Section 326IAC18-1-6. Renewal of asbestos license

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

(1) Have possessed a valid asbestos license within the previous six (6) months.

(2) Have attended, within the previous twelve (12) months, an approved refresher training course for disciplines under which the person was previously accredited. 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) 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) Pay the license application fee as specified in section 9 of this rule.

  (b) Any person seeking to renew an asbestos license as an asbestos removal contractor by the department shall include in the application updated information as required in section 5(b)(5) through 5(b)(10) of this rule if any information has changed during the previous twelve (12) months. The contractor shall routinely examine and update his 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) If the department determines the information on the application to be incomplete, the applicant will be requested to submit the missing information. If the information is not submitted within one (1) year of the department's receipt of the application, the application will expire and the fee is not transferable.

  (d) The applicant shall provide two (2) copies of a clear and recent one and one-half (1½) inch by one and one-half (1½) inch identifying color photograph at the time of application to be attached by the department to the face of the asbestos license prior to issuance of the license by the department.

  (e) In addition to the requirements in subsection (a)(2) through (a)(3), the department may require an applicant or a designated representative of a contractor to take an examination administered by the department. The examination shall cover only the discipline for which the applicant is seeking the renewal license. The department shall deny the application if the applicant does not receive a passing score of seventy percent (70%). If the department denies the application, the certificate of training is invalid and the applicant must retake and pass the refresher training course for the discipline for which the applicant is seeking a license renewal.

  (f) The department shall review the application and shall make a determination as to the eligibility of the person. The department shall issue an asbestos license to any person who fulfills the requirements established by this rule. However, the department may deny an application for renewal of an asbestos license based on any of the criteria listed in section 7 of this rule, as applicable, or for failure to comply with any other provision of this rule.

  (g) Applications must be completed in writing and submitted for processing. The department shall not process applications on a walk-in basis or process applications over the telephone. If the application is approved, the license will be sent to the applicant via the United States Postal Service to the address as listed on the application.

  (h) Any individual who has had an eighteen (18) month time lapse between any two (2) training courses of the same discipline shall be required to attend an initial training course for the discipline in which they are seeking to be licensed. (Air Pollution Control Division; 326 IAC 18-1-6; filed Sep 23, 1988, 1:45 p.m.: 12 IR 272; filed Jul 5, 1995, 10:00 a.m.: 18 IR 2744; filed May 12, 1998, 9:15 a.m.: 21 IR 3754; filed May 26, 2000, 8:47 a.m.: 23 IR 2425; readopted filed Jan 10, 2001, 3:20 p.m.: 24 IR 1477; filed Feb 14, 2005, 11:15 a.m.: 28 IR 2027)