New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter I - Environmental Health › Part 73 - Asbestos Safety Program Requirements › Section 73.3 - Application information

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
A training provider seeking accreditation of any initial or
					 refresher asbestos safety training program described in sections
					 73.5
					 and
					 73.6 
					 of this Part shall apply to the Department of Health for each such program.
					 Provisional accreditation shall be determined after a full review of the
					 program application has been completed. If provisional approval is granted, a
					 letter of provisional accreditation shall be sent to the applicant. In the case
					 of disapproval, a letter describing the reasons for disapproval shall be sent
					 to the applicant. Prior to disapproval, the department may request additional
					 information to address inadequacies in the application for accreditation. If a
					 training provider's application is disapproved, the provider may reapply for
					 accreditation at any time. The training provider shall submit the following
					 information to the Department of Health for review at least 45 days prior to
					 the requested approval date:
(a) A
				  completed copy of the appropriate Department of Health application
				  form.
(b) A description of the
				  training facility(ies) including a diagram or blueprint which identifies
				  classrooms with their respective area dimensions, recordkeeping location(s),
				  and equipment storage location(s). If records are to be stored at a location
				  other than the training facility, the address and site specific information on
				  the record storage room must be included.
(c) A detailed outline of the program,
				  including the length of training, the amount of time allotted to each topic, a
				  description of the type of teaching method for each topic, and the name(s) of
				  the proposed instructors for each topic. For each proposed instructor include
				  credentials demonstrating previous adult teaching experience, knowledge of the
				  topics he/she will be teaching and/or description of relevant field experience
				  in asbestos abatement.
(d) Copies
				  of instructor lesson plan and transparencies, slides, and audio-visual
				  materials to be used to supplement the program presentation. The training
				  provider must detail in the application for accreditation those
				  interactive/participatory teaching methods to be used and in which topic areas
				  they will be employed.
(e) One copy
				  of the entire student manual along with all other written materials intended to
				  augment the student manual.
(f) A
				  detailed description of the training provider's management and corporate
				  structure including individual names of management personnel and corporate
				  officers. The detailed description must include details of other business
				  affiliations including, but not limited to, affiliations with asbestos
				  abatement firms, environmental sampling and analysis firms and manpower
				  brokerage firms.
(g) Evidence that
				  the proposed training director meets the qualifications listed in subdivision
				  73.2(a) 
				  of this Part.
(h) A description of
				  all materials and equipment to be used for hands-on practice exercises and
				  demonstrations. This description shall include, but not be limited to, type and
				  quantity of:
(1) protective
				  clothing;
(2) personal respirators
				  and their respective filters;
(3)
				  high efficiency particulate absolute (HEPA) vacuum filtration
				  equipment;
(4) negative air
				  pressure equipment;
(5) building
				  materials for containment and decontamination unit including, but not limited
				  to, plastic sheeting (six millimeter in thickness), duct tape, appropriate
				  carpentry tools, ground fault interrupters, water filtration equipment,
				  non-asbestos material, scaffolding and ladders;
(6) asbestos abatement equipment including,
				  but not limited to, glovebags for removing horizontal and vertical pipe
				  insulation and for insulation on pipe elbows, tent structures, smoke test
				  equipment, water spray devices and hand tools;
(7) sampling equipment including, but not
				  limited to, bulk sampling devices, personal air sampling pumps and respective
				  filters, area sampling pumps and respective filters, primary and secondary
				  calibration devices, chain of custody forms and sample containers;