Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-17-3-4; IC 13-17-3-11; IC 13-17-6

Affected: IC 13-17

Sec. 4. (a) A person seeking to renew an asbestos license as an inspector, management planner, project designer, project supervisor, worker, or asbestos abatement contractor shall meet the following requirements:

1. (1) Have possessed a valid asbestos license within the previous twelve (12) months in the discipline for which the applicant is seeking a renewal asbestos license.
2. (2) Have attended, within the previous twelve (12) months, an approved refresher training course for disciplines under which the person was previously licensed. In the case of a person seeking to renew an asbestos license as a management planner, the person will be required to have attended both the inspector refresher and the management planner refresher training courses.
3. (3) Submit a completed application on forms provided by the department and include a copy of the certificates of training indicating that the person successfully completed the refresher training course and written examination.
4. (4) Pay the license application fee specified in section 7 of this rule.

(b) A person seeking to renew an asbestos license as an asbestos abatement contractor shall include in the application updated information as required in section 3(b)(5) through 3(b)(10) of this rule if any information has changed during the previous twelve (12) months. The asbestos abatement contractor shall routinely examine and update the standard operating procedures manual to reflect the compliance assurance methodologies that meet current federal, state, and local regulations or other laws pertaining to asbestos.

(c) The department shall review and process an application for an asbestos license renewal in accordance with section 3(c) of this rule.

(d) An asbestos license renewal is valid for one (1) year from the date of issuance.

(e) A person who seeks to renew a license for which a twenty-four (24) month time lapse has occurred between training courses is required to repeat the initial training course for the discipline in which the time lapse occurred.

(Air Pollution Control Division; 326 IAC 18-2.1-4; filed May 9, 2019, 2:28 p.m.: 20190605-IR-326090363FRA; readopted filed Oct 18, 2024, 2:09 p.m.: 20241113-IR-326230809RFA)