19-REQUESTED REPORT ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF COP PERFORMING ITS OWN ASBESTOS ABATEMENT AND DEMOLITION WORK

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: Texas Administrative Code Page l of 3 «Prev Rule Texas Administrative Code Next Rule>> TITLE 25 HEALTH SERVICES PART 1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES CHAPTER 295 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SUBCHAPTER C TEXAS ASBESTOS HEALTH PROTECTION RULE §295.46 Licensure: Asbestos Abatement Supervisor (a) Licensing requirement. An individual must be licensed as an asbestos abatement supervisor in compliance with these sections to engage in the supervision of an asbestos abatement project conducted in a public building. (b) Fee. The fee for a two-year license term is $645. (c) Applicarions and renewals. Applications shal) be submitted as required by §295.38 of this title (relating to Licensing and Registration: Applications and Renewals). Out-of-state applicants must comply with §295.39 of this title (relating to Licensing and Registration: Out-of-State Applicants). (d) Qualificarions. Applicants for licensing as asbestos abatement supenisors are required to provide: (1) written documentation of at least 90 days of verifiable work experience as a trained and registered worker performed within the past 24 months. Qualifying experience includes: (A) project site prepararion and establishing the abatement containment for friable asbestos- containing building material (ACBM); (B) use of respirators and protective eyuipment, personal hygiene, decontamination procedures, interpretation of air sampling results, and methods to reduce airborne fiber levels; (C) use of engineering controls, abatement work methods and pracrices, and final cleanup procedures; (D) handling of waste asbestos as part of an abatement project; (E) removal, enclosure, or encapsulation of asbestos; (F) work performed in an administrative capacity relating to asbestos abatement projects such as project manager, consultant, or designated person may be accepted as qualif}+ing experience; (G) experience as an asbestos air monitoring technician, which includes personal air sampling, regulated-area airborne asbestos sampling, aggressive sampling for final cleanup, plus on-site project record keeping documenting daily operations, controlling entry and exit from the containment, etc., may be accepted as qualifying experience, subject to time-period limitations, minimum number of abatement projects (five), or work experience. No more than 30 days may be counted as qualifiable experience under this category; (H) work performed as an asbestos abatement supervisor or worker licensed in another state; and -1 70 http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.TacPage?s1=R&app=9&p_d'u=&p_rloc=&p_... 5/24/2012