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CT Gen Stat § 20-439 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400a - Asbestos Contractors and Asbestos Consultants|Section 20-439 - Asbestos training providers. Certification by department. Training programs. Approval. Fees. Periodic reviews.

 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.
CT Gen Stat § 20-440 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400a - Asbestos Contractors and Asbestos Consultants|Section 20-440 - Regulations.

 (a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to administer the provisions of subsection (c) of section 19a-14, sections 19a-332 and 20-435 to 20-441, inclusive. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Passing scores for licensure examination of asbestos consultants; (2) standards for the licensing of asbestos contractors; (3) standards for approval of training programs of asbestos abatement and asbestos consultation services under section 20-439, including standards for successful completion of such programs; (4) standards and procedures for suspension and revocation of certification of asbestos consultants, asbestos abatement workers and asbestos abatement supervisors; and (5) standards and procedures for suspension and withdrawal of approval of training programs.(b) The regulations required under subsection (a) of this section shall be revised, as necessary, to ensure that such regulations meet or exceed the requirements of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's model accreditation plan in accordance with federal regulations, as from time to time amended.(P.A. 87-537, S. 8, 13; P.A. 95-196, S. 11.)History: P.A. 95-196 added Subdivs. (4) and (5) re suspension and revocation of certification and suspension and withdrawal of approval of training programs and added Subsec. (b) re revision of regulations to meet federal requirements.See Sec. 19a-332 for applicable definitions.See Sec. 52-577a for statute of limitations on claims based on exposure to asbestos.
CT Gen Stat § 20-441 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400a - Asbestos Contractors and Asbestos Consultants|Section 20-441 - Regulations. Retraining.

 The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to provide for the periodic retraining of asbestos abatement site supervisors, asbestos abatement workers and asbestos consultants, and for the specification of closely related environmental science degrees.(P.A. 87-537, S. 9, 13; P.A. 95-196, S. 12.)History: P.A. 95-196 added reference to asbestos consultants.See Sec. 19a-332 for applicable definitions.See Sec. 52-577a for statute of limitations on claims based on exposure to asbestos.
CT Gen Stat § 20-442 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400a - Asbestos Contractors and Asbestos Consultants|Section 20-442 - Labor Department employees. Exemption.

 Employees of the Connecticut Labor Department performing their duties in accordance with chapter 571 and federal employees of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration performing their duties in accordance with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act are exempt from the requirements of sections 19a-332d, 19a-332e and 20-435 to 20-441, inclusive.(P.A. 87-537, S. 11, 13; P.A. 95-196, S. 13.)History: P.A. 95-196 added Sec. 19a-332e to the list of exemptions (Revisor's note: A reference to “Department of Labor” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Labor Department” for consistency with customary statutory usage).See Sec. 19a-332 for applicable definitions.See Sec. 52-577a for statute of limitations on claims based on exposure to asbestos.
CT Gen Stat § 20-442a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400a - Asbestos Contractors and Asbestos Consultants|Section 20-442a - Disciplinary action by department.

 The department may take any action set forth in section 19a-17 and subsection (f) of section 19a-88 against a person or entity licensed or certified pursuant to chapter 400a for reasons including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Conviction of a felony; (2) fraud or deceit in the practice of such person's or entity's profession; (3) negligent, incompetent or wrongful conduct in professional activities; (4) misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact in the obtaining, reinstatement or renewal of a license or certificate; or (5) violation of any provision of chapter 400a, or any regulation adopted thereunder. The commissioner may petition the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enforce such order or any action taken pursuant to section 19a-17. Notice of any contemplated action under section 19a-17, the cause of action and the date of a hearing on the action shall be given and an opportunity for hearing afforded in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.(P.A. 17-66, S. 6.)History: P.A. 17-66 effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 20-452 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400b - Community Association Managers|Section 20-452 - Application for certificate of registration. Fees.

