Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 440 - Licensure and Training Requirements for Persons Engaged in Asbestos Abatement and Consultation Services › Section 20-440-3 - Licensure and certification of asbestos consultants

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No
			 individual shall provide services as an asbestos consultant in this state
			 without first obtaining a license as an asbestos consultant issued by the
			 department. Applications for such license shall be made to the department on
			 forms provided by it, and shall contain such information regarding the
			 applicant's qualifications and experience in asbestos-related consultations as
			 the department may require as set forth in this section.
Asbestos consultants shall perform their activities in
				compliance with generally recognized standards of practice of the asbestos
				consulting industry and asbestos professional associations. Certification in
				one or more disciplines shall be required for licensure as an asbestos
				consultant.
(b)
			 Certification shall be offered in the following disciplines of asbestos
			 consultation: inspector, management planner, project designer and project
			 monitor. Applicants shall apply for licensure and certification as asbestos
			 consultants simultaneously in the same application. A licensee's activities
			 shall be restricted to the scope of practice of each discipline in which the
			 individual is also certified. However, providing all requirements are met, a
			 licensed asbestos consultant who is certified as a management planner may also
			 perform the duties of an inspector.
(1)
			 Inspector
(A) Scope of Certification.
			 Certification as an inspector authorizes a licensed asbestos consultant to
			 review facilities' records and perform visual inspection or surveillance of
			 facilities; to identify, document or inventory materials suspected of
			 containing asbestos; to collect bulk samples for asbestos analysis according to
			 procedures established by applicable state or federal laws and regulations; and
			 to provide direct supervision to non-certified individuals collecting bulk
			 samples of materials suspected of containing asbestos. Inspectors shall apply
			 current concepts and knowledge of best available technology to evaluate the
			 conditions and accessibility of ACM.
(B) Qualifications. Applicants shall hold
			 either an associate's or a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited
			 institution in engineering, architecture, industrial hygiene or an
			 environmental science degree as determined by the commissioner to be closely
			 related, including but not limited to environmental health, biology, and earth
			 science. Applicants shall have a minimum of six months employment experience in
			 an occupation determined by the commissioner to be closely related to that of
			 an inspector or two months of field experience under the direct supervision of
			 a licensed inspector or licensed management planner. Applicants shall have
			 successfully completed the required training as set forth in subdivision
			 20-440-7(c)(4)
			 or refresher training requirements outlined in section
			 20-441 of
			 the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(C) Exempted activities. The following
			 activities are exempted from the requirement of certification as an inspector:
(i) Periodic surveillance. A person does not
			 need to be certified as an inspector to perform visual observations of an area
			 that previously has been identified as containing interior ACM or that
			 previously has been assigned to contain interior ACM and that is being
			 inspected to identify changes in the physical condition of that interior ACM.
			 However, no touching or taking of samples is permitted without a certificate as
			 an inspector.
(ii) Compliance
			 inspections. An authorized person from a federal or state agency need not be
			 certified as an inspector to perform a compliance inspection the primary
			 purpose of which is to determine adherence to applicable statutes or
			 regulations and not to locate, assess or remedy the condition of ACM.
(iii) Visual inspections. A person who
			 conducts a visual inspection to determine whether a response action is complete
			 need not be certified as an inspector, but shall be certified as a project
			 monitor.