2009 Connecticut Code
Title 20 Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 400a Asbestos Contractors And Asbestos Consultants
Sec. 20-439. Training programs. Approval. Fees. Periodic reviews.

      Sec. 20-439. Training programs. Approval. Fees. Periodic reviews. On and after the effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-440, asbestos abatement or asbestos consultation training programs serving to qualify asbestos abatement workers and asbestos abatement site supervisors for certification and asbestos consultants for certification shall be approved by the department. The department shall approve a training program upon determination that such program complies with such requirements as may be established in regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-440. Each application or reapplication for approval of a training program shall be accompanied by a fee of five hundred dollars. Each application for approval or reapproval of a refresher training program as required by section 20-441 shall be accompanied by a fee of two hundred fifty dollars. Each person offering an asbestos abatement or asbestos consultation training program shall furnish the department with a list of the persons who have successfully completed the course within thirty days of such completion. The department shall conduct periodic reviews of approved training courses and may revoke approval at any time it determines that the course fails to meet the requirements established in such regulations.

      (P.A. 87-537, S. 7, 13; P.A. 95-196, S. 10; P.A. 03-87, S. 3.)

      History: P.A. 95-196 changed references to employment and licensure to certification; P.A. 03-87 required applications or reapplications for training program approval to be accompanied by $500 fee and applications for refresher training program approval or reapproval to be accompanied by $250 fee.

      See Sec. 19a-332 for applicable definitions.

      See Sec. 52-577a for statute of limitations on claims based on exposure to asbestos.