Iowa Code r. 875-155.6 - License application procedures
(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
b. The
individual working as a project designer, inspector, or management planner
makes the following immediately available on the work site:
(1) A copy of a certificate for training as
established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and that pertains to
the work being performed;
(2) A
valid, current asbestos license issued by another state that pertains to the
type of work being performed; and
(3) A photo identification
card.
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