 (a) Any person seeking a certificate of registration as a community association manager or as a community association manager trainee shall apply to the department in writing, on a form provided by the department. Such application shall include the applicant's name, residence address, business address, business telephone number, a question as to whether the applicant has been convicted of a felony in any state or jurisdiction and such other information as the department may require. Except for a community association manager trainee, any person seeking an initial certificate of registration shall submit to a request by the commissioner for a state and national criminal history records check. No registration as a community association manager shall be issued unless the commissioner has received the results of such records check.(b) Each application for a certificate of registration as a community association manager shall be accompanied by an application fee of sixty dollars and a registration fee of one hundred dollars. The department shall refund the registration fee if it refuses to issue a certificate of registration. The department shall not charge either an application or a registration fee for a certificate of registration as a community association manager trainee.(P.A. 90-306, S. 4, 15; P.A. 91-341, S. 3, 19; P.A. 12-113, S. 1; P.A. 19-177, S. 21.)History: P.A. 90-306, S. 4 effective May 1, 1991; P.A. 91-341 replaced “commission” with “department”, established a registration fee of $100 and required the department to refund the registration fee if it refuses to issue a certificate; P.A. 12-113 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re application to contain question as to whether applicant has been convicted of a felony in any state or jurisdiction and by adding provisions re state and national criminal history records check; P.A. 19-177 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to community association manager and community association manager trainee, deleting reference to October 1, 2012, adding exception re community association manager trainee and making a technical change, and amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re charging fee for certificate of registration as community association manager trainee.
CT Gen Stat § 20-454 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400b - Community Association Managers|Section 20-454 - Hearing on denial of certificate. Subsequent application.

 (a) Upon refusal to issue or renew a certificate, the department shall notify the applicant of the denial and of his or her right to request a hearing not later than ten days after the date of receipt of the notice of denial.(b) If the applicant requests a hearing within such ten days, the department shall give notice of the grounds for its refusal to issue or renew the certificate and shall conduct a hearing concerning such refusal in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning contested cases.(c) If the department or commission's refusal of a certificate is sustained after such hearing, an applicant may make a new application not less than one year after the date on which such refusal was sustained.(P.A. 90-306, S. 6, 15; P.A. 91-341, S. 5, 19; P.A. 98-10, S. 65; P.A. 19-177, S. 23.)History: P.A. 90-306, S. 6 effective July 1, 1991; P.A. 91-341 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “commission” with “department”; P.A. 98-10 made a technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 19-177 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “commission” with “department”, amended Subsec. (c) to add reference to department and replace “denial” with “refusal” and made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 20-455 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400b - Community Association Managers|Section 20-455 - Enforcement powers of commission or department. Hearing. Cease and desist orders. Fine. Restraining orders.

 (a) The commission or department may hold hearings on any matter under the provisions of sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive. The commission or department may issue subpoenas, administer oaths, compel testimony and order the production of books, records and documents. If any person refuses to appear, to testify or to produce any book, record, paper or document when so ordered, upon application of the commission or department, a judge of the Superior Court may make such order as may be appropriate to aid in the enforcement of this section. Upon a finding of the commission or department, following a hearing, that an individual has held themselves out as a community association manager without the proper registration, the commission or department may issue a cease and desist order and fine the respondent not more than five hundred dollars.(b) The Attorney General, at the request of the commission or department, is authorized to apply in the name of the state of Connecticut to the Superior Court for an order temporarily or permanently restraining and enjoining any person from violating any provision of sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive.(P.A. 90-306, S. 7, 15; P.A. 91-341, S. 6, 19; P.A. 19-177, S. 12.)History: P.A. 90-306, S. 7 effective July 1, 1991; P.A. 91-341 deleted authority of commission to conduct investigations and provided that the department has the same enforcement powers as the commission; P.A. 19-177 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to department, add provision re cease and desist order and fine and made a technical change, effective July 9, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 20-456 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400b - Community Association Managers|Section 20-456 - Grounds for revocation, suspension or refusal to issue or renew certificate of registration. Conditions. Civil penalty.

 (a) The department or commission may revoke, suspend or refuse to issue or renew any certificate of registration as a community association manager or community association manager trainee, place conditions upon such registrations or issue a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars per violation for: (1) Making any material misrepresentation; (2) making any false promise of a character likely to influence, persuade or induce; (3) failing, within a reasonable time, to account for or remit any moneys coming into his possession which belong to others; (4) conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction of this or any other state of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, larceny, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or other like offense or offenses, provided suspension or revocation under this subdivision shall be subject to the provisions of section 46a-80; (5) commingling funds of others in an escrow or trustee account; (6) commingling funds of different associations; (7) any act or conduct which constitutes dishonest, fraudulent or improper dealings; (8) a knowing and material violation of any provision of chapter 825 or 828; or (9) a violation of any provision of sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive, including, but not limited to, failure to comply with the educational requirements prescribed in section 20-453, or any regulation adopted under section 20-461.(b) The department or commission shall not revoke or suspend any certificate of registration except upon notice and hearing in accordance with chapter 54.(P.A. 90-306, S. 8, 15; P.A. 91-341, S. 7, 19; P.A. 98-10, S. 66; P.A. 12-113, S. 3; P.A. 13-289, S. 1; P.A. 19-177, S. 24.)History: P.A. 91-341 made no changes; P.A. 98-10 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 12-113 amended Subsec. (a)(8) to add failure to comply with educational requirements prescribed in Sec. 20-453 as grounds for revocation, suspension or refusal to issue or renew a certificate of registration; P.A. 13-289 amended Subsec. (a) to add new Subdiv. (8) re knowing and material violation of any provision of Ch. 825 or 828 and redesignate existing Subdiv. (8) as Subdiv. (9); P.A. 19-177 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to department and community association manager trainee, replacing “place a registrant on probation or issue a letter of reprimand” with “place conditions upon such registrations or issue a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars per violation”, and amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to department.
CT Gen Stat § 20-458 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400b - Community Association Managers|Section 20-458 - Required provisions of contract. Sale or assignment of contract. Indemnification or hold harmless clause prohibited.

