254.20 Asbestos abatement certification.

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(2)Certification requirements.

(a)No person serving on the governing body of a school, employed by a school or acting under a contract with a school may perform any asbestos abatement activity or asbestos management activity unless he or she has a valid certification card issued to him or her under sub.

(3).

(b)No public employee may perform any asbestos abatement activity unless he or she has a valid certification card issued to him or her under sub.

(3).

(c)No public employee may supervise the performance of any asbestos abatement activity unless he or she has a valid supervisor’s certification card issued to him or her under sub.

(3).

(d)Except as provided in s. 250.041 and subject to s. 254.115 , the department may establish by rule certification requirements for any person not certified under pars.

(a)to

(c)who performs any asbestos abatement activity or asbestos management activity or who supervises the performance of any asbestos abatement activity or asbestos management activity.

(3)Certification procedure.

(a)Except as provided in s. 250.041 and subject to sub.

(4m), the department may establish by rule eligibility requirements for persons applying for a certification card required under sub.

(2). Any training required by the department under this paragraph may be approved by the department or provided by the department under sub.

(8).

(b)Except as provided in s. 250.041 , the department shall establish the procedure for issuing certification cards under this subsection. In establishing that procedure, the department shall prescribe an application form and establish an examination procedure and may require applicants to provide photographic identification.

(4)Renewal. A certification card issued under sub.

(3)is valid for one year. Except as provided in s. 250.041 and subject to s. 254.115 , the department may establish requirements for renewing such a card, including but not limited to additional training.

(4m)Military service. Any relevant education, training, instruction, or other experience that an applicant has obtained in connection with military service, as defined in s. 111.32

(12g), counts toward satisfying the requirements for education, training, instruction, or other experience to obtain a certification card under this section if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the education, training, instruction, or other experience that the applicant obtained in connection with his or her military service is substantially equivalent to the education, training, instruction, or other experience that is required to obtain a certification card under this section.

(5)Fees.

(a)Except as provided under pars.

(b)and

(c), the department shall charge the following fees for certification cards issued under sub.

(3)or renewed under sub.

(4):

1. For a certification card issued or renewed for the performance of any asbestos abatement activity, as required under sub.

(a),

(b)or

(d), $50.

2. For a certification card issued or renewed for performance of an inspection for asbestos-containing material or the design of an asbestos response action, as required under sub.

(a)or

(d), $150.

3. For a certification card issued or renewed for supervising the performance of any asbestos abatement activity, as required under sub.

(c), $100.

4. For a certification card issued or renewed for performance of the development of an asbestos management plan, as required under sub.

(a)or

(d), $100.

(b)The department may change by rule the fee amounts specified under par.

(a). The fees received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation under s. 20.435

(gm).

(c)The department may not charge a fee for a certification card issued under this section to an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 .

(6)Suspension or revocation. The department may, under this section, suspend or revoke a certification card issued under sub.

(3)if it determines that the holder of the card is not qualified to be certified.