Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 875 - Labor Services Division › Construction-registration and Bonding › Chapter 155 - Asbestos Removal and Encapsulation › Rule 875-155.6 - License Application Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Application form.
Except as noted in this subrule, the
				applicant must complete and submit the entire form provided by the division
				with the necessary attachments. Respirator fit tests and medical examinations
				must have occurred within the past 12 months. Only worker and
				contractor/supervisor license applicants must submit the respiratory protection
				and physician's or physician assistant's certification forms. Photocopies of
				the forms shall not be accepted.
(2)
Training.
A certificate
				of appropriate training as established by the U.S. Environmental Protection
				Agency must accompany all applications. Applicants for a license must be
				trained by training providers other than themselves. Applicants who completed
				initial training under a prior set of applicable rules will not be required to
				take another initial training course if they complete all annual refresher
				courses.
(3)
Photographs.
Two 1" by 1" photographs clearly showing the
				applicant's face shall accompany all license applications.
(4)
Worker licenses.
All
				persons seeking a license as an asbestos abatement worker shall complete an
				initial four-day training course and thereafter complete an annual one-day
				asbestos abatement worker refresher training course. A nonrefundable fee of $20
				shall accompany the application.
(5)
Contractor/supervisor
				licenses.
All persons seeking a license as an asbestos abatement
				contractor/supervisor shall complete an initial five-day training course and
				thereafter complete an annual one-day asbestos abatement contractor/supervisor
				refresher training course. A nonrefundable fee of $50 shall accompany the
				application.
(6)
Inspector
				licenses.
All persons seeking a license as an asbestos inspector shall
				complete an initial three-day training course and thereafter complete an annual
				one-half-day asbestos inspector refresher training course. A nonrefundable fee
				of $20 shall accompany the application.
(7)
Management planner
				licenses.
All persons seeking a license as an asbestos management
				planner shall complete an initial three-day inspector training course and an
				initial two-day management planning training course. Thereafter, an annual
				one-half-day asbestos inspector refresher training course plus an additional
				one-half-day course on management planning are required. A nonrefundable fee of
				$20 shall accompany the application.
(8)
Abatement project designer
				licenses.
All persons seeking a license as an asbestos abatement
				project designer shall complete an initial three-day abatement project designer
				training course. Thereafter, an annual one-day asbestos abatement project
				designer refresher training course is required. A nonrefundable fee of $50
				shall accompany the application.
(9)
Action on application.
Within 30 days of receiving a completed application, the division will issue a
				license or deny the application. If a license is issued, it will expire one
				year from the date the training was completed. An application may be denied for
				the reasons set forth in rule
				875-155.8 (17A,88B,252J,272D) or
				if the application package is incomplete.
(10)
License on job site.
While conducting asbestos work that requires a license, the license or a
				legible copy of the license shall be in the licensee's possession at the work
				site. However, if the division of labor services' website reflects that a
				license has been issued to a particular person, that person may perform work
				consistent with the type of license issued without the license or a copy of the
				license for up to 14 days from the issuance date.
(11)
Disaster emergency
				proclamations.
For work on structures that are both located in an area
				that is subject to a disaster emergency proclamation pursuant to Iowa Code
				section 29C.6 and damaged by
				circumstances related to those that caused the disaster emergency proclamation,
				the labor commissioner deems an individual to be licensed and authorized for
				asbestos abatement if all of the criteria in either paragraph
"a"
or paragraph
"b"
are met:
a. The individual contractor, supervisor, or
				worker makes the following immediately available on the work site:
(1) A copy of a certificate for training that
				was provided within the past 12 months as established by the U.S. Environmental
				Protection Agency and that pertains to the work being performed;
(2) A copy of a physician's or physician
				assistant's statement indicating that, consistent with
				29 CFR
				1910.134, a licensed physician or physician
				assistant has examined the individual within the past 12 months and approved
				the individual to work while wearing a respirator;
(3) For a worker wearing or intending to wear
				a tight-fitting respirator, documentation of a respirator fit test consistent
				with 29 CFR
				1910.134 within the past 12 months;
(4) A valid, current asbestos license issued
				by another state that pertains to the type of work being performed;
				and
(5) A photo identification
				card; or