 (a) No contract between a person contracting to provide association management services and an association which provides for the management of the association shall be valid or enforceable unless the contract is in writing and provides that the person contracting to provide association management services or, in the case of a business entity, a principal, officer or director of such entity:(1) Shall be registered as provided in sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive, and shall obtain insurance as provided in section 20-460; and(2) Shall not issue a check on behalf of the association or transfer moneys exceeding a specified amount determined by the association without the written approval of an officer designated by the association; and(3) Shall not enter into any contract binding the association exceeding a specified amount determined by the association, except in the case of an emergency, without the written approval of an officer designated by the association.(b) No contract to provide association management services shall:(1) Be sold or assigned to another person without the approval of a majority of the executive board of the association; or(2) Include any clause, covenant or agreement that indemnifies or holds harmless the person contracting to provide association management services from or against any liability for loss or damage resulting from such person's negligence or wilful misconduct.(P.A. 90-306, S. 10, 15; P.A. 91-341, S. 9, 19; P.A. 11-195, S. 3; P.A. 19-177, S. 26.)History: P.A. 91-341 amended Subdiv. (1) of Subsec. (a)(1) by adding provision requiring the person to “be registered as provided in sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive” and amended Subsec. (a)(3) by prohibiting the person from entering into a contract binding the association “exceeding a specified amount determined by the association, except in the case of an emergency”; P.A. 11-195 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provision re contract sale or assignment as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) prohibiting hold harmless clause, covenant or agreement in contract; P.A. 19-177 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “provides that the person contracting to provide association management services or, in the case of a business entity, a principal, officer or director of such entity”, deleting “provides that the person contracting to provide management services” in Subdivs. (1), (2) and (3), further amending Subdiv. (1) by replacing “a bond” with “insurance” and making technical changes, and amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “management services” with “association management services”.
CT Gen Stat § 20-459 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400b - Community Association Managers|Section 20-459 - Provision of services other than association management services.

 (a) A community association manager may not provide services other than association management services for compensation to an association for which the community association manager also provides association management services unless: (1) Such other services are provided pursuant to a written agreement between the person providing the other services and the association; (2) the agreement discloses the relationship between the community association manager and such other person; and (3) the agreement sets out the compensation for such services or one or more rates or formulas for which the compensation can be determined based on the services actually rendered under the agreement.(b) A community association manager may not enter into or offer to enter into any association management agreement which requires an association to obtain services other than association management services from the community association manager.(c) Any discounts, rebates, commissions or other consideration received by a community association manager on account of any goods or services furnished to an association or a unit owner or owners shall, except where prohibited by applicable law, ordinance or regulation, be credited to the association or a unit owner or owners, as appropriate, and not retained by the community association manager.(P.A. 90-306, S. 11, 15; P.A. 91-341, S. 10, 19.)History: P.A. 91-341 deleted references to “an affiliate of a community association manager” and amended Subsec. (c) to add references to “a unit owner or owners”.
CT Gen Stat § 20-461 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400b - Community Association Managers|Section 20-461 - Regulations.

 The department, with the advice and assistance of the commission, shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive.(P.A. 90-306, S. 13, 15; P.A. 91-341, S. 12, 19.)History: P.A. 91-341 transferred regulatory power from commission to department, retaining commission in an advisory capacity.
CT Gen Stat § 20-462 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400b - Community Association Managers|Section 20-462 - Appeals.

 Any person aggrieved by an order or decision of the commission under sections 20-450 to 20-462, inclusive, may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.(P.A. 90-306, S. 14, 15; P.A. 91-341, S. 13, 19.)History: P.A. 90-306, S. 14 effective July 1, 1991; P.A. 91-341 made no changes.