Section 326IAC18-2-5. Initial and refresher training courses; examination requirements

   (a) Each initial and refresher training course shall include a closed-book examination at the conclusion of each course. Demonstration testing may also be included as part of the examination.

  (b) Each examination shall adequately cover the topics included in the training course for that discipline.

  (c) Examinations shall have a passing score of at least seventy percent (70%) and shall consist of at least the following number of multiple choice questions for each respective discipline:

(1) Asbestos inspectors: fifty (50) questions.

(2) Asbestos management planners: fifty (50) questions.

(3) Asbestos project designers: one hundred (100) questions.

(4) Asbestos project supervisors or contractors: one hundred (100) questions.

(5) Asbestos workers: fifty (50) questions.

  (d) Examinations shall not contain any questions specific to any state other than Indiana.

  (e) Training course providers may allow a trainee to retake the final written examination after having failed to achieve a passing score of seventy percent (70%). The reexamination may be taken two (2) times, allowing a trainee a total of three (3) opportunities to pass the required examination. A trainee shall retake any asbestos training course examination within a two (2) week period following the completion of the initial or refresher asbestos training course. Failure of the trainee to pass the third attempt shall require the trainee to retake the entire appropriate asbestos training course.

  (f) Training course providers may allow administration of an oral examination for the asbestos worker initial and asbestos worker refresher courses in those cases where an individual attending or completing a course or courses is unable to take or complete a written examination.

  (g) Only training course providers or a designated employee of a training course provider who meets the requirements of section 10.1 of this rule may administer and proctor an examination. A proctor shall be present during the entire duration of the examination. (Air Pollution Control Division; 326 IAC 18-2-5; filed Sep 23, 1988, 1:45 p.m.: 12 IR 280; filed Jul 19, 1990, 4:50 p.m.: 13 IR 2125; filed May 12, 1998, 9:15 a.m.: 21 IR 3766)