Sec. 52-577a for statute of limitations on claims based on exposure to asbestos.