Title 338, PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Sec. 5. (1) A person who meets the requirements of this act and who completes the initial training and passes the examination required under section 4 shall receive a certificate of accreditation from the director in accordance with section 13. The certificate of accreditation sh…

Sec. 6. (1) The initial training courses, examinations, refresher training courses, and certificates of successful course completion required under this act shall be provided by the department or a person approved by the department to sponsor the training and examinations and iss…

Sec. 7. The following minimum experience is required of a person seeking accreditation as an asbestos inspector, management planner, or project designer: (a) An asbestos inspector shall possess either of the following: (i) Not less than 1 year of experience in asbestos-related wo…

Sec. 8. The department shall receive or initiate complaints of alleged violations of this act and shall take appropriate actions with respect to those alleged violations or complaints.

Sec. 9. (1) The department, on its own initiative or upon the written complaint of an aggrieved party, a state agency, or political subdivision, may investigate the acts of a person accredited under this act. The department may deny, suspend, or revoke a certificate of accreditat…

Sec. 10. (1) The department shall seek to obtain written reciprocal agreements with other states that have accreditation and reaccreditation requirements that equal or exceed the requirements of this act for a person who performs asbestos-related work in a school building or a pu…

Sec. 11. (1) A person desiring to sponsor a training course or refresher training course for those disciplines required to be accredited under this act may apply for department approval on forms supplied by the department. The department shall approve a training course or a refre…

Sec. 12. (1) A training course sponsor shall submit to the department a notice of scheduled courses not less than 7 calendar days before the start of those courses, indicating starting and ending dates and times, location, and instructors. A training course sponsor shall also adv…

Sec. 13. (1) The training course sponsor shall issue a numbered certificate of successful initial or refresher course completion to a student who meets the requirements of this act and who successfully completes the training and passes the training course's examination required u…

Sec. 14. (1) A person desiring accreditation or reaccreditation from the director under section 13 shall submit to the department an application for accreditation or reaccreditation on forms provided by the department. The applicant shall include, with the application, payment of…

Sec. 15. A person who is accredited under this act to perform asbestos-related work in a school building or a public and commercial building shall have in his or her possession the initial and current certificate of accreditation or reaccreditation at the location where he or she…

Sec. 15a. (1) An asbestos inspector who has conducted an inspection under this act shall disclose orally and in writing to the person requesting the inspection the inspector's financial interest in or financial relationship to a person who engages in the business of performing as…

Sec. 17. A person who violates this act shall be subject to civil penalties for each violation or each day that a violation continues in accordance with the following schedule: (a) For a first violation $ 2,000.00 (b) For second violation $ 5,000.00 (c) For a third or subsequent …

Sec. 18. The legislature shall annually appropriate to the department an amount sufficient to administer and enforce this act.