The Florida Senate

469.003  License required.--

(1)  No person may conduct an asbestos survey, develop an operation and maintenance plan, or monitor and evaluate asbestos abatement unless trained and licensed as an asbestos consultant as required by this chapter.

(2)(a)  No person may prepare asbestos abatement specifications unless trained and licensed as an asbestos consultant as required by this chapter.

(b)  Any person engaged in the business of asbestos surveys prior to October 1, 1987, who has been certified by the Department of Labor and Employment Security as a certified asbestos surveyor, and who has complied with the training requirements of s. 469.013(1)(b), may provide survey services as described in s. 255.553(1), (2), and (3). The Department of Labor and Employment Security may, by rule, establish violations, disciplinary procedures, and penalties for certified asbestos surveyors.

(3)  No person may conduct asbestos abatement work unless licensed by the department under this chapter as an asbestos contractor, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

History.--s. 53, ch. 94-119.